Up Close with Kevin Arvidson, CTO, White Horse Laboratories
EMSNOW learns about trends in the high performance computing end market from Kevin Arvidson, CTO, White Horse Laboratories. This eye-opening conversation reveals an inside look at what’s behind the memory and flash shortages that are becoming the latest supply chain disruption. Two years ago White Horse Laboratories launched an initiative focused on the hardware and […]
Why Are More Electronics Companies Starting to See ROI in ESG?
Across the electronics industry, sustainability has shifted from an emerging topic to an operational priority. More companies are establishing ESG roles, expanding emissions tracking, and preparing for rising regulatory expectations such as CSRD. Yet one question continues to surface across the components ecosystem: “Where is the ROI?” Based on wider market trends and cross-industry data, […]
India’s electronics boom rolling into a ‘Second Wave’
India’s electronics story is often framed through incentives, factory announcements or ambitions around semiconductor fabrication. Yet the more consequential shift underway is quieter and more structural. India is entering a “Second Wave” of electronics and hardware manufacturing, defined less by headline projects and more by sustained domestic demand, deeper engineering capability, and the gradual firming […]
Mycronic’s Global Technologies makes acquisition in Germany
Mycronic’s Global Technologies division has acquired ETZ, a company based in Germany, which manufactures test probes. The PCB Test business line within the Global Technologies division provides electrical test equipment for bare board PCBs. ETZ today supplies the majority of the test probes for the PCB Test business line. ETZ currently has 34 employees and […]
How partners win in the Agentic AI era: Pricing, packaging, and strategy for AI
Software pricing evolves: From licenses, to SaaS, to consumption Vendor software monetization has evolved over the decades, with pricing models shifting significantly over the last 50 years: 1980s-1990s: Product licenses 2000s: Subscription, SaaS, and seat-based pricing 2020s: Emergence of consumption, per-action, and outcome-based pricing Per-seat and subscription pricing is being replaced with per-action, per-process, or per-outcome pricing models. Vendors […]