Arena Customers & Partners
Andres Morey and Samuel Wurzel are changing the way you shop for electronic parts. Andres and Sam, who studied physics together at Brown, then pursued PhDs in astroparticle physics and plasma physics respectively, are the founders of Octopart—a Google-esq search engine for electronic parts. Octopart makes it easy to compare the prices and availability of [...]
A couple of weeks ago I shared some big picture questions to ask when launching a new product. While a lot of the big picture questions (like, how much do we expect to make from this product, why are we launching something new in the first place, etc.) are VP or C-level questions, a successful [...]
As I mentioned in my last article on new product introduction (NPI), launching a new product is stressful—even in the best of organizations. At Arena, we’ve been working on a couple of new products ourselves, Arena PartsList and Arena PDXViewer, so I’ve gotten to see a bit of what goes into new product introduction first hand. [...]
Last week, I predicted that manufacturers would dramatically increase their adoption of cloud-based software as the benefits of cloud begin to outweigh any possible concerns. And upon further research, it appears that I am not the first to make this prediction. In 2011, Gartner released a report describing how heightened economic pressures and increasingly complex [...]
With 80% of people residing within 50 miles of a coast, it’s not surprising that efforts to better understand and protect our oceans get a lot of attention. Our customer, Liquid Robotics, has been all over the news lately with their Wave Glider, an autonomous ocean-powered robot that can travel long distances, hold station and [...]
When it comes to trading and logistical excellence, the Netherlands have a pretty stellar track record. Out of the 155 countries studied by The World Bank in 2010, the Netherlands was rated third for logistics competence and quality, second for logistics infrastructure and fourth for its customs environment. And although the Netherlands makes up 0.25% [...]
From the first analog devices to today’s highly technical digital components, electrical engineering has always been about pushing the boundaries of functionality and inspiring the imagination with new design possibilities. And whether in Maker communities or long-standing businesses, people are what make this electrical discovery possible. We recently announced that Arena PartSaver is partnering with [...]
“Luck happens to a lot of companies, but they are not always ready to take advantage of it.” – Kevin Rowett, vice president of engineering at Violin Memory Violin Memory, a provider of top-of-the-line enterprise flash memory arrays, is on a roll. At six years old, Violin has over 100 engineers, and brings an average [...]
Liquid Robotics, an Arena customer and Bay Area startup, is on a mission to change the way we understand the ocean. Although oceans cover 71% of the earth’s surface, we know very little about their weather, currents, chemistry, topography or ecosystems. Liquid Robotics seeks to change all that with a fleet of robots that can measure [...]
I love a good opportunity to brag about Arena customers, and so I’d like to thank Lytro for giving me something to talk about. Last week, Lytro launched an ultra-compact light field photography camera that allows users to take pictures without having to focus the lens. (Or as TechCrunch reported, Lytro launched “a new type [...]
