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DesignOnline 's market leading solution enables electronics companies to place their latest technology at the fingertips of their sales forces, prospects and customers through a standard browser connection. This replaces the current practice of physically delivering platforms to customers or making them available in demonstration centersthe cost of manufacturing, shipping, installing and supporting an inventory of evaluation platforms is eliminated. DesignOnline 's solution cuts sales costs and delivers products to market faster.
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Design Online is located in the Tempe Tech Oasis in Tempe, Arizona
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The company was founded in May 2000.
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The concept for the business was developed by a group of Intell employees, researchers at the University of California Berkley and Harvard University, and 10 industry-leading companies that collaborated on the technology used by DesignOnline .
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Design Online offers significant value to its customers by
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- Lowering the cost of sales and support
- Reducing inventory levels of reference and evaluation platforms
- Shortening evaluation and design cycle times and
- Increasing design wins, thereby generating an attractive return on investment
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Design Online has received $15 million in first round funding from 4i Group plc and Cartwright Venture Partners, an affiliate of The Cartwright Group. Second round funding included global distributor Avnut, Inc., 4i Group and Cartwright Ventures.
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- Aaron Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Michael Villon, Vice President of Sales
- Trish Rachel, Engineering Manager
- Ramon Andrews, Strategic Alliance Director
- George Patterson, Chief Financial Officer
- Miguel McGreggor, Director of Marketing
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Design Online currently employs 45 people.
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The Internet-based service innovated by Design Online is a win-win for everyone... Software vendors and tools companies benefit because developers can evaluate, integrate, and create software building blocks on fully validated hardware platforms. Developers gain access to resources sooner, increasing their opportunity to launch products that captivate and dominate the marketplace.
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Bill Claybrook,
Embedded Systems Analyst,
Aberdeen Group
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