In 2013, the enterprise technology realm witnessed Cisco’s landmark acquisition of Sourcefire—a network security hardware and software provider—for a whopping 2.7 billion dollars. Sourcefire’s staggering valuation in the market didn’t come easily. Working behind the scenes was Premio, whose association helped Sourcefire establish a global market presence, diversify its range of products, bring them to market with a competitive time-advantage, and handle services and support on time. “Our flexible capabilities in compute engineering and manufacturing transparency proved to be extremely valuable for Sourcefire’s massive global scale finally to its acquisition,” says Crystal Tsao, President and CEO of Premio. She further adds, “This success story is a great example of how Premio and its resources are often leveraged as strategic extensions for many leading technology enterprises looking to accelerate its time to market with its products.” Sourcefire is one among many partners over the past 30 years that Premio has helped climb the ladder of success.

Premio’s expertise lies in providing electronics manufacturing services (EMS) for manufacturing robust edge-to-cloud level computing components for remote or mobile locations. Over the last three decades, Premio has set up a global-spanning, end-to-end ecosystem that facilitates the development and manufacturing of x89 based computing hardware. The company’s range of its own portfolio of industrial embedded computers and dense storage servers power the network infrastructures of automated manufacturing floors, underground mining systems, vehicles, medical devices, KIOSKS, and data centers to name a few. Premio also builds rugged industrial HMI panel PCs and interactive displays that can work in harsh and challenging industrial environments. These specific product designs provide the necessary building blocks for many industry 4.0 deployments for many applications that require mission critical reliability in its network of compute infrastructure.

Today, Premio designs and builds world-class computing Embedded IoT Computers, Human Machine Interface Displays, and High Performance Compute Storage Servers for businesses with highly specialized needs, some of them among the world’s top technology companies. Premio’s core value lies within how it aligns strategic partnerships and flexible business principles across its entire organization; as passionate problem-solvers looking at challenges from every angle, not just compute technology, but also for business models, operations, design practices, manufacturing processes, and supply chains on a global scale. These key fundamental capabilities help to improvise a better way of doing business and provide the right solutions to difficult challenges.

Humble Beginnings to Undisputed Positioning

Premio began its journey in 1989, as a white box computer provider for school districts across North America. Establishing the infrastructure needed to support large volumes of production, Premio soon became one among the top three leaders in the market. As the computer market became largely commoditized, Crystal repurposed Premio’s business model to deliver OEM contract manufacturing with a primary focus on EMS for embedded computers and data center storage server. It was at this juncture where Premio built its integrated manufacturing service capabilities that could handle the material sourcing and supply chain side of things on behalf of its partners. The company also grew its global distribution network across APAC and EMEA regions to help partners accelerate and scale their launch and go-to-market efforts globally.

Premio achieved all this without compromising its capability to deliver prompt support services. After all, being able to provide timely support was a crucial requirement for partners to ensure end-user satisfaction. In effect, Premio became a robust partner whom their partners could rely on for growth. “Premio’s brand slogan and motto ‘Your Success, Our Commitment’ is a direct translation from how we view our long term partnerships with our partners” Tsao also said. “This motto is truly a fantastic representation of how Premio engages in business, providing the utmost flexibly and attention for our partners across our organization.”