The Global Information Business, a business unit of Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com), joined the Authorized DataFusion Partner program of Mentor Graphics (www.mentor.com).

Arrow and Mentor are working together to develop an interface between Mentor's design data management infrastructure solution, and Global Information's electronics database.

As a result of this joint development effort, Mentor will offer a DMS-Xchange module that will allow printed circuit board (PCB) design and layout engineers to seamlessly integrate Ubiquidata with Mentor's DMS solution, making premier technical and commerce data available within their everyday work environment the company says.