RFID Middleware: epcSolutions Leapfrogs Competitors With Latest Release ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... GREAT FALLS, Va., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- epcSolutions, Inc., the industry's leading EPC(TM)/RFID middleware provider, has announced a new release of their ...

epcSolutions has taken a strong leadership role in developing the standards that guide EPC-enabled RFID technology currently, and in ensuring the effectiveness of those standards in the future. We have joined forces with EPCglobal, which, through a joint venture between the Uniform Code Council (UCC) and EAN International, is charged with establishing and supporting the EPC Network as the global standard. Prior to the formation of EPCglobal, epcSolutions had worked closely with its predecessor, the Auto-ID Center, which developed the initial EPC and related technologies. The potential advantages of RFID to global trade are too great to ignore. In the coming years we will observe the deployment of tens of billions of autonomous devices: manufactured goods, products and distributed assets linked to, or sensed by, the network. Meanwhile, companies are beginning to consider the effects of attempting to conduct business via these devices; for example, the reduction in supply chain costs and the future efficiencies associated with RFID-tagged goods...

By co-deploying an EPC-enabled RFID solution with a responsive, automated document network, epcSolutions creates the definitive middleware solution platform enabling the value chain of the future: ThingsNet. ThingsNet allows a true evolution in the business process, seamlessly integrating with enterprise applications such as ERP, BPM, warehouse management, supply chain management, and manufacturing execution systems—without risk and without pain; a total solution that is manageable and highly scalable. ThingsNet is about a network data integration layer between the edge application and an enterprise system that facilitates inter- and intra-enterprise, cross-platform business interactions. ThingsNet is about seamless and painless integration with your business management processes and legacy infrastructure. And, ThingsNet is about easily tracking a product throughout its lifetime, finding an object anywhere in the supply chain.