RFID Software: Intermec Launches Software Development Initiative in Support of ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... in global supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, RFID (radio frequency ...

... Intermec Technologies Corp. today announced an initiative to focus its development of software tools on the standards for service oriented architecture (SOA), reaffirming its longstanding commitment to open, non-proprietary software architectures. Today, Intermec provides libraries of software tools and utilities, stand-alone applications and custom development through its authorized independent software vendor (ISV) partners. Intermec will continue to support these programs while transitioning its own product development efforts to focus on SOA components for customers and partners. Intermec announced the initiative at its software developers' conference today in Chicago. Service oriented architecture features the use of software components that can be used and reused to quickly create applications and to simplify integration with disparate legacy systems. By 2008, 60 percent of enterprises will base their software development on service oriented architecture, according to Gartner. ...

Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE:UNA) company, is a leader in global supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, RFID (radio frequency identification) and mobile computing systems. The company's products and services are used by customers in many industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations, from supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service.