RFID Portal Demonstration

RFID Gate Detection

Sensimesh RFID Gate demo ...

RFID Wireless Toll Payment

Transcore receives expanded order for RFID tags that enable the Jamaican wireless toll payment system. ...

... "Jamaica's Highway 2000 expands toll collection infrastructure with opening of Portmore gateway, completing the first phase of a three-tiered project. Jamaican Infrastructure Operator, which operates the roadway for the TransJamaican Highway Ltd., increases order for TransCore radio frequency identification (RFID) eGo tags. The paper-thin windshield sticker tag, which operates at 902-928 MHz frequency band, expands global use providing an economical RFID tag technology that can increase patrons' migration to wireless payment of tolls and speed traffic throughput. " ...

Via Transcore: Jamaica Highway2000 Expands Toll Collection System, Increases RFID Sticker Tag Use Worldwide ...

RFID: Sun SAP Collaborate ...

Sun and SAP collaborate to enable seamless RFID solutions ...

... "Sun Microsystems, Inc. expanded its relationship with SAP AG to integrate and standardize RFID technology based on the SAP(R) Auto-ID Infrastructure component of SAP NetWeaver(R) and the Sun Java System RFID Software. This collaboration will enable RFID data network communication between Sun and SAP RFID technology (part of the mySAP Business Suite solutions), allowing for seamless data flow from any RFID-enabled device to the mySAP Business Suite. The technology integration has been tested and certified by SAP. Customers in a broad range of industries, including retail and manufacturing, are looking to RFID technology to help them gain insight into multiple facets of the logistics process, including maintaining inventories, interacting with suppliers, improving customer service and tracking orders. The collaboration between SAP and Sun will help speed time to deployment for customers looking to integrate RFID data into their back-end systems. The Sun Java System RFID Software provides centralized monitoring and management capabilities for large numbers of distributed RFID devices and delivers Jini technology-based dynamic networking capabilities, which help ensure that RFID data can continue to be transmitted to the SAP applications under demanding production environments. " ...

RFID: Sun SAP Collaborate: Via Sun: Sun and SAP Collaborate to Simplify Deployment of RFID Solutions on SAP NetWeaver ...

Additional references on SAP and RFID ...

Via SAP - Components & Tools of SAP NetWeaver: SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure: "SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure, the key component of SAP NetWeaver that provides RFID capabilities, provides SAP applications with a gateway into RFID data. "

Via SAP: SAP RFID Rollout Signals Major Savings for Midsize Flag-Maker: "SAP NetWeaver provides companies with a powerful platform to manage, integrate and leverage RFID data within their SAP and non-SAP business applications. By integrating a combination of SAP NetWeaver components with core business applications, such as enterprise resource planning or supply chain management, customers can RFID-enable their business processes. The implementation of SAP RFID technology was facilitated by Annin's implementation partner CIBER Novasoft. The integration of SAP RFID technology and the pre-existing SAP IT infrastructure means information captured from the RFID tags for the more than 500,000 master cartons shipped annually can be accessed directly in the enterprise SAP system. Retailers can track and report on the movement of Annin's inventory tagged with RFID through warehouses and stores. By creating this real-world aware network, Annin has laid the groundwork for shipping items using RFID and developing an integrated and scalable approach to the technology, providing benefits beyond merely meeting the Wal-Mart requirement. "

Via SAP: SAP Forges Next Generation of RFID-Enabled Business Solutions with Kimberly-Clark: "SAP and Kimberly-Clark will continue to leverage EPCglobal efforts to promote standards based solutions to the marketplace. SAP is bringing to bear the state-of-the-art Auto-ID, analytical and event-driven technologies provided by the SAP NetWeaver platform to collect, analyze and act on EPC (electronic product code) data shared among Kimberly-Clark and its trading partners. Kimberly-Clark has already deployed SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure as the system of record of enterprise-wide EPC information and as the interface that controls all EPC information flowing into mySAP ERP. "

Via SAP: SAP Enables Fraport AG to Reduce Maintenance Costs and Increase Safety at Frankfurt Airport with Mobile Asset Management: "Before the mobile deployment, service engineers had to fill out lengthy forms during equipment checks, then enter the data manually into the central ERP software. Service technicians now use PDAs to access daily maintenance plans and carry out work orders. The PDAs read maintenance-relevant information from the RFID tags installed on ventilation shutters and act as clients to the ERP software for reporting and archiving. Because the PDAs can read tags only at a distance of three centimeters or less, the mobile scenario confirms that service technicians duly checked each vent on their work orders. In addition to safeguarding maintenance processes and generating reports in compliance with federal regulations, the solution helps the company maintain a complete view across the entire asset life cycle and more quickly locate reoccurring faults. "

RFID Device Service: Industrial Ethernet Network Capable ...

Comtrol Corp. provides industrial ethernet device server that supports factory-level RFID. ...

... "DM is a network-attached device server that hosts an industrial Ethernet engine and translates device-to-PLC communications. DM allows users to attach RFID equipment, bar code scanners, displays and in-line scales to their industrial Ethernet network. " ...

Via Control Engineering - Multiprotocol industrial Ethernet gateway, legacy bridge ...

Hosted RFID Compliance Program Expands ...

Hosted RFID Compliance Program Expands: SEEBURGER Announces Partners for IDnet Hosted RFID Compliance Service; Printronix, NCR & Venture Research To Participate ...

Seeburger expands its partner ecosystem for hosted RFID compliance ...

... "SEEBURGER Inc. announced that Printronix Inc., NCR Corporation’s Systemedia Division, and Venture Research Inc. have agreed to provide products and services as a part of IDnet, SEEBURGER’s first-of-its-kind hosted solution for implementing an RFID program to comply with mandates from major retailers and government agencies. IDnet pricing ranges from $350 to $500 a month and will now include specially configured printers and labels with optional tag placement services, enabling SEEBURGER to equip companies with a fast, cost-effective and turnkey online solution. " ...

SEEBURGER is a leading provider of global business integration solutions designed to optimize transactions throughout the extended enterprise by automating trading relationships with all partners regardless of their size and technical resources. Launched in 1986 to provide integration solutions to the automotive industry in Germany, the company today is ranked among the top business-to-business gateway providers by industry analysts, and serves more than 6,500 customers in 35 countries and more than 15 industries through its flagship B2B Gateway and related products and services. SEEBURGER has global offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, including a U.S. office that opened in 1998.

Hosted RFID Software Speeds Compliance

Hosted RFID Software Speeds Compliance: Via Seeburger: IDnet: RFID Compliance Simplified: Hosted RFID ...

Seeburger offers a hosted RFID software solution that speeds the time to RFID compliance for small to medium-sized businesses ...

... "Smaller companies frequently cannot afford to purchase, install and manage the software required to meet these demands, while many larger firms are finding that their RFID implementations will not go live in time to meet customer deadlines. As a hosted solution, IDnet eliminates the upfront capital expenses and ongoing overhead associated with generating labels and advance shipping notices, managing these and related functions through a dedicated system at SEEBURGER’s own data center for a low monthly fee. " ...

SEEBURGER is a leading provider of global business integration solutions designed to optimize transactions throughout the extended enterprise by automating trading relationships with all partners regardless of their size and technical resources. Launched in 1986 to provide integration solutions to the automotive industry in Germany, the company today is ranked among the top business-to-business gateway providers by top industry analysts, and serves more than 6,500 customers in 35 countries and more than 15 industries through its flagship B2B Gateway and related products and services. SEEBURGER has global offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, including a U.S. office that opened in 1998.

Tag: RFID

Beyond RFID Hype Seminar

Beyond RFID Hype Seminar: Via INPUT: Government Business

... "Beyond RFID Hype (and Fear) Seminar: RFID is the technology currently evoking tremendous interest and anxiety, particularly in the public sectors! If you need real, cutting-edge, hype-free information about RFID, please join Input for a symposium on the state of EPC RFID for Government and Industry. This symposium is a rare educational opportunity.

August 16, 2005

Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202

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RFID Certification Exam Developing ...

RFID Certification Exam Developing: Solution Center Pairs Fort Wayne Firm and IUPUI Radio Frequency Identification Expert; Puts Up Nearly $27,000 For Project ...

Brijilent collaborate with univeristy to develop RFID certification materials ...

... "When Briljent, a Fort Wayne technical writing, training and documentation company, came to the IUPUI Solution Center to find an expert in radio frequency identification (RFID) who could develop materials for a study guide for a new RFID certification exam, the Solution Center had the answer and the money to help make it happen. " ...

The Solution Center was established at IUPUI to serve as a gateway to campus resources and to address the economic and business development needs of central Indiana. It serves as a single point of access to campus resources to develop partnerships, create professional internships, link community and faculty, and customize programs and research for community clients. Through the Solution Center, more than 600 students a year will learn by experience through internships, service learning, research, and other economic development projects.

RFID Integration With GPS ...

RFID Integration With GPS: The First GSM/GPRS/GPS & Bluetooth Wireless Gateway Unveiled at ...

Baracoda and Wavecom collaborate to demonstrate RFID integration from reader to application system leveraging Bluetooth ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... to logistics professionals for the distribution market, a demonstration at this year's CeBIT from Baracoda and Wavecom will show a RFID reader (Baracoda ID-Blue ...

... As an example of great benefits offered to logistics professionals for the distribution market, a demonstration at this year's CeBIT from Baracoda and Wavecom will show a RFID reader (Baracoda ID-Blue) decoding and transmitting tag data to the B-Box over Bluetooth connectivity thanks to an Open AT application. The B-Box encapsulates automatically RFID with GPS data and routes this data via SMS to a mobile phone. ...

Baracoda is the market leader in the Bluetooth Auto-ID industry, having developed the first line of Bluetooth barcode and RFID scanners. Since 2001, Baracoda developed a specific know-how and many patents for Bluetooth Wireless Technology applications. Baracoda's expertise concerns embedded software development and radio modules integration, with in-depth capabilities in power management, security and interface with multiple existing systems, thanks to its unique cross-platforms middleware.

Wavecom is a leading provider of integrated technology solutions for wireless voice and data applications to the vertical markets of automotive, machine-to-machine, wireless local loop, mobile computing and wireless PDAs. Wavecom's offering includes all the software and hardware elements that are necessary to develop truly innovative wireless devices, as well as the development tools and services needed to bring them to market quickly and easily.

Java RFID Software and Hardware Architecture ...

Java RFID Architecture: Sun Microsystems Unveils Sun Java System Tag and Ship Solution and ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... New Offerings Help Customers Cost-Effectively Address Immediate RFID Requirements and Plan for Future Integration NEW YORK, National Retail Federation ...

... Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today announced the availability of the Sun Java(TM) System RFID Tag and Ship Solution and the Sun RFID Reference Architecture. Sun also announced its plans to create RFID Industry Solution Architectures (ISAs) to meet the unique RFID requirements of vertical markets including: government, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and retail. In addition, Sun and SeeBeyond outlined plans for the forthcoming RFID ISA for Retail, which will offer complete, integrated RFID solution designed specifically for retailers. The Sun Java System RFID Tag and Ship ISA Solution is a simple, entry-level RFID solution that enables customers to address specific RFID compliance requests, such as those from retailers including: Wal-Mart, Target and Albertsons, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense and other organizations. ...

Sun RFID Reference Architecture is the latest in an established methodology that identifies, designs, builds, tests and optimizes Sun technology and premier third-party business applications for safer, more efficient deployments, which yield more predictable performance within a customer's business environment. Sun RFID Reference Architecture is built upon a foundation of RFID best practices and methodologies, which address performance and scalability for tracking RFID product movement. Through this new offering Sun will help customers to design their RFID infrastructure and plan for the required system demands. Customers can expect to reduce their overall implementation costs through access to Sun's proven design, implementation and sizing. The Sun RFID Reference Architecture is the only reference architecture freely available to customers and partners to help make the transition to an RFID based real-time enterprise easier and more cost-effective. By utilizing the Sun RFID Reference Architecture methodologies and proof of concept at the planning stages of their RFID implementation, customers can design and size their infrastructure and reducing their overall deployment time. The Sun RFID
Reference Architecture proof of concept may be scheduled through Sun iForce(SM) centers around the world and more information can be found at http://www.sun.com/service/refarch/ .

The RFID ISA for Retail is currently under joint development by Sun and SeeBeyond. It is intended to provide customers with an end-to-end solution that addresses the specific business challenges of retailers and fully leverages the power of RFID data. For example, the RFID ISA for Retail can help customers optimize their backstore and warehouse inventory management through improved supply chain visibility. More information on the RFID ISA for Retail will be available later this quarter.

Additional resources on Java RFID architecture ...

The Sun Java System RFID Software: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... An RFID architecture that incorporates the Sun Java System RFID Software can offer dynamic reprovisioning that moves software paths from one server to another. ...

New RFID Java tools - Builder: Java programming architecture and Jini networking technology, attempts to simplify integration of data collected via radio frequency identification (RFID) ...

RFID edge controller runs Linux/Java on XScale: WebSphere RFID Device Infrastructure, which provides a Java-based application environment supporting the OSGi (open services gateway initiative) architecture. ...

Introduction to RFID and the EPC Network Architecture: introduced Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), the EPC Network architecture, and the hardware and software behind it. A Java based RFID system was ...

RFID Market: NBS Technologies Inc. Agrees to Acquire Cybernetix ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... and personalization of, smart cards (contact, contactless and dual interface), smart objects, electronic labels and micromodules, as well as RFID products for ...

... NBS Technologies Inc. ("NBS")(TSX:NBS) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets and assume certain liabilities of Cybernetix Microelectronique S.A.S. ("Microelectronique") for total cash consideration of approximately Cdn$12 million. Microelectronique is a subsidiary of Cybernetix SA, a pubic company listed on the Paris Euronext Stock Exchange (Sicovam code 3616). Microelectronique based in Marseille, France, designs and manufactures automated equipment systems for the production, testing and personalization of, smart cards (contact, contactless and dual interface), smart objects, electronic labels and micromodules, as well as RFID products for applications in telecommunications, ID, security, banking and transportation. ...

NBS Technologies is a leading provider of card personalization, secure identity solutions, and point of sale transaction services for financial institutions, governments, and corporations worldwide. The company has specialized and complementary product lines within its Commerce Gateway, Card Personalization and Payment Solutions business units. NBS Technologies is a global company with locations in Canada, U.S. and UK, along with a worldwide dealer network. For more information, visit www.nbstech.com.

Cybernetix Microelectronique S.A.S. is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Cybernetix S.A which is a innovation engineering company in the fields of robotics and automation, including Offshore, Metrology-Optics-Vision, Telerobotics, and Nuclear markets. The Cybernetix Microelectronique S.A.S. is one of the world's leading companies in the design and manufacture of standard or specific automated systems, designed to produce, test and personalize smart cards, smart labels and semiconductors, with primary offices in Marseille, France.

RFID Inventory Control: Stratix Corporation Named US Business Partner of the Year by ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... and distribution processes by offering solutions inclusive of wireless data capture, warehouse management software, bar code and RFID inventory control ...

About Stratix Corporation: Founded in 1983 and registered as a Woman Owned Business, Stratix Corporation is a full service wireless enterprise solution provider. Stratix helps streamline manufacturing and distribution processes by offering solutions inclusive of wireless data capture, warehouse management software, bar code and RFID inventory control, verification and vendor compliance services, printing labels and media, as well as consulting. Stratix is the gateway to the world's most expansive array of information management solutions, equipment and services. More information is available at http://www.stratixcorp.com.

RFID Smart Cards: Smart Chip Technologies Engages Diamond

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... and-mortar, real-time rewards programs using any existing customer identification device as well as smart, magnetic-stripe, bar code, or RFID cards, laptops ...

Smart Chip Technologies gateway patents, owned in the United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan and Canada, cover the business process of storing consumer incentives on a smart chip or device. The patent-protected turnkey loyalty system, co-developed with the Airos Group (www.AirosGroup.com) and IBM, enables click-and-mortar, real-time rewards programs using any existing customer identification device as well as smart, magnetic-stripe, bar code, or RFID cards, laptops, PDAs such as Palm(TM) or Windows(TM) devices, TV set top boxes, or mobile phones, establishing business continuity across physical, mobile and virtual streams of commerce. (www.sctn.com)

RFID Smart Dust: CIA's spy tools make Maxwell Smart's look like toys

From USA Today ... give James Bond. One of its most recent investments is Dust Networks, a company working on so-called smart dust. Someday, the CIA ...

Dust Networks, formerly Dust Incorporated, announced today that it has completed its name change. As the leading authority in wireless mesh networks, the company delivers ultra low-power wireless networks for building automation, industrial monitoring and homeland defense applications. Based in Berkeley, California, Dust develops hardware and software for low-power wireless mesh networks. Dust networks enable reliable, unattended monitoring of critical processes and assets. Patent pending mesh networking software, teamed with battery-powered wireless communication nodes, form a resilient, self-healing network that can operate with zero maintenance for years at a time on standard AAA or coin cell batteries. Unlike traditional wired control systems, Dust networks require no cable runs for power or data communication – greatly reducing the cost and complexity of connecting, maintaining and retrofitting installed sensors and actuators. Dust brings reliable, comprehensive monitoring and control within reach, enabling more informed decision making and better process control. For more information please visit www.dustnetworks.com.

Dust Networks technology has its roots in the Engineering lab at UC Berkeley. In 1997 Kris Pister, then a professor at UCB, proposed an ambitious project to deliver sensing, computing and networking in a millimeter scale package. Essentially an autonomous computer, yet smaller than a match head, this device (called a “mote”) would be capable of awareness of its environment, simple evaluation of conditions and events, and wireless communication to relay information and raise alerts. The project was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that same year.

Dust mesh networking technology is based on years of research at UC Berkeley. Smart dust mesh network solutions consist of multiple wireless communication nodes or “motes” that communicate with each other as well as your information and control systems via a central collection point or “gateway”. From the communication and processing hardware all the way up through the network control system, Dust mesh networks are designed to smash the barriers to full information on physical assets, systems and environments. Dust Network’s Drop & Play Networking™ technology and the ability of motes to establish their own network means the system is ready within 5 minutes of setup. Dust motes self-optimize by automatically adjusting for the best possible data routing as conditions throughout the network change.

Helicomm ZigBee RFID Solutions...

Helicomm's IPWiNS™ (Intelligent, Pervasive Wireless Networking Solutions) platform is the industry's first complete wireless networking solution based on the rapidly emerging IEEE 802.15.4 industry standard for reliable, low data rate wireless networks. Helicomm's modular IPWiNS™ solution portfolio includes the hardware, software, support and tools necessary to quickly and easily integrate this important wireless data standard into your product and service strategies.

The core of the IPWiNS™ platform is Helicomm's advanced networking software, which provides unprecedented levels of security and networking functionality in a remarkably small software footprint. Built upon this powerful software core is Helicomm's highly integrated, intelligent pervasive communications module (IPLink™), the versatile wireless intelligent network gateway (WINGate™) and a suite of development and deployment support tools.

Helicomm's ZigBee Ready Starter Bundles, based on the IPWiNS™ platform, provides customers with the fastest and easiest way to implement new products and applications based on the IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee™ wireless standards, which have been developed specifically to address the needs for reliability, security and low power consumption in wireless sensor networks for monitoring and control applications. The ZigBee Ready Starter Bundle provides everything you need to begin the development of your application or product now on an IEEE 802.15.4 like network platform. That platform will evolve into the full 802.15.4 standard implementation as commercial components are released. Thus the development work you performed on your ZigBee Ready Starter Bundle will put you months ahead of your competition in bringing 802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless network compatible products to market. That means faster project ROI and a competitive advantage that could change your business forever.

Mesh: Outback Wireless Uses Tropos Equipment to Quickly Unwire Texas ...

From TMCnet - Mar 31, 2004 ... The Tropos Wi-Fi cells form a wireless mesh, dynamically routing traffic along the highest throughput path to the wired gateway. ...

C-Chip Technologies Announces the Launching of its e-store

March 2, 2004--C-Chip Technologies Corporation (OTCBB: CCHI - News) is pleased to announce the launching of its e-store, www.cchipstore.com, a virtual gateway for its agents, resellers and distributors offering credit management, tracking and anti-theft solutions.

By visiting www.cchipstore.com, C-Chip distributors will have the accessibility to download product brochures, price lists, instruction manuals and place orders directly online. "This new intranet will allow our distribution network to offer efficient service to their clients" states Stephane Solis, President & CEO of C-Chip, "With an expanding distribution network, this e-store gives us a definite competitive advantage".

The C-Chip store will be accessible 24/7 for all to visit. Agents and distributors will have access to a restricted area for online volume buying and the public area will allow consumers to order products directly. The e-store is a fully secure transactional website developed to give us added value and to reinforce our presence on the web. "People rely on the Internet to find information about products" says Lynda Brault, Vice-President Marketing, "It is important to be available at all times. This is what our e-store enables us to do".

C-Chip's line of products includes a variety of security devices and services for the automotive and sports vehicle industries. The Hawk, an anti-theft device using RFID technology, and the Shadow, a series of GPS tracking solutions, are amongst a few of the ever-growing selection of credit management, tracking and anti-theft solutions offered by the company.

In addition to its existing distribution network, the e-store will expand the company's distribution network with online resellers, a network of web affiliates offering some of C-Chip's products on their own webstores.

About the C-Chip(TM) Technology

The C-Chip(TM) is a wireless, web-based set of communication tools that offers business users remote access, control, and monitoring of a wide range of assets, including vehicles, office equipment and industrial machinery. It allows selective enabling, disabling and any other commands at will, from anywhere in the World to practically anywhere in North America using the Internet. Applications for the C-Chip(TM) technology offer significant opportunities within the markets for credit, security and asset management solutions. Detailed information on the technology and its applications is available on our web-site at www.c-chip.com.

About C-Chip Technologies Corporation

C-Chip Technologies Corporation is positioned in an emerging and rapidly growing industry which is about interconnecting machines with IT infrastructures and mobile assets. We integrate wireless communications, on-line transactions, software applications, RFID technology, the Internet and, when location is required, GPS technology to enable business users to efficiently access, control and manage remote assets at low costs. The Company's goal is to be recognized as a leading provider of credit management solutions for financial institutions, of security solutions for insurance companies and asset management solutions for car rental companies and urban fleets.