RFID Anywhere Upgrade

Sybase updates their RFID middleware software with support of more devices. ...

... "Greater flexibility with newly expanded device support
Passive RFID: Alien 9900, Intermec IF61, Omron v750, Sirit Infinity 510, Feig LRU1000, IPICO, Impinj Speedway Handheld RFID: Psion Teklogic Workabout Pro, Intermec 751, Sirit Infinity 210 Forklift RFID: Intermec IV7 Active RFID: ePlate, WaveTrend
RTLS: RFind, Sky-Trax ... " ...

Via Sybase: Updates RFID and Sensor Computing Middleware

Enterprise RFID

OatSystems creates scalable enterprise solution for RFID enabling centralized management across multiple, distributed sites. ...

... "Fontanella said providing enterprise-scale RFID middleware is a natural direction for OATSystems, and added that other RFID vendors are offering similar middleware solutions. " ...

Via eWeek: Enterprising Approach to RFID

RFID Drug ePedigree Standards Achieved by IBM

The ePedigree feature in IBM's WebSphere RFID Information Center is certified and fully compliant with GS1 EPCglobal's Drug Pedigree Messaging Standard, or DPMS. ...

... "To be certified as DPMS compliant, the IBM WebSphere RFID Information Center's ePedigree feature passed a battery of tests to ensure that it can be used to create, receive, and append drug pedigree documents. Testing was conducted on EPCglobal's behalf by an independent company, MetLabs.

WebSphere RFID Information Center is a proven solution for companies seeking to share product movement information with trading partners using EPCIS or DPMS-compliant solutions. The software includes an optional ePedigree feature that provides all participants in the pharmaceutical supply chain with secure access to historical data on individual bottles of medicine to enable compliance with current and emerging regulations. In the pharmaceutical business, the product will be used successfully by drug distributor AmerisourceBergen in its Sacramento pilot, and by a large global pharmaceutical manufacturer. " ...

Via IBM: EPCIS and Drug Pedigree Messaging Standards

Europe RFID Poised For Growth

European RFID markets will grow in the near term and have to deal with rising volume of data generated by RFID devices. Middleware is the best means for addressing the data flow. Europe has location-specific issues that need to be considered in RFID middleware. ...

... "However, several issues which will present significant challenges for the European RFID middleware market remain. Some of the immediate challenges include meeting regulatory requirements such as Listen Before Talk (LBT), which are unique to Europe. In addition, to the Europe wide issues, certain countries such as France have dedicated frequencies in the UHF band for military and defence, which clash with RFID frequencies. " ...

Via Frost & Sullivan: RFID in Europe

Alien RFID Supports WebSphere Premises Server

Alien Technology will support IBM's new WebSphere RFID Premises Server 6.0, a middleware platform that integrates RFID data with enterprise business processes. Alien will validate its Enterprise RFID Readers in IBM's WebSphere RFID Device Program, which will enable customers accelerate integration of RFID devices in their implementations. ...

... "Alien Enterprise RFID Readers and their underlying Alien Reader Protocol dovetail well with the new IBM offering, providing complementary and synergistic features for enterprise deployment. These include remote software version management, SNMP, Automode, and automatic recovery in the event of power or network outage. The Premises Server's open architecture allows these and other Alien capabilities to be fully leveraged to help drive the implementation of a scalable and reliable RFID system within an IBM enterprise infrastructure. " ...

Via Alien Tech: Alien Technology Supports IBM WebSphere RFID Premises Server 6.0