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Sybase
adds to RFID software lineup
By
Ann Bednarz
Network
World Fusion, 04/12/05
Sybase
Monday announced software designed to help companies incorporate
data collected by radio frequency identification devices into
business applications.
RFID
Enterprise lets customers process RFID data from heterogeneous
devices, store the data and work it into multi-system business
processes. The intent is to make it easier to develop and
deploy RFID-enabled applications, Sybase says.
The suite
builds on RFID Anywhere, a product Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere
Solutions announced in February to provide connectors and
management tools for communicating with different types of
RFID devices.
RFID
Enterprise bundles a range of data management, integration
and analysis components. Database tools automate the loading
of RFID data into SQL databases, for example. Integral business-process
development tools and integration features are aimed at helping
companies design and execute business processes that use RFID
data.
On the
monitoring front, the software tracks real-time events via
Web-based dashboards. In addition, RFID Enterprise includes
predefined and ad-hoc RFID reporting tools for making sense
of volumes of RFID data.
RFID
Enterprise picks up where RFID Anywhere leaves off, says Martyn
Mallick, senior product manager for RFID at Sybase. "RFID
Anywhere provides a lot of the integration-related capabilities
for an RFID deployment -- the ability to communicate with
different RFID readers, collect RFID data from the readers,
do some data aggregation and filtering, and manage the RFID
network," Mallick says. "RFID Enterprise adds process
integration features to bring business meaning and value to
that data."
RFID
Enterprise is available now. Pricing starts at $20,000 for
RFID Enterprise and $30,000 for RFID Anywhere.
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