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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Sybase iAnywhere Pioneers Context-Aware Location Information System With RFID Anywhere 3.0
Dublin, CA -December 4, 2006 - Sybase iAnywhere today announced the latest
version of RFID Anywhere(tm), the company's software infrastructure that
provides an extensible environment for developing and managing robust,
highly distributed sensor network applications including radio frequency
identification (RFID) solutions. RFID Anywhere 3.0 breaks new ground with
the delivery of a context-aware Location Information System. Using RFID
Anywhere, businesses can track assets from a range of data collection points
[such as passive RFID, active RFID, real-time location systems (RTLS),
barcode, global positioning systems (GPS) and environmental sensors], and
can dramatically enhance the value of this data by associating environmental
inputs (e.g., temperature) along with the location data. In addition, the
RFID Anywhere 3.0 Location Information System exposes its complete feature
set via a rich service oriented architecture (SOA) web services layer
allowing organizations to easily transform static business information into
business-aware intelligence.
"We're seeing that companies are looking for a single solution that gives
them the ability not only to track their assets, but also to provide
business context to them," said Martyn Mallick, director of RFID and Mobile
Solutions, iAnywhere. "RFID Anywhere's Location Information System is able
to add location awareness and business intelligence to the sensor network,
providing context-sensitive, real-time views of the enterprise."
"One of the key areas of concerns for early adopters of RFID is how to make
intelligent business decisions based on the massive amount of data created
by RFID. The enhancements made to Sybase's RFID software platform address
this issue and provides an increased level of value by combining RFID into
an intelligent sensor network," said Curtis Price, Program Director at IDC.
"Asset tracking is one of the applications that IDC believes is driving
early deployments of RFID, and the new release of RFID Anywhere provides a
common infrastructure for managing and tracking assets, as well as obtaining
contextual information from the data collected in a sensor network. This
allows businesses to derive greater value by making better informed
decisions."
Context-Aware Location Services in Action
The ability to enhance location information with business context is desired
in applications including asset tracking, asset control and resource
management across vertical solutions in healthcare, logistics, cold-chain,
and warehouse management environments. Examples include:
* A produce distributor can correlate the temperature of its goods along
with location and time data to know exactly where and for how long a given
item was exposed to certain environmental conditions such as temperature or
humidity. This information allows these organizations to make real-time
decisions regarding the distribution of the goods to reduce spoilage,
thereby increasing profits.
* A hospital admission system can be enhanced to allow tracking of patients
with contagious diseases and the ability to identify other patients and
staff with whom the infected patients may have recently come in contact
with. This would help a hospital prevent the transmission of the disease.
* A handheld inventory management system in a pharmaceutical distribution
center can now not only determine how much inventory is on hand, but can
also identify the physical location of the asset and determine which
pharmaceuticals expire first. By having the handheld device provide the
location element of the data, the system can incorporate location
information while leveraging the existing barcode or passive RFID network
thereby reducing overall project costs.
Key New Features in RFID Anywhere 3.0
* New Location Information System (LIS)
o Integrate and combine a variety of sensor technologies to locate and track
assets
o Calibrate locations and associate fixed data sources with coordinates to
provide location data
o Store, query and represent location of assets graphically or via reports
o Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to enable information to be accessed
by any application via web services
o Alerting capability so information can be 'pushed' when user-defined alert
conditions are met
* Support for Active RFID technology including RF Code, IDENTEC SOLUTIONS
and AXCESS
* Support for real-time location systems (RTLS) including Ekahau and
AeroScout
* Enhanced mobile device architecture including support for handheld,
forklift and PCMCIA card readers
* Additional enterprise messaging connectors including JMS and IBM WebSphere
MQ
* Enhanced printing capabilities including a new label designer and foreign
language fonts
Partner Support for RFID Anywhere
Sybase iAnywhere partners are also excited about the latest innovations in
RFID Anywhere 3.0:
Ekahau Inc.
"Sybase iAnywhere provides a powerful integration platform for combining
Ekahau RTLS location information with passive RFID data and other sensory
inputs, delivering business intelligence to the location data," said Tuomo
Rutanen, vice president, business development, Ekahau Inc. "This enables
both companies to satisfy the needs of a very broad customer base, which
underlines the powerful synergy of this partnership."
RF Code
"We are pleased to have worked with iAnywhere in the integration between its
RFID Anywhere technology and RF Code's Tavis RTLS Platform," said Dr. Nissim
Ozer, Chief Technology Officer, RF Code. "This effort provides our joint
customers the real-time location visibility and reporting needed to improve
the management and utilization of assets across the enterprise."
Availability
RFID Anywhere 3.0 will be available in December 2006. To learn more about
the new features of RFID Anywhere 3.0, please sign up for an exclusive
webcast on December 14th at 10AM or 2PM EST at:
www.ianywhere.com/rfid_webcast. To join the very popular RFID Anywhere
developer community and to download a free development copy of RFID
Anywhere, visit www.ianywhere.com/RFID.
About RFID Anywhere
RFID Anywhere simplifies the development, deployment, configuration and
management tasks for highly distributed, multi-site, intelligent sensor
networks, and abstracts the interaction with the physical network of
devices. With support for over forty devices, this powerful infrastructure
enables the creation of intelligent sensor networks out-of-the-box. By using
RFID Anywhere, sensors are able to work together as an intelligent network
by combining, organizing and coordinating these technologies through a
common management structure, advanced feature set and event-driven
development framework.
About Sybase iAnywhere
Sybase iAnywhere enables success at the front lines of business. The company
holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded
databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and
synchronization, and Bluetooth(r) and infrared protocol technologies. Tens
of millions of mobile devices, millions of subscribers, and 20,000 customers
and partners rely on the company's "Always Available" technologies,
including SQL Anywhere, Afaria, OneBridge, and the AvantGo mobile Internet
service. iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY).
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