RFID: Excellent management software from expectation to reality

From software to hardware, IBM and other companies have long been equipped with RFID (Radio Frequency identification, radio frequency identification) technology, users are full of expectations.

IDTechEx Company's latest survey shows that, including systems and services, the RFID market will rise from 2.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2006 to 12.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2010, to 2016 market size will likely expand to 26.2 billion U.S. dollars.

At present, in the popularization of RFID applications on the emergence of two strands very strong thrust.

On the one hand, the world's retail giants such as Wal-Mart, Albertson ' s and Best Buy have a positive attitude towards RFID. Greatly promote the application of RFID. On the other hand, IBM, zebra technology and many other manufacturers continue to improve technology, innovation.

RFID Middleware is an innovative technology to improve technology.

Help RFID more flexible

RFID middleware plays an intermediary role between RFID tags and applications, from the application side, using middleware to provide a common set of application interface (API), which allows users to connect to RFID Reader, read RFID tag data. (Computer science)

RFID middleware, also known as RFID Management software, it can make the development of RFID projects faster, the system put into use time shortened. The middleware can eliminate the difference of RFID tags from different sources and integrate their data, which is advantageous to establish flexible and configurable RFID system.

Another important feature of RFID middleware is the early filtering of invalid RFID data. This kind of invalid data is invisible in the process of project application, and will not have harmful effect on the system. However, if you want to change from a small range of applications to networked applications, the processing of invalid data requires a solution, the configuration of this program should be able to increase the scope of RFID applications to adjust accordingly.

Provide protection for RFID network investment

The correct middleware architecture can effectively protect the investment of RFID network. With the dispatch of RFID information from the sequential to the Internet protocol type, the RFID network from the closed to the standard based open type, the coordination of different components of the device is necessary.

RFID middleware Technology expands the core facilities and features of the basic middleware, extends the enterprise-class middleware technology to the RFID field, and is the key common technology of RFID industry chain.

RFID middleware shielding the diversity and complexity of RFID devices, can provide a strong support for the background business system, thus driving a wider and richer RFID applications.

The key research contents of RFID middleware include: Concurrent access technology, directory service and location technology, data and equipment monitoring technology, remote data access, security and integration technology, process and session management technology, etc.

In addition to the RFID middleware can monitor the RFID signal hardware and backstage can use the RFID information enterprise software connection, more importantly, it can inherit traditional middleware in the security aspect superiority, helps the RFID application to reduce the security hidden danger.

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The opportunity, strategy, and prediction report of the RFID middleware market in the 2005-2010 years, study and markets, said RFID middleware Market in the next few years will be a huge development. Sales are expected to reach $769.5 million trillion by 2010, and in 2011 of the year, the value will double to $1.5575 billion.

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BEA RFID:

The BEA RFID solution includes RFID-specific middleware, RFID integrated middleware, portals, development tools, and general components for logistics and mobile asset tracking applications, which provide a complete infrastructure for customers to implement RFID applications, and enable users to innovate business processes around RFID and develop new applications to improve the ROI of RFID project investment.