Sybase iAnywhere Pioneers Context-Aware Location Information System With RFID Anywhere 3.0 Monday December 4, 6:00 am ET

Latest version delivers revolutionary location information system that provides business-aware asset tracking functionality. Includes new support for real-time location systems and active RFID technology, as well as enhanced support for mobile RFID and forklift readers.

DUBLIN, Calif., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ – 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 not only 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], but also 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.”