RFID EXPERT VIEWS
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Complex Event Processing and RFID
The true value of CEP software is how it changes the cost structure for RFID applications. By making it faster and easier to develop applications, RFID solution providers can lower their development costs and speed development cycles, thereby getting new applications to market faster and cheaper.
CEP software also provides a robust infrastructure layer that simplifies RFID application deployment and scaling. It typically supports clustering and high availability, allowing easier management and change of application modules. Thus, as RFID applications become mission-critical, CEP software enables the solutions to withstand the rigors of 24-7 operations.
Patient Care Technology Systems
Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS) provide optimization solutions for improving the operating performance and quality of health-care organizations. The PCTS Amelior solution uses RFID and sensor networks to identify, track and correlate the movement of patients and assets, isolating any processing and utilization problems (see Harmon Hospital Implements RFID to Track Assets).
Originally, the Amelior system was built with a custom-coded event-correlation engine. As customer environments became more sophisticated, PCTS chose to replace the custom-coded infrastructure with off-the-shelf CEP software—specifically, the Coral8 Engine.
PCTS saw remarkable results from the decision to use off-the-shelf CEP software:
For PCTS, the value is clear: Leveraging CEP in its RFID solution can bring more sophisticated application functionality to market faster. PCTS customers now have solutions that are easier to operate and have access to richer business applications. PCTS is just one example of how CEP software is enabling more robust and reliable RFID and sensor network applications.
John Morrell is the director of product marketing for Coral8, a provider of CEP software. Morrell has over 20 years' experience in enterprise software and data management. To learn more about CEP software, he recommends that users visit such CEP industry portals as Complex Events), or download free CEP development software from Coral8.
CEP software also provides a robust infrastructure layer that simplifies RFID application deployment and scaling. It typically supports clustering and high availability, allowing easier management and change of application modules. Thus, as RFID applications become mission-critical, CEP software enables the solutions to withstand the rigors of 24-7 operations.
Patient Care Technology Systems
Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS) provide optimization solutions for improving the operating performance and quality of health-care organizations. The PCTS Amelior solution uses RFID and sensor networks to identify, track and correlate the movement of patients and assets, isolating any processing and utilization problems (see Harmon Hospital Implements RFID to Track Assets).
Originally, the Amelior system was built with a custom-coded event-correlation engine. As customer environments became more sophisticated, PCTS chose to replace the custom-coded infrastructure with off-the-shelf CEP software—specifically, the Coral8 Engine.
PCTS saw remarkable results from the decision to use off-the-shelf CEP software:
- The entire team of developers learned the Coral8 product and language in less than one week, with no formal training.
- The development time for new application modules was drastically reduced. The team completed its first new application module in six weeks, from inception to delivery.
- The PCTS developers are delivering more business value to customers by creating more advanced RFID and sensor-network business functions, rather than merely supporting a custom-coding infrastructure.
- Customer implementations are faster, changes are easier to apply and applications can run unattended 24-7, lowering customer deployment and operational costs.
John Morrell is the director of product marketing for Coral8, a provider of CEP software. Morrell has over 20 years' experience in enterprise software and data management. To learn more about CEP software, he recommends that users visit such CEP industry portals as Complex Events), or download free CEP development software from Coral8.
