RFID News Roundup

OATSystems' RFID Products Get AJAXed
RFID solutions provider OATSystems has tapped Inkriti, a technology consulting company and provider of Web 2.0 solutions for e-businesses, to help it incorporate AJAX into its RFID systems, thus making it easier for companies to access and leverage RFID data. AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a set of scripting languages used to create browser-based applications that behave more like software applications. OATSystems, headquartered in Waltham, Mass., decided to leverage AJAX to help improve how the volume of RFID data gets represented. Inkriti, based in Boston, delivered several AJAX-based widgets (components in a graphical user interface) to display, for example, time-based events, as well as to automatically refresh the interface with the most updated information. These widgets were built, customized and deployed by a team of experienced AJAX developers working in Inkriti's technology center in India.

Omron to Provide V750 UHF RFID Readers Worldwide
Omron, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, reports that it is expanding its V750 UHF RFID interrogator product line to include versions for use in China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Mexico and Brazil. According to Omron executives, many of the company's customers are Wal-Mart suppliers with manufacturing sites located in Latin America and Asia, which has spurred RFID use in those regions. The V750 is a fixed-position interrogator that incorporates such features as an auto-tuning facility that self-adjusts read parameters according to tag density. Omron released versions of the V750 for North America in October 2006, Japan in December 2006 and South Korea in February 2007, and expects to begin offering the product to Singapore early next month, China in January 2008, Mexico in early February 2008, Brazil in late February 2008, and in Thailand, Malaysia and Australia sometime between January and March.

Sirit Strikes Reseller Deal With Japanese Systems Integrator
RFID technology provider Sirit, headquartered in Toronto, has forged a reseller agreement with IT systems integrator Japan Information System Co. Ltd. (JIS). Under the terms of the agreement, JIS will begin selling a custom version of Sirit's Infinity 510 RFID reader in Japan in early 2008, and has agreed to make the Sirit interrogator its primary UHF tag reader. The JIS version will incorporate all of Sirit's proprietary tag-acquisition algorithms, a reader-management tool kit and documentation. As part of the agreement, JIS will obtain and maintain all necessary regulatory approvals in Japan, in addition to providing local support tools.

OTA Offers RFID Training in China's Pearl River Delta
Dallas-based OTA Training has teamed up with standards organization GS1 Hong Kong to offer hands-on RFID training and education in China's Pearl River Delta region. The training sessions are being held at Hong Kong's Supply Chain Innovation Center, established in February. According to the partners, students will have the opportunity to conduct exercises and develop an understanding of how to implement RFID. In addition to the training, the students will also be given the opportunity to become CompTIA RFID+ certified upon completion of the course. The first session was held Nov. 19-22, according to a spokesman for OTA Training, with 12 students participating. Other sessions are now being planned for the coming year, he said.