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Swedish Armed Forces to Deploy Savi's Consignment Management Solution
Savi Technology says the Swedish Armed Forces will deploy the Savi Consignment Management Solution (CMS) to track in-transit military supplies. Savi designed CMS to interoperate with similar RFID-based, in-transit visibility networks the company has deployed for the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO and the defense forces of seven other countries. Sweden will use CMS specifically for tracking consignments for national and multi-national operations by its army, navy and air force. Savi's CMS platform consists of its SmartChain supply network operating system software; its Site Manager middleware, which filters and aggregates RFID reads; and the SmartChain Consignment Management Application. The latter pulls RFID tag data into tools such as computer-generated maps, which show the location of consignments in the supply chain, and auditing applications using historical data to recount the journey of the consignment. CMS also processes real-time data transmissions from other types of automatic identification and data-collection technologies, such as bar codes, passive RFID and GPS satellite location systems.
PDC Settles IP Suit Against Proximities
Precision Dynamics Corp. (PDC), a maker of identification products in the form of RFID wristbands, says it has settled a lawsuit it filed in July 2006 against Proximities, a developer of RFID business solutions. The suit alleged that Proximities infringed on some PDC patents. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, PDC and Proximities have agreed to cross-license certain intellectual property related to the development of RFID wristbands and the option to supply each other with products. According to PDC, the companies view their respective products—PDC's wristbands and Proximities' RFID system solutions—as complementary, and see synergies in bringing RFID cashless payment to the leisure and entertainment market. Further terms of the settlement remain undisclosed.
Inova Technology Acquires RFID Company RightTag
Inova Technology (formerly Edgetech Services), an information security solutions provider specializing in RFID solutions, storage and security technology and IT professional services, says it has acquired RightTag, an RFID consultancy and manufacturer of handheld and desktop readers, printer-encoders, tags and other RFID equipment. Inova says the acquisition allows it to access RightTag's proprietary RFID products, expertise and customers, and that it has already developed several new RFID solutions it plans to launch this year.
SkyeTek Expands European Distribution Network
SkyeTek, a Westminster, Colo., maker of embedded RFID reader technology, has added two European value-added resellers to its partner network, bringing the total number of European resellers to nine. Italian firm Softwork will distribute and support SkyeTek products in Italy, while Gamma Group will provide sales, systems integration and support in Poland and Russia. The new distribution partners will each carry SkyeTek's full line of HF and UHF reader modules and ReaderWare software to respond to the growing demand for integrated RFID system applications in their respective regions. SkyeTek offers its technology to OEM customers or distributors as reader modules. Licensing provides customers with access to SkyeTek's ReaderDNA reference designs, enabling them to integrate the technology directly into their product design. For a complete list of distributors, click here.
Savi Technology says the Swedish Armed Forces will deploy the Savi Consignment Management Solution (CMS) to track in-transit military supplies. Savi designed CMS to interoperate with similar RFID-based, in-transit visibility networks the company has deployed for the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO and the defense forces of seven other countries. Sweden will use CMS specifically for tracking consignments for national and multi-national operations by its army, navy and air force. Savi's CMS platform consists of its SmartChain supply network operating system software; its Site Manager middleware, which filters and aggregates RFID reads; and the SmartChain Consignment Management Application. The latter pulls RFID tag data into tools such as computer-generated maps, which show the location of consignments in the supply chain, and auditing applications using historical data to recount the journey of the consignment. CMS also processes real-time data transmissions from other types of automatic identification and data-collection technologies, such as bar codes, passive RFID and GPS satellite location systems.
PDC Settles IP Suit Against Proximities
Precision Dynamics Corp. (PDC), a maker of identification products in the form of RFID wristbands, says it has settled a lawsuit it filed in July 2006 against Proximities, a developer of RFID business solutions. The suit alleged that Proximities infringed on some PDC patents. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, PDC and Proximities have agreed to cross-license certain intellectual property related to the development of RFID wristbands and the option to supply each other with products. According to PDC, the companies view their respective products—PDC's wristbands and Proximities' RFID system solutions—as complementary, and see synergies in bringing RFID cashless payment to the leisure and entertainment market. Further terms of the settlement remain undisclosed.
Inova Technology Acquires RFID Company RightTag
Inova Technology (formerly Edgetech Services), an information security solutions provider specializing in RFID solutions, storage and security technology and IT professional services, says it has acquired RightTag, an RFID consultancy and manufacturer of handheld and desktop readers, printer-encoders, tags and other RFID equipment. Inova says the acquisition allows it to access RightTag's proprietary RFID products, expertise and customers, and that it has already developed several new RFID solutions it plans to launch this year.
SkyeTek Expands European Distribution Network
SkyeTek, a Westminster, Colo., maker of embedded RFID reader technology, has added two European value-added resellers to its partner network, bringing the total number of European resellers to nine. Italian firm Softwork will distribute and support SkyeTek products in Italy, while Gamma Group will provide sales, systems integration and support in Poland and Russia. The new distribution partners will each carry SkyeTek's full line of HF and UHF reader modules and ReaderWare software to respond to the growing demand for integrated RFID system applications in their respective regions. SkyeTek offers its technology to OEM customers or distributors as reader modules. Licensing provides customers with access to SkyeTek's ReaderDNA reference designs, enabling them to integrate the technology directly into their product design. For a complete list of distributors, click here.
