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Microsoft Announces Availability of BizTalk Server 2009
Another important upgrade to BizTalk Server 2009, Microsoft reports, is support for Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS)—a vital EPCglobal standard enabling various parties to share EPC data. EPCIS defines a common language for describing RFID-tagged products or other assets, and a standard method for supply chain partners to exchange and understand this information, even if they have deployed different hardware and software.
Companies employing BizTalk Server 2006 R2 can also share EPC data using the EPCIS protocol—but to do this, developers have had to utilize a specific set of instructions available at the BizTalk Server Development Center.
In addition to incorporating the EPCIS standard and LLRP, BizTalk Server 2009 supports the latest version of EPCglobal's Tag Data Translation (TDT) standard, which defines how to generate tag data and interpret it using a common language.
Additionally, Microsoft has announced five new additions to its RFID solution partner network, a group of companies certified to provide RFID products and services based on the BizTalk platform. The new partners are Cognizant, Lowry, MPS Partners, RFIDGS and Ship2Save.
At a keynote presentation being made this evening at RFID Journal LIVE!, Sudhir Hasbe, Microsoft's senior product manager, and Colin Masson, the company's worldwide director of CRM, ERP and supply chain solutions, will discuss how businesses across a variety of industry verticals are employing Microsoft's RFID platform to transform their business processes. During the presentation, Zander Livingston, American Apparel's director of RFID, Gokhan Sarpkaya, logistics project leader at Continental Automotive Systems US, and Robert Urwiler, Vail Resorts' CIO, will describe how their companies are benefiting from RFID-enabled solutions based on the Microsoft platform (see American Apparel Expands RFID to Additional Stores, Automotive Manufacturer Tracks Incoming Inventory and Vail Picks New Line With UHF RFID-Powered Passes).
Companies employing BizTalk Server 2006 R2 can also share EPC data using the EPCIS protocol—but to do this, developers have had to utilize a specific set of instructions available at the BizTalk Server Development Center.
In addition to incorporating the EPCIS standard and LLRP, BizTalk Server 2009 supports the latest version of EPCglobal's Tag Data Translation (TDT) standard, which defines how to generate tag data and interpret it using a common language.
At a keynote presentation being made this evening at RFID Journal LIVE!, Sudhir Hasbe, Microsoft's senior product manager, and Colin Masson, the company's worldwide director of CRM, ERP and supply chain solutions, will discuss how businesses across a variety of industry verticals are employing Microsoft's RFID platform to transform their business processes. During the presentation, Zander Livingston, American Apparel's director of RFID, Gokhan Sarpkaya, logistics project leader at Continental Automotive Systems US, and Robert Urwiler, Vail Resorts' CIO, will describe how their companies are benefiting from RFID-enabled solutions based on the Microsoft platform (see American Apparel Expands RFID to Additional Stores, Automotive Manufacturer Tracks Incoming Inventory and Vail Picks New Line With UHF RFID-Powered Passes).
