To get the most out of their RFID systems, companies will have to deploy both new RFID middleware and conventional integration middleware. The key to success will be knowing when and how to use each.
As companies struggle to find a compelling return on investment in RFID systems, they should look to the lessons learned from deploying other wireless technologies.
Companies that are deploying RFID systems will be quickly overwhelmed by a flood of data, unless they follow three core principles for building an operational data management architecture.
At an informal competition for venture capitalists, multiprotocol reader maker AWID and mesh network provider Ember as were named most likely to succeed.