New EPCglobal Software Certification Program Launched at EPCglobal US Conference 2006.11 Companies Received Certification for 13 Software Products BRUSSELS, Belgium & LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- EPCglobal Inc, the not-for-profit standards organization A standards organization, also sometimes referred to as a standards body, a standards development organization or SDO (depending on what is being referenced), is any entity whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, dedicated to driving global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC (1) (Entertainment PC) See HTPC. (2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). ) for supply chain excellence, today announced the first companies to earn software certification for EPC/Radio Frequency Identification (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ) products. Eleven companies were awarded the EPCglobal Software Compliance Certification Mark A certification mark on a commercial product indicates five things:
By providing end users with access to reliable information regarding certified products, the new program helps facilitate and accelerate the start-up phase of EPC/RFID implementations. Now users can focus their resources on completing pilots and capturing information in real business situations rather than on evaluating software components. "Choosing the right EPC/RFID software for your business can be a challenging process, with many factors to consider," said Chris Adcock, president, EPCglobal Inc. "The new EPCglobal Software Certification Program provides companies with the confidence that the software they implement will work in predictable ways as defined by EPCglobal standards. The program protects the company's investment and helps them implement EPC/RFID programs easier, faster, and for less cost." Compliance testing was conducted by MET Labs, a third party, vendor-neutral lab, in Baltimore, Maryland "Baltimore" redirects here. For the surrounding county, see Baltimore County, Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation). Baltimore is an independent city located in the state of Maryland in the United States. . The lab certified products for conformance con·for·mance n. Conformity. Noun 1. conformance - correspondence in form or appearance conformity agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and with the EPCglobal Reader Protocol (RP) Standard and the EPCglobal Application Level Event (ALE) Standard. As additional standards are ratified, certification for other software products will be available.
Certified for conformance with the EPCglobal Reader Protocol (RP)
standard:
Company Name Product
7iD Technologies Reader Service
Supply Insight Inc rPlatform (RP)
Certified for conformance with the EPCglobal Application Level
Event (ALE) standard:
Company Name Product
7iD Technologies Acquisition Service
BEA Systems, Inc WebLogic RFID Edge Server
Electronics and
Telecommunications
Research
Institute (ETRI) ETRI REMS (RFID Event Management System)
GlobeRanger
Corporation iMotion
MetaRights, ltd iTag-AS
NEC Corporation RFID Manager Enterprise
NTT COMWARE
CORPORATION NTT COMWARE RFID middleware
Skandsoft
Technologies Private
Limited Setu
Supply Insight Inc r Platform (ALE)
TIBCO Software, Inc TIBCO RFID Interchange
Vue Technology, Inc True VUE Site Manager/Enterprise Manager
The new EPCglobal Software Certification Program is offered in addition to EPCglobal's Hardware Certification With ever dropping prices of hardware devices, the market for networking devices and systems is undergoing a kind of change that can be loosely termed as ‘generalization’. Big established enterprises like Cisco, Novell, Sun Microsystems etc. Program, which provides standards-based compliance and interoperability certification. Almost 30 readers, tags, and printers/encoders have been certified for compliance and/or interoperability by the EPCglobal Hardware Certification Program. The EPCglobal Performance Test Center Accreditation Program is also available to evaluate testing facilities and their ability to perform tagged unit performance testing Performance Testing covers a broad range of engineering or functional evaluations where a material, product, or system is not specified by detailed material or component specifications: Rather, emphasis is on the final measurable performance characteristics. in a variety of real world environments common within the supply chain. To date, MET Labs has accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. seven testing facilities globally under this program. To learn more about the new EPCglobal Software Certification Program, or other vendor selection programs offered by EPCglobal, visit www.EPCglobalinc.org/certification. About EPCglobal Inc EPCglobal Inc is a subsidiary of GS1 and GS1 US GS1 US is the GS1 Member Organization in the United States of America. Note: GS1 US was formerly the Uniform Code Council, Inc. GS1 US is responsible to manage the GS1 System in the USA. GS1 US assigns GS1 Company Prefixes to companies/organizations in the USA. [TM] and supports the global adoption of the Electronic Product Code[TM] as a global standard to enable accurate information and visibility about products in the supply chain. More information about EPCglobal Inc can be found at www.EPCglobalinc.org. |
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