Middleware aids with RFID technology integration.

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Oracle® Sensor Edge Server, integrated with Oracle Fusion Middleware, facilitates integration of existing IT environments with RFID and sensor technologies with out-of-the-box functionality. Along with device management for RFID devices, product features task-oriented user interface, RFID compliance workspace, and out-of-the-box reports. Scalable solution's administration is accomplished via consolidated views and management of devices on network.



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Oracle Delivers Enhanced RFID Technology in Oracle® Fusion Middleware



New Features Enable Improved ROI on RFID Investments Using Oracle Fusion Middleware

LAS VEGAS, May 3 -- RFID JOURNAL LIVE! -- Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) today announced significant enhancements to Oracle(R) Sensor Edge Server, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, to enable organizations to easily and cost effectively integrate their existing IT environments with RFID and sensor technologies.

The latest version of Oracle Sensor Edge Server provides several new features for customers investing in RFID technology including: out-of-the-box integration with a variety of market leading RFID devices; device management for the industry's leading RFID tag readers, antenna, tag printers and response systems, which helps customers reduce deployment time and costs; significantly enhanced user management capabilities, including a task-oriented user interface; enhanced RFID compliance workspace; and the ability to provide valuable insight into the status of items in the RFID and sensor network through a larger number of out-of-the-box reports. Customers benefit from scalability and ease of administration via consolidated views and management of devices on the network.

"Our ability to provide the market with scalable technology that helps maximize ROI on RFID investments is exactly why organizations rely on Oracle Sensor-Based Services," said Oracle Vice President Server Technologies Amlan Debnath. "The enhancements to the Oracle Sensor Edge Server represent another step in the company's commitment to providing capabilities that meet existing needs, as well as provide a foundation for growth."

Oracle Sensor Edge Server is also integrated with Oracle Fusion Middleware to provide customers with enhanced features such as: RFID-driven business process management and workflows through integration with Oracle Enterprise Service Bus and Oracle BPEL Process Manager; Oracle RFID Event Monitoring and Oracle Business Activity Monitoring to help optimize supply chain management with RFID; and pre-packaged business analytics on RFID events. The Oracle Sensor Edge Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware are also integrated with Oracle's business applications to provide customers with an end-to-end RFID-enabled offering for supply chain management, order management and industry-specific solutions.

The product is an integral component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, the company's open, standards-based family of middleware products that help lay the foundation for service-oriented architectures (SOAs). By deploying Oracle Sensor Edge Server and a platform for leveraging the benefits of SOA, organizations can integrate sensor data into existing and future business applications, as well as adapt business processes over time -- getting more value out of their technology. Organizations can start small by building RFID pilots that can scale to full network installations, while keeping sensor data intact and within the original business process or event context. Oracle Sensor Edge Server is standards compliant and supports EPCglobal's Application Level Events 1.0 specification. Additionally, Oracle Sensor Edge Server supports the encoding and decoding of various formats of EPC numbers, including Serialized General Trade Item Number, Serial Shipping Container Code, Global Returnable Asset Identifier, Department of Defense and Global Location Number.

Oracle Sensor Edge Server is currently available and licensed with all editions of Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3. For more information, please visit: www.oracle.com/technology/products/sensor_edge_server/index.html .

About Oracle Sensor-Based Services

Based on Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Database 10g, and Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, Oracle Sensor-Based Services enable companies to quickly and easily integrate sensor-based information into their enterprise systems. Oracle's solution includes a number of flexible deployment options that allow companies to start small and grow by leveraging their investment in Oracle technology, including the EPC Compliance Enabler, an RFID/EPC pilot kit, and integrated support in the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Application Server 10g. Oracle is a member of EPC Global, which is leading the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network to support the use of RFID.

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