DALLAS, RFID World Conference, Booth 700, March 1
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), today
announced the release of its newest RFID Industry Solution Architecture (ISA),
the Sun RFID ISA for Manufacturing. The RFID ISA for Manufacturing combines
Sun's RFID expertise with its extensive knowledge of the manufacturing
industry to address the specific business challenges of the consumer package
goods industry and help these customers fully leverage the power of RFID.
The RFID ISA for Manufacturing simplifies and accelerates the process of
designing and integrating an RFID solution. Consumer Packaged Goods
Manufacturers are looking beyond immediate RFID mandate compliance deadlines,
such as those from Wal-Mart, Target, Albertsons and the Department of Defense
and are looking at integrating RFID into their business processes to increase
efficiencies, reduce costs and accelerate business decisions. The RFID ISA for
Manufacturing provides the essential guidelines to help these customers deploy
RFID to improve warehouse management and automate advance shipment
notification processes.
"Customers are continuing to look at how to achieve business benefits from
RFID and how they can apply RFID to specific scenarios within their industry
verticals. While there are various players in the market who are claiming RFID
expertise, with the RFID Industry Solution Architectures Sun has brought
together our proven RFID and vertical industry experience to create unique,
targeted solutions to address these challenges," said Stephen Murphy, vice
president of industry sales for manufacturing, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun is packaging its RFID technology, product and service offerings, along
with that of its partners to create the RFID ISA for Manufacturing. The RFID
ISA for Manufacturing provides detailed guidelines to help manufacturers build
an end-to-end RFID solution. It contains everything a consumer packaged goods
manufacturer needs to deploy RFID for warehouse management and automating the
advanced shipment notification process: Sun Java(TM) System RFID Software,
Provia Software's ViaWare Warehouse Management System, a Printronix RFID
printer, an RFID reader, and integration middleware.
Warehouse Management Systems are a critical component in an end-to-end
RFID solution as they are among the last 'systems of record' in the supply
chain. "For consumer packaged goods manufacturers, the ability to have RFID as
part of a WMS solution allows for the RFID data to be fully utilized
throughout the supply chain," said Paul Crist, Provia vice president of sales
and marketing. "Our relationship with Sun, combined with our efforts together
at several common customers offers consumer packaged goods companies a
powerful solution for RFID throughout a supply chain."
All the technology components of the RFID ISA for Manufacturing are
standards-based to help ensure compatibility and eliminate the risk of vendor
dependency. In addition, the components have standard interfaces, which
provide customers the flexibility of swapping or adding other standards-based
components. A subset of the technology components in the RFID ISA for
Manufacturing can address immediate RFID compliance deadlines and also
establish a foundation to help customers achieve longer term business
benefits. The RFID ISA for Manufacturing also supports integration with other
enterprise software, such as ERP and SCM systems.
About Sun RFID Industry Solution Architectures
Sun has announced its plans to create RFID Industry Solution Architectures
(ISAs) to meet the unique RFID requirements of several vertical markets
including: government, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and retail. The Sun RFID
ISAs build on the foundation provided by the Sun RFID Reference Architecture,
which provides a designed, tested, tuned, and documented proof-of-concept
deployment architecture. The RFID ISAs leverage the expertise Sun has gained
from working on customer deployments, to create industry-specific RFID
solutions.
About Sun Java System RFID Software
The Sun Java System RFID Software, currently available on the Solaris(TM)
Operating System and Linux, streamlines the management of RFID hardware
including tags and readers. The Sun Java System RFID Software represents a key
component of the Sun RFID system strategy, which also includes global client
services, global RFID test centers, Sun hardware and storage, and key solution
alliances for RFID. For more information on Sun Java System RFID Software go
to http://www.sun.com/rfid.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer(TM)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a
leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that
make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the
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Contact: Jacki DeCoster of Sun Microsystems, Inc., +1-415-294-4482, or
jacki.decoster@sun.com; or Trisha Cousins of Citigate Cunningham,
+1-415-618-8721, or tcousins@citigatecunningham.com, for Sun Microsystems.
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CONTACT:
Jacki DeCoster of Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
+1-415-294-4482, or jacki.decoster@sun.com; or Trisha Cousins of
Citigate Cunningham, +1-415-618-8721, or
tcousins@citigatecunningham.com, for Sun Microsystems
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