source: www.istockphoto.com In recent conversations with industry professionals, a recurring theme that comes up is ‘How do I approach a Auto-ID based solution like any other enterprise application roll-out’? A simple enough question at first-glance, but as I prodded a bit more, it became clear that certain factors seemed to be causing apprehension in their minds – I’d like to share these insights gained for the benefit of the larger audience, and the questions behind the above question roughly translate[...]

Read more about it here or check out the BizTalk Server portal to learn more and play with the latest release of BizTalk Server, which represents a culmination of Microsoft’s recent wave of platform / application infrastructure technologies investments this year. Along with the releases earlier this calendar year of .NET Framework 4, Windows Server AppFabric and Windows Azure AppFabric, BizTalk Server 2010 makes it easier for customers to build composite applications that span both on-premises LOB systems and new[...]

Today was another milestone for our little company – I will now be a part of a WW organization called the Microsoft VTS Program that works with the Microsoft Field Technology Specialists to assist closely with deploying solutions on the Application platform (BizTalk, BizTalk RFID, SQL, and AppFabric), with a specific focus on <you guessed it > RFID-based solutions To be nominated as one of the new “vertical” market technology specialist for the RFID area is indeed very special and[...]

Source: www.istockphoto.com Been a while since I posted – it’s been busy with some exciting things coming up (and will  share) over the next few months including (you heard it here first )another book deal with yet another author from the S3Edge stable – but the opportunity to share an ‘aha’ moment that I recently had was too good to pass up and hence the brief post. In previous posts, we’ve discussed why examples of enterprise-ready commercial off the shelves[...]

“RFID, via Toll‟s REAP platform, is a key technology that we believe will take our supply chain into the future today. This innovation is going to be a game-changer for Toll. It will differentiate the way we do our business. In addition, it will enable us to stay ahead of competition and become more integrated to our customers.” Wayne Hunt, President & CEO, Toll Global Logistics “The new system provides an additional failsafe layer for us and our customers by[...]

Had the pleasure of sitting on a valuable together by RFID Journal Live (kudos to Mark and team there!) and came away with a lot of common sense and practical advise by Geoff Moore who continues to amaze with his innate ability to simplify and explain things in lay man terms. If you are a RFID solution vendor I’d highly recommend listening to this Webinar if you haven’t –> Geoff hits the nail on the head on numerous issues that[...]

At the recently concluded RFID Journal Live event (where we announced Spotlight, and Microsoft featured our customer Toll Global Logistics in the opening keynote), a really fun thing we also did was partner with Impinj to provide the ‘Guest Experience’ application for their party. Here’s how it worked – every attendee who walked in to the door with their ‘pit pass’ (a RFID enabled tag) would be welcomed (there were folks who were pre-registered and new folks who would be[...]