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Reva and Oracle (News - Alert) are teaming up to integrate the high quality RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) data to the Oracle e-business suite, an announcement from Reva systems stated. RFID works by using tags, on either a specific product or package, which emit radio signals.

 

Reva Systems (News - Alert) develops RFID network infrastructure products that enable customers to rapidly deploy scalable solutions in any environment. Reva Systems is a Certified Advantage Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

 

Reva will use a structured interface method to Oracle applications in employing RFID to the Oracle e-business suite and convert the RFID data for Oracle users into superior asset visibility and supply chain information.

 

"The powerful combination of Oracle at the enterprise level and Reva at the edge enables world-class companies to harness the value of RFID for process improvement and sustainable competitive advantage across industries, geographies and multiple Oracle Applications," said Jon Chorley, Oracle's vice president of SCM product strategy.

 

"The real-time visibility and process improvements that RFID can deliver will generate value for a wide spectrum of enterprises," said Buck Devashish, Reva vice-president of business development. "Reva complements Oracle's vision for deploying RFID. By implementing Reva at the edge, Oracle users can quickly and easily incorporate accurate, useful RFID data into the Oracle e-business suite at the enterprise level."   

 

Keeping track of data generated from RFID is a cumbersome job for data center managers. For this Reva has developed TAPs to provide RFID device control and data processing. The one-rack-unit Tag Acquisition Processor (News - Alert) (TAP) sits on a local area network (LAN) and draws information from RFID readers. The appliance then uses the Auto-ID Infrastructure (AII) interface to make the data available to SAP (News - Alert) and SQL applications sitting on back-end servers.

 

Using TAPs are a better approach than using specialized software installed on the back-end server as there is no need to have a middleware or a customary code update for this purpose. The TAP device also prevents storage systems from being overloaded with data.

 

TAPs install at a facility level to optimally manage the operations of RFID readers and other equipment from many leading providers, collect the raw-tag (News - Alert) data, process the data for accuracy and then pass only relevant RFID information to the Oracle e-business suite.

 

Reva also provides a set of enterprise RFID management tools which Oracle users can rely on to remotely operate RFID infrastructure and devices across global sites.