For years, a longtime partner of ours, Zebra Technologies, has been known for bringing RFID-enabled products, from printers to handhelds, to market. Most recently, they’ve introduced a cloud-based, multi-sensor platform for connecting legacy devices with smart devices to bridge the gap between the two to help achieve the ideal of the Internet of Things. We’re happy to say that Zebra’s Internet of Things platform – Zatar – will integrate ThingMagic’s embedded RFID technology. The partnership will open connections between legacy assets and more modern devices like iBeacons, printers, handhelds and RFID readers and enable third party apps to more easily work with them over an open source API.
Internet-connected devices make information more available and enable companies to use that information to make decisions and take action faster, which are major value propositions of the ecosystem of the Internet of Things. The evolution of these technologies – RFID and others – from tagging and tracking to automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) to connecting everything over the Internet has created a need for more platforms like Zatar to facilitate these connections. Internet of Things platforms facilitate this communication to fill a need in the space created by the influx of devices that has caught developers and integrators off-guard by the sheer volume points to connect with. As a result, more now than ever, there is now a need for more easy-to-use, comprehensive development platforms to speed the development of programs and integration of technologies with one another.
In the Internet of Things ecosystem, we’ve carved out our own space with the Mercury xPRESS platform. As the need for more RFID-base applications grows, development needs to keep pace by becoming a simpler, faster and more fluid process and less of a burden. This is especially true for industries and organizations where RFID is starting to take hold. What Mercury xPRESS offers is a comprehensive development environment with the most advanced embedded RFID reader modules on the market paired with software and reference documentation to enable low-cost, high-performance embedded RFID solutions. Basically a complete development platform for embedding RFID.
In the new ecosystem of the Internet of Things, RFID is also driving value in more closed-loop environments – or Intranets of Things – for the enterprise, an area that is always exploding with new deployments. Connectivity and information-sharing need to occur in a way that differs on an industry-by-industry basis, so providing managers with a means of developing solutions without having extensive background knowledge in RFID development is valuable to them, especially as they’re able to customize solutions based on how they want the privacy and flow of information to occur. Internet of Things platforms will continue to appear in all different forms, but were seeing RFID continually be a vital addition to most solutions.
About Trimble
Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers, companies and governments significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications that require position or location, including lifting, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. Aside from using positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optical, the Trimble solutions include software specific to the user's needs. Wireless technologies are used to offer the solution to the user and to guarantee field and back office connection. Founded in 1978, Trimble is located in Sunnyvale, California.
About ThingMagic
The ThingMagic division of Trimble is a leader seller of UHF RFID modules and readers, development platforms and design services for a wide array of applications. ThingMagic develops products for the most challenging and high volume applications and offers consulting and design services to create solutions for challenging applications. Among our customers are some of the biggest companies in industrial automation, factories, automobile companies and retailers. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ThingMagic was founded in 2000 by a group of doctorate visionaries from Massachusetts Institute of Media Technology Lab.
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