Wireless computing: Microsoft introduces new mobile application platform
By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 4/21/2008 5:57:00 PM
Microsoft has launched BizTalk RFID Mobile, a lightweight platform for a variety of mobile devices. The platform simplifies the development of mobile applications that expose relevant, real-time business information.
Microsoft has also announced the BizTalk RFID Standards Pack, for customers to integrate their radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions with electronic product code (EPC) global ratified standards, including tag data translator (TDT) and low level reader protocol (LLRP) standards.
BizTalk RFID Mobile enables delivery of relevant information from mobile devices to core business processes for a variety of scenarios, whether for a dock worker verifying a shipment or a pharmacist verifying that the right medicine has been stocked. As part of the Microsoft BizTalk product line, Microsoft BizTalk RFID Mobile underscores the company's long-term commitment to delivering extensive service-oriented architecture and business process management capabilities as part of the overall Microsoft application platform. The platform is a set of compatible, mission-critical technologies and development tools that enable customers to develop applications that work with existing systems.
