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RFID System Software For Business Optimization

Software Packages, Platforms and Middleware

Research Report

Pages
38
Deliverables
Released
2Q 2011
Product Code
RR-RFSW-11
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Real-time information is becoming a critical element for businesses across nearly all industrial markets as corporate management in every industry look for ways to optimize business processes. Software packages, systems and platforms that are able to control automatic data collection devices such as RFID readers are assuming a more prominent function as real-time data collecting projects move from simply reporting events to assuming operational control for critical processes dependent on immediate rules-based decisions.

The rapidly expanding role asked of these software products is so prevalent that ABI Research believes it is time to find a new way to describe them. Success with an RFID software product today has as much to do with other sensing and event-driven data collecting devices as it does with RFID, so referring to these products as "RFID Software" does not provide the proper context for what is included in the capabilities of a given package.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

  • How has software for RFID changed in the past five years?
  • What makes a software package a "platform"?
  • Where is the "middleware" typically located today?
  • When does it make sense for a customer to invest in an RFID "platform" instead of an individual LOB package or Suite?
  • What is unique about an RFID software platform when compared with something like a Warehouse Management System?
  • Who truly offers "RFID Software Platforms"?
  • How do potential customers evaluate RFID software packages?

Who Needs This Report?

  • RFID hardware companies
  • RFID tag/Inlay Companies
  • Solution providers
  • System integrators
  • RFID software Companies

Table of Contents

  • Executive Brief

  • Top Line Forecast
  • Drivers
  • Inhibitors
  • Market Share
  • Summary and Strategic Recommendations

Section 1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Report Scope
1.3. Software Market Snapshot
1.4. Organizing Markets
1.5. Top-Level Trends
1.6. Top Three End-User Motivators For RFID System Investments
1.7. Forecast Overview
1.8. Commentary and Analyst Recommendations

Section 2.
RFID SOFTWARE MARKET SITUATION
2.1. Introduction
2.2. RFID Software Business Trends
2.3. RFID End-User Survey Results
2.4. RFID Software Evolution
2.5. Enterprise Software and Software Platforms
2.6. RFID Has Many Applications and Many Markets
2.7. Batch or "Real-Time" Data Updates
2.8. Cloud Computing and RFID
2.9. Open-Source Software
2.10. Mobility and RFID Software
2.11. Emerging Software Business Trends and Drivers
2.12. RTLS Software
2.13. Analyst Observations and Conclusions

Section 3.
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
3.1. Basic Technology Considerations
3.2. RFID Software Common Characteristics
3.3. From "Middleware" to Just About Anything Else
3.4. The Many Definitions of "Scalability"
3.5. A Look Forward

Section 4.
KEY INDUSTRY PLAYERS
4.1. epcSolutions
4.2. Fluensee
4.3. GlobeRanger
4.4. InSync
4.5. Odin Technologies
4.6. Omnitrol Networks
4.7. Checkpoint Systems
4.8. RFID GlobalSolution
4.9. S3Edge
4.10. Stratum Global
4.11. Tyco Retail Solutions (Vue Technology)
4.12. TAGSYS
4.13. Xterprise
4.14. Ecosystem and Market Channels

Section 5.
MARKET FORECASTS

Section 6.
COMPANY DIRECTORY

Section 7.
ACRONYMS
7.1. Sources and Methodology
7.2. Notes




4 Tables

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RFID Software Revenues, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
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RFID Software Revenue by Vertical Market, World Market: 2010 to 2016
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RFID Software Revenue by Primary Application, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
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RFID Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2010 to 2016
7 Charts
  • Vendor Selection Criteria - End Users that are Evaluating or Testing RFID (No Pilot Started)
  • RFID Software Revenue by Vertical Market, World Market Sales for 2011
  • Primary RFID System Adoption Drivers (Level of Importance) by RFID History/Usage - All End Users
  • Survey Respondents Segmented by Primary Industry or Vertical Market
  • Which RFID Applications Has Your Organization Already Deployed or Is in the Process of Deploying, Piloting, Evaluating, or Testing?
  • RFID EU Survey Results
  • Primary Reason for Not Adopting or Evaluating RFID