Xterprise tops new ABI RFID LOB software Vendor Matrix

15 Jun '09

4 min read

ABI Research named Xterprise as the top ranked software company in the growing RFID software application marketplace. While there is an increasing number of RFID software and solution providers promoting and providing LOB (Line of Business) applications; the focus on this Vendor Matrix was on a select group of leading, highly-specialized vendors that offer innovative LOB application software solutions targeting a broad range of applications within asset and item management. Profiled vendors were selected based on ABI Research interviews with and feedback received from industry participants, including hardware vendors, integrators, and end users.

"Xterprise has emerged as the top LOB application software company in the growing and increasingly competitive RFID segment," says Michael Liard, research director for ABI Research. "The Xterprise Clarity Suite of RFID solutions now leads the category, based on its feature set, global installed customer base and overall breadth of vertical and applications served. "

The Clarity application suite delivers rich functionality, flexibility, ease of integration, and an RFID integration framework at a low total cost of ownership. Built on the Clarity Application Platform featuring Microsoft platform technologies such as BizTalk Server and SQL Server, these applications provide focused solutions to lower costs, increase performance and drive innovation in a number of vertical markets.

The suite includes:
• Clarity ARS - Advanced Retail System, providing item-level management and security of retail store inventory
• Clarity AGR- Automated Goods Receipt, increasing receiving velocity and eliminate errors in high volume inbound environments
• Clarity EAM - Enterprise Asset Management, providing visibility and process control of high value corporate assets and inventory
• Clarity ITAM - IT Asset Management, providing security and lifecycle control over critical mobile and datacenter IT and network assets
• Clarity RTI - Reusable Transport Items, managing and increasing the utilization of reusable/returnable transportation containers

"ABI Research is one of the first market research firms to recognize the key role enterprise applications play in accelerating broad market adoption of RFID technology," says Dean Frew, founder and CEO of Xterprise. "We have been committed to the RFID application software space for the last 6 years; it's gratifying to receive recognition of our team's efforts and a confirmation of our strategy from an objective source like ABI."

Criteria used to develop the Vendor Matrix are related to product/company characteristics that serve as proxies for vendor performance in the two areas of Innovation and Implementation.

Innovation axis
• Scope of RFID LOB Solution Offering
• LOB Application Software Innovation I - Offering
• LOB Application Software Innovation II - Solution and Partner Enablement

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