FOSTER CITY, CA--(Marketwire - March 24, 2009) - Omni-ID, a leading innovator in passive
ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID)
technology, today announces it has been awarded the 2009 Asia Pacific Frost
& Sullivan Technology Innovation Award for UHF RFID Tags. The Frost &
Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation is presented to the company that
has demonstrated technological superiority within its industry. This Award
recognizes Omni-ID's commitment to successfully developing and introducing
new technology, formulating a well-designed product family, and making
significant product performance contributions to the RFID industry.
To determine the recipient of this Award, the Frost & Sullivan analyst team
tracks emerging and existing technologies, as well as R&D developments.
This is accomplished through interviews with major market participants and
extensive secondary research. Elements such as product launches, customer
acceptance, penetration rates, and time to market are also taken into
consideration. Finally, competitors are compared and ranked for their
relative position in the industry. After careful consideration in each of
these areas, Frost & Sullivan has awarded Omni-ID with the top award and
highest honors in the UHF RFID Tags industry. This award is further
validation for Omni-ID's approach to identifying with innovation and
bringing to market the technology its customers, and the RFID industry as a
whole, are calling for.
"What Omni-ID has to offer in the RFID industry is not only unique, but
also certainly fills the void to keep track of objects or to be used in
environments which have a high concentration of metal or liquid. With its
innovative patented technology backed by a dedicated R&D team to address
issues pertaining to poor read rates when in contact with or near proximity
of metal or liquid, Omni-ID's passive UHF RFID tags are an ideal choice for
a myriad of applications that typically encounter performance related
problems when using general RFID tags. Moreover, Omni-ID's portfolio of
tags are competitively priced, thus bringing about a tremendous value
proposition that ensures the total cost of ownership for those seeking to
deploy RFID in harsh environments remains feasible, even for larger scale
projects," said Richard Sebastian, Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst for
Electronics & Security, RFID.
Omni-ID offers a line of tags that provide near-perfect readability rates
on, off, or in the presence of metals and liquids. The Omni-ID product
line includes three standard passive UHF RFID tags with a range of read
distances and profiles, as well as a service bureau and a unique on site,
on demand commissioning solution:
- Omni-ID Tags:
- Omni-ID Prox™ is Omni-ID's smallest and most precise RFID tag, best
suited for high value IT asset management and other specialist
applications;
- Omni-ID Flex™ offers a medium read range that effectively crosses
over to a wide range of applications including tracking laptops and PCs;
and
- Omni-ID Max™ offers the longest read range and is most commonly used
for tracking conveyances and outdoor assets.
- Omni-ID Tag Option: Omni-ID OmniTether™ is an attachment solution
utilizing a tether approach for application onto small assets or where real
estate is at a premium.
- Omni-ID Service Bureau offers end users and systems integrators a
one-stop shop for RFID tags, label design and data programming.
- Omni-ID On Demand™ offers customers the unique ability to print and
commission mount-on-metal RFID tags on site to dramatically simplify RFID
systems integration and is first available for the Omni-ID Prox.
"We take great pride in bringing innovative technology to the RFID industry
and this award is validation that inspires us to keep pursuing our ultimate
goal as a company: to identify with innovation and provide the RFID market
with the solutions our customers need to solve business problems," said Tom
Pavela, president and CEO, Omni-ID. "This prestigious award supports our
approach to be a customer-facing company that is making a significant
contribution to the way RFID is applied around the world."
About Omni-ID
Omni-ID is one of the world's leading innovators of passive ultra high
frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Through
its patent-pending revolutionary technology Omni-ID "cracked the code" to
overcome the problems traditionally associated with RFID, enabling a broad
range of new applications that improves accuracy and efficiency in asset
tracking, logistics and supply chain management. The company's family of
versatile RFID tags works reliably in the harshest environments --
including on and off metal and liquids -- and excel in real-world proving
grounds, demonstrating their value in today's most challenging business
applications. With major offices in Foster City, Calif. and in the UK,
Omni-ID's mission is to drive the widespread adoption of RFID technology as
the optimal tracking and identification solution. For more information,
visit
www.Omni-ID.com.
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