Cathexis' Bluetooth RFID Pen, IDBlue, Fully Supports Microsoft BizTalk RFID

Plug and Play for rapid, low-cost, mobile RFID development and adoption

Cathexis Innovations Inc. (www.cathexis.com) announced it will offer full integration of its Bluetooth RFID reader, IDBlue™, with Microsoft BizTalk RFID. This imparts "Plug and Play" functionality to IDBlue when used in conjunction with Microsoft BizTalk RFID , minimizing technical and resource-related barriers to RFID adoption. Currently the premier wireless high frequency (HF) RFID reader supported, this offering aims to act as a catalyst for the development of mobile RFID solutions, such as field servicing and maintenance, inspection and auditing, as well as mobile inventory applications.

The strategic relationship between Cathexis and Microsoft addresses two significant and intersecting trends in the enterprise: i) an increasingly mobile work force and ii) growing adoption of RFID technology to streamline business operations and processes. Capitalizing on these trends requires a company to overcome two significant hurdles: i) investment in mobile RFID hardware and ii) integration into enterprise IT systems.

"Cathexis' IDBlue product helps enable a diverse range of mobile RFID solutions," said Burley Kawasaki, group product manager in the BizTalk Server product management group at Microsoft Corp. "When IDBlue is used with Microsoft BizTalk RFID, customers can connect their mobile RFID solutions to key back-end systems and business processes."

About Cathexis
Cathexis Innovations Inc. offers innovative, wireless RFID readers, advanced integration software and RFID solution models that are powerful, cost-effective and easy to adopt. This allows system integrators, VARs and ISVs to rapidly solve real business problems with RFID, living up to the Cathexis vision of "RFID Made Easy"™. For more information please visit www.cathexis.com or call +1 709-754-RFID (7343).