Alien Technology, a provider of UHF Gen 2 RFID products and services, has announced the release of a new next-generation EMEA Gen 2 RFID reader and the expansion of its high-performance enterprise category reader platform.

 

The new ALR-9900-EMA (News - Alert) reader is designed to the latest ETSI regulations, serving Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and comes densely packed with numerous feature-rich offerings.

 

The company has said that its Alien reader product line offers superior read-range and software interfaces to make it easier for customers to take advantage of RFID reporting for LAN- and WAN-based networks and Alien’s array of high-performance, flexible EPC Gen 2 RFID readers are easy to deploy and manage.

 

According to the company, the Alien ALR-9900 Enterprise Reader allows users to deploy manageable, robust, best-in-class EPC Gen 2 RFID solutions for supply chain, manufacturing and asset management applications. The ALR-9900 offers highly reliable, automatic data capture and supports key RFID platforms including Microsoft BizTalk RFID, IBM WebSphere 6.0, Oat Systems, Oracle (News - Alert), GlobeRanger, BEA and many others.

 

Victor Vega, Alien Technology marketing director, said that Alien’s new ALR-9900 product is capable of elevating the 866MHz-band product line to a whole new plateau. Built with next-generation architecture, it can deliver exceptional performance within a compact package. The product supports ETSI (News - Alert) EN 302-208-2 regulatory compliance standards and near-field and far-field couplings.

 

ALR-9900 is also integrated with Alien’s Reader Protocol engine for stand-alone autonomous mode of operation as well as full support of all custom commands for Alien’s Higgs-3 based inlay portfolio, including extended memory, anti-counterfeit authentication, and read cloaking. The product is also backwards compatible and interchangeable with previous Alien Readers which ensures easy transition.

 

ALR-9900 makes use of non-volatile memory to cache tag (News - Alert) lists thus preventing data loss in case of power failure. When operating in Autonomous Mode, the reader will continue to collect tag data even if the LAN connection is interrupted.

 

Some of the key features of the product include a flexible API with broad software support, a high-performance radio, data protection and robust dense reader interference management.