I’m Not In Marketing

Some of the most useful products arise out of solving very specific problems and realizing that the solution you came up with would be useful to other people with similar problems. That's how the Sybase Relay Server came to be.

Background

In the fall of 2000 (almost 10 years ago as I write this) I was working on a now-defunct product called the iAnywhere Wireless Server, or iAWS for short. The… Continue reading

When you think of RFID, do you think of packages quickly whizzing through a set of conveyor belts and being automatically directed to the right loading dock? As each package moves past an RFID reader, an RFID tag attached to the package identifies the package to a computer system that controls where the package goes. That's a pretty typical use of RFID — the "Wal-Mart scenario". But what if you reversed… Continue reading

In RFID For Beginners, I gave a quick overview of RFID, which is short for radio frequency identification. If you recall, I pointed out two of the issues that RFID developers encounter: too much data to process and too many devices to deal with. That's where RFID middleware helps.

Why RFID Middleware?

Middleware refers to software that acts as intermediary between two or more other pieces of software. It's typical, for… Continue reading

One of the hats I wear is managing a small team of developers working on RFID Anywhere, our RFID middleware product. What, you didn't know that Sybase iAnywhere had an RFID product? Not a problem, I'll be happy to give you some details. First, though, let's talk about RFID.

What Is RFID?

RFID is short for radio frequency identification. The idea is simple: encode information into tiny radio transmitters (known as… Continue reading