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    1. Access & Identity
    2. Access Control

    Zebra Technologies announces partnership with Checkpoint Systems

    Jan. 13, 2012
    Partnership combines capabilities of RFID leaders to extend enterprise visibility

    Lincolnshire, IL, and Philadelphia, Jan. 12, 2012-Zebra Technologies Corporation, a recognized global leader in technologies that extend real-time visibility into business operations, and Checkpoint Systems today announced they have entered into a cooperative relationship and licensing agreement. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    This relationship brings together Zebra's active location solutions with the passive radio-frequency identification (RFID), auto-identification (auto-ID) and sensor capabilities of Checkpoint division OATSystems to give customers in key industries—including retail, industrial manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and process—increased visibility of their assets across the enterprise.

    The agreement, which is a non-exclusive contract, provides Zebra with an OEM software license for OATxpress, which is part of the most widely deployed RFID middleware platform, OAT Foundation Suite. This industry-leading software platform is designed specifically for capturing, filtering and managing high volumes of auto-ID and sensor data from a single facility—such as a manufacturing plant, distribution center or retail store—to an enterprise deployment across hundreds of locations.

    "This relationship is an important part of Zebra's RFID and real-time location solutions strategy," said Anders Gustafsson, chief executive officer at Zebra Technologies.

    According to Phil Gerskovich, senior vice president, new growth platforms at Zebra Technologies, "While Zebra's active RFID location solutions today provide organizations with real-time visibility into their business operations, the addition of OAT's passive RFID and other auto-ID technologies capabilities will enable Zebra to play a larger and more meaningful role in helping organizations to make smarter decisions in managing their operations. We selected OAT as our partner based on its mature, well-architected platform, enterprise capabilities and the experience of its team, which has deployed hundreds of RFID solutions over the past decade."