PRESS RELEASES
Alien Technology® Introduces Rugged, Easy-To-Install
RFID Dock-Door Portal Solution
New Alien® ALX-9010 Series enables scalable, low-cost, uniform deployment of dock-door RFID capabilities
October 17, 2006, Morgan Hill, Calif. – Alien Technology Corporation today introduced its ALX-9010 Series of Portal Appliances, an easy-to-install, all-inclusive dock-door solution for UHF RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) implementations. Featuring sleek, low-profile, ruggedized frames, the ALX-9010 family leverages the market-leading Alien ALR-9800 Gen2 RFID reader and up to four high-gain antennas per unit to deliver high read rates, easy deployment and exceptional maintainability in demanding dock-door environments.
“Implementation costs typically make up the largest portion of RFID deployment efforts. The ALX-9010 Series provides an easy, cost-effective, plug and play solution for dock-door locations – you bolt it in, plug it in, and go,” said Scot Stelter, Director, Strategic Marketing, Alien Technology. “Whether you are looking at provisioning a handful of portals or standardizing on a solution for several hundred, the ALX-9010 family lets you manage your rollout and on-going service costs while enabling scalable, uniform deployment of state-of-the-art RFID capabilities.”
ALX-9010 portal appliances are constructed around a sturdy, unibody, steel chassis that encloses and protects all RFID electronics and accessories. The durable, safety-yellow chassis is designed to ensure reliable operation in high-traffic areas, and also to enable fast, easy installation and servicing. With everything enclosed within the chassis, there is no need to route coax cable outside the cabinet, nor is there a need to open the cabinet at installation – unobstructed access to power, LAN and all other connections is available through a panel at the top of the unit, enabling fast, easy installation.
ALX-9010 portal appliances are built around the Alien ALR-9800 Gen2 Enterprise RFID reader, with its enterprise-scalable architecture, high performance Gen 2 capability, and superior dense reader management. The ALR-9800 reader is supported by leading RFID software solutions and EPC certified for Dense Reader Mode, meaning that high read rates are ensured even when large numbers of other readers are operating in proximity.
The ALX-9010 Series encompasses four models including low-profile single-sided (two antennas), wall-mounted, and double-sided (four antennas) models, and an extended height single-sided model. Each model features an audible horn, circularly polarized antennas, and mounting hardware for such options as a light stack, electronic eye presence detector, and wireless LAN communications.
Availability
The ALX-9010 Series Portal solution is available immediately.
About Alien Technology
Alien Technology provides UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services to customers in retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceuticals and other industries. Organizations use Alien's RFID products and services to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and security of their supply chains, logistics and asset tracking operations. Alien's products include RFID tags, RFID readers and related training and professional services. Alien's patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) technology and related proprietary manufacturing processes are designed to enable the manufacture of high volume, low cost RFID tags.
Alien was founded in 1994. The company's facilities include: its corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA; an RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, ND; the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Alien is a member of EPCglobal. More information about Alien is available at www.alientechnology.com.
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