MASON, Ohio–  i‑Konect has announced the first release of Singularity 1.0, an open-source java-based platform that integrates RFID and sensory data with enterprise applications as well as business partners.  The Singularity architecture segments the functionality into two major components (Information Services and Middleware).  It is designed to provide integrators and users the ability to more rapidly deploy RFID technology and significantly advance the realization of a return on investment.

Singularity’s M1 release focuses on the Middleware component that captures and filters RFID data.  Complex event processing, coupled with business context and process control,  integrates key information with existing enterprise  systems (e.g., CRM, ERP, WMS), as well as new or customized user applications.  Singularity also supports standards developed by EPCglobal ™ (e.g., ALE, EPC-IS).

The Information Services component is an Enterprise Service that would ultimately reside as a member of a company’s Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).  Although an ESB is not required, utilizing a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a best practice approach for providing EPC event information to the enterprise as well as to external business partners via the EPCglobal Network™ or the DoD’s Wide Area Workflow (WAWF).  An SOA approach with Singularity’s EPC‑IS provides a federated deployment model that enables global Track and Trace visibility with the logical appearance of a single EPC-IS repository