Afilias expands technology to launch Afilias Discovery Services

DUBLIN, IRELAND - 24 April 2007 -Afilias, a global provider of registry services, today announced that it is offering its new Discovery Services for free to RFID or other supply chain-based pilot programs throughout 2007.

"Afilias has expanded its proven expertise in registry services to create an answer for serious issues facing the global deployment of RFID and AutoID technologies today," said Ram Mohan, Chief Technology Officer for Afilias. "Afilias Discovery Services provide a unique standards-based solution that companies can implement to link their supply chain partners to historical information concerning the life cycle of RFID tags, while still keeping competitive data secure."

SITA, the world's leading service provider of IT business solutions and communications services to the air transport industry, has selected Afilias to provide Discovery Services for its AutoID Community Service pilot. Additional information on the pilot can be found at http://sita.autoid.aero.

About Afilias Discovery Services (ADS)

Afilias Discovery Services (ADS) leverage the Extensible Supply-chain Discovery Service (ESDS) open protocol and provides complimentary Object Naming Services (ONS) compliant with EPCglobal (www.epcglobalinc.org) standards. ADS provides a common database repository to store key events for each tagged product. Additionally, it can provide a referral source for detailed look-ups to other partners' business applications.

ADS is a real-time system that enables supply chain partners to "track and trace" and securely exchange historical events that occurred throughout the life cycle of an RFID tag or device. Security is customizable and user configurable by such factors as event type, or even by supply chain partner, so that confidential and competitive data can only be visible for those who need to know.

Users employ a client, based on the ESDS open protocol, to interface with the ADS database. This makes it interoperable and easy to integrate into any supply chain operation or existing business application tracking supply chain data.

Afilias is offering ADS for free to companies interested in testing this new technology in pilot programs throughout 2007. Afilias will provide a toolkit and an open testing environment based on the ESDS open protocol, which is currently in the submission process to the Internet Engineering Task Force (www.IETF.org). Interested organizations can find qualifying information at: www.afilias.info/ads

 

About Afilias

Afilias provides global registry services that leverage proven technology to deliver fast, reliable and secure service. Afilias' technology supports a wide range of applications, including Internet domain registries such as .INFO, .ORG, .aero, .mobi, .asia, and many country code domains. Afilias also provides services in the RFID market with its Afilias Discovery Service, which enables real-time lookup of event histories across RFID networks. Afilias maintains international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, sales offices in London, England, sales and operational facilities in Toronto, administrative offices in the U.S. near Philadelphia, PA, and operational offices in New Delhi, India.