Progress Software enters into partnership with autoID systems

Corporate IT Update, May 13, 2009

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Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq:PRGS), a provider of application infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, has entered into a partnership with autoID systems GmbH, a specialist in the conception and implementation of solutions, to develop and deliver a logistics and catering system for the aviation industry based on the integration of the Progress Apama Complex Event Processing (CEP) platform and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.

According to the company, the project, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and run in conjunction with aircraft maker Airbus, aerospace company EADS and the Fraunhofer Institute, will create a system that increases operational efficiency in airline catering logistics and their supporting processes. The system will track individual food trolleys allocated to specific aircraft, locate misplaced trolleys and allow airlines to offer a better service to passengers, such as offering a wider choice of menus on flights.

The project dashboard will be based on the Progress Apama CEP platform, which will monitor, control and maintain the process in real time. The platform will correlate signals received from the RFID-enabled trolleys in an application developed by autoID systems.

The financial details of the project were not disclosed.

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