Sonic Software and Avicon Co-Present at RFID for Supply Chain Conference

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2004--

Hub Vandervoort and Marc Linster Discuss RFID Integration Issues

Sonic Software (http://www.sonicsoftware.com), the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB), today announced that Vice President of Strategic Services Hub Vandervoort and Avicon CTO and Head of Operations Marc Linster will co-present a workshop on "Deploying Standards-Based Integration Strategies for RFID" at the RFID for Supply Chain Conference from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. CT on Monday, July 26. The RFID for Supply Chain Conference will provide a forum for end-users, analysts and suppliers to meet, discuss and evaluate the latest developments in the RFID field for various phases of the supply chain.

Who:    Hub Vandervoort, vice president of strategic services, Sonic 
         Software
        Marc Linster, CTO and head of operations, Avicon

What:   "Deploying Standards-Based Integration Strategies for RFID"
        Pre-Conference Workshop at RFID for Supply Chain Conference

When:   2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. CT
        Monday, July 26, 2004

Where:  Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre
        300 East Ohio Street
        Chicago, IL 60611

Web:    www.iqpc.com/na-2053-02/2020

Deploying and integrating RFID systems with existing applications creates challenging demands on IT systems. Architects recognize the need to design integrated systems that will be massively scalable, yet remotely configurable, manageable and secure across physically distributed sites and corporate walls. However, the EPCglobal standards to support these complex interactions of disparate systems are just emerging. Vandervoort and Linster will discuss how to build a distributed architecture that solves practical RFID integration problems and accommodates changing specifications and scalability requirements as EPCglobal standards evolve and deployments expand.

Attendees will learn about:

-- Approaches to scalable event absorption, correlation and routing;

-- Integration with existing systems and applications;

-- Meta-rule distribution;

-- Achieving interoperability of heterogeneous vendor systems through Web services; and

-- Exception handling, high-availability, security and management.

Hub Vandervoort, vice president of strategic services, Sonic Software

Vandervoort has over 20 years experience as a consultant and senior technology executive in the networking, communications software and Internet industries. Vandervoort previously co-founded three start-up ventures. He was co-founder and chief technology officer of TSCentral, Inc., a leading ASP solutions provider and Exchange Portal in the trade-events industry. Prior to founding TSCentral, Vandervoort held senior management positions with early pioneers in the emerging Message-Oriented Middleware market, including chief executive officer of Horizon Strategies, Inc. He also co-founded, and served as board member of, several industry associations, including the Message-Oriented-Middleware Association (MOMA).

Marc Linster, Ph.D., CTO and head of operations, Avicon

Linster focuses on the development and deployment of methodologies, architectures and service offerings to achieve the technology implementation of Avicon's client solutions. With over 15 years experience designing, developing and implementing information technology for clients in the technology and healthcare industries, Marc provides the ability to strategically collaborate with Avicon's clients to yield both short- and long-term technology blueprints. His background providing eCommerce, eService and enterprise-wide business solutions includes Altavista, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Internet Business Advantages (acquired by Servicesoft Inc).

He holds a Ph.D. (Dr. rer.nat.) in Computer Sciences from the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany.

About Sonic Software Corporation

Sonic Software is the inventor and leading provider of the enterprise service bus (ESB). Sonic enterprise integration and messaging products deliver flexibility, scalability, and continuous availability through patent-pending innovations. Sonic Software enables over 700 customers to integrate their organizations from the department to the extended enterprise with a standards-based, service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Sonic Software is an independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a US$300+ million global software industry leader. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., Sonic Software can be reached on the Web at http://www.sonicsoftware.com, or by phone at [phone] or 1-866-GET-SONIC.

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