RFID middleware as a service — Enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the EPC network

RFID technology has been adopted in the market. It is used in large enterprises for different approaches with great success. The rise of RFID technology is still at its beginning and there is a lot of unused potential, especially concerning the so called long tail. To achieve the full value of supply chain networks the SMEs have to introduce RFID technology at their side, too. The idea behind Software as a Service has already proved in different scenarios that it is able to reach the long tail. In this contribution we will present such a SaaS solution for an on-demand RFID middleware, especially for SMEs.