Tyco Electronics and OATSystems Form Alliance to Provide Comprehensive RFID Solutions

HARRISBURG, Pa. – April 30, 2007 – Harrisburg, PA—Tyco Electronics announced a strategic alliance with OATSystems to provide a series of radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions to a variety of vertical markets that include aerospace and defense, transportation, and industrial segments.

“Customers are looking for RFID system solutions that eliminate the tedious and risky integration that comes with working with multiple suppliers,” said Eric Freid, director of international business development for RFID products at Tyco Electronics. “They want a single-source provider with the products and experience to bring scalable, low-risk RFID capabilities to their operations. By aligning with OATSystems, Tyco Electronics can now offer its customers the best of both worlds: solutions from the leader in RFID enabled software applications combined with Tyco Electronics’ extensive services and hardware.”

OATSystems software covers the entire RFID process from tagging to data capture and analysis. With over two-hundred deployments, OAT’s solutions incorporate the industry’s best practices and proven uses cases enabling organizations to deploy solutions in less time, with less risk. Its software solutions incorporate a visual, easy to use high level tooling capability enabling customers to create, modify and adapt processing to meet their specific needs quickly and easily. Whether a business needs to track assets or has a work-in-process application, OAT can integrate data from heterogeneous tag sources including passive, active and sensory tags. This integration opens the door for business users to gain visibility into inventory and asset movement throughout their entire supply chains from multiple geographically dispersed facilities and across multiple trading partners. Tyco Electronics will provide the RFID labels, readers, antennas, and the integration and support expertise to enable companies at any stage of RFID deployment to do so efficiently and effectively.

For more information on comprehensive RFID solutions from Tyco Electronics Corporation, contact Tyco Electronics' technical support center at 1-800-522-6752.

ABOUT TYCO ELECTRONICS
Tyco Electronics, currently a business segment of Tyco International Ltd., is a leading global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions and wireless systems, with 2006 sales of US$12.7 billion to customers in 150 countries. Tyco Electronics designs, manufactures and markets products for customers in industries from automotive, appliances and aerospace and defense to telecommunications, computers and consumer electronics. With over 8,000 engineers and worldwide manufacturing, sales and customer service capabilities, Tyco Electronics’ commitment is its customers’ advantage. More information on Tyco Electronics can be found at www.tycoelectronics.com.

ABOUT OATSYSTEMS, INC.
OATSystems, Inc. is the recognized radio-frequency identification (RFID) solution leader with software applications that empower businesses to achieve a competitive advantage and ROI. It provides solutions supporting the entire RFID process from tagging to data capture and filtering to analysis. As a pioneer in the development of RFID technology, OAT has been setting the standards for more than half a decade and is responsible for industry firsts that include the largest scale and scope of deployments, as well as the most innovative approaches to providing enterprise-wide RFID solutions. OAT’s multinational client base consists of more than 80 customers in the retail, CPG, industrial and other markets. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, OAT has offices in Austin, Chicago, London and Bangalore. To learn more about the company’s latest developments, visit the website at www.oatsystems.com.

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