Delivering the Value of Visibility
VeriSign Inc. operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable people and businesses to find, connect, secure and transact across todays complex, global networks. Every day, we enable over 14 billion Internet interactions, 3 billion telephony interactions and $100 million of e-commerce.
EPC Services
Among the many accomplishments for VeriSigns EPC/RFID business in 2004, we are especially excited to have been selected by EPCglobal to manage the Root ONS registry for the EPCglobal Network. This directory facilitates next-generation supply chain processes by providing real-time access to sensory-level data for individual products across a network of trading relationships using the electronic product code (EPC). In September 2004, VeriSign announced the availability of the EPC Starter Service, a bundle of network services that helps companies target multi-enterprise process opportunities. We worked closely with EPCglobal, Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble and Gillette to demonstrate business improvement scenarios based on network-oriented processes that leverage RFID sensory data.
Through the acquisition of R4 Global Solutions, VeriSign delivers comprehensive services from RFID implementation, to strategic consulting around business process evolution, to enhanced trading partner collaboration through supply chain data sharing. VeriSign's consulting services provide end-to-end support for customers looking to RFID-enable their supply chains.
VeriSign maintains two RFID testing and engineering centers in San Francisco (3,500 sq ft) and in Dallas (5,000 sq ft) which include conveyors, dock doors, pallet movers, etc., to emulate production environments from receiving through the POS at a retail store. The centers provide an ideal space for learning about the challenges and opportunities VeriSign has seen in work with several leading manufacturers and retailers, and to facilitate strategic discussions on the long-term impact RFID can have on business processes.
Clarity in an Increasingly Noisy Market
Now more than ever, companies operate in a networked economy. We look forward to sharing our point of view and additional announcements that support Net-centric business models and help enterprises pragmatically pursue business process improvement opportunities. Look to VeriSign and our network of partners to bring clarity in an increasingly noisy market. We will share a structured ROI-driven road map and solution architecture with our customers that makes it easy to focus efforts on high-value areas of the business. We remain convinced that RFID, in the context of next-generation, Net-centric business models, presents an exciting opportunity to extend the reach and accuracy of tomorrows market leaders.
