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SkyeTek Signs Value Added Reseller to Serve Growing RFID Reader Markets in Europe



    SkyeTek, Inc., the leading provider of embedded RFID reader
    technology, today announced the addition of a value added reseller
    (VAR) that will provide the company with a specialized sales, systems
    integration, and support presence in Spain and Portugal, one of the
    largest European markets for RFID. NextPoint Solutions will carry
    SkyeTek's M1, M2, and M9 HF and UHF reader modules. These reader
    modules are based on SkyeTek's simple common architecture and powerful
    ReaderWare software.

    "We are very excited to be working with NextPoint Solutions as a
    partner to expand our presence in Spain. The adoption of embedded RFID
    is growing in Europe due to use in applications such as
    transportation, patient safety, item-level inventory, patron loyalty,
    and contactless payment," said Rob Balgley, CEO of SkyeTek. "We
    believe that our M2 HF and M9 UHF reader modules are well positioned
    to deliver against the unique technology requirements of each of these
    applications."

    The Advanced Universal Reader Architecture (AURA) is the common
    architectural foundation of both the M2 (HF) and M9 (UHF) SkyeModules.
    AURA allows the M2 and M9 to present identical software, electrical,
    and mechanical interfaces so that applications can switch between HF
    and UHF without re-design. These modules lead their respective markets
    in reader price-performance due to AURA's ReaderWare software layer.
    ReaderWare provides advanced reader intelligence that not only
    delivers adaptive behavior, broad tag support, and tag heuristics but
    also delivers state-of-the-art security. ReaderWare also performs
    functions traditionally performed in hardware allowing the M2 and M9
    to achieve global regulatory compliance in a single SKU as well as
    uncommon efficiencies in cost, space, and power.

    "With the addition of SkyeTek's OEM reader modules to our
    catalogue, NextPoint is now able to approach many different customers
    with a strong proposal to add RFID capabilities to their manufactured
    products," said Tomas Pardo, General Manager of NextPoint Solutions.
    "The combination of SkyeTek's powerful reader modules and NextPoint's
    deep systems knowledge, provides manufacturers with an easy to
    integrate RFID solution, complete with full services and support."

    SkyeTek offers its technology to OEM customers or distributors as
    reader modules, which include a ReaderWare license, or ReaderWare
    software licenses. Licensing provides customers with access to
    ReaderDNA reference designs, allowing them to integrate the technology
    directly into their product design and realize 40 to 70 percent cost
    savings versus a typical reader module.

    About SkyeTek, Inc: SkyeTek develops reader technology that allows
    customers to embed RFID as a feature into products, applications and
    solutions enabling security, safety, productivity, loyalty and
    competitive differentiation. Espousing open standards and architecture
    SkyeTek prepares its customers to embrace a future of possibilities
    while minimizing the risks associated with change and uncertainty. Its
    customers represent numerous vertical markets and range from
    mid-market companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Customers use
    SkyeTek's technology to create new applications and value propositions
    for their existing product lines in areas such as anti-counterfeiting,
    contactless payment, inventory management, patient safety and patron
    management. SkyeTek customers demand a common, open architecture for
    reader software and hardware that makes the task of designing,
    building, and maintaining an RFID enabled application simple, timely,
    and cost efficient over its lifetime. Based in Westminster, Colo.,
    SkyeTek sells exclusively through OEMs, systems integrators, and
    distributors. For more information about SkyeTek, visit
    www.skyetek.com or call 720-565-0441.

    About NextPoint Solutions, Ltd: NextPoint Solutions specializes in
    the consultancy and development of RFID products and systems. Joint
    with its distributors and partners, NextPoint Solutions is able to
    offer a complete RFID solution, fully integrated in the systems and
    processes of the end-users. With extensive knowledge on the whole
    range of the existing RFID technologies (HF, UHF, passive, active),
    NextPoint uses its experience to design solutions with the optimum
    RFID technology. In addition to providing technology, NextPoint offers
    direct support to its customers and partners in order to guarantee the
    success of each one of the implemented solutions. NextPoint Solutions
    is focused on delivering real solutions and applications to markets
    such as logistics, industry, healthcare, security and retail.
    Headquartered in Spain, NextPoint Solutions primarily operates in
    Europe. For more information about NextPoint, visit
    www.nextpoints.com.