Over the last fiscal year, I have had the pleasure of working the management team of Xterprise - a very innovative company based in Dallas, that extends Microsoft's core products to bring RFID technologies to enterprises. Xterprise provides a solution across vertical industries for enterprises looking for more efficient ways to manage their business.
More specifically, Xterprise extends Microsoft's BizTalk product to transform companies into what CEO Dean Frew calls a "High Definition Enterprises". In other words, enabling enterprises to have precise, current, real time and insightful information about all aspects of their business.
Dean Frew and his team anticipated this future need in enterprises early enough and built a suite of compelling extensions to Microsofts core products, compelling enough for the product group to select Xterprise as one of the first few companies in the world to participate in the Microsoft Biztalk 2006 Technology Adoption Program (TAP). The Microsoft TAP programs allows a select group of ISVs to use products before they are commercially released. This allowed Xterprise to have an early entry into the marketplace with their iGPS (Intelligent Global Pooling Systems) solution which has now resulted in the second largest UHF RFID deployment in North America.
The traction the company has had with Microsoft global field sales over the last year has been very impressive. The company continues to grow rapidly and have had big wins at across different vertical industries including Oil and Gas, Automotive and Retail. Well known enterprises like Continental AG, Exonn Mobile and Pepsico are some of the companies that have embraced their solution. I expect more explosive growth from this company over the next few years with the assistance of Microsoft Global sales organizations who have all expressed lots of excitement about their offerings and the impact its having on some of Microsoft's largest customers.
Xterprise are currently in the Microsoft Accelerator program and will have a dedicated Microsoft business development and sales team working with them in FY09. Check out more information about them at http://www.xterprise.com
