Sun Microsystems said today that it has moved one of its testing facilities in Dallas to Longmont.
In a move to cut cost and better utilize resources gained from its acquisition of Storage Technology Corp., Sun’s RFID Test Center is now part of the Sun Advanced Product Testing lab.
The lab employs 25 people, mostly former StorageTek engineers who primarily conduct environmental stress tests on everything from storage equipment to Coors beer cans.
RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification, uses small, computerized tags attached products and packaging for tracking and inventory purposes. The tags can be read remotely by sensors or a scanner to capture information about the object.
Sun’s work in RFID consists of making the software or “middleware” that allows information from the tags to be read by scanners and incorporated into a company’s network.
The move hasn’t added any jobs to Colorado – or removed any from Dallas – as Sun brings clients and employees from other areas to the facility. Since Sun opened its RFID facility two years ago, more than 2,000 outside clients have come to test their products.
