Steria, a European IT enabled services provider, and Neology, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions provider, announced a partnership to develop and deliver RFID solutions to the Indian market. Steria and Neology will focus on developing RFID technologies for various areas where secure and reliable identification is a key requirement. It includes transportation, vehicle registration, vehicle and people identification, healthcare and other areas. A major thrust is towards roads and transportation. The combination of Neology's RFID technology integrated with IT services from Steria, will bring to India – a wide range of business solutions in the areas of identification – for people, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals amongst others. All of this will be secure, high quality and implemented for maximum business benefits to the adopting agencies. With an average of 20 kilometres of new roads being built in India every day, improving the country's road transport infrastructure is a key priority for the Government. There is already an acceptance of the need for electronic tolling. Leveraging secure RFID based solutions to enable faster and more reliable electronic toll management will be a key challenge that needs to be addressed. Steria and Neology have partnered to bring out solutions for this particular vertical. The technology can be used to monitor movement on the roads and track different vehicles carrying drugs and medicines. Steria and Neology are looking forward to working with the Indian Government and the pharmaceutical industry to track and manage usage of critical drugs – both from avoiding expiry of drugs and from correct usage by the correct consumer. Dr Mukesh Aghi, CEO of Steria Asia Pacific and Group Sales and Partnerships Director said, “This partnership is a strategic component of our solutions offering in the Indian space and is the culmination of discussions with Neology on providing bespoke solutions which fulfil the requirements of clients in the Indian marketplace. This agreement further strengthens Steria's commitment to creating an India with strong and safe infrastructure.”
