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Joining an already diversified line of RFID readers, the Intermec Intellitag IF5 fixed reader delivers unmatched capability at the tag scan site. Considered a smart reader, custom applications running on the IF5 enable it to filter information from tags, as well as monitor external sensors and control audible and visual indicators, without the expense, and potential additional point of failure, of a separate server box required by other RFID scanning solutions. As with all Intellitag reader products, the IF5 both reads and writes to RFID tags. Beginning in 2003, Intermec and IBM worked with a common goal of creating an RFID reader capable of filtering incoming tag data and sending only pertinent information upstream to the application server. The resulting IF5 smart reader is based on a Linux platform, and runs IBM's WebSphere Everyplac