OATSystems - RFID middleware

OATSystems, an MIT startup, just raised a $11.5MM Series A from Matrix and Graylock - via VentureWire. Their product Senseware is "the first reader-independent RFID middleware, providing businesses with real-time visibility, improved velocity and product security in their supply chains."

Judging from the product description on the OATSystems website, it looks like OAT provides an implementation of the Auto-ID Center's Savant and ONS that interoperates with a range of different reader technologies. The Savant is a server that sits at the edge of the network and gathers, stores and acts on data received from the RFID readers in the local network. ONS (Object Name Service) is a technology similar to DNS for resolving Electronic Product Codes (EPC) to usable information about the associated product.