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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raining Data Corporation (NASDAQ:RDTA) announced today that it will present four technology sessions at the Institute for Validation Technology's "RFID Technology in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals" Conference to be held August 22-24, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza in San Francisco, California. * "Lessons from the Field: Deploying RFID and ePedigree Solutions" - This main conference half-day workshop will discuss the current status of RFID adoption and Pedigree laws, challenges of RFID item-level tagging and evolving Pedigree laws, definition of requirements for Pedigree, and requirements for developing a flexible and scalable Pedigree compliance solution. The workshop will highlight a recent Raining Data ePedigree compliance solution implemented for Southwood Pharmaceuticals. Bob Goodrich, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Southwood Pharmaceuticals, will join in the discussion. * "RFID Technology of Tomorrow Today" - This main conference pharma track general session will focus on RFID infrastructure, its required components, and best practices for managing and interpreting RFID data. The session will discuss the basics of Actionable Information and Intelligence Architecture ("AIIA") and its benefits -- as a means to enable the use of real-time RFID data to make actionable decisions and to leverage existing IT systems. * "Essentials for Building Agile RFID, Asset Tracking and ePedigree Solutions" - This interactive session will include live demonstrations and discussions regarding: product information and RFID data management, tracking and serialization (RFID or Bar Code), chain of custody, and asset tracking. * "RFID: A Service Oriented Approach to a New Supply Chain" - There is much talk in the market and industry around being "Service Oriented" -- service oriented infrastructure, service oriented architecture, and service oriented business. Companies are increasingly being forced to consider RFID and other similar new sensor-based technologies. This session is focused on clarifying these technologies and exploring possible structures across supply chains to increase adoption. About Raining Data Raining Data Corporation (NASDAQ:RDTA) has been providing reliable data management solutions for more than three decades. Product offerings include the high performance TigerLogic(R) XML Data Management Server, Pick(R) Universal Data Model based data management systems and .Net integration solutions. These products provide operational data storage, master data management, mid-tier caching and message storage solutions for technology platforms such as Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures. In addition, Raining Data provides targeted XML-centric applications such as RFID/Bar code asset management, ePedigree and compliance case management. Raining Data's customers represent more than 500,000 active users across 20,000 customer sites worldwide in a diverse set of vertical applications. More information about Raining Data Corporation and its products can be found at http://www.rainingdata.com/. Raining Data, Pick, mvDesigner, D3, mvEnterprise, mvBase, Omnis, Omnis Studio and TigerLogic are trademarks of Raining Data Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Raining Data Corporation CONTACT: Ajay Ramachandran, CTO & Vice President, XML-Centric Platforms and Applications of Raining Data Corporation, +1-949-442-4400, or fax, +1-949-250-8187, Web site: http://www.rainingdata.com/

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