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RFID matures in the supply chain
More than two years have passed since Wal-Mart announced its plans to roll out RFID in its supply chain.
Since then, the approach to RFID has begun to mature. Not that long ago, vendors and end users alike were focused solely on getting the technology to work with the products they were planning to ship to Wal-Mart. Today, thanks to the experience of early adopters and the ratification of the Gen 2 standard the focus is less on technology and more on solutions.  Read More
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Three new ideas reduce RFID costs
The cost of RFID tags and hardware remains one of the hurdles to mass adoption of the technology in the supply chain, according to industry analysts like Erik Michielsen, director, RFID and ubiquitous networks research, ABI Research. Read More
Making RFID data work for your business
When systems integrators look for value from RFID beyond compliance, they often talk about combining the technology with sensor technology.
At their core, sensors are electronic devices that detect the physical characteristics of the world around them. Read More
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AIM RFID Experts Refute RFID Virus Claims
AIM Global, the trade association for automatic identification and mobility, issued a statement in response to a technical paper delivered during a conference 15 March 2006 in Pisa, Italy, entitled "Is Your Cat Infected with a Computer Virus?" The paper claims that RFID tags can be used to corrupt databases and even potentially to spread computer viruses. Read More
NA 2006 Show & Conference To Showcase Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions
NA 2006 will be the largest trade show and educational conference devoted to manufacturing, warehousing, distribution and logistics solutions held in North America in 2006. Industry professionals from the United States and over 60 countries around the world are expected to attend. Read More
Symbol Technologies and IBM Unite to Harvest Intelligent RFID Data
Symbol Technologies, Inc. and IBM announced Symbol will embed IBM's WebSphere RFID Device Infrastructure (WRDI) on the Symbol XR Series of fixed RFID readers, creating an "intelligent" RFID reader that automates the process of routing and managing incoming data from RFID tags, even from remote locations. Read More
China's RFID Technology Market is Predicted to Ship 2.9 Billion Tags by 2009
RFID technology has arrived in China in an unprecedented manner, with over 100 million tags shipped in 2005, and more than 2.9 billion tags forecast to be shipped by 2009. Read More
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