June 8 - 14, 2008

News from June 14, 2008

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News from June 13, 2008

• Cephalon Moves Ahead With Its RFID E-pedigree Plans
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Claire Swedberg June 13, 2008—International biopharmaceutical company Cephalon will enter a new phase in deploying RFID technology in its supply chain by ...
• RFID lobsters snare poachers
  Inquirer - Harrow, England, UK
  By Sylvie Barak: Friday, 13 June 2008, 10:01 PM IN WHAT CAN only be described as very fishy business, US federal fishery officers have caught a man accused ...
• RFID tags are for products, animals and people
  IT Examiner - Banglore, Karnataka, India
  Scott Denholm, Motorala's manager for RFID business, told the IT Examiner by way of a press release: "I see a symbiotic relationship in that UTSA is giving ...
• Bóboli trials RFID
  Identity Loop - Cardiff, UK
  Tagsys has announced that Bóboli, one of Spain's premier fashion houses for children, is piloting an RFID deployment program to effectively track and manage ...
• Tagsys Announces Bobóli's Piloting RFID Deployment Program
  B-EYE-Network - Boulder, CO, USA
  Tagsys announces that Bobóli is piloting an RFID development program to effectively track and manage items. Tagsys, a global provider in item-level RFID ...
• RFID making in roads in health care
  Contactless News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  That's the purpose behind RFID in a hospital environment. Yes, it's the same technology used by major retailers or wholesalers to track products or ...
• PREMO develops antennas RFID for automotive passive entry applications
  PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(abonnement) - Rastatt, Germany
  The complement to this transmitter antenna are the PREMO RFID receiver antenna 3DC1111LP in base stations implemented with chips ATA5278 (base station), ...
• RFID reader/writers for industrial environments
  Engineer Live - London, England, UK
  Idtronic is launching two new Bluebox RFID industrial reader/writers for reading and writing of both LF and HF transponders. The Bluebox reader/writers are ...
• Market for RFID Applications in Pharmaceuticals Estimated to Reach ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  ReportBuyer.com, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, added a new report showing that the market for RFID ...
• GS1 completes TLS Phase 2 RFID Pilot Program
  Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  ... announced the successful completion of the second phase of its Transportation and Logistics Services (TLS) Industry Action Group RFID (Radio Frequency ...

News from June 12, 2008

• Taitronics 2008 to highlight RFID technologies
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The Taiwan RFID 2008 show, also known as the Taiwan International RFID Applications Show, will be run in conjunction with Taitra's (Taiwan External Trade ...
• RFID Sensors Help NASA to Monitor Conditions in Antarctica
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Claire Swedberg June 12, 2008—At NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), researchers are employing RFID technology to bring data home from Antarctica. ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The newly built Ashdod Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, plans to implement an active RFID system to monitor and track equipment, personnel and high-risk ...
• RFID Market on Target to Reach $5.3B in 2008
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  By John Burnell International market research and events firm IDTechEx gave the RFID industry a mid-year checkup and pronounced it is healthy and on track ...
• IS RFID READY TO FLY?
  Aviation Week - New York, NY, USA
  As it enters the facility, it passes through a portal that automatically reads an RFID tag that contains the complete bill of materials of every part and ...
• SPAIN: Children’s wear firm Boboli in RFID pilot
  just-style.com - UK
  Boboli, one of Spain's premier fashion houses for children, is piloting an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) deployment programme to track and manage ...
• Market for RFID Applications in Pharmaceuticals Estimated to Reach ...
  Newswire Today (press release) - London, UK
  Report Buyer, has added a new report showing that the market for RFID applications in pharmaceuticals, with revenues of $35 million in 2006, ...
• HP Rolls Out RFID Service to Track Data Center Assets
  Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  According to the company, The HP Factory Express RFID Service tracks critical data center assets, such as HP factory-built servers, storage devices and rack ...
• Conifdex Ships More than 1 Million Limited-Use Contactless PET ...
  B-EYE-Network - Boulder, CO, USA
  Confidex supplies Contactless PET RFID tickets in support of a new public transit ticketing system in Istanbul, Turkey. Confidex, a fast growing company ...
• White Paper: Understanding The Benefits Of Active RFID For Asset
  Data Collection Online (press release) - PA, USA
  Active RFID technology is ideal for tracking of high-value items and repeated use in supply cycles. The low-consumption power requirement extends the ...

News from June 11, 2008

• HP offers RFID tracking service
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  The HP Factory Express RFID Service automates and tracks device movement, eliminating the need for employees to manually track inventory. ...
• Spanish kids clothier introduces RFID tracking
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  So it will come as no surprise that Boboli, one of Spain's premier fashion houses for children, is piloting an RFID deployment program to track and manage ...
• Wine and Brandy Maker in High Spirits Over RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Claire Swedberg June 11, 2008—KWV is employing RFID technology to track its barrels as they are used to store wine and brandy being processed and aged. ...
• HP offers optional RFID tagging
  SmartBrief - Washington, DC, USA
  Hewlett-Packard is offering optional RFID tags on data-center equipment it ships to customers. At $5 to $10 each, HP says the tags can keep track of ...
• White RFID "button" tag for personal garments
  RF Design - New York, NY, USA
  TAGSYS announced the release of the ARIO 370L-HL RFID tag. The tag’s unique button-like design improves service levels for businesses such as elder care ...
• Global Demand for RFID Growing
  Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
  CAMBRIDGE, UK—Global demand for RFID will reach $5.3 billion this year and climb to $27 billion in 2018, according to IDTechEx, a consulting company that ...
• RFID Alive and Kicking at Wal-Mart and Elsewhere
  RetailWire (subscription) - Cranford, NJ, USA
  By George Anderson Stories about the demise of radio frequency identification (RFID) initiatives appear to have been greatly exaggerated, according to a ...
• Alanco/TSI Prism wins $3.3 million DOC contract to install RFID ...
  Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  The new tracking system combines Alanco's TSI Prism RFID system with Wi-Fi compatible RTLS technology from AeroScout. Greg Oester, president of Alanco/TSI ...
• HP launches Factory Express RFID service
  Computer Business Review - UK
  By Staff Writer The HP Factory Express RFID service tracks factory-built servers, storage devices, and rack enclosures, enabling customers to continuously ...
• Innovision launches next-generation NFC/RFID tag platform with up ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  Innovision Research & Technology has launched a next-generation NFC/RFID tag platform offering up to 2Kbytes of memory. This new IC platform allows RFID and ...

News from June 10, 2008

• Covidien to Pilot Its RFID-enabled System This Summer
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The new system, which gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 6, employs passive 13.56 MHz RFID tags and interrogators to ...
• HP Launches RFID Service for Tracking Data Center Assets
  PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien, Austria
  When deployed as part of a full RFID solution from HP and its partners, the service automates and tracks device movement, providing an accurate inventory of ...
• BlueStar Holds Wal-Mart RFID Compliance Webinar
  Channel EMEA - Colchester, Essex, UK
  Dan Miller, BlueStar's RFID Program Manager, led the seminar along with epcSolutions’ CIO Chuck Williams and CEO Kevin Kail, Zebra Sr. Business Development ...
• HP Secures Data Center Assets With RFID Tags
  CIO India - Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  "The tag can be affixed to the case or the palette," says Frank Lanza, HP's worldwide director for RFID in the technology solutions group. ...
• Future Store Features Item-Level RFID Meat Tracking
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  By John Burnell An RFID system developed to ensure meat safety and freshness is one of the technology highlights at the new Future Store that German ...
• RFID and AIDC News: With Globalization Comes New Challenges in ...
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  When it comes to globalization, many challenges are well understood: the challenges of supply selection, etc. However, there is one important area that has ...
• METRO Group rolls out new RFID pilot program
  MMH.com - Newton, MA, USA
  Here's a quick question: Can you name the global retailer leading the way on RFID? And no fair peeking at the headline. If you guessed Wal-Mart you'd be ...
• Fight Big Oil with RFID?
  Supply Chain Management Review - Waltham, MA, USA
  Would you believe RFID is the answer? Well, not even this article from RFID Journal is bold enough to suggest that, but it claims RFID will play a part in ...
• Upcoming audioconference to focus on tracking blood electronically ...
  SmartBrief - Washington, DC, USA
  Participants will discuss whether RFID can advance patient safety and operational efficiency, as well as the quality and effectiveness of the whole supply ...
• Omron Adds Secure RFID Protocol to EPC Gen 2 Reader
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Mary Catherine O'Connor June 10, 2008—Tokyo-based RFID hardware provider Omron has added support for the Secure RFID protocol, developed by Japan's ...

News from June 09, 2008

• Open interent a model for RFID expansion
  Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland, New Zealand
  Let's talk about RFID. But first, let's imagine the internet as it might be. Suppose every ISP required its users to buy only its own brand of modem. ...
• Market for RFID is vibrant as demand grows
  Cambridge Network - Cambridge, UK
  The global RFID market continues its rapid growth as record orders up to $0.5 billion each are serviced. This year demand for RFID is on target for $5.3 ...
• Boston-area hospitals have success with RFID
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Making sure these devices are on site before starting a procedure is critical and RFID technology has helped Boston-area hospitals do just that. ...
• METRO Group goes with RFID for quality assurance
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Impinj Inc., a UHF gen 2 RFID vendor, has announced an implementation in food freshness and customer safety with the METRO Group. ...
• HP Service Takes RFID Asset Tracking to the Data Center
  Managing Automation Magazine - New York, NY, USA
  Hewlett-Packard Co. is applying RFID technology to the task, offering a new service aimed at helping customers keep track of data center hardware assets and ...
• Massachusetts Hospitals Tap RFID Technology To Track Devices
  iHealthBeat - Oakland, CA, USA
  The University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center has installed shelves with built-in RFID readers in its catheterization lab to continuously track ...
• Impinj RFID Solution Ensures Food Freshness And Improves
  Data Collection Online (press release) - PA, USA
  Seattle, WA - Leading UHF Gen 2 radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions provider Impinj, Inc. recently announced a groundbreaking implementation in ...
• HP Launches RFID Service for IT Assets
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  By John Burnell Hewlett-Packard customers can now order servers, data storage devices, and racks with integrated RFID tags as part of a new IT asset ...
• New Book Focuses on RFID Applications
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  A welcome new addition to any RFID library is RFID Technology and Applications (Cambridge University Press, July 2008), edited by Stephen B. Miles, ...
• RFID technology helps Boston hospitals monitor devices
  SmartBrief - Washington, DC, USA
  Hospitals in Massachusetts are using RFID to track devices such as stents. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and ...

News from June 08, 2008

• Oracle applications to be RFID-enabled
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  OAT Systems, a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, has announced a relationship to RFID-enable Oracle applications, enable users to gain a new level of ...
• Integris' Journey to RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  If the pilot were successful, he believed it could become the lynchpin to an enterprise-wide RFID deployment at the provider's network of 13 health-care ...
• Where Do You Stand On RFID?
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  RFID Journal would like to help you find out. In addition, we are working with the Aberdeen Group on an RFID and Infrastructure Management benchmark study. ...
• The ZigBee Lesson
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  While ZigBee could pass information over short ranges at low costs, RFID could identify things over short ranges at a lower cost. ...
• 'All the world's a supply chain'
  Chicago Sun-Times - United States
  The proveo buy added to Zebra's January 2007 purchase of WhereNet Corp., a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for $126 million in ...