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December 9 - 15, 2007
News from December 15, 2007
- The Human Factor Could Be Derailing RFID
eWeek - New York, NY
By Evan Schuman Opinion: It will take more than technology to make RFID work. People are going to have to change the way they work. ...
- AT&T introduces RFID and GPS-based solutions for K-12
Computer Business Review - UK
By Staff Writer This new radio frequency identification (RFID) application from AT&T works in conjunction with mobile resource management (MRM) ...
- Staples' Reusable RFID Trial Expanding
eWeek - New York, NY
A one-store RFID trial that Staples ran this summer with reusable tags was successful enough to convince the retailer to expand it to four other stores in ...
- Land Closed-Loop RFID Sales
IT Reseller Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
If you're like most other data collection VARs, you're probably wondering when RFID technology is going to be ready for mainstream acceptance. ...
- AT&T Steps into RFID Student-Tracking Minefield
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
Combining RFID and GPS, it is designed to enable standard asset- and person-visibility on school premises, as well as the more novel ability to track and ...
- RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
CenTrak has introduced a hybrid RFID-infrared real-time location system (RTLS) designed for tracking patients and assets at health-care facilities. ...
- IDS Adding UHF Reader IC and SAL Chip to Its RFID Portfolio
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
IDS Microchip, a semiconductor company focusing on RFID and sensor market, has announced two new products, which will be added to its RFID portfolio. ...
- RFID-Enabled Document Tracking System Webinar
openPR (press release) - Hamburg, Germany
(openPR) - Great Falls, VA – epcSolutions invites you to a webinar on document tracking using GEN2 RFID on January 15th at 2:00 PM ET with speakers Kevin ...
- iAnywhere Drives Innovation in RFID Industry
CXOToday.com - Mumbai, India
By CXOtoday Staff RFID iAnywhere is a Sybase software infrastructure that provides a customizable environment for developing and managing robust, ...
- RFID Solutions: Arcapita Ventures Co-Leads $15.5M Series C ...
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
"Intelleflex solutions represent a dramatic leap forward in RFID technology," said Tom Hawkins, Director of Arcapita Ventures, who will join the Intelleflex ...
- RFID and Data Access Security
Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Although virtually all data breaches to date have been the result of system security flaws and did not involve RFID, it's clear that ensuring the security ...
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News from December 14, 2007
- The Reverse Consumer Effect: RFID
InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
In a gradual about-face, RFID, which has been a corporate technology from its inception, is finding its way into the consumer market. ...
- NPM to introduce RFID-based relic management system
TheDDaily.com - South Korea
by woong, The Digital Daily news service S.Net Systems Inc. (CEO Park, Hyo-dae) announced that the implementation of the RFID-based cultural relic ...
- Bob Jones University Raises the Bar With RFID
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
13, 2007—With some creative engineering and brick-building from within its own ranks, a few RFID readers and a couple thousand decals with embedded EPC Gen ...
- Intelleflex Scans $15.5M for RFID
Red Herring - CA, USA
According to a recent report from the National Venture Capital Association, venture investment in RFID has nose-dived in the past three years. ...
- RFID Investors Pour Millions Into Segments Old and New
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
If you want to know where emerging companies and their backers think the RFID industry is going, follow the money. Active RFID and RTLS providers captured ...
- RFID, GPS Go to School
IT Business Edge - Louisville, KY, USA
AT&T's RFID application is designed to work with GPS-based mobile resource management services, as well as the carrier's wireless data network and hosted ...
- RFID fights crime
ITWeb - Gauteng, South Africa
It is a 13.56mhz RFID device with a 64-bit embedded cryptographic engine, mutual authentication capability and up to 16 individually configurable zones. ...
- IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Expands Into Safety and Security Market With ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
13 -- IDENTEC SOLUTIONS recent acquisition of a Wtek, a global leader in providing active RFID solutions in the workplace, sets the stage for IDENTEC ...
- Impinj Expands Global Network of RFID Technology and Solutions ...
MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
Leading UHF Gen 2 RFID solutions provider Impinj, Inc. announced an expansion to the company's global technology and solutions provider network to include ...
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News from December 13, 2007
- Motorola, Intelleflex enter relationship in RFID
Xinhua - China
12 (Xinhua) -- Motorola, Inc. announced a strategic relationship between its RFID division of the Enterprise Mobility business and Intelleflex, ...
- AT&T Offers Schools RFID Tracking For People And Assets
InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
AT&T's RFID application is designed to work in conjunction with GPS-based mobile resource management services, as well as the carrier's wireless data ...
- ADT aims to cut retail RFID deployment costs
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
ADT has announced that it aims to improve the economics of in-store, item-level RFID deployments, reducing reader requirements by up to 90% and capital ...
- Motorola, Intelleflex Partner on RFID Technology
eWeek - New York, NY
They also work well under challenging conditions, allowing reads, for example, through metallic objects that reflect RFID read signals and liquids that ...
- RFID Helps FDA Caseworkers Track Important Paperwork
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
12, 2007—The US Food and Drug Administration's Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) plans to install RFID technology in 14 of its 20 district offices ...
- Tergooi Hospital Uses RFID to Boost Efficiency
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
ship2save installed the system, which leverages aeroscout Wi-Fi-based 2.4 ghz battery-powered RFID asset tags, along with exciters to activate the tags, ...
- AT&T Offers Network Industry-First RFID and GPS-Based Solutions ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
AT&T is the first network services company to provide comprehensive and integrated RFID and MRM solutions for the education marketplace. ...
- Motorola, Intelleflex In Extended-Capability RFID Pact
CNNMoney.com - USA
Motorola Inc. (MOT) and privately held Intelleflex agreed to develop extended- capability radio frequency identifaction products. ...
- Motorola and Intelleflex Announce Strategic Relationship in ...
InvestorIdeas.com (press release) - Point Roberts, WA, USA
"Many of the most important emerging applications of RFID technology depend upon extended capability solutions, with features such as large user memory, ...
- RFID & RTLS Sees $433M Invested Over Last 18 Months
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
No, you still can't buy stock in a pure-play, public-traded RFID company, because there aren't any. However, the last 18 months has shown there are plenty ...
- RFID: Outlook China - Bharat Book Bureau
PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti, Romania
Org) – Dec 12, 2007 – The market research report, "RFID: Outlook China" discusses the current and anticipated market for RFID technology in china. ...
- RFID Portal includes RFID reader and multiple RF antennas.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
December 12, 2007 - Using Class 1 Gen 2 RFID technology, Intelliport gateway is located at choke point to track material tagged with RFID labels in/out of ...
- Tire safety problem - RFID offers practical solution
RF Design - New York, NY, USA
Advanced ID Corporation reiterated that its RFID platform for vehicle tires is a practical and cost-effective solution for today's tire safety problems, ...
- Awarepoint's RFID Asset Management System Assists ucsd's Thornton ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
... Tom Hamelin, RN, Director of Perioperative Services and his staff used the Awarepoint Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) asset management system to ...
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News from December 12, 2007
- RFID IC with 64-bit embedded crypto engine
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
Atmel has unveiled its latest development called cryptorf, a 13.56mhz RFID device with a 64-bit embedded cryptographic engine, mutual authentication ...
- The Center of Workforce Innovations and bluebean Announce "RFID ...
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
The Center of Workforce Innovations of Northwest Indiana (CWI) is excited to announce that their partner bluebean, the RFID Solutions Company, ...
- Disagreement Awaits Imminent HF Gen2 RFID Standard
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
Two members of the committee responsible for developing the standard contacted by RFID Update presented very divergent views of the standard's value and ...
- inlogic Releases rftrack.NET Starter Kit -- A Complete RFID Asset ...
dBusinessNews Atlanta (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
NET Starter Kit aimed at helping organizations rapidly implement an RFID asset tracking solution. The kit includes the necessary software, services, ...
- UK Seal Maker Puts RFID to the Test
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
11, 2007—After several years spent following rfid's growth and considering using the technology to track its products as they come from Asia into UK- and ...
- New RFID Device Helps Fight Counterfeiting
IndustryWeek - USA
11, 2007 -- In an effort to help combat product counterfeiting, Atmel Corp. has created the cryptorf, which is a 13.56 mhz RFID device with a 64-bit ...
- A lump of coal in the RFID stocking
MMH.com - Newton, MA, USA
Think RFID is going to explode in the supply chain in 2008? Think again, suggests Michael J. Liard, research director for RFID & contactless technologies at ...
- TURCK introduces 2RFID Module for BL ident RFID system
Automation.com (press release) - Eden Prairie, MN, USA
TURCK introduces a new 2RFID module for its BL ident RFID system that compliments its existing BL20 and BL67 network I/O systems. "BL ident's modular design ...
- Via Licensing Renews Call for UHF RFID Patents
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
Via Licensing assisted with the initial identification of essential patent holders and structuring of the joint licensing arrangement for the RFID ...
- RFID Devices feature 64-bit embedded cryptographic engine.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
December 11, 2007 - With mutual authentication capability and up to 16 individually configurable zones, cryptorf® 13.56 mhz RFID Labels and Tags prevent ...
- A little RFID Christmas tale
MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
As an exception this ticket is not literally magical like everything else in Santa's office is: it is part of an RFID application of the company MICROPLEX ...
- RFID Versus Contactless Smart Card
MoreRFID (press release) - TX,USA
The Frost & Sullivan research titled RFID vs Contactless Smart Cards examines the similarities and differences between the two technologies in terms of ...
- Texas to use RFID to manage citizen evacuations
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
AT&T has won a contract to deliver an RFID-based, customised mobility solution for the Governor's Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) for the state of ...
- Sweden : Labels maker Nilorn develops new RFID technology
Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
The Nilorn Group has developed an innovation in RFID technology in collaboration with Craft of Scandinavia. The solution is intended for brands who sell ...
- ITG & Soliton partner on RFID-based security system
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
Assa Abloy Identification Technologies (ITG) has partnered with Soliton Systems KK in Japan, an IT security solutions provider to produce a combined ...
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News from December 11, 2007
- Karstadt deploys item-level RFID in Stock System
RFID News - Tallahassee,FL,USA
German department store chain Karstadt is now piloting item-level RFID in stock system, according to news reports. Karstadt avoided the higher cost and ...
- A Look Back At RFID in '07
RFID News - Tallahassee,FL,USA
As RFID Journal puts it: "2007 was a year of retrenchment, requiring startup companies with a finite amount of capital to reduce their burn rate and refocus ...
- Calling All RFID Students
RFID Journal - Melville,NY,USA
By Mark Roberti At RFID Journal, we pride ourselves on having the best events in the world. Attendees often tell us they appreciate the quality of our ...
- Industry Group Launches Test of RFID Reusable Containers
RFID Update - Alexandria,VA,USA
A group of Reusable Pallet & Container Coalition (RPCC) member companies are conducting a far-reaching field test of RFID-enabled reusable plastic ...
- Vision POS Sees RFID as the Next Big Thing
RFID News - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Tech supplier Vision POS today announced that has upped its commitment to RFID and biometrics, promoting point-of-sale soultions with a "higher data ...
- Metrologic Instruments Joins AIM Global Signals Commitment to ...
Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp,Belgium
AIM Global works to increase the understanding and adoption of Auto ID, RFID and enterprise mobile computing through education, standards, and cooperation ...
- New Player in RFID Education Market Emerges
RFID News - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Abhisam Software is now touting its new and free course on the basics of RFID technology. The course, which can be downloaded by anybody, is a blend of text ...
- Docuspace uses RFID system for providing application integration ...
Ferret - Australia
Docuspace helps in the analysis of current process of the user and further development of a new process model using the RFID technology. ...
- BOS Receives an Order From a Strategic US Customer for the ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
In subsequent phases, new features for monitoring the customer's vehicles and equipment will be introduced, using BOS RFID and AVL technologies. ...
- Korean Mobile RFID Taking the Lead in ISO
Telecoms Korea (subscription) - South Korea
Korea's mobile RFID research is speeding up the nation's journey to the world market leadership. Mobile RFID allows users to get information about a product ...
- ADT significantly cuts retail RFID deployment costs
Antara (press release) - Antara,Indonesia
Using the EPCglobal Gen 2 standard in a new way, the new Sensormatic iREAD platform reduces both the complexity and cost of deploying RFID technology in a ...
- Emerging Technology Attracts Interest of Canadian Industry at RFID ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The 2nd Annual conference and exhibition produced by RFID Journal and epcglobal Canada attracted more than 400 attendees from across Canada. ...
- Malaysia to introduce RFID chip-based visa
Xinhua - China
10 (Xinhua) -- The Malaysian Immigration Department is planning to introduce Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) chips in visas issued to foreign ...
- Baggage Handling: Quatrotec Secures Contracts For Security,
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
"As we continue to roll out integrated baggage handling and screening solutions, RFID is becoming an integral part of the deployments, delivering vastly ...
- Canadian Supply Chain Alliance Creates Affordable EDI Compliance
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
The 2 nd annual RFID Journal Live-Canada conference held at the Toronto Congress Centre had a few exciting speakers and numerous case studies, ...
- Planning a vertical rise in RFID segment
Newindpress - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
The RFID technology is a proven object tracking and automated data collection solution providing a contactless data link, without line-of-sight or concerns ...
- Reva expands its TAP RFID product range
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
The new Reva TAP 331 is an entry-level platform that provides an RFID network infrastructure for facilities operating between 1 and 8 RFID readers ...
- RFID Tags: Time Domain Launches PLUS Ultra Wideband Real-Time
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
A real-time location system (RTLS) that can read thousands of small, active RFID tags per second through multiple walls with a precision of 12-36 inches, ...
- Insignia unveils new M-Class Mark II family of industrial printers
Ferret - Australia
With a compact modular design that takes thermal and RFID printers to a new level, the M-Class Mark II has a broad range of value-packed features. ...
- RFID Crate - Innovative RFID Solution for Bakeries
MoreRFID (press release) - TX,USA
Companies PENAM, as, a leading bread producer in the Czech Republic, Barco, sro, barcode and RFID system integrator, and Alfa Plastik, as, ...
- Frost & Sullivan: Benefits of Seamless Visibility Driving the ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Active RFID systems are drawing greater interest from end-users due to their ability to provide greater visibility in location tracking compared to other ...
- Printed Electronics for Active RFID and RTLS
PCB007 (press release) - Seaside,OR,USA
IDTechEx staged its annual conference on active RFID and Real Time Locating Systems in Dallas USA 5-6 December. Here we look at aspects relevant to printed ...
- Insignia unveils new M-Class Mark II family of industrial printers
Ferret - Australia
With a compact modular design that takes thermal and RFID printers to a new level, the M-Class Mark II has a broad range of value-packed features. ...
- Frost & Sullivan: Benefits of Seamless Visibility Driving the ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Active RFID systems are drawing greater interest from end-users due to their ability to provide greater visibility in location tracking compared to other ...
- IAITO InfoTech Presents A variety Of Product Ranges In RFID HF
Data Storage Connection (press release) - USA
iQstor Networks, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent and integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, recently announced the iQ2850 iSCSI storage ...
- Xterprise Exhibiting at National Retail Federation's 2008 Expo ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
Xterprise builds its applications on the biztalk 2006 RFID platform. Xterprise will also be exhibiting in the Alien Technology booth-number 355 and the UPM ...
- 2007 Chief Of The Year: Tim Stanley
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
In the last year, Stanley's innovation group has been testing and planning to deploy RFID, server-based casino gaming machines, Microsoft's Surface tabletop ...
- High frequency buzz
InternetRetailer.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Although the prices of both RFID tags and readers have come down to more manageable levels, practical deployments remain among a handful of large retailers, ...
- skyetek and Atmel launch RFID demonstration kit
Computer Business Review - UK
According to the two companies, the RFID solution allows quick demonstration and proof-of-concept development, while integrating RFID into applications or ...
- Digi-Key Inks RFID Distribution Pact With SkyeTek
EFYTimes - New Delhi,India
Digi-Key has announced availability of SkyeTek's full line of RFID reader modules and developer kits to North American customers at Digikey.com.
- Asset Management: Awarepoint's RFID Asset Management System
Wireless Workforce Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
After a rigorous evaluation process, Awarepoint's RFID real-time location system (RTLS) was chosen to efficiently track the location, status and movement of ...
- RFID Crate – Innovative RFID Solution for Bakeries
Free press releases (press release) - Oxford,UK
Companies PENAM, as, a leading bread producer in the Czech Republic, Barco, sro, barcode and RFID system integrator, and Alfa Plastik, as, ...
- RFID Device With 64-bit Embedded Cryptographic Engine
CNNMoney.com - USA
4 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation announced today CryptoRF(R), the world's first 13.56 MHz RFID devices with a 64-bit embedded cryptographic engine, ...
- ADT Announces iread Network Antenna System
RFID Journal - Melville,NY,USA
7, 2007—RFID Systems provider ADT says it has developed a means of RFID-enabling store shelves in a manner designed to lower infrastructure costs related to ...
- RFID test on reusable containers launched
FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier,France
By Ahmed ElAmin 07/12/2007 - One of the world's largest field tests to combine radio frequency identification technology (RFID) with returnable packaging ...
- Germany Sees Another Item-Level RFID Apparel Program
RFID Update - Alexandria,VA,USA
Another German retailer has launched an ambitious item-level RFID tagging program, announced yesterday by ADT Security Services . ...
- EPCglobal Launches Consumer Web Site
RFID Journal - Melville,NY,USA
6, 2007—The campaign to educate consumers about RFID's potential is heating up. Last week, EPCglobal unveiled its Discover RFID Web site, designed to inform ...
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News from December 10, 2007
- How to Estimate the Cost of a Closed-Loop RFID Project
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
10, 2007—Before an organization can undertake a major RFID implementation, it must first estimate project costs. This helps a company not only plan how the ...
- Good Riddance to 2007
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
Venture capitalists funded startups, and big tech companies funded RFID units. But by about the third quarter of 2006, it had become clear that many ...
- Craft of Scandinavia Tests RFID
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
10, 2007—Nilorn Group, a producer of clothing labels, has developed an RFID-enabled self-inventorying product display for sports apparel company Craft of ...
- Event Reveals Interest in RFID Is Growing In Canada
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
10, 2007—RFID Journal and epcglobal Canada, a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral, user-driven organization supporting the adoption of Electronic Product Code ...
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News from December 9, 2007
- Gemini to expand RFID tags line
Hindu - Chennai, India
The company has already completed the development of packaged RFID (radio frequency identification) tags that work on metals and other EMI (electromagnetic ...
- Karstadt deploys item-level RFID in stock system
Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
This platform is a epcglobal Gen 2 standard-compliant breakthrough in item-level RFID stock management architecture that combines power, control and data ...
- 4 States Pledge to Enhance Driver's License Security
eWeek - New York, NY
While DHS had been leaning toward mandating RFID as a machine readable technology a backlash from consumers and states concerned about privacy and security ...
- Gathering of RFID Practitioners at 6th RFID-ROI
Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
The World's Foremost Gathering of RFID Practitioners. Global RFID ROI 2008 is the event bringing together leading RFID practitioners from a broad cross ...
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