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| New Belgium Brewing Hops to RFID for Keg Management | 05/20/2009 |
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Craft brewer New Belgium Brewing began tracking its kegs internally with RFID and hopes to expand the system to track keg movements at distributor and retailer locations. The system is expected to improve fill rates and asset utilization. |
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| SecureRF to Develop Secure RFID for US Air Force | 12/10/2008 |
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The US Air Force wants active RFID tags it can use with sensors to monitor the location and status of assets but which can't be read by enemies. SecureRF received a grant to help develop the RFID system, which will also securely encode all data transmission. |
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| NASA Discovers RTLS Works Well in Small Spaces | 11/12/2008 |
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Boeing and NASA installed an ultra-wideband (UWB) real-time location system (RTLS) at the Kennedy Space Center to track thousands of assets used to support the International Space Station. One innovative feature is the use of vehicle-mounted readers to track items delivered to the launch pad. |
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| ABI Predicts RFID Growth Despite Economic Slowdown | 11/03/2008 |
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RFID revenues will reach $5.3 billion in 2008 and $9.8 billion in 2013 according to a forecast released today by ABI Research. It predicts growth rates of 25 percent or higher for the item-level tagging, contactless payment, asset tracking, RTLS and cargo tracking segments of the industry. |
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| RFID Benchmark Tests Prove Positive for IT Asset Tracking | 09/08/2008 |
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A new benchmark test report says passive UHF RFID tags and readers can perform very effectively to track IT assets in data centers and other environments. The tests also found major performance discrepancies among tags and readers, so good performance and system success cannot be taken for granted. |
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| RedPrairie Adds RFID Support for Yard Management | 08/27/2008 |
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RedPrairie announced its core warehouse management system now supports RFID for yard management functions. The leading WMS and supply chain software provider said its customer base has shown strong interest in using RFID for asset management and yard management, but not for case and pallet tracking within distribution centers. |
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| Fluensee Acquires TrenStar's RFID Software Business | 08/05/2008 |
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RFID solutions provider Fluensee acquired TrenStar's asset management software. The deal expands Fluensee's software-as-a-service offerings and gives the company additional customers, markets and distribution channels. TrenStar is effectively exiting the RFID industry and will focus on its airline container management business. |
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| Banking Interest Climbs for RFID, Spurs Standards | 07/14/2008 |
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A financial services industry association announced an initiative to develop standards so industry companies can use RFID more easily. The Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) will first focus on IT asset management, file tracking and courier operations, and hopes to develop its first draft standard by year end. |
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| Impinj Sells Non-RFID Assets, Moves Ahead as Pure Play | 07/01/2008 |
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RFID tag and reader producer Impinj sold intellectual property and assets related to non-volatile memory to IC designer Virage Logic for $5.2 million. The sale is positioned as strategic, and privately-held Impinj will go forward as a a pure-play RFID company. |
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| HP Launches RFID Service for IT Assets | 06/09/2008 |
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Hewlett-Packard announced it will install RFID reader systems at customer sites to track HP servers and other IT gear that ship with pre-installed Gen2 tags. HP previously provided these services on a project basis, but has now formalized them under the HP Factory Express Service banner. |
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