IT/Infrastructure

This section includes articles about how companies are managing RFID data and turning it into useful information.

Registration Now Open for Two RFID Journal LIVE! Europe Events
For the first time, RFID Journal will host two European conferences—one in Norway and the other in the United Kingdom.

Impinj Releases Embedded RFID Chips for Consumer Electronics, E-Labels
The company's Monza X Dura passive ICs can be used to configure, authenticate, activate and exchange data with tablet computers and other devices, by means of an EPC Gen 2 RFID reader.

RFID News Roundup
TracTech Systems integrates with The Edge software on RFID-enabled jewelry-management system; Missouri State University implements contactless campus card system; Intellitix links RFID and Facebook at Coachella Festival.

Intermec Simplifies Printer Configuration Via RFID
The company's new thermal printer models are available with built-in chips enabling buyers to configure the devices through the box before they are powered on, using an RFID reader and Intermec software.

Navizon's Cloud-based RTLS Service Tracks Wi-Fi Tags, Devices
The company's I.T.S. solution is designed to help users monitor the locations of people and assets indoors, via nodes that read Wi-Fi transmissions from smartphones, laptops and RFID tags.

RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 Report, Part 2

At RFID Journal's 10th-anniversary conference and exhibition, attendees heard real-world case studies explaining how to utilize radio frequency identification to improve their business. View the presentations from the RFID Journal Awards finalists and the event's main conference-track and solutions-provider sessions.

Advice for CEOs

The decision to deploy an RFID system should be based on the value the technology can deliver to your company, not on what others are—or are not—doing.

RFID Speeds Up Electric Pole Inspections

The Orangeburg Department of Public Utilities is tagging 30,000 poles to improve maintenance and repair operations.

ADT Will Monitor Your RFID Readers

The security company wants to leverage the engineering and services units of parent Tyco Fire & Security to create an organization that can install and service large-scale RFID deployments.