COVER STORY
How to Integrate RFID Data Without Disrupting Your Business
Seven strategies to get your RFID data and business applications working together efficiently and productively.
VERTICAL FOCUS
The Ongoing War Against Inefficiencies
The U.S. Department of Defense is refining its RFID strategy to optimize the world's most complex supply chain.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS
RFID Energy-Management Systems for Data Centers
Wireless solutions monitor these facilities in real time to keep them cool, while reducing power consumption and costs.

Departments

EDITOR'S NOTE
Achieving Integration at Last
Getting data integration wrong is like tripping just before reaching the finish line in a race.
PERSPECTIVE
Will 2012 See Widespread Adoption of RFID?
Several things must happen before the technology takes off, but the retail apparel sector is getting close to using the technology en masse.
PERSPECTIVE
Trends to Watch in 2012
What to expect in the areas of item-level adoption, shrinkage reduction and consolidation.
OUT IN FRONT
Keeping Guns Out of the Wrong Hands
TriggerSmart has developed an RFID system that ensures only a firearm's owner can pull the trigger.
OUT IN FRONT
Track and Trace Made Easier
Mario Cardullo patented a system that enables RFID tags to monitor the movements of items.

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ASHTON'S VIEW
The Year of Low Power
In 2012, RFID will benefit from a trend toward electronics that are more energy-efficient.
INSIDE THE LABS
Giving Nature a Helping Hand
With metamaterials, we can create thin RFID tags for tracking canned items.
SOFTWARE SAAVY
What's In a Name?
Choosing the right tag identifier now prevents headaches later.