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RFID News Roundup

Omni-ID broadens its active tag product line ••• Tego releases multi-platform operating system ••• Proximity Technologies launches suite of Bluetooth beacon products ••• Smartrac announces partnerships with Plastilam, Catalyst ••• AIM publishes guidance on data content and structure for passive tags ••• Atlas RFID Solutions opens new Asian office.

Tags: Asset Tracking, RFID Channel, Standards and Regulation, Smart Products, Internet of Things

• RFID News Roundup
• Craft Brewery Uses Beacons to Draw Customers to Its Taps
• RFID Journal LIVE! 2016 to Feature Six Preconference Seminars
• Finalists Unveiled for Ninth Annual RFID Journal Awards
• RFID Journal LIVE! 2015 to Feature Two Co-located Events
• RFID News Roundup
• RFID News Roundup
• RFID Journal LIVE! 2015 to Feature Eight Preconference Seminars
• RFID Journal Introduces Internet of Things Conference

Smart Products Features

Unlocking the Internet of Things

The key is EPCIS, a universal business language that brings value to IoT applications.

Tags: Smart Products, Internet of Things

Smart Products Editor's Notes

• Internet of Things: Promise and Peril for the RFID Industry
• The Internet of Things Journal
• Next Up: A Passive UHF Reader in Your Phone

Smart Products Expert Views

TuntoID—A New Approach for Passive UHF RFID Sensing

There is sufficient bandwidth in an EPC Gen 2 UHF backscatter link to enable the reading of a low-power analog sensor—resulting in an RFID sensor tag with a long read range.

Tags: Innovation, Sensors, Smart Products, Internet of Things

• A New Auto-ID Integration Standard Could Play a Big IoT Role
• An Interview With Geoffrey Moore
• The IoT Challenge
• The Real World of Active RFID Tags

Smart Products How To Articles

How to Benefit From the Internet of Things

RFID lets businesses make smart connections, to automate processes, improve customer loyalty and cut costs with remote monitoring.

Tags: Manufacturing, Retail, Auto-ID, Smart Products, Internet of Things, Automation

Smart Products Videos

• Technology and Infrastructure: Building a Flexible RFID Data Infrastructure

  Many businesses enter into an RFID implementation plan hoping to realize significant cost savings, as well as supply chain visibility and efficiency gains. But achieving those goals may be difficul...

  Tags: 2015, Event Presentation, IT/Infrastructure, LIVE, NFC, Smart Products
• Smart Products: "Smart Life" Products Made More Intelligent and Relevant With RFID

  RFID technology is revolutionizing products by providing dramatic improvements in functionality and performance. These smart, connected products have become complex systems combining hardware, sen...

  Tags: 2014, 2015, Event Presentation, LIVE, NFC, Smart Products

Smart Products White Papers

• Device Security for the Industrial Internet of Things
  Published August 2016
  The Industrial Internet of Things is driving investment in new technologies and manufacturing methodologies as companies rush to capitalize on a predicted $14 trillion economic gain. A wave of new connected devices is the result, many of which are small endpoint devices running real-time operating systems. In this white paper, Renesas' Carl Stenquist and Wil Florentino and Icon Labs' Alan Grau describe security requirements for IIoT devices and the solutions currently available for securing them.
  Tags: Emerging Technologies, Smart Products, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet
• The IoT and BPM Matchbook
  Published July 2016
  Business process management (BPM) suites have become a leading technology for fast, enterprise-changing systems that can optimize and streamline workflows for organizations in nearly every industry. PNMsoft explores the possibilities afforded by connecting wearables to business processes and integrating Internet of Things devices with case-management and work-optimization systems. (16 pages)
  Tags: Emerging Technologies, Smart Products, Internet of Things