The Aberdeen Group finds that 57 percent of retailers using or planning to deploy RFID prefer to employ the technology at the item level, and that many are utilizing the technology to improve inventory accuracy, as well as for a range of other applications.
Lenovo offers ThinkPads with NFC module from NXP Semiconductor, Toppan Printing; Zebra unveils next-gen ultra-wideband real-time locating system; U.S. Marine Corps deploys more RFID tracking kits to forces in Afghanistan; Buffalo, N.Y., Metro to deploy TagMaster RFID train-tracking solution; CAEN RFID announces new UHF desktop reader; more than 2 billion RFID tags to be sold this year, IDTechEx study says; HID Global, Inside Contactless team up on secure NFC mobile phones.
Optimum Path Systems’ data center management software is being packaged with RF Code’s active RFID tags and readers.