Zebra Technologies Upgrades RFID Readers with Impinj Gen2X
Key Takeaways Zebra is expanding Gen2X support across its full RFID portfolio, including handhelds, sleds and fixed readers, to improve reading of hard-to-tag items like groceries, jewelry and pharmaceuticals. Gen2X enables more reliable autonomous track-and-trace,...
RAIN Alliance Begins Search for New CEO After Aileen Ryan Resignation
Key takeaways RAIN Alliance is searching for a new CEO after Aileen Ryan announced she will step down on Nov. 30 following a period of strong membership and market growth. Under Ryan’s leadership, the organization expanded RAIN RFID awareness, advanced standards...
From Dumb Pipe to Intelligence Platform: The Telco Transformation Playbook
For more than a decade, the phrase “dumb pipe” has been the telecom industry’s most uncomfortable truth. Operators built the highways of the digital economy— laying fiber, deploying spectrum, engineering 5G networks— only to watch the value accrue to the platforms...
Next-Generation Mobile Devices with Gen2X-Enhanced RFID Boost Employee Productivity
Enterprise mobile devices with embedded RAIN RFID are entering a new phase. For the first time, a growing ecosystem of device manufacturers and chipset providers are bringing RAIN RFID into smartphone-sized handhelds, rugged tablets, and other mobile devices that...
Avery Dennison Offers New Active BLE Label Range
Key Takeaways Avery Dennison introduced AD Visi, a range of active Bluetooth Low Energy labels delivering live location data, tamper alerts and condition monitoring for high-value shipments. The first two products, AD Visi Way and AD Visi Secure, use InPlay’s...
How Location Intelligence Cuts Machine-Starvation Downtime
In industries, machines don’t always stop because something has broken, rather a lot of unplanned downtime comes from something far more basic: the material wasn’t even there! At a Tier 1 automotive supplier we worked with, that problem had been building...
Siemens to Acquire Precision Innovations
Key takeaways Siemens is adding AI-powered chip planning and early design exploration technology to strengthen its EDA portfolio for semiconductor customers. The acquisition is intended to help engineering teams reduce design iterations, improve power-performance-area...
RAIN Alliance Launches Working Group to Support Growing RAIN RFID Sensor Ecosystem
Key Takeaways The RAIN Alliance formed a new working group to remove deployment barriers and promote standards-based use of RAIN RFID sensor systems across industrial IoT and asset management. Members will focus on real-world use cases like pharmaceuticals, food,...