Feb 22, 2018The following are news announcements made during the past week by the following organizations:
Ingenica Solutions, Terso Solutions;
Quake Global;
AIM, the NFC Forum, the RAIN RFID Alliance;
STAR Systems International;
Loci, and Waltonchain.
Ingenica Solutions, Terso Solutions Partner on RFID-enabled Medical Device Tracking
U.K.-based Ingenica Solutions and Terso Solutions, a global RFID technology company, have partnered to combine software with RFID-enabled intelligent storage options in the United Kingdom.
Ingenica's 360/Atticus solution, an inventory-management and supply chain tool, can now be integrated to utilize Terso's automated inventory solutions, for use with products managed and stored within a hospital environment. RFID capability enables the system to monitor high-value medical devices and temperature-controlled scientific products and medicines, the companies report.
Managing high volumes of high-value medical devices can be challenging in Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS), and RFID technology is being adopted by an increasing number of hospitals across the U.K. to tag equipment. RFID is being used to improve asset visibility, utilization and patient safety, as well as boost operational performance and cost efficiencies.
"We are very pleased to be working with the team at Terso," said Nicola Hall, Ingenica Solutions' managing director, in a prepared statement. "The Terso technology and capability to our solution expands our data-capture options for our customers and truly enables one system to manage the various multiple challenges we find health-care providers need to solve."
"Terso is beyond excited to work with Ingenica on offering an innovative solution for automated inventory management in the U.K.," said Joe Pleshek, Terso Solutions' CEO and president, in the prepared statement. "This partnership affords hospitals the ability to track inventory in real-time and greatly improve supply chain processes using RFID and IoT technologies. This will mitigate costs, increase efficiency, and ultimately improve patient outcomes."
Quake Global to Exhibit RFID Health-Care Technology
Quake Global, a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) development, has announced that it will support the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)'s goal to educate, collaborate and inform health-care professionals regarding cutting-edge wireless technologies that save lives, by participating in the HIMSS18 Health IT conference, to be held in Las Vegas, Nev. on Mar. 5-9.
Polina Braunstein, Quake Global's CEO, will deliver two presentations at the event. "RFID Real-time Monitoring for All Your Healthcare," geared toward C-suite IT professionals, will take place on Mar. 6 and Mar. 7 at the Las Vegas - Sands Convention Center (Hall G, booth #11657). Braunstein will describe how the company's RFID-based real-time monitoring solutions can ve integrated into existing health-care processes to help hospitals raise patient satisfaction levels, improve patient outcomes and garner a higher return on investment.
Quake Global will offer live demonstrations at its booth, in a simulated hospital environment, utilizing its RFID and real-time location system (RTLS) solutions. Health-technology professionals can ask questions about how to operate efficiently in a modern medical facility with solutions for monitoring patients, assets, personnel and specimens, to enable improvements in workflow processes, safety and the quality of patient care.
AIM, NFC Forum, RAIN RFID Alliance Launch Connections Summit
AIM, the NFC Forum and the RAIN RFID Alliance have unveiled a partnership to establish the Connections Summit on Mar. 7, 2018, at the Google Java Corners facility, located in Sunnyvale, Calif.
The one-day event will feature more than 25 speaker-led sessions, panel discussions, case studies and networking opportunities focused on how automatic-identification and data-capture (AIDC), Near Field Communication (NFC) and RFID technologies can make the world more connected for businesses and consumers. The keynote addresses will be delivered by Antony Passemard, Google's project management lead for the Google Cloud platform, and Raghu Das, IDTechEx's CEO. The Connections Summit will feature multiple tracks covering the Internet of Things (IoT), retail, smart products, security, blockchain, health care and other market opportunities.
"What is particularly notable about the Connections Summit is its emphasis on presentations based on real-world deployments and case studies using the technology," said Mary Lou Bosco, AIM's chief operating officer, in a prepared statement. "There has been a surge in the use of these technologies and industry leaders including Avery Dennison, L'Oreal and Lenovo among others will present at the Connections Summit on the use of AIDC, NFC and RFID in both business and by consumers."
"With over two billion NFC-enabled smartphones in use helping to connect the almost 36 billion IoT devices in the world we are rapidly becoming a connected planet," added Paula Hunter, the NFC Forum's executive director, in the prepared statement. "The Connections Summit is a topical and timely knowledge exchange about the ongoing integration of technologies providing improved connectivity for IoT, blockchain, retail, transportation, healthcare and other opportunities."
Steve Halliday, the RAIN RFID Alliance's president, added in the prepared statement, "We are honored to present this inaugural Connections Summit at Google and thank all our sponsors for their support. With RAIN RFID connecting more than 10 billion everyday items annually, the three simultaneous tracks of the Connections Summit provide a great opportunity for everyone to learn more."
STAR Systems International Intros Multi-Protocol Tolling Reader
STAR Systems International (SSI), a Hong Kong-based RFID hardware, tag and professional services provider, has announced the launch of its Titan multi-protocol tolling reader. Designed for high-speed tolling systems, Titan supports four antennas and multiple RF communications protocols, including ISO 18000-6C/63, TDM (IAG), ISO 18000-6B-80k, ISO 18000-6B, ISO 10374 (ATA), Title 21 (T21), Artefato SJ5511 and FLEX.
The Titan reader features cellular signal rejection, Doppler compensation and pre-distortion optimization. These features, according to the company, work together to provide high read accuracy for open-road tolling and multi-lane free-flow systems.
"This is not just another RFID reader," said Stephen Lockhart, SSI's CTO, in a prepared statement. "Titan is the next step in cognitive radio design and takes the state of the industry a significant step forward with innovative features to improve performance in the demanding roadside environment."
Titan offers an upper operating temperature of 70 degrees Celsius (ambient) and can transmit at full power using Power-over-Ethernet. An internal database can store up to 1 million transactions, the company reports, adding that Titan's flexible software platform has been designed to accommodate future upgradeability.
"SSI has spent considerable time and resources bringing this world-class product to the Smart-City initiative markets," said Bob Karr, SSI's managing director, in the prepared statement. "We are proud and excited to now offer Titan to our partners. We expect that Titan will set the standard for tolling readers for years to come and be a key to enabling smart cities worldwide."
Loci, Waltonchain Form Strategic Partnership for RFID, Internet of Things Solutions
Blockchain companies Waltonchain and Loci have announced that they have forged a strategic partnership. This team-up will open opportunities for Waltonchain to invent and innovate, the companies report, with the support of Loci's resources and platform for IP research, management and marketplace.
"Cooperation with Loci will help Waltonchain develop unique intellectual property, construct the new IoT world and, ultimately, change the life of humanity for the better," said Dr. Mo Bing, Waltonchain's CEO, in a prepared statement. "We believe that by joining hands with Loci we start a mutually beneficial cooperation."
"Loci's platform is built for visionaries and pioneers," added John Wise, Loci's CEO, in the prepared statement. "The work Waltonchain is doing today showcases exactly the kind of leadership we are looking to push the envelope together with."
The companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the partnership that formally covers numerous areas of cooperation, including Waltonchain being a purchasing partner for Loci's crowdsourced intellectual property, while Loci will assist Waltonchain in establishing an incubator in the United States. The companies will also cooperate to support startups with IP resources, and may partner as co-investors. What's more, Loci's InnVenn platform and Waltonchain's development capabilities will be jointly offered to universities and research institutions.
