Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere announced the release of RFID Anywhere Appliance Edition (AE), a version of its RFID Anywhere software that runs on edge devices like RFID readers. iAnywhere also announced reader manufacturer AWID as the first customer of the software.
Research firm IDTechEx has released the 2006 version of its annual comprehensive report on the RFID market. The report makes strong predictions for most of the RFID market segments, with significant ramp-up occurring in the next few years. This article from outlines the highlights.
The aim is to educate attendees about RFID’s potential in a variety of areas.
Stav Prodromou, CEO of Alien Technology, says declining tag prices are making it possible for companies to achieve a return on investment for more and more applications.
This week has seen a handful of stories about RFID’s steady and global march into the pharmaceutical, retail, and library management sectors. This article from recaps the developments.
The consumer packaged goods manufacturer is using Alien’s ALR-9800 interrogator in its RFID tagging system after picking it from a test group of other Gen 2-compliant machines.
This is the second article in a four-part series from Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, who predicts that this year will be the one RFID vanishes. This article considers pharma, vertical applications, the RFID business case, and the demise of “mandate psychology”.
The retailer is deploying handheld RFID interrogators and considering wearable interrogators, and is close to adopting forklift readers.
Software company TrueDemand is working with Internet services provider VeriSign to pull important product data into its demand-forecasting tool.
ARC Advisory Group’s Chantal Polsonetti herein argues that end-users can achieve better value from RFID deployments in their warehouses and distribution centers by relying more on the automation offered by fixed RFID readers and less on the common (and costly) practice of manual tag-reading using portable readers.
Dick Cantwell, head of Procter & Gamble’s RFID efforts, told a conference his company has identified ways to use RFID to achieve benefits today.
Sanjay Sarma, cofounder of the Auto-ID Center, told a conference there remain plenty of RFID research and startup opportunities.