The two early adopters will use their RFID and EPC Gen 2 knowledge to help drive Gen 2 adoption for consumer goods, pharmaceutical and technology companies.
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HP and Philips Partner to Spur Gen2 Adoption
Technology giants Hewlett Packard and Philips Semiconductors today threw their combined weight behind spurring accelerated adoption of Gen2 technology.
Pittsburgh Hospital Pilots Hybrid System
At St. Clair, where a bar code/RFID system tracks medication given to patients, hospital administrators expect to extend the system to track blood transfusions and lab specimens.
Flexibility Key to RFID Vendor Survival
In this guest article from AMR Research, analyst Dennis Gaughan argues that those RFID vendors who adopt flexible sales, technology, and partner strategies will be the ones that survive and thrive during the next stage of the market’s development.
Switching Off Credit Card Fraud
If a simple switch were added to contactless payment cards, the potential to steal credit card information could be greatly curtailed.
Patent Dispute Resolved
The resolution of the patent dispute between Intermec and Symbol is good news for the RFID industry, and for end users.
GlobeRanger Updates iMotion for Gen 2
The software company has released a version of its RFID middleware that can handle the new features and functions Gen 2 tags and readers provide.
Precisia Launches FleX Wing Tag Antenna
The printed electronics manufacturer says its new printed UHF RFID tag antenna lowers RFID tag costs and performs equally well regardless of frequency or protocol.
RFID News Roundup
Omron shipping Gen 2 inlays in October; European logistics provider to track 40,000 cars; printed RFID market to surpass $2 billion by 2010; SAMSys releases API to ease reader networking; Intelligent Systems becomes Vue Technology; SmartCode announces new reader, antenna; Axcess, Sun partner to integrate Java with ActiveTags.
RFID Venture Purchased by VCs
Six-year old Intelligent Systems, which was formerly a division of the New Ventures Group at packaging giant MeadWestvaco, has been acquired by two venture capital firms and renamed Vue Technology.
Impinj to Ship 50M Gen 2 Chips in 2005
Alien Technology is among the nine RFID hardware vendors turning Impinj’s Monza chips into inlays, strap assemblies or smart labels.
Analysis of Intermec-Symbol Settlement
Yesterday the RFID industry was abuzz with the announcement that archrivals Intermec and Symbol Technologies had settled their legal dispute related to RFID intellectual property. This article considers the repercussions.