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Gartner: Intermec’s Program to Accelerate IP Issues
Research firm Gartner this week released an assessment of the Rapid Start Licensing Program from Intermec Technologies, which began June 1st and will conclude the 31st of August.
RFID News Roundup
Paxar demos Gen 2 label production; TAGSYS, STMicroelectronics interoperable; Germany picks Philips chip for passports; HP Taiwan reselling PDC bands for patient tracking; Wavetrend, OxLoc make traceable active ID system; Printronix, Impinj show Gen 2 interoperability.
ABI Research: Plug-and-Play RFID to Save the Day
ABI Research, a technology research firm based in Oyster Bay, New York, believes that the answer to recently reported RFID doldrums can be summed up in three words: plug-and-play.
Canadian RFID-Ready Warehouse Opens
RFID services company Ship2Save has begun operating a facility that tags goods according to customer mandates and ships them to their ultimate destination.
New Microsoft Release Aims to Democratize RFID
At Microsoft’s Tech•Ed event yesterday in Orlando, Florida, the company announced a new RFID infrastructure aimed at making RFID deployments simpler and cheaper.
SAP, OAT Provide Way to Link Platforms
With help from Kimberly-Clark, the RFID vendors developed software to connect their platforms and integrate RFID data across a company’s business applications.
H.K. Launches RFID Supply Chain Project
The government of Hong Kong is backing a HK$14 million project that uses the EPCglobal Network to provide end-to-end supply chain visibility for companies manufacturing in China’s Pearl River Delta.
Hong Kong Begins RFID Middleware Project
The government is funding a project to develop middleware to make it easier for companies to integrate RFID data with their existing back-end systems.
Symbol Puts Windows in Reader
Symbol Technologies has embedded Microsoft’s Windows CE operating system in its new XR400 reader.
AmEx Adds RFID to Blue Credit Cards
The financial services company has started issuing contactless payment cards nationwide for its ExpressPay program.
Low-Cost Chipless RFID Tags Progressing
An interesting development in the realm of tag prices has been the possibility of non-silicon based RFID tags. “Organic”, “polymer-based”, or “chipless” RFID tags could bring tag prices down below one cent, at which point the possibilities of item-level RFID tagging shoot through the roof.