RFID Journal is pleased to announce the hiring of James Hickey as the new managing editor at the technology brand owned and operated by Emerald, the nation’s leading tradeshow company. William Gannon, SVP and Editor-in-Chief of Emerald, notes that Hickey brings 30...
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Global IoT Sales Slowed in 2023 3rd Quarter
Counterpoint is forecasting a decline in global cellular IoT module shipments for 2023, but bouncing back in second half 2024 A quarterly report found an Internet of Things (IoT) sector slowing down in 2023’s third quarter. Released Jan. 4, Counterpoint’s Global...
NVIDIA’s Survey: Retail, CPG Companies Trends are Being Driven by Artificial Intelligence
Respondents delved into a range of AI topics, top use cases, biggest challenges, infrastructure investment initiatives and deployment models The retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) sectors this year are poised to be at the forefront to harness the power of...
RFID Industry Prepares for a Year of Opportunities, Challenges
Companies are seeing a January uptick in demand for RFID technology solutions, or expansions across industries. In a post-Covid economy, as companies face rising labor costs, RFID technology adoption is expected to rise, but also expand, across products and verticals....
Tire Safety Solution Digitizes Inspections
Zonar has rolled out its electronic verified inspection reporting which can leverage Bluetooth, RFID For companies operating fleets of commercial vehicles, tracking conditions of hundreds or thousands of tires can be a complex challenge. While tires are a part of...
Murata, NXP, MicroEJ, Guardian RFID: RFID Journal News Roundup
New Hampshire DOC deploying Command Cloud RFID, Murata released IoT connectivity module, NXP and MicroEJ offer software containers for IoT, New Hampshire DOC Deploying Command Cloud RFID Platform Across the State Guardian RFID and the New Hampshire Department of...
TD Garden Among Stadiums Offering RFID-Based Checkout
The EXO Checkout solution from Stark RFID enables Boston sports and music fans to buy goods in seconds at TD Gardens Shoppers at concert and sports arenas stores are in a hurry. Retailers in these venues are competing with time—the home team’s kickoff, tip off or face...
Bluetooth Mesh Network in Tests for Rail Car Management
Industrial Networks has prototyped its SMRTag beacons and anchors now being tested to capture real-time location data about where train cars Railcars in Houston, Texas, are being tracked in real time with a new Internet of Things (IoT) solution using a combination of...
Ag-Tech Co. Captures Intelligence at Durian Plantations in Malaysia
Sustainable Hrvest is deploying its LoRaWAN IoT-based solution for Malaysian fruit farmers to manage real-time data and analytics about soil health, watering status and weather. A popular Asian fruit known as the durian is both challenging to grow and highly...
RFID Journal LIVE! 2025 Opens Attendee Registration for Las Vegas Event
RFID Journal LIVE!, the world’s premier event for radio frequency identification (RFID) and related technologies, is officially open for attendee registration. The highly anticipated 2025 event will take place May 6-8 at the Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
Study Finds IoT Cybersecurity Risk Increased 400 Percent Last Year
Zscaler’s latest study finds that manufacturers are especially at risk of malware or botnet attacks without some precautions in 2024 The rate of cyber security threats for Internet of Things (IoT) systems has risen four-fold in the past year according to an annual...
RFIDJournal.com’s Best of 2023: 2023 Provided Steady Growth for RFID
From retailers and brands to quick serve restaurants, the rate of RFID deployments has seen gradual growth The passive UHF RFID industry has seen a year of growth, especially in retail, driven by rising RFID tag order volumes as brands meet retailer mandates....











