Many suppliers and contracting officers are failing to comply with the U.S. Defense Department’s directive for applying passive RFID tags to certain shipments, according to a recent investigation by the DOD’s inspector general.
The company, a startup with a revolutionary approach to RFID, will demonstrate the ability of its STAR system to read and locate EPC Gen 2 tags in real time at EPCglobal North America’s fifth annual event.
GE Healthcare puts its stake into the growing healthcare market for RTLS systems by acquiring software provider Agility Healthcare Solutions. GE Healthcare, which has 46,000 employees and customers in more than 100 countries, said it will continue to work with other RTLS hardware providers.
The RFID tag and reader vendor says its investors were heartened by the company’s product revenue, which grew approximately 50 percent during the past 12 months.
As the RFID industry matures beyond the hype and into an integral part of business processes, CIOs and IT professionals are increasingly looking to third-party integrators to design and implement RFID applications for their companies.
Alien Technology announced it received $38 million in new investments, bringing its total to $329 million. The privately held maker of passive UHF RFID inlays and readers said it expects this is its final round of private financing.
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The credit card company will leverage Nokia’s newest Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled handset, the Nokia 6212 Classic, to deliver a range of applications, including contactless payments, money transfers and remote payments.
At its corporate offices, the search engine company’s Indian division is using Google Maps and EPC Gen 2 RFID technology to track thousands of electronic devices.