The RFID Security Alliance (RFIDSA) is a new association that formed to promote better understanding about RFID security concerns and solutions. The organization says security is often overlooked during RFID system planning and implementation, but also many security threats have been misinterpreted and exaggerated.
At this week’s Microsoft Tech.Ed conference in Sydney, the company plans to issue passive EPC Gen 2 inlays to some 6,000 attendees, with the goal of inspiring new RFID applications.
PeakWorks, a provider of safety harnesses, is using radio frequency identification to better manage the process of inspecting equipment critical to protecting employees working at heights.
Lastly, note the sponsored column today from Sirit, which discusses the role and importance of the RFID reader to overall system performance. The article explains the key performance characteristics end users should consider when evaluating readers for purchase: tag singulation, tag read sensitivity, and interference tolerance.
Swiss retailer Manor is using RFID to track reusable transport containers at eight stores and two distribution centers, and plans to expand the system to all 82 of its retail locations. RFID applications automate shipping and receiving operations at stores and DCs.
Verayo is a startup whose product creates a unique digital signature for RFID chips based on how current flows through them. The company is focusing on creating clone-resistant RFID tags to support authentication applications.
A Buenos Aires luxury hotel is using RFID to make sure employees always have a clean, crisp uniform ready when they show up at work.
FTC to host workshop about RFID’s impact on consumer privacy; strong growth predicted for RFID in retail apparel market; RedPrairie integrates RFID into its yard-management application; Bibliotheca introduces hybrid bar-code, RFID library system; PowerID expands channel network in the Americas; XIO Strategies to help DOD with RFID, IUID.
TagStone will be the Cornerstone Sponsor for RFID Journal LIVE! Middle East, to be held Jan. 5-7, 2009, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai.
Logistics provider DHL will provide pallet tagging and tracking services to METRO Group to support the retailer’s RFID rollout to 89 METRO Cash & Carry wholesale stores in France. The firms announced 1.3 million pallets will be tagged annually to facilitate shipment tracking and order verification.