Baird has released its October report. The nineteen-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
The anti-RFID book by the leaders of CASPIAN doesn’t provide any compelling evidence that the technology is a threat to privacy.
In the city of Caen, retailers are testing a payments system using mobile phones equipped with near field communication RFID tags.
ThingMagic receives $5 million, closes first funding round; report says retailer RFID spending passed $400 million; Intermec operating new service center in Shanghai; CompTIA announces RFID+ certification beta exam.
In this guest article, Mike Guillory discusses the progress of Gen2 technology through the International Standards Organization (ISO).
The RFID and handheld electronic equipment manufacturer will test its partner companies’ software and hardware to ensure their products work together.
Reva Systems this week unveiled its first product, the Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP). Designed to assuage the persistent complexity and high cost of today’s deployments, the TAP is a rack-mountable device that allows the management of RFID readers across a facility.
The Swedish government has begun issuing RFID-enabled passports and national identity cards to its citizens.
The company says its data-filtering TAP device will help end users scale their RFID deployments while keeping reader management centralized.
In this guest article from AMR Research, analyst Dennis Gaughan argues that, in the race to find ROI from cross-supply chain activity, companies deploying RFID may be ignoring the better, more immediate source of ROI: internal asset management.