RFID News Roundup
Major Australasian retailer testing RFID; Axalto supplies RFID cards for Key debit program; ScanSource announces new RFID bundle; Cisco embedding PanGo software in health-care product platform; Paragon providing Paxar 9855.
Overview of Legacy RTLS Vendors
In this guest article from Yankee Group, analyst Marcus Torchia surveys the current vendor space of 802.11 based active RFID real-time location systems (RTLS).
NCR Extends Its RFID Initiative
The business equipment and service provider will offer its RFID systems and services to European companies, and integrate RFID tags in all the hardware it sells.
GE Aviation Finds Value in RFID
The government and commercial plane parts provider says its RFID system saves time and reduce errors for internal shipments.
Overview of 802.11 RTLS Vendors
In this guest article from Yankee Group, analyst Marcus Torchia surveys the current vendor space of 802.11 based active RFID real-time location systems (RTLS).
BEA Systems Acquires ConnecTerra
The companies say their combined offerings will enable end users to deploy large-scale RFID systems.
Report: No RFID Business Case for Manufacturers
According to a report released last week by AMR Research, consumer products manufacturers are still finding it difficult or impossible to economically justify wide-scale RFID deployments.
Metro to Deploy Gen 2 in Mid-2006
German retailer Metro Group says its rollout of EPC Generation 2 tags and readers is being delayed because the hardware is not yet available.
BEA Systems Acquires ConnecTerra
Enterprise infrastructure software giant BEA Systems today announced that it has acquired middleware provider ConnecTerra of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Financial terms were not disclosed.
RFID, Wireless Sensing Collide at WSS Conference
In stark contrast to last year, this year’s IDG Wireless Sensing Solutions was sprinkled with sessions that dealt specifically with RFID issues, a clear indication that RFID and wireless sensors are increasingly overlapping.