Microsoft Going Postal with RFID
IDG News Service reports that Microsoft is in Taiwan marketing an RFID track-and-trace solution for postal services.
Manufacturing Insights: GEN 2 Not a Silver Bullet
Manufacturing Insights, the IDC-owned research firm focused on manufacturing business intelligence and analysis, this week released a report that looks at the current state of RFID mandate initiatives and makes recommendations for how end-users can best approach their deployments.
Unisys Pursues New Passive Roles
Primed to provide services to commercial customers using passive RFID, can Unisys successfully leverage what it has learned from its active RFID deployments?
Consortium Tests Cold Storage Tagging
A group of logistics providers and hardware and software vendors are working on strategies for RFID tagging in cold storage facilities.
Real Assets: RFID Experts
Companies need to develop in-house experts with a good grounding in the fundamentals of RFID, which is why training programs and certification are becoming so important.
Gen 2—The Tough Questions, Part 2
One of the architects of EPCglobal’s Generation 2 standard addresses end users’ concerns regarding Gen 2-based tags and readers.
Texas Instruments RFID Business Doubling Annually
Texas Instruments is seeing its RFID business grow handsomely, and it is making high-risk/high-return investments in new technology to ensure its leadership position.
RFID News Roundup
Active tags dominate in health care; UPS investment arm funds RFID chipmaker; PEAK awarded GSA schedule; ScanSource offers RFID education to resellers; Zebra demos Gen 2 capabilities.
ABI Research Analyst: RFID Market “Exciting”
ABI Research recently released a study that looks at the evolving market for RFID integration services. Its premise is that greater RFID adoption has moved beyond the first steps of pilots and compliance testing.
HP to Offer RFID Services in Japan
Hewlett-Packard is teaming up with Internet Initiative Japan and IIJ Technology to develop and market EPC RFID services in Japan.