A Symbol of the New RFID Market
Symbol Technologies’ decision to acquire Matrics is a sign that the RFID market is maturing and is good news for end users.
EPCglobal Appoints New President
Chris Adcock, formerly a senior executive at Gillette, takes over the organization that is commercializing EPC technologies.
Supply chain system failures hindered Army in Iraq
This article was originally published by RFID Update.August 2, 2004—A new report commissioned by the U.S. Army that assesses the effectiveness of the war in Iraq cites supply chain logistics inadequacy as one of the operation’s biggest failures. RFID tags were...EPCglobal Appoints New President
This article was originally published by RFID Update.August 2, 2004—Gillette veteran Chris Adcock will take the reigns as president of EPCglobal on September 1st. His appointment comes at a crucial time for the organization as it seeks to complete the highly...44,000 prison inmates to be RFID-chipped
This article was originally published by RFID Update.August 2, 2004—The state of Ohio will deploy at its Ross Correctional Facility a $400,000 RFID-based prisoner-tracking system from Alanco Technologies. Under the new system, inmates wear wristwatch-style bands...RFID Threat Overblown
This article was originally published by RFID Update.August 2, 2004—Many consumer activists are appalled by the privacy violations potentially caused by pervasive RFID technology. But history suggests that in fact the average consumer is not terribly protective of his...
RFID Enters the Sports Arena
Two NFL stadiums are leading the way in one company’s efforts to use RFID to speed payments, increase customer insight and boost consumer spending.
RFID News Roundup
Korea opens UHF spectrum for RFID; pharmaceutical RFID lab showcases anticounterfeiting technology; Intermec offers new RFID label printer; Tagsys triples RFID production capacity; free RFID market research; new multiprotocol 13.56 MHz reader.
Operation RFID 2005: Will China Make the Grade?
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 30, 2004—N/ARead the article at ChinaTechNews.com
Traxus Releases EPC Director
New middleware product works to provide a common RFID reader interface so that business applications don’t need to be reconfigured for different readers.