CIOs Still Learning About RFID
A survey shows that companies continue to evaluate, but not implement, RFID technology, although many plan to deploy projects within two years.
RFID News Roundup
RFID will affect 4 million U.S. jobs by 2007; new UHF regulations move forward in Europe; SIRIT, Intel team to develop reader technology; RFID center launched in the United Kingdom.
RFID Will Go Through Growing Pains
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 2, 2004—A recently published Gartner report says that RFID will not prove as successful in the near future as the current hype suggests. While it will indeed reshape business over the coming decades, there will...IBM begins testing supercharged barcodes
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 2, 2004—IBM, which already has approximately 1,000 employees actively involved in RFID, has opened an RFID test center in France to serve strong European demand for the technology.Read the article at...
ThingMagic Bets on Smart Readers
The design and engineering company introduces its Mercury4 RFID reader, which is essentially a network computer that can read any RFID tag.
Delta will use RFID to track luggage
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 1, 2004—Delta has become the first airline to fully commit to a comprehensive RFID-based bag tracking system. The company has earmarked $15-25 million for a network that will track luggage from check-in to the...RFID saves money, displaces workers: study
This article was originally published by RFID Update.July 1, 2004—A new study from The Yankee Group predicts that the gradual introduction of RFID over the next decade will potentially cost 4 million US jobs as barcode-scanning workers are rendered obsolete.Read the...
Retrofitting Labelers for RFID
Panther has developed an RFID reader and antenna system that bolts on to an existing Panther label printer-applicator, enabling its customers to save money.