Wal-Mart’s President Says EPC RFID Strategy Is Working
At the Goldman Sachs Retail Conference, Bill Simon spoke briefly about the retailer’s use of radio frequency identification.
What Are Some Common Applications of RFID?
Please elaborate on how the technology is frequently used to deliver value. —Name withheld ——— It’s important to understand that radio frequency identification is an enabling technology, rather than one that delivers value on its own. RFID enables companies to...Are RFID-Enabled Credit Cards Safer Than Magstripe Cards?
Credit-card companies say yes, because the chip in the transponder enables them to create additional levels of security.
Wal-Mart’s President Says EPC RFID Strategy Is Working
At the Goldman Sachs Retail Conference, Bill Simon spoke briefly about the retailer’s use of radio frequency identification.
Are RFID-Enabled Credit Cards Safer Than Magstripe Cards?
Credit-card companies say yes, because the chip in the transponder enables them to create additional levels of security.
Checkpoint Systems Creates RFID-centric ‘Visibility’ Division
The company has established a Merchandise Visibility Solutions division that will focus on swiftly providing comprehensive item-level RFID systems to retailers around the world, along with installation and maintenance services.
RFID News Roundup
Primera announces color RFID label printer-encoder; IBM, Mojix team to deliver advanced RFID system to the Japanese market; Holland 1916 intros RFID-enabled steel cable locking zip tie for tagging assets; NATO’S NAMSA launches Savi Technology routing hub; Pitney Bowes to provide support services for Bibliotheca RFID customers; ContainerPort Group gets RFID-enabled system to manage container chassis.
Is Anyone Tagging Liquor for Supply Chain and Brand Protection?
Counterfeiting is a huge problem in my country. How can RFID help with this problem? —Name withheld ——— A few years ago, Italian vintner Arnaldo Caprai experimented with a solution that involved tracking wine with RFID transponders embedded in an artificial cork (see...TagStone to Deliver Keynote at RFID Journal LIVE! Middle East
The event’s cornerstone sponsor will explain how companies in the Middle East are benefiting today from using RFID, at the second annual conference and exhibition, to be held on Oct. 5 in Abu Dhabi.
Technology Predictions Aren’t Always Accurate
A1995 article about the Internet is a stark reminder that naysayers are often wrong.