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RFID... Tagged for Retail InternetNews.com Seeing profits in the little things in life, major league IT players have all announced radio frequency identification (RFID) (define) initiatives at the ... Intel makes RFID play - InfoWorld Techs line up to track retail goods - ZDNet.com IBM Providing Integration for METRO Group's Project to Introduce ...

RFID tags get a push in Germany ZDNet.com .... The project, one of the largest of its kind in Europe, involves a technology known as radio frequency identification (RFID), which experts predict could one ...

THE wonders of RFID ZDNet.com .... to avoid losing money. Their latest supply chain innovation, however, is a move to Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags. At present, Wal...

SAP Launches RFID Package TechWeb .... The package, which leverages radio frequency identification tags and other RFID technologies, is scheduled for general release in the middle of the year. ...

VIZIONAL to Support Sun's RFID Infrastructure Software; Retailers ... Business Wire (press release) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2004--RFID services and software pioneer, Vizional Technologies, Inc. today announced its support ... Sun Microsystems Opens RFID Test Center to Help Suppliers Meet ... - PRNewswire (press release) Sun and Aldata Launch Real-Time Retailing Based on Sun ...

MICROSOFT retail project taps into RFID ZDNet.com .... Perhaps the most intriguing element of the new effort is a Microsoft partnership with Accenture, which has already produced several RFID-based technologies ... Microsoft , Sun , IBM , And HP Make Retail Moves - Information Week Manhattan Associates Announces Support for Microsoft's Smarter ...

WAL-MART CEO promises 'tough love' approach to RFID use ComputerWorld is taking a "tough love" approach to the use of RFID tags with its top 100 suppliers, which are being asked to ship pallets and cases to its distribution ...

ERRANT E-Mail Shames RFID Backer Wired News The companies also said they are developing devices to disable RFID tags, which they are placing on everything from shampoo bottles to suit jackets in the ...

SYNTEGRA Demystifies RFID through Managed Service for Retailers ... Business Wire (press release) .... transformation and change management subsidiary of BT Group today announced a managed service designed to help manufacturers and retailers use data from RFID ...

TIBCO Software Inc. and Alien Technology to Deliver RFID ... PRNewswire (press release) Deciphering Business Impact and Relevance from RFID Data Will Help Improve Business Agility PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire ...

MANHATTAN Associates Announces Support for Microsoft's Smarter ... PRNewswire (press release) Manhattan Associates' Warehouse Management for Windows and Microsoft-Based RFID Solution Bring Superior Supply Chain Execution Performance to Retail Customers ... Microsoft Smarter Retailing Initiative Supported by More Than 20 ... - Yahoo News (press release) Accenture and Microsoft Offer Technology Solutions for Smarter ... - Business Wire (press release) Microsoft Unveils Smarter Retailing Initiative, Providing a ...

US retail RFID spend to pass US$1bn in 2007 UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK Retail spending on RFID (radio frequency identification) systems is expected to surpass US$1 billion by 2007, according a study by industry analysts, IDC. ...

STORE level replenishment to benefit from RFID UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK .... aim to help retailers improve their performance with an updated store-level replenishment solution that will also benefit from the use of supply chain RFID ...

IDC Forecasts Bubble, Burst, Boom RFID Journal 12, 2004—IDC, the technology market research and advisory firm, has published a new report that forecasts the market for RFID technology in the US retail .... Paxar Showcases Latest RFID Solutions for Wal-Mart Vendors at the ...

LINUX, Outsourcing, RFID, Seen As Hot 2004 IT Trends InternetWeek.com .... Linux in the data center, offshore outsourcing, and RFID were among the top trends to watch, according to Forrester's list, which was' released Friday. ...

CASINOS take a punt on RFID Cnet Asia, Asia Another growth area has been identified for deployment of the controversial radio frequency identification (RFID) technology -- the casino. ...

DOMINATION not Wal-Mart's goal, CEO says Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI .... Scott also said radio frequency identification technology, known as RFID, will be a big benefit to the industry and, ultimately, to the consumer in the form of ...

BOSTON'S next exciting technology platform Boston.com, MA .... This new killer app, called radio frequency identification, or RFID, is being tested not in the clean rooms of cutting-edge research labs but on commonplace ...

THE RFID "Revolution" RFID Journal By Mark Roberti. Jan. 12, 2004—This week, many readers will find the first issue of RFID Journal's quarterly magazine in their mailboxes. ...

NEW Innovations From Sun Deliver Retail in Real-Time Yahoo News (press release) .... With our continued focus on low-cost, secure and reliable solutions and our technology and partner momentum around RFID, Sun is well poised in 2004 to continue ...

TINY transmitters track merchandise Indianapolis Star, IN .... The King Kong of retailing, Wal-Mart, has told its top 125 suppliers they must use RFID tags on all the pallets and cases they ship to Wal-Mart beginning in ...

RFID Casino Chips Slashdot New Scientist and others report that casinos could soon start using RFID tags to spot counterfeits and thefts, and also to monitor the behaviour of gamblers. ...

NCR Joins RFID Services Derby Information Week The vendor's RFID Store is a services offering that includes consulting, design, integration, installation, maintenance, and support. By Beth Bacheldor. ....

FORRESTER : What's Hot In 2004 Information Week The market-research firm says its survey of 500 IT managers shows Linux, RFID, and offshoring will be big in the new year. By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News. ...

PAXAR Showcases Latest RFID Solutions for Wal-Mart Vendors at the ... Business Wire (press release) .... technologies for the retail supply chain and the supplier of Monarch(R) brand products and services, is demonstrating its innovative suite of RFID solutions ...

GENUONE Advances Move Toward Effective RFID Compliance with ... Contactless News (press release), United States BOSTON, January 06, 2003 – In an effort to further the industry’s understanding of the most effective methods for RFID compliance, GenuOne, the leading ....

RFID for Tracking Tools of the Trade RFID Journal Jan. 9, 2004—While RFID deployment is increasingly focused on supply chain applications, some new companies see significant new niche applications for the ...

ANTI-RFID campaigner claims she is under personal attack The Age, Australia The head of a US consumer group, which is campaigning against the new goods tracking system called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, has alleged that ...

SPENDING on RFID To Surpass $1 Billion NewsFactor Network By Erika Morphy. "RFID will change the course of business over the next 20 years," says Gartner research director Jeff Woods. "Gartner ...

SHIPCOM Announces Its RFID/EPC Solution Center PRNewswire (press release) 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Shipcom Wireless Inc., a leading global provider of enterprise RFID, mobility, supply chain automation, and business process modeling ....

RFID systems to monitor employee hygiene? UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK Demonstrating the diversity of applications for RFID technology, an RFID-enabled hygiene management system, i-Hygiene, from DPAC Technologies, has been created ...

MARC RFID Compliance Kit Fulfills Supplier Needs by Meeting Wal- ... TMCnet .... companies, today announced the expansion of the MARC Global product suite with the addition of two comprehensive and proven Radio Frequency Identification (RFID ...

CASINO chips to carry RFID tags Dial Infolink Manufacturing, Australia When rumours surfaced in 2003 that the European Central Bank was quietly planning to put RFID (radio frequency identification) tags in euro banknotes to combat ...

IDC: Retail spending on RFID to break $1 billion by 2007 Network World Fusion Retail spending on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will grow more than tenfold over the next four years, according to projections released ...

RFID spending to surge ElectricNews.net, Ireland According to a new report from IDC, 2004 will be a big year for RFID vendors, especially in the US, where spending on RFID retail supply chain systems will ...

RETAILERS will embrace RFID in 2004 boom InSourced, UK "RFID will be deployed in fits and bursts as manufacturers and retailers move along the learning curve and as tag and reader costs come down over the next ...

EMBEDDING Casino chips in currency Online Casino News In a new research report published by the New Scientist, casino chips which have embedded radio frequency identification tags (RFID) could eventually replace ...

RFID Spending Expected To Top $1 Billion By 2008 InternetWeek.com .... Once the initial deployments are complete, however, IDC expects RFID spending to level off as the retail industry moves into the next phase of deployment--item ...

RFID makers sense lucrative market growing Akron Beacon Journal, OH By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo. ST. PAUL, MINN. - HighJump Software is high on RFID. It's not a drug. It's the acronym for ``radio frequency ...

RFID: Still a learning process iT News, Australia Despite a looming January 2005 deadline and an ever-increasing buzz, companies were still in learning mode when it came to radio-frequency ID technology (RFID ...

INFOSYS unveils its RFID supply chain solution UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK Infosys Technologies today announced its solution for RFID (radio frequency identification) adoption, enabling customers to harness the supply chain ....

BAR Codes Could Be Replaced by Electronics BPM Today, United States .... ubiquitous bar code imprinted on the products we buy soon may become a technological relic, replaced by something called Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID ...

IDC to RFID: Tags, you're It CNET News.com Radiofrequency identification, aka RFID, may have its controversial aspects, but the technology is on a steady path toward the mainstream of supply-chain.

THE Coming RFID Revolution CIO Today, United States By Erika Morphy. "If you are going to be an early [RFID] adopter, you can count on spending between $10 million to $30 million on just justifying the business ...

RFID: 'You know you want it' Silicon.com While 2003 was the year that saw the emergence of RFID, with household names such as WalMart jumping on the bandwagon, several retailers got cold feet and ...

RFID : Still A Learning Process Information Week IT execs and RFID experts say companies are still in an educational mode when it comes to the technology. By Beth Bacheldor. Despite ...

FAKE bills: Lessons from casino CNN .... A radio frequency identification tag (RFID) in the chips will enable casinos to spot counterfeits and monitor the behavior of gamblers, allowing them to check ...

IT buyers lay out new plans for 2004 ZDNet.com .... technology buyers, also predicted PC pricing and dial-up subscriptions will continue to feel the pain in the new year, while companies that develop RFID (radio ...

RFID spending set to soar ZDNet.co.uk, UK Radiofrequency identification (RFID) may have its controversial aspects, but the technology is on a steady path towards the mainstream of supply-chain.

SUPPLIERS Scramble to Meet UCCnet, RFID and Hazmat Deadlines ... Business Wire (press release) .... retailers such as Wal-Mart and Wegmans are imposing industry-wide data standards, requiring suppliers to follow UCCnet(R), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID ...

FORRESTER Releases Top Technology Trends For 2004; Predictions ... Business Wire (press release) .... RFID adoption will remain limited to niche verticals. Additional research revealed the following. -- Linux will cement its place in the data center.

REDPRAIRIE Appoints Michael C. Dempsey Industry Strategy Leader Business Wire (press release) .... Leader. Dempsey has more than 20 years of experience in supply chain management solutions and is an industry thought leader on RFID.

EURO food tracking rules open door to RFID UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK According to a new brief by Forrester Research, tagging food with RFID tags will greatly help manufacturers and retailers to comply with the new laws. ...

WAL-MART RFID compliance from RealTime UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK RealTime Technologies Inc. (RTT) has announced the addition of Wal-Mart RFID compliancy to its data capture product, RT/CIM, which will now provide suppliers ...

AUTO-ID Lab Gears Up in China RFID Journal .... As part of that effort, the center opened a lab in China in October 2002, and that lab is now gearing up research into RFID semiconductors and applications ...

GETTING Ready For RFID InternetWeek.com .... It found out how to more efficiently store, move, and prepare to ship gigantic rolls of RFID-tagged paper, some weighing as much as a ton. ...

NEW orders received for mini-RFID readers UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK WJ Communications Inc., a designer and supplier of RF semiconductors, has announced two new orders for its RFID reader engine products. ...

INDIAN giant backs RFID ZDNet.co.uk, UK In a statement issued earlier this week, the Indian company said it will start marketing a new offering based on radio frequency identification (RFID), a ...

INDIAN giant Infosys backs RFID CNET News.com .... information technology services and consulting company Infosys Technologies has thrown its support behind the controversial tracking technology known as RFID ...

MASTERING the Tool RFID Journal .... 5, 2004—Within the past few weeks, I have read that RFID is the most over-hyped technology of the 21st century and the most important technology since Thomas ...

INFOSYS Maps RFID Plan InternetNews.com The Bangalore, India, company said its RFID service will allow customers to evaluate RFID in the context of their business and develop a plan to phase-in the ...

INFOSYS Enters RFID Market RFID Journal .... 31, 2003—Global information technology consulting and software services company Infosys Technologies has announced its entry into the RFID market, launching ...

INFOSYS Announces Solution for RFID Adoption; Pioneer in ... Business Wire (press release)
BANGALORE, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 29, 2003--Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:INFY) today announced its solution for RFID adoption, enabling customers to ...

DOD Mandates RFID Use Military Information Technology, United States The Department of Defense has directed that suppliers have little more than a year to begin attaching Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags.

2004 outlook: Tablets, RFID to rise, Sun to set SearchMobileComputing.com, United States .... RFID catches the hype wave -- It's basically a bar code on steroids, but RFID technology has the chance to revolutionize the supply chain.
Discussion

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a wireless form of automated identification technology that allows for non-contact reading of data, which makes it effective for manufacturing and other hostile environments where bar code labels may not perform well.

RFID is established in a wide range of applications.

Knowledge Base (Back to Top)

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RFID Handbook : Fundamentals and Applications in Contactless Smart Cards and Identification by Klaus Finkenzeller
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RFID Tags and IT Services [DOWNLOAD: PDF] by IDC
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Rfid Handbook: Radio-

industry's showplace for radio frequency (RFID) —Katherine Albrecht, Tue Feb 1 01:36