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RFID NEWS ARTICLES - March 2004

University upgrades RFID food tracking lab
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: Center for Food Distribution and Retailing at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), is running an RFID lab to develop ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Forrester Research Prices Wal-Mart RFID Compliance at US $9 ...
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: Forrester Research estimates RFID implementation costs, including startup and one year of annual maintenance, at roughly $9 million for a typical supplier ...
Source: Tekrati (press release) -

New Zealand Companies embracing RFID
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: While debate continues when, where and how RFID (radio frequency identification) will fully enter the market, New Zealand companies are already embracing ...
Source: Scoop.co.nz (press release) -

DOD Provides Updates
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...says that in October, it will publish the details of a new contractual clause for suppliers agreeing to deliver supplies with passive RFID tags, according Ed ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Printronix Names Certified RFID Integrator Partners
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: Selected Integrators Chosen for Depth of RFID Expertise and Authorized To Sell Printronix's First-To-Market RFID Smart Label Printing Solutions CHICAGO, RFID ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

Multimedia/Internet News
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: The recent growth of RFID has further stimulated the increasing alignment, and Provia and Viastore are uniquely positioned to provide a single-source software ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

Checkpoint Readies RFID For The Supply Chain
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...chains. The company has agreed to purchase 100 million EPC-compliant devices from UHF RFID system manufacturer Matrics Inc. for ...
Source: Information Week -

RFID on display
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...- 31/03/2004 - How to deploy RFID technology successfully is the focus of RFID Journal Live!, March 29-31 at the Chicago Hilton. ...
Source: Food Production -

Sun's New Software Directions: RFID, Games, 3-D
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...is hard at work on providing an end-to-end radio frequency identification (RFID) solution for major retailers like Wal-Mart and its suppliers. ...
Source: eWeek -

Matrics introduces RFID reader
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: The readers collect, write, process and communicate information collected from the RFID tags. They are also designed for easy upgrades ...
Source: Washington Business Journal -

Oracle sensors RFID data
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...is targeting businesses looking to adopt radio frequency identification (RFID) pilot programs with a software package aimed at integrating data from RFID ...
Source: SearchOracle.com -

Civil liberties groups unite for RFID protest
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...liberties groups from both sides of the Atlantic have joined forces to oppose the proposed introduction and cross-border sharing of biometrics and RFID in more ...
Source: ZDNet.co.uk -

Checkpoint Systems Becomes Technology Partner in Metro Future ...
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: Group's Future Store initiative with a prototype dual frequency Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS)/Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology system ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Principal Research Scientist at RSA Security Addresses RFID ...
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...at RSA Security, Juels oversees various data security projects within the applied research programs and has extensively researched RFID security and policy. ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Digital Angel Corporation Announces Launch of Its Proprietary ...
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...condition monitoring of high-value assets, today announced that it will begin marketing a broad range of radio-frequency identification (RFID) cattle-tracking ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Provia Software and Viastore Systems Align to Form $100 Million ...
Date: 31-Mar-04
Excerpt: The recent growth of RFID has further stimulated the increasing alignment, and Provia and Viastore are uniquely positioned to provide a single-source software ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

ProdexNet Announces Management Console for Sun Microsystems' RFID ...
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: ProdexNet, Inc., provider of network management solutions, today announced a solution built on Sun's RFID Infrastructure Software that will simplify the ...
Source: TMCnet -

Paxar enters RFID field
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: Radio frequency identification, or RFID for short, involves slipping wafer-thin computer chips with flat, squiggly lengths of antenna into labels. ...
Source: The Journal News.com -

Retailers reaping RFID cost savings at suppliers' expense
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: The rollout of controversial barcode-replacement RFID tracking chips is set to be hit by delays because of a power battle between retailers and suppliers about ...
Source: Silicon.com -

New Zealand Companies embracing RFID
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: While debate continues when, where and how RFID (radio frequency identification) will fully enter the market, New Zealand companies are already embracing ...
Source: Scoop.co.nz (press release) -

Matrics Introduces the Industry's Most Advanced RFID Reader
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: COLUMBIA, Md., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Matrics Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), today announced ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

Infineon opens RFID center for logistics application
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: Infineon Technologies AG said it has opened a new radio frequency identification (RFID) center in Graz, Austria, to support designers, equipment manufacturers ...
Source: Electronic Buyers News -

Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems Now Sirsi SIP2-Certified
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: Sirsi Corporation has announced that Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems is the newest software vendor to complete the Sirsi SIP2 Certification Program. ...
Source: Managing Information -

RFID's First Real Hurdle : Bar Codes
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: Right now, "it's a closed loop currently for RFID between our distribution partners and us," said Sherry Aaholm, senior VP at FedEx Corp. ...
Source: Information Week -

Matrics introduces RFID reader
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: The readers collect, write, process and communicate information collected from the RFID tags. They are also designed for easy upgrades ...
Source: Washington Business Journal -

Oracle sensors RFID data
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...is targeting businesses looking to adopt radio frequency identification (RFID) pilot programs with a software package aimed at integrating data from RFID ...
Source: SearchOracle.com -

Forrester Research Projects The Cost Of Implementing RFID; Report ...
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...(Nasdaq: FORR) report, "RFID At What Cost ... The technology is not ready and there is a lack of deep expertise in the industry to help suppliers implement RFID.". ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Savi Technology Announces Upgrade of Industry Leading EPC/RFID ...
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: Savi Technology, the leading provider of RFID networks for real-time supply chain visibility, asset management and security, has announced the availability of ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Alien Technology Corporation Breaks the Twenty Cent Barrier for ...
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: MORGAN HILL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004--Alien Technology Corporation announced today the industry's first sub-twenty-cent RFID label. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Tata Consultancy Services and Oracle Bring RFID Offerings to ...
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...a champion of flexible global business models, is partnering with Oracle to support the newly announced Oracle(R) Sensor Based Services for RFID initiatives. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

RedPrairie and RF Code Announce Strategic Partnership for RFID ...
Date: 30-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...technology solutions that drive business transformation, and RF Code, a world leader in Auto-ID data collection middleware and Active RFID technology systems ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Setback for Wal-Mart's RFID project
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: US retail giant Wal-Mart's controversial RFID tracking tag rollout across its supply chain has been hit by delays and logistical problems, and the company's UK ...
Source: ZDNet.com -

Animal protection group blasts RFID chip makers
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: Humane, a national organization dedicated to both child and animal protection, blasted suppliers of radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips, saying that ...
Source: Semiconductor Business News -

RFID Gets More Out of Mines
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: Technology, a developer of custom software applications for manufacturing, supply chain and service-oriented companies, is offering a new RFID-enabled yard ...
Source: RFID Journal -

RFID Technology Takes Center Stage at Sold-Out Executive ...
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: CHICAGO, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/29/2004 -- RFID is being adopted by international retailers, including Metro Group and Tesco in Europe and Albertsons ...
Source: Market Wire (press release) -

Industry Watch : RFID For Security - - Mostly
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: The survey of 450 developers in Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America found three in 10 using RFID in security applications and only two in 10 using ...
Source: Information Week -

Better RFID The Goal Of New Joint Venture
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: ORFID Corp. The joint venture will develop polymer RFID chips, as opposed to conventional silicon-based RFID chips. ORFID's polymer ...
Source: Information Week -

Wal - Mart's RFID Plans To Be Put To The Test
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: Cases and pallets of products with passive RFID tags will be shipped to three of Wal-Mart's Dallas distribution warehouses starting April 19. ...
Source: Information Week -

VF Outlines Its RFID Deployment Plans
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...be ready to comply with Wal-Mart's January 2005 deadline but doesn't expect real benefits until the industry moves to tagging individual items with RFID chips. ...
Source: Information Week -

Retailers must address suppliers' RFID issues
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: RFID promises to improve on-shelf availability and reduce inventory levels for retailers by allowing goods to be electronically tracked as they progress along ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com -

GlobeRanger Extends RFID ``Edge'' Innovations
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004--GlobeRanger, the leading provider of RFID and mobility software solutions, today announced the latest ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

TrenStar and OTD Announce Partnership to Deliver First Standard, ...
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...are partnering to deliver the first standard, Radio Frequency Identification-ready (RFID-ready) reusable containers as part of TrenStar's complete mobile asset ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Manhattan Associates to Address RFID at InformationWeek's Spring ...
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: Mr. Peters will speak on the "RFID Reality Check" panel, which will be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2004, from 8:50 am- 9:45 am EST in the Great Hall, rooms 1, 2 ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

CBS to raise RM9mil for R&D and overseas expansion
Date: 29-Mar-04
Excerpt: CBS chief executive officer Sun Chee Kong said: “Our expansion plans include penetrating the e-security and radio frequency identification (RFID) markets of ...
Source: The Star -

Livestock tagger's 48% revenue increase
Date: 28-Mar-04
Excerpt: We are continuing our efforts to significantly expand these revenues through the commercialisation of our RFID livestock and inanimate technology. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Startup Seeks Organic RFID Chip
Date: 28-Mar-04
Excerpt: March 29, 2004—Precision Dynamics, a San Fernando, Calif., manufacturer of healthcare and identification management products such as RFID wristband systems ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Senator Leahy Calls for RFID Technology Hearings
Date: 26-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...securitas writes "Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has called for congressional hearings into radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. ...
Source: Slashdot -

SAMSys Technologies Unveils New Product and Reader Upgrades at ...
Date: 26-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...supply chain needs TORONTO, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - SAMSys Technologies today unveiled the latest additions to its extensive RFID hardware solution ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

Leahy wants national RFID study
Date: 26-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...p2pnet.net News:- RFID - radio-frequency identification - is hot and senator Patrick Leahy says the US congress should start looking it. ...
Source: p2pnet.net -

SAMSys Technologies Unveils New Product and Reader Upgrades at ...
Date: 26-Mar-04
Excerpt: TORONTO, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - SAMSys Technologies today unveiled the latest additions to its extensive RFID hardware solution line with SAMSys ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

US wants RFID tracking tag investigation
Date: 25-Mar-04
Excerpt: He suggested that use of the technology, known as radio frequency identification (RFID), may need to be regulated at the federal level. ...
Source: Silicon.com -

RFID News Roundup
Date: 25-Mar-04
Excerpt: Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could soon follow the lead of the US Department of Defense in using RFID to improve supply chain efficiency. ...
Source: RFID Journal -

US wants RFID tracking tag investigation
Date: 25-Mar-04
Excerpt: He suggested that use of the technology, known as radio frequency identification (RFID), may need to be regulated at the federal level. ...
Source: Electric News Net -

Sen. Leahy Calls On Congress To Study RFID
Date: 25-Mar-04
Excerpt: Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is calling on Congress to begin studying RFID technology. In addressing attendees at a conference on ...
Source: Information Week -

Hospital blood bank conducts RFID pilot study
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: The effectiveness and reliability of RFID technology in blood transfusion safety applications is being examined by the RFID wristband provider, Precision ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID supply chain arrives for the tyre industry
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: In the USA, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is taking part in a massive retail implementation of RFID technology, following Wal-Mart's RFID mandate to its ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID Protects Liquid Assets
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...(CPC), company that designs and manufactures connectors and fittings for flexible tubing, has turned to RFID specialists Innovision Research & Technology (IRT ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Computers/Electronics News
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: The X-Change Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: XCHC) and its wholly owned subsidiary Airgate Technologies have both launched RFID ("radio frequency ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

No RFID for Library Books
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...of the San Francisco Public Library is considering spending almost $1 million over two years to replace bar codes and magnetic strips with RFID tags on books ...
Source: Ziff Davis -

Leahy Outlines Privacy Risks of New RFID Technology
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Tuesday outlined the risks to privacy posed by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology -- minute electronic tags that are about ...
Source: U.S. Newswire (press release) -

Advanced ID's Technology Approved by Thailand's Minister of ...
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2004--Advanced ID Corporation (OTCBB: AIDO), a pioneer in the radio frequency identification (RFID) market, today ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

The X-Change Corporation Launches Investor Web Site; X-Change ...
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: The X-Change Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: XCHC - News) and its wholly owned subsidiary Airgate Technologies have both launched RFID ("radio frequency ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

RFID Coming 'Whether You Like It Or Not'
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: VTBassMatt writes "According to an interview with Scott McGregor of Philips Semiconductor in BusinessWeek, RFID tags are coming whether we like it or not but ...
Source: Slashdot -

Sen. Leahy Voices RFID Concerns
Date: 24-Mar-04
Excerpt: 2004—In an address at the Georgetown University Law Center on Tuesday, US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) called for a national debate on RFID technology and ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Impinj Introduces Zuma: Industry's Longest-Range Field Rewritable ...
Date: 23-Mar-04
Excerpt: 23, 2004--Impinj, Inc., the Self-Adaptive Silicon(TM) company, today announced Zuma(TM), its high-performance Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system that ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Privacy concerns surface at CeBIT RFID debate
Date: 22-Mar-04
Excerpt: There are also concerns that RFID tags placed in store loyalty cards could be used to profile consumers' shopping patterns. Tangens ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com -

RFID and stock level tracking help keep Tesco at the top
Date: 22-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...which has 780 stores in the UK as well as 1,202 T&S convenience outlets, uses technology such as radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless networks and ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com -

Franwell to OEM GlobeRanger's iMotion Platform for RFID Solution ...
Date: 22-Mar-04
Excerpt: RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004--GlobeRanger, the leading provider of RFID and mobility software, will provide its iMotion(TM) Edgeware(TM ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Allixon to Develop EPC Network System Project for IBM Korea
Date: 22-Mar-04
Excerpt: IANR - News) announced that Allixon will develop an Electronic Product Code Network System, EPC, using Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, Technology for IBM ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

RFID: More Fun Than You Might Think
Date: 21-Mar-04
Excerpt: Mobile phone buyers are not going to pay extra just for an RFID reader and the networks are unlikely to subsidize them until they see them resulting in ...
Source: TechNewsWorld -

Task and Work Flow Management with One Touch - Nokia Mobile RFID ...
Date: 21-Mar-04
Excerpt: In one of several master strokes unveiled at CEBIT, Nokia’s forthcoming Mobile RFID Kit, the first integrated solution targeted to the mobile productivity of ...
Source: Gizmo -

IBM develops cheap method for making semiconductors
Date: 21-Mar-04
Excerpt: Applications for solution-processed electronics include: advanced displays, flexible devices, high-function smart cards and RFID tags, photovoltaic solar cells ...
Source: Eetasia.com -

RFID: Is big brother watching?
Date: 21-Mar-04
Excerpt: Growing support for RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging among technology vendors and retailers is creating both conveniences for consumers and new ...
Source: ARNnet -

PeopleSoft unveils EnterpriseOne 8.10
Date: 19-Mar-04
Excerpt: The offering also provides radio frequency identity (RFID) tagging capabilities for goods transportation which comply with Global Trade Identification and ...
Source: VNUNet.com -

Hitachi shows off RFID dust
Date: 19-Mar-04
Excerpt: JAPANESE GIANT HITACHI was showing off a mysterious bottle full of tiny blue metallic things. We asked at the stand what these were ...
Source: The Inquirer -

RFID: Symbol's Growth Engine?
Date: 19-Mar-04
Excerpt: Symbol Technologies, a maker of bar-code scanners, is one of several outfits focused on providing cost-effective radio frequency identification (RFID) products ...
Source: BusinessWeek -

X-Change wins Vietnamese port's RFID supply contract
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...subsidiary, Airgate Technologies, has entered into an agreement through its agent, Tranguyen Corporation, to become the exclusive supplier of RFID services to ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Zebra's new RFID printer to use Alien reader
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: Zebra Technologies has selected the ALR 9930-A reader module from Alien Technology Corp. for use in its new R4Mplus EPC UHF Class 1 RFID printer/encoder. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID News Roundup
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: Nokia Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics and Sony have establish the Near Field Communication Forum to promote the use of RFID to transfer data between ...
Source: RFID Journal -

IBM to Guide DOD RFID Rollout
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...of Defense has awarded a three-year contract to IBM Business Consulting Services to help manage and support the DOD's planned deployment of RFID technology in ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Kiwi firms lag behind on RFID
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: First there was the internet, then there was Y2K, and now there is a new technology goldmine being touted as the next hot thing ­ RFID. ...
Source: National Business Review -

Like It Or Not, RFID Is Coming
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: The decision by Wal-Mart (WMT) and other retailers to require that their largest suppliers attach inventory-tracking RFID (radio frequency identification ...
Source: Click10.com -

Nokia launches mobile RFID kit
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: By Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service. HANOVER, GERMANY -- Responding to the growth of RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging, Nokia Corp. ...
Source: InfoWorld -

Defense Department taps IBM for RFID help
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: The Defense Department said last year that it wants its suppliers to start attaching RFID tags to their goods by Jan. 1, 2005. The ...
Source: ComputerWorld -

Wireless Alliance Touts 'Magic Touch' RFID Tech
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: Based on RFID, they say it will enable electronic devices to interact -- for m-commerce, file-swapping or to download info from the Web -- when touched together ...
Source: Slashdot -

Face-off: Debating RFID
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: When it comes to radio frequency identification (RFID), one of our editors says "ignorance" could impede the technology. After all ...
Source: SearchMobileComputing.com -

Wireless alliance touts 'magic touch' RFID technology
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: Sony and Philips have formed an alliance to drive the adoption and use of a new wireless technology based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) that will ...
Source: ZDNet.co.uk -

Pentagon Taps IBM For RFID Expertise
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...suppliers' shipments. The Pentagon last year said it wants its suppliers to attach RFID tags to supplies by Jan. 1, 2005. IBM said ...
Source: Information Week -

IBM will help with DOD RFID rollout
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: The department expects RFID to improve management of its supply system by enabling automated tracking and location of materiel. ...
Source: GCN.com -

Zebra Technologies RFID Readiness Guide White Paper Available on ...
Date: 18-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...source of in-depth information technology content, introduces the addition of a new Zebra Technologies white paper entitled, "Zebra's RFID Readiness Guide ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Future Lab tests checkout & fitting room RFID
Date: 17-Mar-04
Excerpt: In its recently launched 'RFID Future Lab', Wincor Nixdorf is demonstrating how RFID can improve the management of goods within the retail supply chain, while ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

SAMSys announces park tracking system
Date: 17-Mar-04
Excerpt: Mar. 16th, 2004 -- SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SMY:TSX-VEN) ("SAMSys"), an international provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions ...
Source: ThrillNetwork.com -

Nokia 5140 RFID Reader
Date: 17-Mar-04
Excerpt: At the CeBIT 2004 trade show in Hannover Germany, Nokia will launch the mobile RFID Kit for the Nokia 5140 handset. This is the ...
Source: Mobilemag.com -

Alaska Businesses Take Advantage of High-Tech Inventory Tracking ...
Date: 17-Mar-04
Excerpt: The RFID tags, a sort of radio-activated uber-bar code, have been around for decades, but cost and other hurdles kept the technology in a few niches like speed ...
Source: Miami Herald -

News Release: UNOVA Names Tom Miller President of Intermec ...
Date: 17-Mar-04
Excerpt: He now adds responsibility for sales, product development, marketing, operations, RFID (radio frequency identification) and the company’s Media division. ...
Source: Categorynet (Communiqués de presse) -

Face-off: Debating RFID
Date: 17-Mar-04
Excerpt: By Susan Fogarty and Jim Connolly. When it comes to radio frequency identification (RFID), one of our editors says "ignorance" could impede the technology. ...
Source: Search SAP -

Matrics improves tracking tags
Date: 17-Mar-04
Excerpt: This "read/write functionality," as its known in the shipping and tracking industries, is another way RFID will improve upon standard barcode technology and ...
Source: Baltimore Business Journal -

Grintek Telecom partners with iPico to deliver cost-effective ...
Date: 16-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...and commercialises intellectual property for the identification and authentication markets, providing radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions to ...
Source: ITWeb -

RFID to play critical role in drug control
Date: 16-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...by 2007. Dr. Bellman outlined the importance of RFID in this context at the 2004 PharmaIT Summit in New York. PharmaIT Summit is ...
Source: InSourced -

Windows' tiny rival steps up to the plate
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: In Japan, they are busy trying out the basic concept already, with RFID tags attached to radishes for food traceability and folks swinging through train ...
Source: VNUNet.com -

RFID forecast updated after all those mandates
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: Given the recent wave of RFID implementation announcements by Wal-Mart, Metro AG, the US Department of Defense, Target, and now Albertson's, the technology ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID wristbands used for festival security
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...wristband identification provider, Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), is to supply South by Southwest (SXSW) with its Smart Band RFID Wristband system ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Greiner Studies RFID in Supply Chain Data Storage Strategies
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: International has announced an upcoming report aimed at identifying data storage strategies that contribute to and enhance the use of RFID technology in the ...
Source: Tekrati (press release) -

States Seek RFID Laws
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: By Claire Swedberg. March 16, 2004—Several states are considering legislation to notify consumers if packages or products they are buying contain an RFID tag. ...
Source: RFID Journal -

UHF RFID Integrated Circuit reads tags up to 15 m away.
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: Frequency independent from 865 MHz to 2.5 GHz, EM4223 consists of 128-bit read-only UHF RFID IC that is compliant with international standard ISO18000-6A as ...
Source: Industrial News Room -

TRANSPORTATION / LOGISTICS - March 15 to March 31 , 2004
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: REDWOOD CITY - Logistics services provider Menlo Worldwide is now offering customized RFID solutions that will enable companies to comply with government and ...
Source: CalTrade Report -

Tagged for speed
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: The RFID tags, a sort of radio-activated uber-bar code, have been around for decades, but cost and other hurdles kept the technology in a few niches like speed ...
Source: Anchorage Daily News -

Korea Prepares for Adopting Ubiquitous Sensor Network
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: South Korea, feeling certain about RFID becoming a pervasive technology in the not-so-distant future with radical impact, at the very least on the supply-chain ...
Source: Korea Times -

New Inventory Management System Benefits Customers
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: Global experts assert that instead of discussing intangible cost savings, companies should highlight the role RFID can play in food safety, counterfeit control ...
Source: Korea Times -

Alien Technology Corporation Announces Partnership with EPC ...
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: WIRE)--March 15, 2004--Alien Technology Corporation, a leading provider of reliable, high-volume Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products, announced ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

UNOVA Names Tom Miller President of Intermec Technologies; Steve ...
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: He now adds responsibility for sales, product development, marketing, operations, RFID (radio frequency identification) and the company's Media division. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

SAMSys Technologies Joins Acsis' RFID Partner Network; Acsis ...
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with SAMSys Technologies, Inc., an international provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Avicon's Introduces RFID Consulting Services Focused on Improving ...
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004--Avicon, architects of the new supply chain today announced two new service offerings, RFID Assessment Service ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Axeda to Present at the Lazard RFID Conference
Date: 15-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...provider of device relationship management (DRM) enterprise software and services, announced today that it will be a presenter at the Lazard RFID conference in ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Albertsons sets RFID deadline at April 2005
Date: 14-Mar-04
Excerpt: The retail RFID mandate race heats up again, with the US-based supermarket chain, Albertsons Inc., having announced that it is launching its own RFID programme ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Matrics and IconNicholson to deliver RFID
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: The RFID application developer, IconNicholson, has formed a strategic alliance with Matrics Inc to deliver RFID solutions, consultancy, and integration services ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK

SAMSys adds RFID reader to SATO printers
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: SAMSys Technologies has completed the full integration of its RFID reader products into SATO America's range of RFID-enabled printers. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK

RFID Initiatives Up Market Forecasts
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...plans by Wal-Mart, Metro AG and Target, along with the US Department of Defense, has prompted the firm to up the CAGR to 37 percent for RFID software and ...
Source: TechWeb

WebMethods Launches Starter Kit
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: March 9, 2004—WebMethods, a Fairfax, Va.-based provider of integration middleware, has introduced its RFID Starter Pack, which includes software and services ...
Source: RFID Journal

RFID: Stay on Message
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: But businesses should use benefits rather than technology to drive the focus of RFID implementations, according to a report from consultancy AT Kearney. ...
Source: Line 56 News

Alien to start earlier: Tech company to lease space, delays ...
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...eventually,” she said. Tag assembly is the second half of Alien’s process of making radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The first ...
Source: In-Forum (subscription), ND

Tout RFID Benefits To Consumers , New Report Says
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: Instead of discussing intangible cost savings, companies should highlight the role RFID can play in food safety, counterfeit control, and warranty programs. ...
Source: Information Week, United States

Privacy Fears Create Roadblocks For RFID
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: The bills in Utah and California require that consumers be notified if RFID tags are placed on products and that those tags be "killed," or deactivated, before ...
Source: Information Week, United States

Data Synchronization, Consumer Focus Keys to Managing RFID ...
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: CPG) and retailers looking to navigate an expected four-year transition period as the industry adopts radio frequency identification (RFID) tags should focus ...
Source: Contactless News (press release), United States

Power Paper Announces Availability of First Battery-Assisted Uhf ...
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...devices, and Graphic Solutions, International, a global ISO QS9000-Certified custom print house specializing in printed circuitry and RFID antennas, announced ...
Source: The Scotsman, UK

Magic Software Announces Rapid RFID Acceleration Support in iBOLT ...
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...of-the-art business integration and development technology, announced today support for wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) compliance acceleration ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Wincor Nixdorf's Future Lab Retail Store Features Texas ...
Date: 9-Mar-04
Excerpt: DALLAS, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In its recently launched RFID Future Lab, Wincor Nixdorf is demonstrating how radio frequency identification (RFID) technology ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Symbol Technologies Supports EPCglobal IP Agreement
Date: 8-Mar-04
Excerpt: Intellectual Property Policy (IPP), cementing its commitment to open standards for the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in emerging ...
Source: Wi-Fi Technology (press release), United States

Advanced ID targets RFID firm for buyout
Date: 8-Mar-04
Excerpt: The RFID technology provider, Advanced ID Corporation, has entered into negotiations to acquire an as yet unnamed RFID business to "substantially increase the ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK

Future Store keeps RFID except in loyalty cards
Date: 8-Mar-04
Excerpt: The German retailer, Metro Group, has abandoned the RFID tags in its Future Store's loyalty cards, following consumer concerns over personal privacy issues. ...
Source: Thewisemarketer.com (subscription), UK

Nestlé UK, Safeway See RFID Gains
Date: 8-Mar-04
Excerpt: March 8, 2004—Companies at the forefront of RFID deployment in the United Kingdom are confident that a mix of corporate attitudes and government initiatives ...
Source: RFID Journal

USA: Albertsons to launch RFID programme
Date: 8-Mar-04
Excerpt: US supermarket operator Albertsons has announced that it is launching a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) programme and will be using the technology to ...
Source: just-food.com, UK

Consumer Groups, Lawmakers Scrutinize RFID Systems
Date: 8-Mar-04
Excerpt: The latest RFID-targeted bill was introduced late last month in California by state Sen. Debra Bowen. The proposed legislation would ...
Source: CRN

CHEP Launches Plus ID Service; Uniquely Positioned to Deliver ...
Date: 8-Mar-04
Excerpt: The PLUS ID offering culminates more than five years of development and testing with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Advanced ID targets RFID firm for buyout
Date: 7-Mar-04
Excerpt: The RFID technology provider, Advanced ID Corporation, has entered into negotiations to acquire an as yet unnamed RFID business to "substantially increase the ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK

Future Store keeps RFID except in loyalty cards
Date: 7-Mar-04
Excerpt: The German retailer, Metro Group, has abandoned the RFID tags in its Future Store's loyalty cards, following consumer concerns over personal privacy issues. ...
Source: Thewisemarketer.com (subscription), UK

Nestlé UK, Safeway See RFID Gains
Date: 7-Mar-04
Excerpt: March 8, 2004—Companies at the forefront of RFID deployment in the United Kingdom are confident that a mix of corporate attitudes and government initiatives ...
Source: RFID Journal

Consumer Groups, Lawmakers Scrutinize RFID Systems
Date: 7-Mar-04
Excerpt: The latest RFID-targeted bill was introduced late last month in California by state Sen. Debra Bowen. The proposed legislation would ...
Source: CRN

SF library officials grilled on plan to put trackers in books
Date: 5-Mar-04
Excerpt: Kathy Lawhun, chief of the city's main library and a proponent of the RFID proposal, described the technology as benign by design. ...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, CA

Albertson's Joins RFID Brigade
Date: 5-Mar-04
Excerpt: Like Wal-Mart and Target, the food and drug retailer is mandating that suppliers tag cases and pallets they ship with RFID tags. By Beth Bacheldor. ...
Source: Information Week, United States

RFTrax Announces Release of First RFID-Enabled CZT Radiation ...
Date: 5-Mar-04
Excerpt: RFTrax is the first company to release a production Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT)-based radiation sensor platform that is RFID-enabled for detecting low ...
Source: Emediawire (press release)

Albertsons Launches RFID Initiative
Date: 5-Mar-04
Excerpt: The program is focusing on using RFID tags to track cases and pallets. "We are confident that RFID technology will further enhance ...
Source: Information Week, United States

The Emerging Wireless Enterprise
Date: 5-Mar-04
Excerpt: No discussion of wireless in the enterprise would be complete without mention of RFID. CIOs in retail get positively excited when ...
Source: CRM Daily, United States

CMP Media Announces RFID World to Co-locate with TECHXNY; The ...
Date: 5-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum, announced today the co-location of RFID World with ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

PeopleSoft-compatible RFID-based SCM
Date: 4-Mar-04
Excerpt: PeopleSoft, through which the two companies are developing complementary solutions to meet new and emerging radio frequency identification (RFID) requirements. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK

Preparing for Enterprise RFID
Date: 4-Mar-04
Excerpt: The issues surrounding the hardware implementation of RFID concern the types of tags you are going to use, the environment they are going to be used in and how ...
Source: TechNewsWorld

RFID In Public Libraries
Date: 4-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...of the book bag. The tracking devices are called radio-frequency identification computer chips, RFID for short. They've been embraced ...
Source: Infoshop News

Preparing for Enterprise RFID
Date: 4-Mar-04
Excerpt: The issues surrounding the hardware implementation of RFID concern the types of tags you are going to use, the environment they are going to be used in and how ...
Source: CRM Buyer, United States

SamSys adds RFID readers to Sato printers
Date: 4-Mar-04
Excerpt: SamSys Technologies, a provider of radio frequency identification hardware, has completed a full integration of its RFID readers into Sato America's line of ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com, UK

Seeing past the RFID hype
Date: 4-Mar-04
Excerpt: The issues range from safeguarding the data that the tiny chips transmit to managing the reams of data that RFID readers gather. ...
Source: ZDNet.co.uk, UK

The X-Change Corporation Establishes RFID Presence in Vietnam ...
Date: 4-Mar-04
Excerpt: Tranguyen Corporation as Airgate Technologies' exclusive agent in Vietnam, granting Tranguyen the exclusive right to market Airgate's RFID (radio frequency ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

RFID Network in Box
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: March 4, 2004—RFID network infrastructure startup Blue Vector Systems is betting that RFID network architectures will mimic the IP networks that have gone ...
Source: RFID Journal

IconNicholson and Matrics Announce Strategic Alliance To Deliver ...
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: Partnership unites pioneer RFID leader with leading technology consulting and integration firm. Several new client engagements launched in 2004. ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release)

Analysis: The RFID vs. Privacy Debate
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: Given that it will take several years, at least, for companies to cost-effectively deploy RFID at the supply-chain level, it is a good bet that it will be at ...
Source: NewsFactor Network

META's RFID Take
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: META Group recently hosted a conference call in which he gave his take on the near- and long-term prospects of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology ...
Source: Line 56 News

RFID in the supply chain
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: DESPITE reservations expressed by Gartner regarding consumers' acceptance of radio frequency identification (RFID), RFID support has been gaining momentum ...
Source: IDG.com, Singapore

Food production couples up with RFID
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: 03/2004 - US-based Colder Products Company (CPC), a manufacturer of fluid couplings used in various food processing applications, is to use RFID tagging across ...
Source: Food Production, Europe

Utah passes pioneering RFID privacy bill
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: The first-ever radio frequency identity (RFID) privacy bill has been passed in the US State of Utah, intended to ensure consumer privacy as retail stores start ...
Source: Computing, UK

Metro store rejects RFID tags in loyalty cards
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: German store group Metro has decided to drop the use of RFID tags in customer loyalty cards used at its Extra Future Store supermarket in Rheinberg following ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com, UK

Sun Targets Taiwan for RFID R&D
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: Sun Microsystems is considering setting up an RFID research center in Taiwan, the country's central news agency reported yesterday. ...
Source: Computer Business Review, UK

Malaysia’s mote-sized RFID chip attracts attention
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: Microchip (MM) project has attracted strong interest from a number of countries looking to utilise its radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in ...
Source: The Star, Malaysia

RFID revolution: Are we close?
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: The issues range from safeguarding data the tiny chips transmit to managing the reams of data RFID readers gather. That's enough ...
Source: CNET News.com

Advanced ID Targets RFID Company for Acquisition
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004--Advanced ID Corporation (OTCBB: AIDO), a pioneer in the radio frequency identification (RFID) market, today ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Manugistics Providing Thought Leadership in RFID-Enabled Supply ...
Date: 3-Mar-04
Excerpt: MANU), a leading global provider of demand and supply chain management solutions, will bring together leading radio frequency identification (RFID) experts and ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Descartes' programme shows RFID benefits
Date: 2-Mar-04
Excerpt: The supply chain services provider, The Descartes Systems Group Inc., has launched its new 'Descartes RFID Pilot' programme, which aims to help client ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK

SAMSys Technologies RFID readers successfully integrated into ...
Date: 2-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...(SMY:TSX-VEN) ("SAMSys"), an international provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions, today announced the full integration of their ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release)

RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode
Date: 2-Mar-04
Excerpt: We could have left it at that, but we have also paid attention to the European Union and the 'rfid' tracking devices placed in their money, and the blatant ...
Source: Free Internet Press, United States

Jamming Tags Block RFID Scanners
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: The blocker tag, which can be placed over a regular RFID tag, prevents a receiver from scanning information transmitted by a tag by sending the receiver more ...
Source: Wired News

German revolt against RFID
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: Metro Group has abandoned a trial of RFID radio tags, after protests by digital rights activists. The German retail giant has tested ...
Source: The Register, UK

RFID Brings Legislation in US, Protest in Europe
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: By Jay Lyman. Wal-Mart has pressed the RFID issue most in the United States with requirements for suppliers to begin tracking inventory more effectively. ...
Source: TechNewsWorld

Supermarket cans RFID trials in Germany
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: The latest trial of RFID in high street shops – at the German supermarket chain Metro– has met with protests that have seen the retailer backtrack after ...
Source: Silicon.com

German retail giant withdraws RFID customer tags
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: Germany's retail giant Metro Group is to withdraw its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) customer loyalty crads following protests who said they cards could ...
Source: InSourced, UK

Metro Store bows to pressure from anti-RFID activists
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: Consumer uneasiness about the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) chips has prompted yet another large retailer to scale back its ambitious plans for ...
Source: InfoWorld, CA

Germans protest RFID chips
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...this weekend planned to stage a protest outside the Metro Extra Future Store, the worlkd's fith largest retailer that's alos a test site for RFID tracking and ...
Source: Infoshop News

Target Pushes RFID Adoption
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: Target is joining the ranks of Wal-Mart, Metro Group, and the Department of Defense in requiring suppliers to use RFID tags on cases and pallets shipped to them ...
Source: Information Week, United States

Bill Aims At RFID Privacy
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: The bill outlines three requirements for a business using an RFID system that can track products or people: Tell customers it's using RFID, get consent to ...
Source: Information Week, United States

Low - cost RFID from Innovision R&T reduces risk of liquid - ...
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: Ultra-low-cost Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags designed by Innovision R&T plc, the RFID design services specialist, will allow Colder Products ...
Source: e-consultancy, UK

RFID Brings Legislation in US, Protest in Europe
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: By Jay Lyman. Wal-Mart has pressed the RFID issue most in the United States, with requirements for suppliers to begin tracking inventory more effectively. ...
Source: CRM Buyer, United States

Metro Store bows to pressure from anti-RFID activists
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: MARCH 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Consumer uneasiness about the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips has prompted yet another large retailer to ...
Source: ComputerWorld

Target Issues RFID Mandate to Suppliers
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: ...of consumer goods may have to start opening their wallets a lot wider to accommodate the mandates retailers are asking them to meet with respect to RFID tags. ...
Source: ComputerWorld

RFID: Overcoming the challenges
Date: 1-Mar-04
Excerpt: That 16th century admonition should serve as warning to those who espouse the advancement of radio frequency identification or RFID. ...
Source: ZDNet.co.uk, UK




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