NEW YORK - Of all the things that radio frequency identification technology was supposed to do for retailers–simplifying inventory management and supply chain issues, for instance–creating a new type of theft wasn’t one of them. But that is exactly what could happen, and a German information security consultant can prove it. Consider…
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Radio-frequency identification is going offshore. Indian IT services provider Wipro Technologies is launching an RFID concept store at its corporate campus in Bangalore in hopes of building expertise in the hot supply-chain technology.
The store will be equipped with RFID technology, including tags, readers, and related software, according to a statement issued by the company […]
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The concept has been designed for companies using ERP, warehousing and supply chain/logistics software, such as those offered by Oracle and SAP. These software solution providers are developing XML-based platforms to support customers who must meet RFID compliance mandates or other business improvement initiatives.
Stringent legislation, consumer concerns about food safety and growing pressure from […]
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DALLAS, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The AirGATE Technologies subsidiary of the X-Change Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: XCHC - News) has accelerated the development of its ‘Smart Buckle’ child safety seat prototype as a result of broad national interest in products that enhance child safety in automobiles. AirGATE has contracted an outside…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. and EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (PRWEB) July 29, 2004 — International Paper and HighJump Software, a 3M company, today announced that Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL), a national third-party logistics provider, has completed a successful go-live of HighJump’s RFID compliance solution, Compliance Advantage. Following a rapid, best practices-based implementation, OHL now offers its customers the ability […]
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NASA is about to begin testing access cards with built-in radio-frequency identification chips at its Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The cards will contain encrypted numbers that are read and unscrambled by RFID readers to ensure that only authorized personnel can enter the facility.
Royal Philips Electronics, a Netherlands semiconductor maker, is providing the […]
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July 30, 2004—Having run trials of its PowerPay cashless RFID payment system at limited locations at two National Football League stadiums—the Seattle Seahawks’ Qwest Field and the Philadelphia Eagles’ Lincoln Financial Field—during the past football season…
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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 28, 2004 — “Because of the extraordinary interest in RFID, we decided to provide this new work free, to those who want to download it from our site,” said Steve Roemerman, Incucomm CEO. “We wanted to offer this work to people and companies who might be able to use it.”
Incucomm uses […]
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JULY 28, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Symbol Technologies Inc., a leading manufacturer of bar code systems used in the retail, health care and transportation industries, is readying itself for the next wave of identification technologies with its planned $230 million acquisition of Matrics Inc, a maker of radio frequency identification tags and readers.
William Nutti, president […]
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Low-cost RFID tags–many which are smaller than a nickel and cost less too–are already being added to packaging by retailers to keep track of inventory but could be abused by hackers and tech-savvy shoplifters, said Lukas Grunwald, a senior consultant with DN-Systems Enterprise Solutions GmbH. While the technology mostly threatens consumer privacy, the new technology […]
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