Posted on August 26th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
RFID consultants have begun zeroing in on specific markets, according to a RFID integration services market analysis by ABI Research. Examples include Accenture targeting pharmaceuticals, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu targeting transportation, a sweeping IBM expansion and Northrup-Grumman branching into the consumer territory.
Initially, the RFID consulting opportunity focused on helping enterprises understand what the technology…
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Posted on August 26th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
Not only are radio frequency identification (RFID) tags de rigeur for any supplier dealing with a mass marketer like Wal-Mart, the (legal) drug industry is beginning to look at this technology as a means of tracking and tracing product shipments.
The Food and Drug Administration believes pharmaceutical companies are on target to complete full-scale, pallet- […]
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Posted on August 26th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
RFID is just about the opposite of a monolithic entity, analysts agree. Although still emerging, the wireless technology already means something very different in the auto industry than in, let’s say, pharmaceuticals.
As this verticalization syndrome takes greater hold, more partnership opportunities will start unfolding for service companies—but only if they have what it takes. […]
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Posted on August 25th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
As radio frequency identification moves from slap-and-ship packaged goods, retailers and manufacturers cry out for help in making sense of this new data source. And help is on the way.
In a report released on Tuesday, ABI Research said consulting firms are building domain expertise in such verticals as automotive and transportation, retail, consumer packaged […]
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Posted on August 25th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
With the RFID pharmaceutical market heating up fast, four players merged Wednesday to form NEXT GENeSYS Corp., a new public company with a projected market capitalization of $65 million.
Earlier this week, Swedish-based RFID smart packaging startup Cypak announced new R&D funding. Meanwhile, analyst groups released research pointing to stronger growth for RFID in pharmaceuticals […]
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Posted on August 25th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
Aug. 25, 2004—Reflecting the swift growth in RFID deployments and the increased competition to coordinate and plan those deployments, consulting firms are bulking up their RFID teams and reorganizing their RFID-related services to better serve specific vertical markets…
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Posted on August 25th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 25, 2004–WJ Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:WJCI), a leading designer and supplier of high-performance RF semiconductors and multi-chip modules for RFID readers and wireless infrastructure applications, today announced that it will showcase its latest RFID products at the upcoming 2004 Frontline Solutions Conference and Exposition. Frontline Solutions 2004 will be held at Navy […]
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Posted on August 24th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will make big inroads in the pharmaceutical products industry in the next couple of years, predicts Meta Group .
Pharmaceutical companies have been using RFID for years in niche applications, such as tracking lab samples, but now they will begin rolling it out in a much bigger way across the […]
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Posted on August 24th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
RADIO frequency identification (RFID) technology is built on three main components: The tag, the antenna and the reader.
The heart of the system is the RFID tag, which can be as small as a grain of sand, according to Jafizwaty Ishahak, industry analyst at market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
Inside the tag is a […]
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Posted on August 24th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
Sybase is moving to claim a share of the burgeoning market for radio frequency identification technology (RFID) with an early adopter program. Announced last week at the company’s TechWave user conference in Orlando, the program gets Sybase customers working with a new RFID middleware offering while it’s still in development, the company says.
The program […]
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