EPCglobal’s adoption of tag specifications is paralleled by the construction of a vast item tracking infrastructure. The EPC Network is designed to allow RFID users to share information about the condition and transit of goods as they move through the supply chain. The system allows trading partners to share some or all data gathered by […]

If you want standards, go to the body that has one of the best track records at developing them. Thirty years ago the Uniform Code Council (UCC) created standards around the barcode for consumer products. Now, it’s beginning to have the same impact on RFID standards through EPCglobal. Created just last year (September, 2003), EPCglobal, […]

The field deployment of RFID tags has been accelerated by last September’s EPC standards announcement by EPCglobal and Wal-Mart’s tagging mandates. But the EPC is important beyond its use in RFID tags: the “Internet of Things” can and should include intangible things. And the information architecture intended to make an RFID tagging scheme practical will […]

VeriSign, a network infrastructure company, was selected by EPCglobal to run the Object Naming Service, the root directory of the EPC Network. The company is uniquely qualified– VeriSign runs the Internet’s global Domain Name System (DNS) for the ‘.com’ and ‘.net’ top level domains and operates two of the Internet’s root servers. But since its […]

Legislation that would regulate RFID use continues to pop up in a handful of states, likely spurred by one lawmaker’s efforts in California. No state has yet passed and had signed into law legislation that would limit how RFID can be used. But Sen. Debra Bowen, a California Democrat, has had the most success. A […]

Both the campus and the banking partner invest a great deal – in time and money – to prepare a financial services offering for cardholders. Contracts are negotiated, services planned, marketing developed, and logistics laid out. A key component of this planning is the account establishment process. How will those students that elect to use […]

Penn College took their CBORD Odyssey PCS™ one-card system off campus at the request of their students, in hopes of increasing revenue and giving students more options. Known as the WildCat Plus Plan, students and employees have the ability to put funds into an account that may be used at various locations around town. Current […]

By Lyn White, Campus Card and Marketing Consultant, White Consulting So your campus card program is now a couple of years old and you have forgotten the trauma of installation and are being pushed to expand onward and upward. Where do you start? What do you do to ensure the success of your expansion? Campus […]