Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. announced that Staples Business Depot will install additional stores with AbsoluteSKY’s intelliTRACKER inventory tracking system. The announcement comes on the heels of the results from an initial five-store pilot of the system. During the pilot, the intelliTRACKER system proved more accurate than physical counts, and shrinkage for the tagged inventory was […]

As part of RFID World 2008, TechInsights and RFID Revolution have announced their selections as winners of the second annual RFID Excellence in Business Awards. The awards are intended to recognize companies and innovators whose products or implementations demonstrate the benefits of RFID. The awards this year were offered in six categories: For Excellence in […]

In an effort to strengthen its position in the worldwide RFID market, Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility division has announced enhancements to its RFID product line along with a wider availability of some of those products. The company has launched a European version of its MC9090-G RFID Handheld Reader. The new European R1 version of the handheld […]

The Federal Trade Commission is continuing its exploration into the various uses of RFID technology, ID data security, consumer’ privacy and contactless payments. The Sept. 23 meeting in Washington, D.C. is a follow-up to one the FTC held in July on the west coast. Like the earlier session, this workshop is slated to include industry […]

The Jones Apparel Group has announced the launch of a pilot program testing the use of item-level RFID tracking in a number of its Nine West retail stores. The test will evaluate the benefits item-level tracking brings to the shoe retailer in the areas of enhanced productivity, customer service and inventory accuracy. The company has […]

AIM Global, a trade association and authority on automatic identification and mobility, has announced the availability of new guidelines for verification and qualification of design for RFID chips and transponders in tires. The guidelines were put together by the RFID Experts Group and are expected to help the entire industry in developing new RFID technology […]

SkyeTek Inc., provider of embedded RFID reader solutions, has announced a cooperative arrangement with EM Microelectronic (EM), Swatch Group’s semiconductor company. SkyeTek’s M9 SkyeModule will support a full command set of EM4122 and EM4444 UHF ICs from EM, enabling SkyeTek to offer a high performing and low cost tag and reader solutions. SkyeTek’s SkyeModule M9 […]

A new report estimates that the global market for postal-related RFID systems will reach $2.5 billion in the next decade. The report, “RFID for Postal and Courier Services 2008-2018,” examines 40 case studies of RFID postal solutions worldwide, and offers insights into developments which should lead to major growth in this sector. Item-level tagging is […]

Network infrastructure provider SonicWALL has selected InSync Software’s Edgeware platform and Asset Tracking Solution to create a visible inventory system as well as provide an indisputable performance metric for its suppliers. SonicWALL will use the InSync system to improve in-transit times, lead times, lower inventory levels and manage the performance of devices provided by other […]

Biometric and smart card companies aim to educate lawmakers on how the technologies can be privacy enhancing and not privacy invasive By Zack Martin, Editor RFID. It’s hard to believe that four little letters can cause individuals to imagine such evil things. Mention RFID and people envision Big Brother or another type of all-seeing specter […]