Photos of item-level tagging at Katherine Albrecht’s CASPIAN “Spychip” website. It seems unlikely that anyone will be spying on my printer box.   

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Peter Boriskin, Chief Technology Manager, Software House, Tyco Fire & Security’s Access Control and Video Solutions Business Unit In last year’s predictions, I discussed greater adoption of smart card readers […]

INSIDE Contactless and HID will be working side by side to garner more of the access control market, due to a partnership arrangement recently announced by the two companies. The long-term agreement provides HID with core contactless chip and reader technology, while providing INSIDE with the advantages of HID’s market position and distribution channels in […]

AeroScout, Inc., the market leader in the field of Wi-Fi based Active RFID solutions, today announced a partnership with Alanco to develop and deliver a 2.4 GHz real-time location solution (RTLS) for the corrections industry. The two companies have successfully completed joint development on the industry’s first tamper-proof Wi-Fi Active RFID tag, and deployed the […]

ACG Identification Technologies’ new multi ISO Reader platform will support ISO 14443A/B, ISO 15693, ISO 18000-3 and I-CODE, all in one module and is designed to meet the requirements for both secure personal identity verification and supply chain management applications. Walluf – ACG Identification Technologies, a leading component and technology supplier in the smart card […]

“Sun Microsystems today announced an RFID solution aimed at the pharmaceutical supply chain. Called the Sun RFID Industry Solution for Drug Authentication, the new offering is a combination of software, hardware, and services. RFID Update spoke about it with Liz From, Sun’s pharmaceutical RFID practice lead.”

Zebra has signed a new three-year full product line agreement with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems. The full line agreement makes Zebra’s bar code, card and RFID printers as well as its supplies and service agreements available to MedAssets’ customers for a wide range of identification, tracking and access control applications. “Increasing patient safety is among […]

“The use of RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags, has reduced out-of-stock merchandise by 16 percent at the company’s stores that have begun to use the technology over the past 12 months. Wal-Mart (WMT) has been able to restock RFID-tagged items three times as fast as non-tagged items.” Shenanegans!   

“Manhattan Associates had a primary role in getting Wal-Mart suppliers compliant with the RFID mandate. What core concepts or processes contributed to this acceptance and use? Gilbert: Manhattan Associates led the supply chain industry with its retail compliance initiative from the earliest days. RFID was a logical extension of that, and our experience in other […]

A new in-depth study into the RFID market shows a remarkable shift of industry focus from European RFID vendors. Until 12 months ago, most vendors were targeting the open supply chain applications in the retail industry, hoping to capitalise on the potential high volume of RFID tags and readers in these applications. Since then, many […]