TAGSYS today announced a new breed of ‘e-connectware,’ its software suite designed to manage global RFID networks – while keeping the data integrity of item-level tagging. “E-connectware lets customers or their service provider manage RFID infrastructure just like voice and data networks,” said Elie Simon, CEO of TAGSYS, adding that the new software is ideal […]

Intelleflex Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation today announced plans to enter into a technology transfer and license agreement that will enable Mitsubishi to build support for Intelleflex’s “extended memory” Gen2 RFID tags into its reader products for use in Japan. Mitsubishi plans to begin delivering reader products developed around technology secured under this agreement in […]

Alien Technology’s latest RFID reader products now support the Intel UHF RFID Transceiver R1000, the company announced today. Alien plans to offer readers in new, smaller form factors with the advanced EPCglobal Gen 2 and software-enhanced features. The Intel R1000 will enable RFID readers to be used in a broader spectrum of new application segments, […]

“The AD-222 offers significant improvements which deliver solid benefits to our growing base of customers,” George Reynolds, VP of global sales and marketing, said in a press release. “And the AD-222 is “plug-and-play” (with the AD-220 or similar size tag) moving seamlessly into the same position in an existing application. What else makes it a […]

Rapid progress of early-adopting retailers is stretching their headstart beyond the often cited six-month comfort zone By David Wyld, Contributing Editor In Line56 Magazine, Tamina Vahidy recently observed that the Wal-Mart mandate has already effectively “changed the face of retail … making what had been a niche technology into a mainstream application.” Since 2004, Wal-Mart’s […]

AeroScout’s new Wi-Fi tags are all spruced up for the market – the company’s latest, the T3 Tag, boasts “Seamless indoor and outdoor reliability,” “choke point” detection capabilities, and tamper proofing mechanisms for theft prevention. Looks wise, the active RFID asset tracker is flat, consumes little power, and is much more streamlined. Or so we […]

RFID access control system manufacturer epcSolutions today announced new additions to its “Any Asset, One Network™” application – suiteFixedAssetManager. The latest features include the capability for maintaining fixed asset inventories, integrated barcode asset tag printing/encoding, generating reports and has easy to use wizard based software. FixedAssetManager is “easily integrated with existing asset management systems such […]

South Korean automaker Hyundai/Kia Motors Group announced plans to implement RFID technology to improve the visibility of its automotive parts supply chain this week. In the first phase of the project, approximately 130,000 UPM Raflatac UHF RFID tags will be applied to parts boxes and packaging cases from five major suppliers for exportation to Hyundai/Kia […]

The European Commission today adopted a proposal outlining the mandatory conditions for the use of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology across the 27 member states of the European Union. UWB, a radio technology which sends low energy pulses across a wide spread of frequencies, enables high data rate communications, imaging of objects through walls and high precision […]

Great Falls, Va.-based epcSolutions, Inc., announced the release of version 3.5 of its RFID software, RFIDTagManagerTM. The 3.5 release now provides complete DoD mandate compliance, with the added benefit of UID. With the 3.5 release, it is possible to submit a combined RFID/UID WAWF remittance and material handling document, as well as a hard copy […]