Investments to Help Drive Sales of its AeroScout Wi-Fi Real-Time Location System (RTLS) and Wi-Fi Tags SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ – Bluesoft announced today that it had secured $5.7 million in Series B funding in a round co-led by STAR Ventures and Comverse Investments. The Intel Communications Fund also contributed to the round […]

When heavyweights like Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department of Defense mandate the utilization of a new technology, one can be fairly certain that it has a better than good chance to succeed. Market making organizations tend to be extremely cautious about such moves and do their homework first. As you will find in the articles […]

The EPC (Electronic Product Code) Network will soon allow manufacturers and distributors to accurately track and maintain information on countless individual items via RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. The network enables instant identification of physical objects within the global supply chain. Wal-Mart, the world?s largest retailer, is requiring its top one hundred suppliers be fully […]

On June 11, 2003 Wal-Mart CIO Linda Dillman announced the retailing giant?s EPC (Electronic Product Code) initiative to a packed room. Wal-Mart?s top 100 suppliers have until the end of 2006 to label all cases and pallets with EPC compliant RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags. Wal-Mart?s mandate will fundamentally enhance the global supply chain. RFID […]

Citing privacy concerns, hearings held in California late last year could lead to regulations that would slow the development of contactless technology in the U.S. Although the hearings were aimed at regulating how retailers use RFID sensors for inventory control or at points of sale, any future regulations could end up impacting all uses of […]

The following is a reprint of the full text of the bill filed by Senator Barbara Bowen in the California Legislature on February 20, 2004. An act to add Chapter 22.7 (commencing with Section 22650) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST SB 1834, as introduced, Bowen. […]

The Bewator Group, one of Europe’s major suppliers of access and video control equipment, has signed an agreement providing Indala Corporation, an ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG) company, with exclusive worldwide distribution rights to sell its range of Cotag hands-free access technology to the OEM market. The agreement commenced on January 1st, 2004. “This […]

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ – Accelitec, Inc., provider of retail RFID technology, solutions and services today announces the release of AcceliStation(TM), a self-service automated transponder dispenser for use in the retail marketplace. With the addition of the AcceliStation(TM) to its product line, Accelitec will be the first to offer a complete solution for companies […]

Opening of Texas-Based RFID Test Center Kicks Off 12 Month Countdown to Meet Wal-Mart Compliance Requirements NEW YORK, NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION CONFERENCE, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – For the top 100 suppliers to Wal-Mart, the first item on their list of new year’s resolutions likely reads “become RFID compliant.” To help quell their fears and quickly […]

New York, NY. January 13, 2004. SMARTCODE™ Corp., the world leading developer of low cost RFID tags and readers, announced today the world’s smallest RFID Integrated Circuit (IC). The announcement took place at the The National Retail Federation (NRF) 93rd Annual Convention, at the Jacob. K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The new […]