By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor The last thing a hospital employee wants to do is run around searching for a piece of equipment needed for a patient or an upcoming surgery. If the device can’t be found, often, hospitals rent the equipment even though it same device may be sitting somewhere in the hospital, such […]

When one thinks of industries where precise inventory tracking is an absolute must, high-end fashion for children is perhaps the first one that comes to mind. So it will come as no surprise that Boboli, one of Spain’s premier fashion houses for children, is piloting an RFID deployment program to track and manage items from […]

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new service which enables clients to track their critical data center assets. The HP Factory Express RFID Service automates and tracks device movement, eliminating the need for employees to manually track inventory. The HP tagging process scans factory-built HP components such as servers, storage devices and rack enclosures before they are […]

Yubico CEO and founder Stina Ehrensvärd talks with host Ryan Kline about the Yubikey, a new authentication solution, designed for web 2.0 applications. It works by having the user insert it in any computer with a USB port on any platform or browser without having to install any client software. The user then presses the […]

Impinj Inc., a UHF gen 2 RFID vendor, has announced an implementation in food freshness and customer safety with the METRO Group. At the launch of their Future Store, METRO Group began using RFID in the butchery to guarantee freshness, increase customer safety and manage inventory. METRO Group adds an Impinj Monza powered tag to […]

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) has announced that Dole Fresh Vegetables has successfully completed its test of iGPS plastic RFID-enabled pallets. The company plans to expand use of the pallets throughout its supply chain. The produce company has developed a system that links product UPC codes to the codes embedded in the pallets, and has […]

TOSHIBA TEC Europe has released new UHF RFID modules for its Auto ID label printers. The modules operate under EPC Gen 2 UHF technology standards and can easily be fitted in all TOSHIBA TEC RFID ready printers. Among the changes introduced in this new generation of printer modules are Gray Area Detection, SPRiNT Gen 2 […]