Dan Berthiaume

RFID technology vendor Alien Technology is releasing Intelligent Tag Reader, a reader software platform that uses second-generation radio-frequency identification technology to provide detailed tag data. Alien announced the solution June 23 and will make it available June 30. “Right now, when you read an RFID tag, you know that reader at that particular location saw […]

Checkpoint Systems security vendor is adding two new modules to its CheckPro suite of shrink management software solutions. CheckPro IncidentReporter and CaseManager are designed to offer greater visibility into store activities for managers and executives. “Loss prevention is a complex environment and we try to give more visibility into different things,” said Per Levin, worldwide […]

Symantec is managing the subscription renewal process for its Norton security products with the Vindicia CashBox hosted billing solution. Announced June 23, the Symantec-Vindicia partnership is intended to support ongoing customer protection and retention. “Subscription services are a win-win for everyone,” said Gene Hoffman, chairman and CEO of Vindicia. “By outsourcing to a specialist in […]

Motorola is rolling out the Symbol DS6708-DL digital imager scanner, a 1.3-megapixel, omindirectional 1-D and 2-D imager designed to read and parse PDF-417 bar codes found on the back of U.S. driver’s licenses. “The parsing engine reads the driver’s license, extracts the information and parses it out, where it can be used in various ways […]

On-demand shipping technology provider RedRoller is rolling out its One-Stop Shipping tool, a SAAS (software-as-a-service) solution designed to ease the shipping process for small businesses. RedRoller announced the product June 19 at the eBay Live! 2008 conference in Chicago. “We bring in address and sales information and provide multiple carriers,” said Bill Van Wyck, president […]

After a 22-year drought, the Boston Celtics are the NBA champions for the 17th time. The once-mighty team went through a long stretch of poor coaching and management, questionable draft choices and free-agent signings, and plain bad luck before assembling a winning team for the 2007-08 season. How did the Celts reverse the negative flow […]

BOSTON-Red Hat is releasing the beta availability of its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform as a solution within the Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud). Announced June 17 at the Red Hat Summit 2008 here, this move extends an existing development relationship between Red Hat and Amazon. “Java developers can develop an application and deploy it into […]

The United Parcel Service of America is providing its paperless invoice and international returns solutions as APIs. Announced June 18 as API components of the UPS Shipping Tool, the two technology-enabled services are designed to simplify global trade. “When you ship internationally, you have to put together a commercial invoice that in the past has […]

Pluck, which makes social media software, is rolling out version 3.3 of its SiteLife social media platform. The latest version of SiteLife, announced June 13, offers functionality to integrate social media capabilities into e-commerce sites. “There are a lot of ways to facilitate a community in terms of what you’re doing on the Web,” said […]

Oracle is positioning Oracle Retail Release 13 as an integrated solutions suite based on best-of-breed applications and the company’s long-term vision for the retail sector. Announced June 17, Oracle Retail Release 13 offers specific features for the fashion, food, hard-lines and emerging markets verticals. Duncan Angove, general manager and senior vice president of Oracle Retail, […]