Jacqueline Emigh

RFID standards will be an informal theme at this weeks EPCglobal show in Baltimore, if early news of new products and partnerships is any indication. Enterprise resource planning software giant SAP AG and security specialist VeriSign Inc. are among the companies expected to announce plans involving RFID standards. SAP will unveil a new initiative with […]

Hewlett-Packard Co., one of the “initial eight” product distributors in the Wal-Mart RFID trials, will unveil on Monday pacts with systems integrator BearingPoint Inc. and RFID software specialist OATSystems Inc. The moves signal big changes in HPs strategy as an RFID vendor, according to Frank Lanza, worldwide director of RFID for HP Services. Under the […]

Many organizations are trying to get ready for RFID, even if theyre not sure all the technology is in place to support it, results of a new survey suggest. The concerns that users express in the survey— costs, an early and untested market, standards, and lack of sophisticated integration software—mesh with some of the observations […]

Despite its large potential, RFID still faces huge hurdles. Standardization, costs and privacy are generally the steepest, said speakers at this weeks Maritime Security Expo in New York City. Another issue, particularly crucial in government anti-terrorism circles, is that RFID doesnt show with any certainty “whats inside the box.” In fact, RFID (radio frequency identification) […]

Retail and manufacturing workers will soon wield RFID wands that support end-to-end Linux, through a new two-vendor pact rolled out this week. In a separate partnership, another vendor will team up with two integrators on an RFID job for Beaver Street Fisheries, a big frozen foods supplier thats quite willingly joining in on Wal-Marts controversial […]

CHICAGO—At the Frontline Solutions supply chain show here Tuesday, announcements will include a new RFID standard proposal from China, plus a new industry group dubbed the International RFID Business Association, or RFIDba. Meanwhile, dozens of IT vendors will trot out new products and partnerships around RFID. The new RFID standard proposal will be introduced during […]

As pressure mounts on their customers for initial RFID compliance, many IT vendors plan to use this weeks Frontline Solutions show in Chicago as the forum for RFID rollouts. On Monday, Wavelink Corp., a maker of widely used data collection software for wireless LANs, will unveil RFID support for its Studio and Emulation products. Wavelink […]

The prospering survivors of the supply chain technology shakeout are likely to gain a significant growth boost from RFID, according to industry analysts. One vendor thats kicking up sparks, Yantra Corp., boasts both Best Buy Inc. and Circuit City Stores Inc. as customers. Yantra just added IBM Corp. to a list of publicly announced partners […]

Many companies have queued up quickly behind retail giants Wal-Marts RFID mandate. But others now look much less willing to toe the line. Certainly the impact of RFID will be large, industry watchers predict, however, the technology will hardly hit all at once, despite the best plans of Wal-Mart. Since Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issued its […]

Will a future terrorist act force the U.S. government to impose wireless tracking on product shipments? One expert raised this scenario in a panel discussion that delved into the pros and cons of using such technologies as RFID, Wi-Fi and satellite communications to thwart terrorism, cargo theft and misdirection of goods. Over the year ahead, […]

IBM, its partners and some big-name users are piloting unannounced additions to the WebSphere product lineup. One set of future components will be tailored to RFID across government, industrial and retail applications. Another will be fine-tuned for use in the retail supply chain, either with or without RFID. Meanwhile, middleware competitors Microsoft and Oracle are […]

RFID is just about the opposite of a monolithic entity, analysts agree. Although still emerging, the wireless technology already means something very different in the auto industry than in, lets say, pharmaceuticals. As this verticalization syndrome takes greater hold, more partnership opportunities will start unfolding for service companies—but only if they have what it takes. […]