ThingMagic RFID Reader Leadership

ThingMagic tops the ranking of Embedded Passive UHF Reader Module Vendors, developed by ABI Research. ...

... "ABI Research points to high performance and quality as key competitive differentiators for ThingMagic, resulting in the highest rating on both the innovation and implementation measures of our embedded passive UHF RFID reader module vendor matrix ... " ...

Via ThingMagic: Tops ABI Research RFID Reader Vendor Matrix

RFID ROI Payback Period Is Extended

ABI Research confirms what we already know about technology investments --- when you build a holistic business case that nets benefits with one-time and realistic on-going operating costs, the payback period is usually longer. Not many technology investments will deliver greater than 50% rate of return. ...

... "According to ABI, nearly 37 percent of the respondents said they did not expect a positive ROI within 12 months, compared to 25 percent who expected one within 12 to 18 months ... " ...

Via IT Jungle: RFID Payback

RFID Open-Standards Benefits Container Tracking Per Pilot

Recent active RFID pilot project using Oracle and Savi Technology infrastructure validates the need for common standards to realize benefits in port operations. RFID-enabled seaborne shipping containers provide real-time tracking status in the Asian supply chain tested in the pilot, using EPC Information Services (EPCIS), a draft standard championed by GS1 EPCglobal. The objective of this effort is to enable greater transport visibility across stakeholders, countries and continents. ...

... "The benefits seem clear, but many vendors and end users believe that the prerequisites for greater RFID adoption in this sector are a common nomenclature for RFID data, and a standard framework for the way in which that information is shared via open standards such as EPCIS. The EPCglobal pilot with Savi and Oracle represents a significant step towards the practical realization of a truly useful standard, notes Liard. It is the first real-world demonstration among port operators of the potential created when multiple trading partners and service providers can speak the same language. " ...

Via ABI ResearchContainer Tracking Pilot Highlights the Benefits of RFID Standards in Port Management

RFID MRO Aerospace Defense Industry ...

RFID expected to enable the MRO process in the aerospace and defense industry. ...

... "By 2011, the A&D RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) market is expected to realize revenue in excess of $2 billion. One area that shows particular promise for the use of RFID in A&D manufacturing environments is MRO: maintenance, repair and overhaul. " ...

Via ABI Research: RFID-Based Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Strategies Spell Efficiency and Security for Aerospace and Defense Supply Chains ...

RFID Retail: Apparel Payback ...

Laudis demo planned for RFID conference will show payback in the retail apparel industry ...

... "The RFID Journal and AAFA Summit, held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York Aug. 15-16, is the first event of its kind designed to address RFID-related opportunities and issues in the apparel and footwear industry. Laudis and NCR will demonstrate their collaborative end-to-end RFID solution that allows manufacturers to tag apparel at the source, enabling retailers to verify the location or the receipt of garments anywhere within the supply chain. The demonstration (Laudis AAFA Summit booth #3) will feature the Laudis apparel applications and item-level tracking solutions for clothing and footwear. NCR will provide hardware, such as hang tags, flap tags and RFID-reader technology. NCR is also providing Laudis with consulting services and installation support for its end-to-end clothing solution. " ...

Via NCR: NCR and Laudis Systems Demonstrate End-to-End RFID Solution for Apparel Industry ...

Retail RFID applications are discussed ...

Via CIO Magazine: The RFID Imperative - Retail - prepare systems for RFID technology: "Like most CIOs in the retail industry, he believes that widespread RFID adoption is a sure thing and that the technology—which some day will enable him to track every single product, from manufacture to checkout ... "

ABI has researched the market for retail RFID use ...

The RFID Retail Market Market Research Report from ABI Research: "The retail market is possibly the most talked about in the RFID industry. Although Wal-Mart is not the only retailer that has issued an RFID mandate for its suppliers, it is still the most popular subject. This market is expected to be one of the fastest growing RFID verticals. "

T3CI offers RFID-enabled business intelligence capabilities for the retail industry ...

Via T3CI: RFID Analytics and Application Leadership; Experience Delivering Business Value to Major Retail Suppliers Drive Investment Decision: "T3Ci's software and subscription services are designed for leaders of RFID initiatives at major retail suppliers and pharmaceutical companies to deliver business value from their RFID investments. The company's enterprise-class solutions provide RFID data analysis (only for retailers who allow 3rd party analysis of their EPC data), deductions management and authentication/anti-counterfeiting/e-pedigree – the most comprehensive RFID applications vision. "

RFID Gen2 Transition ...

Industry making transition to Generation 2 RFID ...

... "RFID markets, increasingly concentrated on the Gen 2 specification, show signs of a healthy transition to the next phase of RFID implementation: full integration at the enterprise level, backed by deep management commitment. When WalMart's new CIO, Rollin Ford, addressed his troops upon taking office last week, he confirmed the company's unabated enthusiasm for RFID ... " ...

RFID Gen2 Transition: Via ABI Research: Scalability, Interoperability, Performance: ABI Research Highlights RFID's New Mantra ...

RFID Market Overview ...

ABI publishes annual overview of the RFID market. ...

... "New ABI Research study, RFID Annual Market Overview: Vertical Market and Application Market Overviews for Tags, Readers, Software and Services provides a high-level, but still detailed, examination of RFID technologies, applications, and addressable vertical markets by region, and is intended to give readers a general outline of the broad RFID market. The research also highlights the differences between low-growth RFID applications such as access control, animal tracking and vehicle immobilization, and high-growth applications such as personal identification documents, contactless point-of-sale and item-level RFID tracking. " ...

RFID Market Overview: Via ABI Research: RFID's Big Picture ...

RFID NFC Near Field Communication Transform Commerce ...

RFID NFC Near Field Communication Transform Commerce: Via ABI Research: ABI Research Sees Three Critical Years for Near-Field Communications ...

... "Near Field Communications (NFC) applications will transform consumer commerce, connectivity and content consumption, beginning with trials through 2006 and volume deployments into 2007, according to a new study from ABI Research. NFC, a short-range contactless communications protocol, enables easy-to-use, secure Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity between devices. It provides high-bandwidth content acquisition and transfer, contactless payment capability and smart object interaction. That means, for instance, interactive advertising posters and kiosks, instant ticketing, and transmitting audio, video and pictures. NFC brings convenience to increasingly connected digital consumers. " ...

Printed Organic RFID Tags ...

Printed Organic RFID Tags: Printed and Organic Electronics’ Potential for Intelligent Sensor Networks ...

The future of RFID is in printed, organic, electronic RFID technologies ...

... "Printed and organic electronics technologies are likely to find a place at the table as RFID and other intelligent sensor networks evolve towards the end of this decade, according to analysis from ABI Research. These cutting-edge technologies are already starting to find applications in the automotive industry, and organic components are finding their way into mobile phones. " ...

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in automotive, wireless, semiconductors, broadband, and energy.

RFID Radio Frequency Cellphone Integration ...

RFID Radio Frequency Cellphone Integration: The Cellphone of the Future - A World of Radios, According to ABI ...

ABI Research discusses the convergence of radio, such as RFID, into the cellphone form factor ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... It may also include Near Field Communications (NFC), Ultrawideband (UWB), radio frequency identification (RFID), and maybe even Zigbee. ...

... Today's mobile phone includes the components and software for multiple cellular standards such as GPRS, EDGE and UMTS. In addition, there is usually a personal area technology such as Bluetooth. But according to ABI Research, the number of radios in the cellphone is set to rise exponentially, in the quest to make the handset a multifunction, multimode communications, information and entertainment device. It will incorporate GPS for location based services, FM radio and broadcast/satellite based television for entertainment, various flavors of Wi-Fi and eventually WiMAX for data and VoIP communications. It may also include Near Field Communications (NFC), Ultrawideband (UWB), radio frequency identification (RFID), and maybe even Zigbee. ...

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. Their market research products can be found on the Web at www.abiresearch.com, or by calling 516.624.2500.

Item Level RFID Tagging in Pharma Industry Drives Patient Safety ...

Item Level RFID Tagging in Pharma Industry Drives Patient Safety: The Pharmaceutical Industry Turns To RFID As One Cure for Many ...

Item-Level RFID tags on pharmaceutical products can provide benefits, in addition to RFID's role in eliminating counterfeit drugs and in increasing patient safety ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Radio frequency identification - RFID - seen as one way to lower that cost, has its own defining characteristics. Issues of drug ...

... Drug counterfeiting may cost the worldwide pharmaceutical industry more than US$30 billion annually. Radio frequency identification - RFID - seen as one way to lower that cost, has its own defining characteristics. Issues of drug counterfeiting and patient safety differentiate it from RFID in retail markets. To minimize this wastage, and to raise the level of safety for patients, some companies are embracing RFID tagging of drug shipments at the item level. ...

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy.

First RFID Mandates, Now Integrate RFID into Business Processes ...

First RFID Mandates, Now Integrate into Business Processes: In RFID's Second Phase, ABI Research Sees End-Users Revert to ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... 5, 2005--Most of the 137 companies that sought to meet RFID mandates during 2004 did get involved with the technology to a greater or lesser degree. ...

... Most of the 137 companies that sought to meet RFID mandates during 2004 did get involved with the technology to a greater or lesser degree. But many started small, allocating much lower budgets to the effort than the $2-3 million some analysts had predicted. In 2005 these companies are increasing their investment, to scale up and integrate RFID into their normal operations. ...

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy.

Additional resources on RFID Mandates and Business Process Integration ...

More Retailers Mull RFID Mandates: Kroger and other retailers might soon be joining Wal-Mart and Target with RFID mandates all their own; meanwhile, retailers are starting to move toward item ...

Goodyear Copes With RFID Challenges: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is a supplier to both Wal-Mart and the US Department of Defense and is subject to RFID mandates from both. ...

Smart Services for RFID: By Integration Consortium. ... As components of a larger business process framework and network ... In critical event exceptions, RFID information can be leveraged to ...

RFID Overview: Integration Platform for RFID: Integration Manager; EPC Manager. ... partner requirements with our RFID in a ... them as a single, synchronized business process that can ...

webMethods Integration: Advancing Radio Frequency Identification: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Management – webMethods offers complete business process modeling and ... to the supporting integration platform components enabling RFID to be easily ...

RFID Trends: RFID Heading for a Cold Winter, According to ABI Research

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Three factors will conspire to put progress in RFID implementation on ice for the immediate future, according to ABI Research. ...

Polymer RFID: ABI Research Evaluates Printed and Organic Electronics Opportunities ...

From Tekrati Research News ...

... "printed and organic electronics are transitioning from future tech speculations about monitor displays you can roll up and carry in your pocket, to real world technology applications, such as printed antennas for RFID tags and organic circuitry for cell phone displays." ...

Defense RFID: Military Successes Highlight Electronic Container Tracking's ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The good news is that enhanced container security methods, based on technologies such as RFID, cellular and satellite communications, are on the way. ...

... Over 20 million freight containers are currently circulating the world with about seven million of them passing through U.S. ports every year. Surprisingly, only about 2% of these are physically inspected. Security experts have warned of doomsday scenarios involving unchecked containers that may harbor terrorists, explosives, or other hazardous materials. The good news is that enhanced container security methods, based on technologies such as RFID, cellular and satellite communications, are on the way. These technologies also promise substantial commercial benefits from a supply chain and enterprise resource planning (ERP) perspective. ...

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy.

RFID Industry: Royalty and legal moves surprise RFID industry, says ABI Research

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Other players in the RFID space are surprised and concerned at the prospect of Intermec putting their intellectual property into the most basic part of the ...

RFID Excellence: ABI Research To Rate Innovation, Implementation in New Vendor ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The ABI Research Vendor Matrix will recognize excellence in these markets: RFID, residential entertainment technologies, Wi-Fi, OEM telematics and aftermarket ...

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. Their market research products can be found on the Web at www.abiresearch.com. ABI Research's RFID (radio frequency identification) research includes in-depth global analysis, forecasts, and comprehensive coverage of the various technologies as they relate to asset management, asset tracking, and supply chain management. RFID chips, transponders, and readers are all studied, as are RFID integration services. ABI Research's coverage of technologies for the security industry includes in-depth market analysis of biometrics, voice recognition, surveillance equipment, video surveillance, fingerprint identification, retina scanning, fleet management, electronic toll collection, interrogators, Auto-ID, and barcodes, among other technologies and products.

RFID Market: RFID Tag Market Up for Grabs, says ABI Research

From TMCnet ... The Electronic Product Code (EPC) based RFID tag market shows potential for a dramatic revamp over the late 2004/early 2005 period, according to the latest ...

Bluetooth-enabled cars to reach 22 million within 4 years says ABI
Consequently the amount of vehicle models available with Bluetooth in North America has also increased by over 40 from the prior year. Thanks to growing commitment to Bluetooth on the part of device manufacturers automakers are becoming less apprehensive about supporting Bluetooth in their models says Frank Viquez ABI Research's Director of Automotive Research.
Telematics Update, Apr 5, 2004

RFID: Factory-Installed Bluetooth Vehicles Will Number 22 Million ...

From Tekrati (press release), United States ... The ABI Research study, "Automotive Wireless Networks: Opportunities for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID, Satellite and Other Emerging Wireless Technologies," provides ...

RFID was active in Today's News...

Tracking the Data With RFID Manufacturers of consumer goods and retailers that sell them are gearing up to use RFID chips to track products through supply chains...

Integration Services Set to Take Off A study by market research firm ABI shows that on RFID integration services will soon exceed spending...

RFID: Proceed With Caution However the technology has Orwellian characteristics that if not addressed will impede its ability to deliver the substantial return ...

RSA Keeps RFID Private  The technology which RSA plans to demonstrate at its namesake conference this week in San Francisco is one of the industry's first attempts to secure...

FDA Backs RFID Tags for Tracking Prescription Drugs Calls for drug makers to use them on shipping pallets and cases by 2007...

VeriSign Wins RFID Pact This is a familiar position for VeriSign which runs several of the root DNS Domain Name System servers that house ...

The Danger of Letting IT Run RFID Projects Radio frequency identification RFID technology gets a lot of techies hearts racing...

RFID: Hit or Myth? Procter Gamble markets some of the biggest brands in store aisles across the country from Crest toothpaste to Pantene shampoo to...

China Administration Establishes Group to Create RFID Standards The China National Standardization Administration has established the National RFID Tag Standards...

Axcess RFID to Track Quarry Trucks The ActiveTag solution provides a battery-powered or active wireless tag affixed to each truck enabling the vehicle to be identified and tracked...

Microsoft to Provide Mid-Size Customers With RFID Support When Microsoft launched its so-called in mid-January company officials said Microsoft planned to support radio frequency identification RFID...

Sidebar: Accenture Leads Initial RFID Rollout for Drug Supply Chains FEBRUARY 23 2004 Accenture this summer plans to begin limited deployments of RFID technology in pharmaceutical supply chains...

Kevin Ashton Joins ThingMagic The former executive director of the Auto-ID Center has joined the startup reader designer as vice president of...

Wal-Mart's RFID Deadline: A Chunky Mess ... is digesting as it investigates using so-called smart labels to better track its products from factory to retail outlet. It affects how Campbell will find a suitable way to put metallic tags on...

Philips RFID used to protect against animal disease epidemics in Europe In the face of recurring animal disease epidemics the European Union EU has set out to ensure that European meat products meet the highest safety and...

SIRIT Inc. Achieves Project Acceptance on 91 Express Lanes Project TSX SI a leading developer and manufacturer of radio frequency identification RFID technologies is pleased to announce that it has been granted...

IBM Philips To Jointly Develop RFID Royal Philips Electronics and IBM said Monday that the two companies will work together to develop radio-frequency identification tags...

Symbol Technologies to Present at Robert W. Baird RFID Conference Thursday February 26 at the Robert W. Baird RFID Conference at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. An electronic version of the presentation may be viewed on...

Oracle's Ellison Touts Real-Time Data Hub RFID Support CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday talked frankly about backtracking on his message of suite versus best of breed promulgated by Oracle over the past several years...

SiriCOMM Raises $2 Million Siricomm is building a broadband communications network which includes truckstop Wi-Fi connections...

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