Wireless Smart Card: World's First Broadband Wirelesss Data Card - 3G UMTS / GPRS / ...

From 3G (press release), UK ... to seamlessly roam between access technologies 3G/WLAN/2G with automatic authentication using GlobeTrotter Fusion’s inbuilt support for PC Smart Card and EAP ...


Option NV (www.option.com ), the wireless technology company, is a leading innovator in the design, development and manufacture of 3G WCDMA (UMTS), EDGE, GPRS, GSM and WLAN technology products for wireless connectivity solutions. Option has built up an enviable reputation for creating exciting products that enhance the performance and functionality of wireless communications. Option’s headquarters are in Leuven, Belgium. The company has Research & Development in Leuven, a Software and Applications development centre in Adelsried (Germany) and an ISO 9002 production engineering and logistics facility in Cork, Ireland.

Fusion FEATURES:

Multimode UMTS/WLAN/GPRS/GSM data card
Provides UMTS High-speed data (up to 384 kbps) connectivity to mobile users
Provides GPRS/GSM data (up to 85.6 kpbs) connectivity
Provides WLAN speeds up to 54 Mbps
Transparent handover between UMTS and GSM/GPRS networks
Optional seamless handover between WLAN and 2.5G/3G possible via our software
Compatible with nearly all popular notebook PCs equipped with Type II PC card slot and MicrosoftWindows operating system
Supports IPSec client software for end to end secure corporate data exchange and synchronisation over VPN
Future proof through Flash Memory technology

Smart Card Technology: More companies join SDIO Now! program

From Geekzone, New Zealand ... The X-Mobile Card represents the integration of Renesas Technology' Smart Card and flash memory technology in the SD/MultiMediaCard form factor for support of ...

Bluetooth Smart Card: Transmitting Payments with a Bluetooth

From Green Sheet ... integrated PIN pad. The device is Visa PED and 3DES approved and contains a magnetic strip and smart card reader. Without wires, it ...

Smart Card ICs: Renesas Technology Announces Development of superSRAM, the ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Besides microcontrollers, Renesas Technology offers system-on-chip devices, Smart Card ICs, mixed-signal products, flash memories, SRAMs and more.

Ubiquitous networking connects all the electronic products found in our daily life, making it possible for us to access the information we want anywhere, anytime. To implement the critical networking capability, these products need microcomputers and memory chips. That requirement puts Renesas Technology Corp., a leading semiconductor manufacturer, at the forefront of today's ubiquitous networking age.

Mobile Smart Card: DoCoMo reveals mobile that's your keys, train ticket, cash...

From Silicon.com, UK ... will be able to electronically take the place of everything from train tickets and virtual cash to an ID card and front door keys, using a smart-card system. ...

PC Smart Card: Option unveils UMTS/GPRS/WLAN data card

From DMeurope.com, Netherlands ... to seamlessly roam between access technologies 3G/WLAN/2G with automatic authentication using GlobeTrotter Fusion’s in-built support for PC Smart Card and EAP ...

Smart Card Security: RSA Security announces strategic partnership with Passlogix

From ITWeb, South Africa ... side intelligence that coupled with any of a wide range of authentication methods - including passwords, RSA SecurID authenticators, an RSA Smart Card, an RSA ...


Passlogix delivers solutions that help enterprise customers to cost effectively simplify and secure application access, improve authentication and support their identity management objectives. Passlogix products support a broad array of other authenticators that extend your security as your environment demands it, with devices such as add smart cards, tokens, PKI, biometrics.

Smart Card Solutions: OTI Easyfuel(TM) Expanding Presence in Latin America

From Yahoo News (press release) ... (OTI) (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard (Frankfurt): OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, micro ...

Mobile Smart Card: NTT DoCoMo to launch e-wallet enabled handsets

From Finextra, UK ... launch the i-mode FeliCa Service for mobile wallet applications next month in combination with the company's first four i-mode smart-card handsets — three 2G ...

CAC Smart Card: CAC appointments still available

From Patuxent River Tester, MD ... contractors. CAC smart card technology is being used to improve information security and business processes across the DoD. In ...

Smart Card Biometrics: Labcal's Fingerprint Readers Deployed in 14 Hospitals All Over ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... for 4,200 employees QUEBEC CITY, June 17 /PRNewswire/ - Labcal Technologies Inc., a company specializing in fingerprint-based biometrics, smart card and Public ...

Mobile Smart Card: NTT DoMoCo Offers Mobile Wallet

From CIO Today, CA ... NTT DoCoMo will offer four i-mode smart-card handsets -- three 2G mova 506iC series handsets and the 3G FOMA F900iC handset -- for use with the service. ...

Smart Card Technology: Smart Card Could Be Future Ticket All Around Town

From The Chattanoogan, TN ... CARTA is launching use of an automated system for buying tickets at the Incline Railway, and officials said it could eventually lead to a Smart Card good for ...

Smart Card Currency: Japan's NTT DoCoMo to Launch Handset with Electronic Currency

From TechNewsWorld ... NTT DoCoMo said it will start selling next month a handset with smart-card electronic cash, train pass and identification card functions. ...

Smart Card Mobile: JCB to Launch Wireless 'Mobile Offica' Corporate Solution

From Japan Corporate News (press release), Japan ... will itself be releasing i-mode FeliCa Service for mobile wallet applications, including train pass and e-money, on four i-mode smart-card handset models, in ...

JCB is an international credit card brand and the largest card issuer/acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding overseas in 1981. Its merchant network includes 11.42 million merchants and spans 189 countries and territories. JCB cards are now issued in 18 countries and territories, with 49.6 million cardmembers. As part of its international growth strategy, JCB has formed alliances with more than 320 leading banks and financial institutions globally to increase merchant coverage and cardmember base. JCB's corporate philosophy of "Service from the heart", a commitment to responsive, high-quality service, continues to guide it as it creates the future together with its customers, merchants and partners. For further information, please visit the JCB International homepage at http://www.jcbinternational.com. JCB designed its own credit application for smart cards, which called J/Smart. J/Smart is compliant with EMV de-facto standards for smart card credit and debit transactions, and works on any common operating systems. The J/Smart application is standardized to properly meet the precise needs of our partners. DualPlus is JCB's dual interface smart card. This is a multifunction card with a single chip and two interfaces, contact and contactless, as well as a linkage function. The DualPlus card not only costs less to issue than JCB's hybrid smart card, which incorporates two separate chips, but the linkage allows information sharing between contact and contactless functions.

Smart Card Security: General Design Considerations for Secure Networks

From informIT, NY ... provide increased security measures. Key card access can take the form of a magnetic card reader or a smart card. All of these systems ...

Biometric Smart Card: TSA tries biometric checks

From Help Net Security, Croatia ... The program allows frequent fliers to move through airport security checkpoints more quickly using a smart card with a biometric component -- a unique ...

TSA Identification highlights: Transportation Worker Identification Credential: This initiative focuses on developing identification standards for documents to identify individuals for access purposes. Multiple types of technology are being evaluated to determine the best approach. Effective use of information technology (IT) is key to TSA's success, and $145.2 million of the administrative request supports information technology core requirements, which are being provided through a managed service contract...

Smart Card Technology: The Queen Mary 2, a 21st Century Floating IT City

From Mindjack, UK ... A guest embarking on the Queen Mary 2 -- the world's newest, biggest and most expensive ocean liner -- pulls out her smart card and hands it to a smiling ...

Queen Mary 2 is the world's largest, longest, tallest, grandest ocean liner ever! Since she set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage on January 12, 2004, excitement surrounds her all over the world. Internet: Guests can surf the web, check e-mail or even transmit a video postcard to friends and family back home. They can take classes in the Computer Centre, or bring their own laptop; every stateroom has direct Internet access.

Walmart RFID: Wal-Mart expands wireless-tags test

From Billings Gazette, MT ... cut costs. This week, the world's largest retailer has been briefing its top 300 suppliers about its expansion plans for RFID. Six ...

Walmart RFID: Wal-Mart speeds up RFID launch

From Fibre 2 Fashion, India ... Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the US largest retailer group, has detailed plans for a speedy roll-out of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology following ...

Teacube RFID: Teacube PC promotes open embedded standard

From InfoWorld, CA ... For example, a small T-Engine based terminal can read RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags on goods such as groceries and medicines so that an ...

Personal Media Corporation has released and put on sale "Teacube", a palm-sized ultra tiny embedded application product based on T-Engine. Personal Media Corporation is selling embedded appliance "Teacube". It is shipped from the end of March, in standard price 198,000 yen (excluding tax). This PMC's product "Teacube/VR5701 Evaluation Kit" is powered by CPU "VR5701" of NEC Electronics, and it has 100Base-TX LAN, external CRT output in SXGA (1280 x 1024 dots), USB and RS-232C(serial) connectors as default. It also contains standard software such as "PMC T-Kernel", a standard real-time OS extended to support MMU (virtual memory), T-Monitor (BIOS), T-Kernel Extension, and PMC T-Shell, a GUI middleware. It is highly suitable for a kernel machine to construct systems with WWW browser. PMC promotes Teacube to corporation users, mainly system construction vendors for various embedded fields, such as KIOSK terminal in museums, stations and stores, OPAC terminal to search books in libraries, and watch-line terminal in factories.

RFID Security: IT security is a top priority at the Olympics

From VNUNet.com, UK ... Other high-tech systems, such as biometrics, smartcards and RFID technology, which offer more complex forms of security, have not been included. ...

SAP RFID: SAP continues to achieve growth through innovation across AsiaPac

From Manila Bulletin, Philippines ... SAP is the innovator and key advisor for enabling technologies such as radio frequency identification technology (RFID) in industries, especially in the retail ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart to expand radio tag rollout

From Home Channel News ... Bentonville, Ark. - June 18 - Wal-Mart announced it will expand its rollout of radio frequency identification (RFID) to a total of 300 suppliers by 2006 ...

Oil and Gas RFID Applications: X-Change Corporation Forms Subsidiary Targeting RFID in the Oil & ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... OTC Bulletin Board: XCHC) today announced that it has formed a new subsidiary that will focus on growing radio frequency identification (RFID) opportunities in ...

The X-Change Corporation (OTC BB: XCHC) is acquiring interests in emerging technology opportunities that it believes will generate significant revenues and return a profit to shareholders. Airgate Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary, specializes in wireless data management technologies and is developing applications utilized in RFID ("radio frequency identification") deployments. AirGATE Technologies is primarily focused on developing RFID applications that serve the global supply chain, driven primarily by mandates from Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense, including initiatives from epcGlobal, the standards body serving the RFID industry.

Walmart RFID: WalMart's RFID Ramp-Up

From Line 56 News ... WalMart famously mandates that its top 100 suppliers go live with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology by the beginning of 2005. ...

RFID Technology: Algonquin's expansion challenges corporate culture

From MSNBC ... Kiernan said a third initiative helping to grow the company is Intuitek, an RFID (radio frequency identification) firm financed by Algonquin and co-founded by ...

Founded in 2003 by two Western New York Technology Entrepreneurs, David Straitiff and Stephen Kiernan, intuitek is a systems integration and product development company specializing in radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions. intuitek unites the talents of hardware and software development professionals to help our clients realize the benefits of RFID technology in their business. intuitek can offer businesses complete RFID based solutions in many areas including: Asset Tracking; Records and Document Management; Security and Access Control; Human Resources; and Supply Chain and Inventory Management. intuitek is developing a family of RFID-based products as well as integrating third party products into its comprehensive RFID business solutions.

Walmart RFID: With WalMart, a love-hate relationship

From MSNBC ... A more recent innovation involves the use of radio frequency technology (RFID), in which frequency tags are attached to packaging. ...

RFID Career: TI announces promotion

From Dallas Business Journal, TX ... She will direct TI's RFID business, which provides transponder and reader technology to identify, track and secure assets in applications including retail and ...

Walmart RFID: RFID For Consumers Poised For Growth

From TechWeb ... said Friday. RFID has become a hot item among retail suppliers looking to meet 2005 deadlines set by WalMart Stores Inc. and Target ...

RFID Tracking: Radio Tags Help Track Missing Valuables, Spawn Odd Legends

From ABC News ... I've also written about the potential abuse of RFID technology and ways in which it can invade our privacy. Any technology can and ...

Mobile RFID: KPN, Rabobank investigating use of RFID

From DMeurope.com, Netherlands ... Mobile phone company KPN and Rabobank are the latest Dutch companies to investigate the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips to offer new ...

RFID Printer: USA: Avery Dennison Unveils 'Fastest' RFID Printer

From just-style.com, UK ... Apparel industry supplier Avery Dennison Printer Systems has introduced what it claims to be the fastest radio frequency identification (RFID) label printer on ...

Mobile RFID: Nokia to launch RFID tag-based phones

From Telecom Paper, Netherlands ... Nokia will begin shipments of phones featuring RFID tag reading functions on 1 July 2004. Integrating RFID technology into mobile ...

UHF RFID Chips: STMicroelectronics Launches UHF RFID Chip Fully Supporting ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Low-cost RFID IC for high volume 'electronic barcode' applications offers industry-standard 96-bit product code plus Lock and Kill commands GENEVA, June 18 ...

ST has developed a range of products for Smartcard IC-based ID cards including passports, national IDs and driving licences. Many National Health projects, including medical documentation systems, patient and professional cards are based upon our proven technology.

Walmart RFID: Wal-Mart expands wireless tags test

From Dallas Morning News, TX ... cut costs. This week, the world's largest retailer has been briefing its top 300 suppliers about its expansion plans for RFID. Six ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart promises RFID will benefit suppliers

From InfoWorld, CA ... WalMart wrapped up its three-day RFID event for suppliers this week in Springdale, Ark., with additional RFID product tag compliance dates for tier one and ...

RFID Readers: RFID News Roundup

From RFID Journal ... SIRIT Technologies, a Mississauga, Ontario-based provider of RFID reader technology, has introduced a multiprotocol UHF RFID reader module that supports a ...

SIRIT Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and sells Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Targeted at a diverse set of markets RFID technology has become a core technology for applications including: electronic toll collection, access control, cashless payment systems, product identification, and supply chain management applications including logistics, warehousing and manufacturing, and asset management.

SIRIT’s IDentity Flex Reader is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System which communicates with SIRIT’s IDentity Flex transponder family. The IDentity Flex system is mounted within a weather resistant NEMA 4X rated enclosure and is comprised of a RF Transceiver and a universal input voltage Power Supply.

The IDentity Flex transponder is a small transmitting device designed for vehicle identification. Each transponder contains an internal data register of 64 bits. The IDentity Flex transponder comes equipped with a standard replaceable 4-year coin cell battery. When longer life is required an additional battery can be added.

Defense RFID: Navy Revs Up RFID Sensors

From RFID Journal ... Nearly two years later, the Navy might have found an inexpensive way to monitor the condition of valuable spare parts in storage—an RFID sensor network. ...

RFID Privacy: Stop RFID in its tracks before we're all bugged

From Pioneer Press, MN ... can get a bead on the exact location of your underpants and where you bought them and how often you've taken them to the laundermat, if ever — thanks to RFID ...

China RFID: US, China drive support for 434MHz active tags

From UsingRFID.com, UK ... SRRC) are major milestones in advancing a global standard for real-time supply chain management and security using active RFID technologies, according to RFID ...

Symbol RFID: Symbol Technologies Announces Agreement to Acquire Trio Security

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... SEMM), and AirBEAM Safe that provide a foundation to help manage the complexity of future mobile technology deployments in the areas of RFID, VOIP, location ...

Walmart EPC: WalMart Expands Electronic Product Code Goals; Retailer Wraps Up ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... shipped to WalMart's Sanger, Texas, distribution center and then onward to seven local Supercenters with radio frequency identification, or RFID, tags attached ...

WalMart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) operates WalMart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and SAM'S CLUB locations in the United States. Internationally, the company operates in Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Argentina, and South Korea. The company's securities are listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges under the symbol WMT.

WalMart launched its initial implementation on April 30 in the North Texas area. Cases and pallets of 21 products from eight suppliers are being shipped to WalMart's Sanger, Texas, distribution center and then onward to seven local Supercenters with radio frequency identification, or RFID, tags attached. This technology allows retailers greater inventory visibility from supplier to distribution center to a store's backroom. WalMart initially announced its EPC initiative in June 2003. At the time, the company stated that the first phase of implementation would involve its top 100 suppliers tagging cases and pallets of products headed to three Dallas/Fort Worth area distribution centers by January 2005. Since then, an additional 37 suppliers have voluntarily asked to meet that same milestone.

Walmart RFID: WalMart Sets Inventory-Tracking Plans

From Washington Post, DC ... The world's biggest retailer has been among the most vocal proponents of radio frequency identification, or RFID, which supporters say will some day replace ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart Plowing Ahead with RFID

From BPM Today, CA ... By Kimberly Hill. WalMart intends to expand its RFID program in mid-2005 to three additional distribution centers that cover 100 more stores than the pilot. ...

Walmart EPC: WalMart Details EPC Rollout Plan

From RFID Journal ... June 17, 2004—WalMart met with its top 100 and "next 200" suppliers this week and spelled out in greater detail its plans for rolling out RFID technology. ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart adding suppliers to RFID tagging system

From Investor's Business Daily ... Commonly called RFID, the system is expected to complement and even replace the decades-old bar-code system that scans products for pricing and inventory. ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart Plowing Ahead with RFID

From BPM Today, CA ... By Kimberly Hill. WalMart intends to expand its RFID program in mid-2005 to three additional distribution centers that cover 100 more stores than the pilot. ...

Walmart RFID Privacy: Privacy Concerns Around RFID Continue To Generate Debate

From Information Week ... It reared its head again at an RFID forum this week hosted by the Information Technology Association of America. "When WalMart ...

RFID Electronics Applications: RF Monolithics Reports Third Quarter Financial Results; RFM ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... quarter. These sales reflect activity in several applications including automated meter reading, home automation, and RFID. -- Exceptionally ...

RFM has 200 employees, with sales offices located in California, Georgia, Minnesota, and Europe. RFM's principal administrative, sales, marketing, and research and development facilities are located in Dallas, Texas. The Company's manufacturing operations are divided into three key areas: wafer fabrication, domestic pilot line assembly, and offshore assembly. The wafer fabrication and domestic pilot line are also located in Dallas and the Company has contractual relationships with two manufacturers in the Philippines (Automated Technology (Phil.) Inc. and Cirtek Electronics Corporation), one manufacturer in Taiwan (Tai-Saw Technology Co., Ltd) and one manufacturer in Japan (Morioka Seiko Instruments, Inc., a division of Seiko Instruments, Inc.) for volume assembly of its products. RFM focuses on specific market opportunities where SAW technology solutions coupled with RF design expertise address current and emerging application requirements. Key markets include automotive, consumer, industrial, medical and telecommunications.

Retail RFID: NRF Senior Vice President Mallory Duncan to Speak at FTC RFID ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... is being issued by the National Retail Federation: WHAT: A presentation unveiling consumers' attitudes toward Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) with a ...

RFID is an important technology that is rapidly developing into a critical resource. Companies globally are adopting RFID in a wide range of applications, including inventory tracking, supply chain management, and wireless payment. WalMart is meeting today in Bentonville with suppliers subject to its January 2005 RFID tagging mandate. On Wednesday, WalMart is meeting with the next tier of 200 suppliers expected to tag with RFID by January 2006. While WalMart Stores insists its focus for radio frequency identification technology remains squarely on pallet- and case-level tagging, that doesn't mean it's not dabbling in item-level testing.

Walmart RFID: WalMart Outlines RFID Expansion Plans

From Information Week ... It met with its top 100-plus suppliers participating in the RFID project gathered in Bentonville, Ark., on Monday to provide an update on the January 2005 ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart adding suppliers to RFID tagging system

From Investor's Business Daily ... Commonly called RFID, the system is expected to complement and even replace the decades-old bar-code system that scans products for pricing and inventory. ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart Sets Inventory-Tracking Plans

From BizReport, United States ... The world's biggest retailer has been among the most vocal proponents of radio frequency identification, or RFID, which supporters say will some day replace ...

RFID Software: Sun unveils new Java-based RFID application

From UsingRFID.com, UK ... Sun Microsystems has released its new Sun Java System RFID Software. This standards-based software simplifies the integration of ...

Sun Java™ System RFID Software helps businesses improve asset visibility and ensure product safety and integrity across the supply chain by enabling real-time asset tracking. Companies today not only need to know where their assets are, they also need to share that information with their trading partners to deliver seamless, efficient, and secure business transactions. Java System RFID Software enables trading partners to track and trace items automatically throughout the supply chain. Java System RFID Software is based on industry standards, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC), Java™ and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) technology, and XML, to prevent vendor lock-in... Designed using Java and Jini™ technology for high availability and selfhealing failover of Radio frequency identification (RFID) services.

RFID Ink: RFID to get high-speed printed antennae

From UsingRFID.com (subscription), UK ... The printed electronics technology firm, Precisia LLC, has successfully produced fully functional RFID tags with high-speed printed antennas in a single process ...

Precisia LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flint Ink Corporation, the world's largest privately-owned ink manufacturer. Flint Ink operates nearly 100 facilities worldwide, employs approximately 4,600 people and has sales in excess of $1.4 billion USD worldwide. Precisia's unique product offerings include low-cost printed electronics and, specifically, radio frequency identification (RFID) antennas produced with conductive inks. Precisia successfully combines proprietary knowledge of conductive inks and their interaction with high-speed presses to produce high-volume RFID antennas, which reduces the overall cost of RFID tags when compared with traditional copper-antenna or screen printed antennas. This new breed of high-speed, low-cost tag has enormous potential for companies who are seeking to comply with the RFID requirements of retailers, such as WalMart, and government organizations, such as the Department of Defense, without sacrificing profit margins.

Walmart RFID: WalMart Expands RFID Plans

From InternetNews.com ... After meeting with its top 300 suppliers, the US's largest retailer, WalMart Stores, said it will expand its RFID roll-out faster than expected. ...

Walmart RFID: WalMart Expands RFID Plans

From InternetNews.com ... After meeting with its top 300 suppliers, the US's largest retailer, WalMart Stores, said it will expand its RFID roll-out faster than expected. ...

Thin RFID Technology: Ultra-Thin Printed Batteries for Active Packaging Design

From Dexigner, United States  ... with the thin battery technology firm, TBT, in a partnership to develop ultra-thin printed batteries that are flexible and powerful enough for RFID tags, smart ...

Active RFID: Bluesoft, Inc. Rebrands as AeroScout and Announces MobileView ...

From PR Newswire (press release)  ... and end users to take advantage of a wide range of visibility tools that utilize time difference of arrival (TDOA) location, presence and active RFID data to ...

AeroScout provides enterprise visibility solutions that bridge the gap between Wi-Fi, RFID and GPS. AeroScout enables standards-based location and presence-based applications for indoor and outdoor environments where real-time visibility of assets and people is required to drive revenues or cut costs.

The AeroScout suite of products provides Enterprise Visibility Solutions using standard Wi-Fi wireless networks as an infrastructure. AeroScout's patent-pending positioning technologies use the wireless infrastructure to locate any standard 802.1b/g mobile unit, such as laptops, PDAs, barcode scanners and RFID readers, in addition to battery-powered AeroScout Tags attached to people or any other assets and equipment. AeroScout's MobileView software provides the visibility tools for developers to create location-enabled applications.

RFID Sensors: Top Ports Choose VistaScape to Automate Wide Area Surveillance

From TMCnet  ... component of the platform, VistaScape is unique in that the platform incorporates other important sensor technologies such as radar, GPS, RFID, chemical and ...

VistaScape's Security Data Management System (SDMS) integrates the monitoring and management of disparate and distinct security hardware and software products into a single user interface and relational database. SDMS provides a wide area view of specified areas of interest. Based in Atlanta, Georgia - VistaScape Security Systems is changing the perspective and expectations of security solution users by replacing traditional human detection and error with consistent computer intelligence and analysis.

The ports and harbors of America are critical infrastructure nodes and commerce hubs. As such, they are likely targets for terrorism, theft, and other destructive criminal activities. To reduce overall threat exposure, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA), requiring ports and harbors to comply with increased security regulations by July 1, 2004. VistaScape Security Systems, the leading provider of policy-based video surveillance solutions, experienced in port and harbor security deployments, understands your challenge of securing a large perimeter without physical barriers. VistaScape's software technology provides proactive, comprehensive video surveillance while reducing human error and oversight.

EAS RFID: SenTech EAS Corporation Announces Entry Into Library Security ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... North American distributor of Lucatron (http://www.lucatron.com) disposable RF security labels for retail, library, source tagging and RFID for supply chain ...

RFID Trade Security: Over-boxing the answer to parallel trade risks?

From In Pharma, France ... The SMF notes this might require the use of fairly innovative technology such as radio frequency identification (RFID) to allow for the unique identification of ...

Food Industry RFID: KK Fine Foods installs Ross iRenaissance technology

From Food Production, Europe  ... Supermarkets on both sides of the Atlantic are introducing RFID technology, and those in the food production industry are beginning to be aware that they have ...

iRenaissance Solutions: To ensure the production and delivery of high-quality finished goods, manufacturers have to be able to effectively produce, manage and track goods, information and resources across the enterprise and supply chain while adhering to increasingly stringent quality standards. And success starts with effectively managing products and the manufacturing process. Access iRenaissance applications from a broad selection of devices including wireless and hand-held units. Initiatives to implement bar coding and RFID-enabled inventory control are fully supported by iRenaissance.

RFID Readers: Quatech Developing Complete Line of RFID Readers for Mobile and ...

From TMCnet  ... Quatech, Inc., a leading supplier of data connectivity solutions, announced its plans to develop a complete line of RFID readers for a variety of computing ...

Quatech's data connectivity product line includes a wide variety of interface adapters for desktop, laptop, thin client, and embedded systems. The central line consists of serial connectivity products providing multiple RS-232 and RS-422/485 ports via PCI, Universal PCI, CompactPCI, USB, Ethernet, PCMCIA, and ISA interfaces. Other products include synchronous serial cards, EPP parallel port cards and PCMCIA card drives. Quatech provides extensive OS support options, including Windows 9x/NT/Me/2k/XP, Windows CE, Linux, OS/2 and Solaris, to allow maximum flexibility for multi-platform systems.

RFID Technology: C-Chip Appoints VALPRO International Inc. as National Reseller ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA  ... to secure all types of boats and personal watercrafts, the Anchor is an innovative water resistant and moisture proof security device, based on RFID technology ...

C-Chip is a provider of wireless solutions enabling its users to control, manage and send instructions to targeted equipment and services from anywhere to virtually anywhere in the world. C-Chip™ is currently marketing a comprehensive offering to the automotive sector with solutions encompassing the credit and security management industry. The company intends to allocate increasingly greater resources to rollout security, credit and pay-per-use management solutions for the business machines, automotive and industrial equipment industries.

RFID and BI: SAS Tags RFID as Intelligence Opportunity

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... in business intelligence, is uniquely equipped to help companies organize, harness, analyze and understand radio frequency identification (RFID) data, as well ...

SAS is the world's leader in business analytics software, delivering the breakthrough technology you need to transform the way you do business. SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites – including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500® – to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know®. SAS Value Chain Analytics can help retailers and suppliers understand the effects of decisions, not only in the stores but also throughout their distribution channels back to post-production. Information ensures that managers have accurate information about true profitability and provides valuable insight for such things as RFID, CPFR, Factory Gate Pricing or True Landed Costs. Combined with the retail intelligence from SAS solutions, retailers can ensure that they are not only presenting the right product at the right place but delivering it in the right way.

RFID-Enabled Performance Management: Blue Agave Delivers Service Excellence with First, Ready-to-Run ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Ready-to-use and customized reports that leverage critical retailer data, including RFID and POS feeds on sales, inventory and pricing information, arm ...

Blue Agave develops and delivers Active Performance Management™ (APM), solutions which improve business performance through proactive resolution of immediate operating issues, nonstop performance measurement, and continuous improvement capabilities. APM solutions are designed specifically for consumer goods and electronics manufacturers who are facing ever-increasing pressure to not only increase their operating performance, but also exceed the demands of customers. These customers are the mass merchandisers who now, because of retail consolidation, dictate business terms, demanding higher fill rates, near-perfect on-time delivery and increased satisfaction.

Blue Agave's solutions extend the investments already made in ERP and other business systems, providing companies with the ability to significantly increase key operating results by leveraging the information available throughout the business to identify, understand and resolve problems before they impact customers and the bottom line. With APM, business problems are proactively identified and presented with actionable recommendations. Key performance measures are continuously monitored. Blue Agave's ActiveResponse applications deliver the continuous, consistent detection and resolution capabilities necessary for consumer goods suppliers to get ahead. ActiveResponse applications are uniquely designed to make sense of large volumes of constantly shifting data, leveraging all the information flowing within your business systems as well as RFID feeds and retailer-provided sales and inventory information from systems like Wal-Mart's RetailLink, LowesLink, and Kmart's Workbench.

RFID Middleware: ConnecTerra Rolls RFTagAware Compliance

From Wireless IQ (press release), NY ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—ConnecTerra, a supplier of RFID Middleware, today announced RFTagAware Compliance Jump Start, a turn-key software product designed to meet ...

ConnecTerra is a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software for device computing. ConnecTerra's products and technologies help to extend enterprise awareness to networked devices such as RFID readers, where companies are looking to tap into the wealth of data captured by these devices. ConnecTerra's device computing technologies provide the core communications, security, policy and device management services required to integrate devices into a wide range of applications. Building on these components, ConnecTerra's RFTagAware product targets the specific challenges of enterprise RF tag deployments, including tag data processing and reader management. Using RFTagAware, companies are able to get their initial RFID deployments up and producing results quickly, while knowing that the infrastructure can scale as the number of tagged items, readers and remote sites grow. ConnecTerra’s RFTagAware software provides comprehensive software infrastructure for developing and deploying RFID applications. RFTagAware is designed to solve two problems that arise in any enterprise-scale deployment of RFID technology: Data Filtering and Integration.

RFID Middleware: ConnecTerra Rolls RFTagAware Compliance

From Wireless IQ (press release), NY ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—ConnecTerra, a supplier of RFID Middleware, today announced RFTagAware Compliance Jump Start, a turn-key software product designed to meet ...

ConnecTerra is a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software for device computing. ConnecTerra's products and technologies help to extend enterprise awareness to networked devices such as RFID readers, where companies are looking to tap into the wealth of data captured by these devices. ConnecTerra's device computing technologies provide the core communications, security, policy and device management services required to integrate devices into a wide range of applications. Building on these components, ConnecTerra's RFTagAware product targets the specific challenges of enterprise RF tag deployments, including tag data processing and reader management. Using RFTagAware, companies are able to get their initial RFID deployments up and producing results quickly, while knowing that the infrastructure can scale as the number of tagged items, readers and remote sites grow. ConnecTerra’s RFTagAware software provides comprehensive software infrastructure for developing and deploying RFID applications. RFTagAware is designed to solve two problems that arise in any enterprise-scale deployment of RFID technology: Data Filtering and Integration.

M2M RFID: iAnywhere Demonstrates Strong Customer Commitment to XcelleNet ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... XcelleNet M2M and RFID solutions provide a framework that gives visibility to remote operational data currently trapped within silos of monitoring and control ...

XcelleNet Frontline Management software solutions go beyond traditional systems management to focus on the success of people, such as salespeople, retail workers and service technicians, and their use of technology. Frontline Management includes Frontline Systems Management, Frontline Security Management and M2M & RFID. XcelleNet M2M and RFID solutions provide a real-time framework that gives visibility to remote operational data currently trapped within “silos” of monitoring and control in the field. The power of XcelleNet’s framework is that it is distributed at the “edge” of the enterprise, rather than the back-end, where it can immediately drive behavior and decisions.

DoD RFID: RFID System from AXCESS International, Inc. Excels in DoD Test of ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... (OTC Bulletin Board: AXSI), a leading provider of RFID systems for physical security and supply chain management, today disclosed that in a test conducted at a ...

AXCESS Inc. (OTCBB:AXSI) provides RFID (radio frequency identification) systems for physical security and supply chain efficiencies. The battery-powered (active) tags locate, track, monitor, count and protect people, assets, inventory and vehicles. AXCESS' Active RFID solutions are supported by its integrated network-based, streaming digital video (or IPTV) technology. Both patented technologies enable applications including: automatic "hands-free" personnel access control, automatic vehicle access control, automatic electronic asset management, and network-based security surveillance. AXCESS is a partner of Amphion Capital Partners LLC. The ActiveTag™ product family includes an array of Vehicle & Equipment Tags designed for operation in a variety of applications and environments. The standard Vehicle Tag is a thin profile tag that can be mounted in the vehicle or carried by the driver for automatic, hands-free access control or vehicle identification/tracking applications. Both the Harsh Environment Vehicle Tag and the Metal Mount Equipment Tag are designed to operate under rugged conditions, at extreme temperatures. All Tags support high-speed reads of 20 mph or more in mobile applications such as vehicle access control (residential and commercial gates), equipment tracking, warehouse/logisitics and fleet management.

RFID Supply Chain Execution: Northern Tool & Equipment Company Selects Manhattan Associates' ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... transportation, distributed order management, reverse logistics and trading partner management applications, as well as its RFID, performance management and ...

RFID Sensor Networks: Next Frontier for Wireless Sensor Networks

From TechNewsWorld ... These networks can use several different wireless technologies, including IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, Bluetooth and radio frequency identification (RFID). ...

Intermec RFID: Radley Corporation Named Intermec RFID Authorized Partner

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... today announced that Radley Corp., an Intermec Honors Partner, has been named an Intermec RFID Authorized Partner. Radley will work ...

China RFID: China plays catch-up on tag tech

From The Standard, Hong Kong ... China may leap ahead of Hong Kong in the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, by using the speck-like chip to boost efficiency in supply ...

RFID Challenges: Integrators see opportunities, challenges for RFID

From Washington Technology, VA ... Panel members agreed that RFID technology itself will not be the primary obstacle to adopting the systems that automatically track supplies, shipping ...

Boeing Aviation RFID: RFID Flies High With Airplane Makers

From Information Week ... The RFID tags, which emit high-frequency signals that remote readers can detect, are being tested by companies from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ...

Mobile RFID: Japanese testing 4G mobile services

From Gizmo, Australia ... At the Roppongi Hills shopping complex in Tokyo Japan, a trial service began in November, 2003 for i-mode users possessing an RFID tag (a small radio ...

Library RFID: London Borough of Sutton Chooses 3M and Sirsi

From Managing Information, UK ... We demanded the best RFID self-service and security, with innovative library management systems and I am confident that 3M and Sirsi will be a winning ...

Sirsi has long been a trusted technology partner with libraries and librarians, providing the market's most complete library management system... Library management system is a complete system for automating and administering all of a library's technical and public services functions. Sirsi offers stable, mature client/server integrated library system (ILS) technology for all types and sizes of libraries. These systems feature comprehensive ILS functionality, with modules for all public and technical services; industry-standard, scalable relational database management systems; well-defined application programming interfaces; an intuitive GUI across all modules; and a strong platform for adding new functionality to existing modules and plugging entirely new modules and clients directly into the server. Sirsi's ILS technology is also available through a convenient, cost-effective ASP service. Sirsi’s systems for public access to the library and other library-caliber resources – the iBistro and iLink Electronic Library products – offer styles and presentation features that comply with standards set forth in Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act. These features accommodate the special needs of the disabled in keeping with objectives set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

RFID Benefits: RFID can save your company millions

From ic Birmingham.co.uk, UK ... The significant benefits of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) will be explained on Thursdayat a special breakfast seminar hosted by professional services ...

RFID Technology: NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. Signs Exclusive Marketing Agreement ...

From TMCnet ... NanoPierce plans to create a new wholly owned subsidiary, EXYPNOTECH, LLC to market and sell RFID (radio frequency identification) components manufactured by ...

NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., of Denver Colorado, USA, is traded on the Nasdaq stock market (OTC: BB: NPCT) as well as on the Frankfurt and Hamburg exchanges (OTC: NPI). In addition to the patents it owns, NanoPierce Technologies has numerous applications pending, others in preparation, and various intellectual properties related to NanoPierce Technologies' NCS™ (NanoPierce Connection System). This advanced system is designed to provide significant improvement over conventional electrical and mechanical interconnection methods for high-density circuit boards, components, sockets, connectors, semiconductor packaging and electronic systems.

SAP RFID: Psion Teklogix First to Receive SAP AID-RH Certification

From TMCnet ... Psion Teklogix (LSE:PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, including RFID technology, today announced it is ...

Psion Teklogix Inc. is a global provider of solutions that enable enterprises to mobilize their business applications. For over three decades, companies around the world from a broad range of industries have turned to Psion Teklogix and our partners for our expertise in providing mobile computing solutions that deliver real benefit to their business operations. Our solutions empower mobile workforces by increasing efficiency and productivity—critical elements for business growth, profitability and competitiveness. Psion Teklogix is a reliable source for responding to these customer needs, providing them with fully integrated mobile computing solutions that include rugged hardware, secure wireless networks, robust software, professional services and exceptional support programs. Psion Teklogix (LSE:PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, including RFID technology, today announced it is the first SAP Software Partner to complete the SAP Auto-ID Reader Hardware (AID-RH) certification for SAP(R) solutions for mobile business. Psion Teklogix can work with SAP customers to deploy RFID-enabled mobile computing solutions that seamlessly integrate with SAP Mobile Infrastructure. Customers can now leverage RFID data with the SAP solutions to drive real-time business processes and enable faster and smarter business decisions. Psion Teklogix' focus on SAP business applications has established us as an industry leader in wireless data collection for customers with the mySAP.com™ e-business platform. We have proven our ability to seamlessly integrate with mySAP.com™ business applications. Since 1997, this focus has resulted in developing best of breed solutions to deliver the full functionality of SAP R/3 and mySAP.com™ to mobile workforces throughout the enterprise. TekRF forms the basis of wireless integration systems that extend complete barcode-ready, data collection functionality to mobile workforces of the SAP Logistics Execution System (SAP LES™), mySAP SCM™ and mySAP CRM™ solutions. Deploying TekRF interface software and a wide array of mobile computing devices, allows seamless connectivity of wireless LAN, WAN, and printing technologies to dramatically increase SAP® information access. TekRF systems also incorporate browser technologies that allow SAP® transactions to work with web-enabled appliances.

RFID Standards: Global RFID standards finalised

From ComputerWeekly.com, UK ... Radio frequency identification (RFID) standards group EPCglobal has finalised its first global standards, promising to help speed companies' adoption of RFID ...

Animal RFID: Companies race to develop animal ID technology

From Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman, IA  ... The livestock industry has come to an early agreement that radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags are the most practical and cost-effective technology ...

Capital National Animal Identification Development Team: The goal of the Capital National Animal Identification Development Team is to ensure that when a highly infectious animal disease is spotted the infected animal's whereabouts can be traced back at least 48 hours. The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) facilitates this effort among industry, state, and federal entities focused on “safeguarding animal agriculture by protecting American animal agriculture.”

Drug RFID: First Drug Wholesaler, HD Smith, to Implement Matrics' EPC RFID...

From Yahoo News (press release)  ... wholesaler, and Matrics Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of EPC-compliant Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, today announced ...

Matrics provides EPC compliant RFID systems for retail, CPG, defense, transportation and other vertical markets. Matrics' commitment is to customer success which is measured by increased asset visibility and an easy route to compliance. RFID technology offers viable solutions to these serious problems and is revolutionizing the way companies in the healthcare industry are doing business. Recent FDA recommendations promoting the use of RFID technology, coupled with numerous retailer mandates requiring its utilization, is propelling RFID use to the next level. Businesses around the world are turning to this flexible, highly effective technology to ensure a safe and secure supply chain, facilitate recall processes, and control costs.

RFID Technology: Progress Software Corporation Focuses on Service-Oriented ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA  ... A panel discussion on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), moderated by InformationWeek magazine's Senior Editor Rick Whiting, will focus on how mid-market ...

Progress Software Corporation, its companies, and their research and business development center, provide and actively pursue innovative technologies and new business opportunities that enable businesses worldwide to make an effective transition to true e-business environments. Progress with its OpenEdge Business Platform and more than 2,000 global Application Partners provide business applications that precisely fit customer needs and deliver real competitive advantage. ObjectStore's real-time event engine aims to support RFID in three ways: by providing real-time in-memory database (REID), through EPC code support, and RFID Savant Interfaces. ObjectStore's Real Time Event Engine is a high-performance application solution for the real-time capture, organization and simultaneous query of streaming event data. The Event Engine combines extreme scalability with a flexible "Cache-Forward"™ architecture to support real-time analysis on streaming event data in distributed environments, without impacting capture or query speeds.

Zebra Technologies Begins Shipping First High Performance RFID...

From Yahoo News (press release)  ... on-demand printing solutions for business and process improvement, and a pioneer in the targeted adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) for global ...

Zebra R110XiIIIPlus: R110XiIIIPlus™ features an integrated RFID reader/encoder for UHF Class 0 Matrics ® EPC-compatible tags and Matrics’ Class 0+ read/write tags with all the features and functionality of the Zebra 110XiIIIPlus printer.

RFID Smart Cards: Smart Card Alliance Adds 21 Members; Security Fastest Growing ...

From PR Newswire (press release)  ... services. -- ASK, http://www.ask.fr, manufactures contactless microprocessor smart cards, paper tickets and RFID smart paper labels. ...

The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for profit, multi-industry association working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology. Our membership includes leading companies in the banking, financial services, computer, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, retail, and entertainment industries, as well as a number of government agencies. The convergence of these major industry players is unprecedented and represents a shared vision and commitment to providing an interoperable platform for the delivery of a new generation of products and services based on smart card technology. The Alliance was created when the industry’s key organizations, the Smart Card Industry Association and the Smart Card Forum, joined forces in early 2001. The newly combined membership brings together leading users and technologists from both the public and private sectors. Membership is open to anyone focusing resources and energy on the utilization of smart card technology.

EPC RFID: EPCglobal Community Marks Significant Milestone with the ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA  ... EPCglobal Community Marks Significant Milestone with the Completion of First Generation Standards for EPC Technologies...

... These standards harness the power of radio frequency identification (RFID) to provide an onramp to the EPCglobal Network, a system of technologies to enable ...

EPCglobal Inc., a joint venture between EAN International and the UCC, is a not-for-profit organization entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification of information in the supply chain of any company, anywhere in the world. The EPCglobal Network combines radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, existing communications network infrastructure, and the Electronic Product Code (a number for uniquely identifying an item) to enable accurate, cost-efficient visibility of information in the supply chain.

RFID TECHNOLOGY DISPLAY AT COBO: Sensors growing in auto, medical, ...

From Detroit Free Press, MI  ...RFID is the generic term for technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify individual items. There are several methods ...

RFID Forum: Computers/Electronics News

From PR Newswire (press release)  ... WASHINGTON, June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ADVISORY/MEDIA ALERT: RSA Security CEO Art Coviello to Deliver Keynote at ITAA RFID Forum and Participate in BSA ...

The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) has invited ArtCoviello, president and CEO of RSA Security, to deliver the opening keynoteaddress on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) business and policy...

RFID Printers: Digital Imaging's Winners And Losers

From Forbes  ... On June 7, the company unveiled its new SmartLine printers, which make labels with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that track retail inventory ...

RFID Solutions: Multimedia/Internet News

From PR Newswire (press release) ... including its 3PL service business and its supply chain solution business, by establishing a strong presence in China and implementing RFID solutions. ...

Manhattan Associates, Inc., is the global leader in providing supply chainexecution and optimization solutions. It enables operational excellencethrough its warehouse, transportation, distributed order management, reverselogistics and trading partner management applications, as well as its RFID,performance management and event management capabilities. These IntegratedLogistics Solutions leverage state-of-the-art technologies, innovativepractices and our domain expertise to enhance performance, profitability andcompetitive advantage. Manhattan Associates has licensed more than 900customers representing more than 1,600 facilities worldwide, which includesome of the world's leading manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

Automotive RFID: Increased Safety via Radio Frequency ID?

From MotorTrend Magazine ... is to reduce cost and complexity within the automotive supply chain, has developed a standard for the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags inside ...

Boeing RFID: Boeing Outlines Tagging Timetable

From RFID Journal ... June 14, 2004—Adamant that they will not issue an RFID mandate to their suppliers, US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and its main European rival, Airbus, have ...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] is sponsoring a series of symposiums worldwide to build consensus about standards for utilizing Global Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology on commercial airplanes. Boeing and Airbus are collaborating on this effort. They've agreed to require Air Transport Association (ATA) SPEC 2000 automated identification and data capture guidelines and to jointly host the sessions. The forums are June 8-9 in Atlanta, August 10-11 in Hong Kong, and October 19-20 in Munich. Participants will include airlines, aviation suppliers, regulatory agencies and third-party maintenance providers. The events will offer detailed background information on recently completed in-service evaluations of RFID technology and will address industry concerns such as interference, certification, and standards.

Gain valuable insight into how RFID Part Identification & Tracking is transforming aviation transportation operations worldwide. To provide leadership in advancing part marking and automated data collection standardization, AIRBUS and BOEING have agreed to collaborate on developing common part marking and automated data collection requirements, beginning with bar code technology and moving towards implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Both Airbus and Boeing have agreed to require Air Transport Association (ATA) SPEC 2000 automated identification and data capture guidelines as a standard commercial practice. To help inform, educate and unite the aviation and aerospace industries as we move towards RFID implementation, BOEING and AIRBUS are co-hosting this "must-attend" informational Forum. The essentials of the RFID initiative are revealed through groundbreaking seminars and presentations led by aviation industry leaders...