Quick! What's the biggest market for RFID in 2005? RFID for supply chain applications, such as to meet Wal-Mart and DOD mandates? Not even close. The Smart Labels Analyst reports that RFID cards...
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When large companies see a good thing in small companies in their industry, what happens? Today partnerships...tomorrow acquisitions. That's the conclusion of ABI Research. Recently it noted the...
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In 2005 the global market for RFID will be US$1.94 Billion. Added demand will increase the market size to US$26.90 Billion in 2015. That's according to a new research report by IDTechEx. The...
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Two interesting articles in InformationWeek suggest we are still early in the RFID adoption cycle and companies are still not spending much money on the technology -- yet. The first article cites a...
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U. S. government spending on RFID is expected to grow 120 percent over the next 5 years (by fiscal year 2009). That's according to market research firm INPUT. The biggest impediment? Handling all...
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Research firm IDC has made 10 predictions for information technology in manufacturing during 2005, according to Vice President Bob Parker. Among the predictions is this one: Lean Sigma enterprise...
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John Soat, Editor of InformationWeek (qualify for a free subscription here), recently spoke at an RFID seminar that I was involved in. He has been kind enough to give me permission to post the...
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There have been countless news stories about RFID implementations in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China and India -- even Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. Now comes this report from AMEInfo...
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TrenStar, a provider of RFID tracking systems for containers and other mobile assets, just closed US$30 Million in funding. Technology Investment Capital Corp. provided this second round funding.......
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If you think RFID will make waves in the United States, Europe and Japan, it's barely a ripple compared to the expected use of RFID in china. Asia Times reports that China, the factory to the...
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Looking to make a splash with RFID influencers? The influential Information Technology Association of America is planning to publish a book on RFID and is looking for articles to be included. Scanning...
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From vnunet.com comes a report that RFID is driving sales of supply chain management systems. Companies had been cautious about investing in supply chain solutions. But RFID seems to have...
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This article says New Zealand is lagging behind in RFID. Exporters will probably be among the first to adopt it, if they are required to by customers such as Wal-Mart. Sounds like New Zealand is...
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While the West is all agog with Wal-Mart, Metro, Tesco and the U.S. Department of Defense implementing RFID, China appears to be moving in its own separate direction. Many fear China is setting...
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Forrester Research has an interesting background report on RFID. In it I found this chart showing some of the varied uses of RFID: Copyright � 2004, Forrester Research, Inc.......
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This piece by Will Cappelli of the Meta Group caught my eye because he is one of the few voices suggesting that investment in RFID will actually drop during 2005. He points to three factors standing...
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The Yankee Group just released a report estimating that the RFID market opportunity will reach $4.2 Billion (USD) in 2008. That $4.2 Billion will cover a variety of different types of technology and...
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