Diverging slightly from its roots as a custom RFID vendor, OATSystems delivers a packaged offering for RFID-based asset tracking of work in process.
The goal of the RFID Consortium is to offer a convenient and cost-efficient patent-management system whereby all essential RFID patents owned by consortium members will be made available to interested parties with a single license.
RFID tag and reader maker cites poor capital market conditions as it pulls $120 million stock offering; company will instead seek private funding.
Auto-ID company claims Alien's Gen-2 RFID readers and tags infringe on 10 of Intermec's patents.
Software giant plans to upgrade BizTalk Server product to allow transactional data generated by radio frequency identification and electronic data interchange environments to integrate with enterprise applications.
RFID supplier has filed for an IPO of approximately $120 million of common stock.
Maturing market looks beyond compliance to integration for return on investment, if the recent RFID World conference is any indication.
The drumbeat of offshore outsourcing is echoing loudly across the U.S., prompting many regions to dangle tax incentives, educational grants and lifestyle advantages in front of manufacturers as a way to attract new business that will stimulate local economies and put more people back to work.
New products, partnerships and services announced at this week's EPCglobal conference should help enable manufacturing companies to begin transitioning to a more robust and interoperable standard for deploying RFID technology.
EPCglobal Hardware Certification Mark unveiled for compliance with Generation 2 Standard; intellectual property patent protection and skills certification programs also move forward.