Yes Bank Uses RFID to Personalize Service
Yes Bank Uses RFID to Personalize Service The Indian bank is issuing RFID-enabled cards to wealthy clients so they can be recognized and promptly served when they enter its branches. DOD Awards Passive RFID Contract to Six Vendors ... at RFID Journal LIVE! Europe › Zoomius Takes Motorsports Timing on a New Course › DOD [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 17:47:16
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Motorola Tops Newest RFID Reader Vendor Rankings
Analyst firm ABI Research produced its first ranking of passive UHF RFID reader vendors. Motorola was the overall highest-rated manufacturer, with Impinj leading in innovation and Alien Technology taking the top spot for implementations. ABI said it was impressed with the strength [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 18:48:56
RFID Moving Into the Data Center
IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations ... and revenues. RFID vendors and systems integrators are offering a range of products from specialized ... . This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 19:45:30
Pacer
What is faith? Faith is speaking and believing. Dad… I know that FYP will be good.. but why the hell do I have such a mountain in the beginning of my project… Where are all the vendors in Singapore selling RFID? Its frustrating really… REALLY Frustrating… Is RFID so unknown? We’re [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 04:32:39
RFID in California
Let me preface this by stating I am not a lawyer. I don't live in California ... the RFID vendors to implement technology to prevent unauthorized, unencrypted reading of data from RFID ... to read RFID without the possessor's prior consent and approval. This raises some very interesting [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 18:12:25
US DOD issue an RFP for Active RFID
Simon Holloway By: Simon Holloway, Practice Leader - Process Management & RFID, Bloor Research Posted: ... a RFI to Active RFID equipment vendors that operated at 433.92 MHz and are compliant with the ISO ... , humidity, shock and tampering. To create active RFID systems that comply with the department's [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 08:00:00
MasterCard Strengthens Its Mobile Services
The company is offering the ability to provision a customer’s PayPass account over the air, ... around the world. It’s still a growing field, and RFID vendor Sirit predicts that up to one-third [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 17:13:11
IT Spending In Our Economy
“I was recently asked to comment on the impact of the struggling economy on my (Healthcare Industry) IT spending.” Says John D. Halamka, MD, MS ... had the pleasure of listening to keynote speaker Dr. Halamka at an RFID Conference. Dr. Halamka is a well ... (s). Your vendor should be taking a look at the complete process, not just individual parts. Systems [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 13:18:54
DOD Awards Passive RFID Contract to Six Vendors
The contracts have the potential to provide the military with $75.5 million worth of products and services during the next six years. Go to Full Article [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 17:10:11
Doug Farry to Speak at Biotech Supply Chain Academy (BioSCA)
Doug Farry, chair of the firm's RFID practice, will moderate the panel, ... on the Biotechnology Supply Chain RFID Opportunities for Biotech Applications Collaborative Demand Planning, Rapid Replenishment & Vendor Management Inventory (VMI) Systems Human Resource [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 15:21:47
Guy in Mumbai
These are some photographs from a recent trip to Mumbai, India. This is one intense city with a population of approximately thirteen million people ... . Mumbai200811.jpg Vendors selling flowers and food along the path. Mumbai200813.jpg ... tell, there was no RFID or barcode system. Mumbai200816.jpg Mumbai200817.jpg [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 19:17:04
Singularity - A UK BPM vendor success story
Simon Holloway By: Simon Holloway, Practice Leader - Process Management & RFID, Bloor Research Posted: 16th September 2008 Copyright Bloor Research © 2008 Logo for Bloor Research [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 05:00:00
MEDITEL- 2008
The Medical computer society of India (MCSI) leads in organizing an International conference-MEDITEL2008(www.meditel2008.com) ... , healthcare educators and researchers, health administrators, health technologists and IT vendors The event will feature use of ICT for medical education, touch-screen patient information facilities, RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 11:43:20
Location + Business Intelligence = Business Value
Here are several excerpts from an informative article by Jessica Tsai, Editorial Assistant for CRM Magazine, Locating Intelligence: ... (RFID) or the global positioning system (GPS). In addition, an individual’s location ... this past June. Previously, the two vendors supported a partnership that allowed customers [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 14:46:09
The Tornado Plus encrypted USB drive: Good idea, bad design
Not all encrypted drives are actually safe repositories for sensitive information — even if a bunch of Internet articles point consumers and businesses in their direction. Here is just one example. ——————————————————————————————————————- Usually, I restrict my product reviews to solutions that I like. Solutions that I’m excited about [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 11:00:05
Whence the universal tag?
With another E-metrics Summit over (sans me, sadly), it’s clear that interest in web analytics and online measurement remains high, even ( ... analytics continue to merge and overlap, one urgent question remains unanswered: what are we going ... now – ad servers and web analytics products still collect their data entirely separately, leading [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 22:22:23
December 19 SOA News
Give It Time: An SOA Lesson from My Great-GrandmotherIT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA It wasn't well-received on the SOA Yahoo Group, ... , and other consulting solutions have already helped a wide range of government agencies ...SOA World ... , including the introduction of RFID tags for tracking toy production, and sophisticated ... Harvard [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:58:00
RFID needs to get real
Blue and Purple RFID Tag (midnightcomm via Flickr) RFID World 2008. Several days of discussion panels, demonstrations and hands-on workshops ... object to place in their vehicle. The system employs RFID readers in toll lanes which read the unique tag ... killer app” for RFID Systems, I am surprised that there seems to be no coherent focus on demand chain [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 21:31:09
RFID needs to get real
Blue and Purple RFID Tag (midnightcomm via Flickr) RFID World 2008. Several days of discussion panels, demonstrations and hands-on workshops ... object to place in their vehicle. The system employs RFID readers in toll lanes which read the unique tag ... killer app” for RFID Systems, I am surprised that there seems to be no coherent focus on demand chain [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 17:19:15
How New Technology Can Change the Customer's Decision Maker
Hello, Brad Jarvis signing on again to continue our discussion on the impact disruptive technology can have on your sales channel ... that Radio Frequency is absorbed by liquid, but reflected by metal. I am sure you can imagine way ... in the market. We found with RFID that our customers (consumer packaged goods companies) were being [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 21:03:43
Insecure by design
Despite the availability of robust and secure solutions, organizations persist in implementing insecure design in a bid to save on cost ... Nate Lawson was concerned about the privacy implications of the popular RFID-based FasTrak toll tags ... of the card is kept in backend servers, this in fact exacerbates the plight of victims. Hackers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 09:00:36
Christmas Spirit
Christmas time appears to be here in Austin. I went to ride my bike yesterday morning out west of the city, on 360 ... . Loop 360 is populated by Christmas tree vendors right now. There was even a group of folks ... themed pictures on each page look remarkable. I can’t say I’m too ecstatic about the RFID chip [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:58:30
News 10/17/08
From Jaitar: "Re: McCain. What’s with McCain repeatedly saying he wants to put medical records ‘online?’ Maybe he should also say he wants to put our financial histories online. He should get this straight - I’m not sure he is doing us any favors given the privacy hawks out there who leverage any public sentiment to slow down information exchange [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 02:11:00
News 12/5/08
From Cheryl: "Re: low-cost IT projects. I have been starving to hear stories like these! Leonard and Larry shared common problems, not hospital-specific issues. I am always on the lookout for how others are doing things better, especially solutions that can become best practices [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 02:51:20
News 10/29/08
From Houndoggie: “Re: UCI. The Eclipsys install got pushed again at UC-Irvine Med Center and the first casualty was Joy Grosser, long-time CIO. No word yet on what is going to happen. Jim Murry was brought back in the interim spot.” Unverified. I’m happy to run either confirmation or correction, whichever is appropriate [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 01:06:43
Increase Your Sales and Cut Costs by using Barcode Tracking
How do you compete more effectively in global markets? With increased efficiencies and cost savings… By Peter Green - BellHawk Systems Corporation ... money are: By saving them money on the receiving dock. They put a barcode or RFID label on each ... applying all the barcode labels and RFID tags that your customer needs for their internal tracking [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 12:49:46
Is Your Bar Code Process Working Efficiently?
How are you to find out the answers and know you are operating at peak efficiency? When your boss asks, do you know? ... , inventory management, asset tracking, work in process and compliance labeling. Well planned bar ... and labeling system. Why? New technologies are available, better labeling materials. improvements in printing [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 20:54:56
The Pursuit Of Efficiency: Automation In Health Care
The Pursuit Of Efficiency: Automation In Health Care Everyone is talking about “living green” – taking whatever steps we can as individuals to ... to the EMR, RFID, CPOE, or to any of the hot-topic technologies we always read ... , data accuracy and overall cost savings. Let’s take a look at the areas in a hospital where automation [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 20:15:05
Biometrics
ABSTRACT Biometric identification refers to identifying an individual based on his/her distinguishing physiological and/or behavioural characteristics. As these characteristics are distinctive to each and every person, biometric identification is more reliable and capable than the traditional token based and knowledge based technologies [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 10:22:09
LS09: Blogger's Lounge Update
Sorry to everyone that has been hanging on, I can now fill in the gaps ... were discussed and various promotional vendors were invited to assist.Our intention is to host ... will once again play a large part for most of us in Orlando trying to find another. Perhaps the RFID tags [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 18:07:00
Your Antivirus Can Be A Door For Hackers
/India PRwire/ - iViZ, an information security company that offers "Green Cloud Security", the world's only on-demand penetration testing for applications, networks and compliance, has announced that it has discovered new classes of vulnerabilities in many popular commercial and open source antivirus software [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 10:02:14
Media Centers: Alternative, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Solutions - A FLOSS Comparison
Looking for an open-source alternative to proprietary media center solutions from big brand names like Microsoft and Apple? Tired of buying into their own closed and proprietary business strategies? Here is a report showcasing you all of the alternative open-source media centers available out there. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 09:30:00
DOD Needs to Enforce Its Own RFID Mandate, Says Inspector General
DOD Needs to Enforce Its Own RFID Mandate, Says Inspector General Many suppliers and contracting officers are failing to comply with the U.S ... Holographic RFID Labels › RFID News Roundup › Google India Uses RFID to Locate ... . Defense Department's directive for applying passive RFID tags to certain shipments, according [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 20:03:29
Your Antivirus Can Be A Door For Hackers
iViZ, an information security company that offers "Green Cloud Security", the world's only on-demand penetration testing for applications, networks and compliance, has announced that it has discovered new classes of vulnerabilities in many popular commercial and open source antivirus software [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 13:49:00
SecTor - Day 1
I debated what to write here, and if I would present the positive or negative points but I figured the only fair way was to describe both, so without further ado, I present SecTor Day 1 - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. I figured I'd describe my day from start to fishing, instead of breaking it up by what I did or didn't enjoy [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 03:05:15
Notes from CCC 2008
While attending CCC 2008, I was making notes, as usual (see DIMVA, DeepSec) ... the data Security Failures in Smart Card Payment systems UK process: card reports account #, … ... for a fall-back transaction with a cloned card = PIN entry device should be temper-proof, are certified [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:17:17
My Labels
The pic is of a boy fishing in a canal. The text below is my entire collection of blog labels. (This ought to be interesting to see what kind of blog hits that this entry gets. Everything is an experiment, but this is a real eye-glazer for most readers.)All Labels:$5 cheeseburger 177 passengers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 02:33:00
A peek into the future of innovation
Last Thursday, Alcatel Lucent was holding its Innovation Days 2008 in Paris ... ), communications, data speed and quality (bytes) and services. The environment that I was most interested ... is: which are the services that are going to drive the demand for next-generation access. They did [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:51:06
A peek into the future of innovation
Last Thursday, Alcatel Lucent was holding its Innovation Days 2008 in Paris ... ), communications, data speed and quality (bytes) and services. The environment that I was most interested ... is: which are the services that are going to drive the demand for next-generation access. They did [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:54:51
Smart Card Alliance Identity Council Raises Awareness of Security and Privacy in Government and Enterprise Identity Initiatives
Announces new officers and steering committee, upcoming projects PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J ... . These benefits were outlined in the white paper, Smart Card Technology: The Right Choice for REAL ID ... paper, The Consequences to Citizen Privacy and National Security in Adopting RFID Technology for Border [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 18:16:00
Taiwanese Agency Tests a Broad Range of RFID Uses
Taiwanese Agency Tests a Broad Range of RFID Uses The Initiative Office for Government RFID Applications is presently studying RFID's ability to ... of mangos and the injection of medication. RFID News Roundup GE Healthcare buys RTLS vendor Agility ... compliance is still primary driver for RFID adoption. SUBSCRIBE [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 00:55:50
News 10/24/08
From rbsavage3: "Re: HealthVault. Microsoft scores with Aetna e-records pact. As a member of Aetna and an employee of a large hospital system, I’m not sure I like this. I wonder what the community thinks." Link. The deal connects Aetna’s PHR to HealthVault and adds a connection in the other direction next year [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 02:13:07
News 10/31/08
From JoJo: "Re: Frost & Sullivan’s HIT senior analysts/consultants. They appear to have lost them all. After years of being able to offer different content and provide strong insight (we used them for advisory for a new product introduction and emerging technology information) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 01:27:49
Alien Technology Closes $38 Million in Funding
Alien Technology Closes $38 Million in Funding The RFID tag and reader vendor says its investors were heartened by the company's product revenue, ... Holographic RFID Labels › RFID News Roundup › Google India Uses RFID to Locate Shared ... RTLS at EPC Connection 2008 The company, a startup with a revolutionary approach to RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 10:17:13
CompTIA IT Professional Access - November 2008
Trouble viewing this mail? Click here to read it online November 2008 1. Patrick Stamps Shares His IT Experiences 2. Linux Experts Needed for December Workshop 3. Expert Opinions Needed to Review CompTIA A+ Objectives 4. Feedback on CompTIA Linux+ Needed Immediately 5. Find Us on Facebook 6. CompTIA RFID+ 15 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 10:11:00
The Flavors of Las Vegas in 55 Hours
I've written about Las Vegas on several occasions, largely around trips to this glittery city for industry conventions. I just came back from BlogWorldExpo, which reminded me a bit like Comdex meets SXSW but for the blogosphere. Held at the Convention Center's south hall, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 19:46:00
Interview with Bryce Harrington: Ubuntu Xorg Maintainer
For the second installment in my Ubuntu Developer Interview series, we have Bryce Harrington, Ubuntu’s Xorg Maintainer. Bryce gives us some valuable insight into one of the most complex and important areas of a modern Desktop Linux Distribution. How long have you been maintaining Xorg for Ubuntu? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 04:19:53
The State of the CEP
Another year has passed in the world of Complex Event Processing and everything looks great, or does it? The CEP Market I have followed the CEP business for a while now. In 2001, the early days of CEP, when we started with ruleCore there were basically nothing called CEP [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 10:30:36
Why The Software As A Service Business Model Makes Sense For e-Commerce
Why The Software As A Service Business Model Makes Sense For... Software as a service (SaaS) ... To Mobility Leading Domestic Logistics Provider SingPost Streamlines Express ... Do You Know Where Your Assets Are? Maximizing ROI With RFID... HDNL Adopts Intermec CN3 Technology To Improve Productivity [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 10:17:47
Nordstrom Online Sales Soar 15 Percent
Nordstrom Online Sales Soar 15 Percent In an overall down market where the 150-store Nordstrom chain is seeing a 4 ... year. Shelf Stock Monitoring Dubbed RFID's First "Strong Business Case" After years of trials with only the rarest evidence of CFO-friendly RFID ROI, shelf stock monitoring is quickly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 04:35:45
