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RFID Scanlines contains short pieces of news, analysis and opinions on RFID. Some of this will not be completely thought out but instead I hope you will add value to my off-the-wall thoughts. It won't always be regular but please feel free to contribute to the debate. May the ping be with you!
US DOD issue an RFP for Active RFID
Just picked up this from an article in the RFID Journal on August 26th 2008. Mary Catherine O'Connor reported that nearly two years after it issued a RFI to Active RFID equipment vendors that operated at 433.92 MHz and are compliant with the ISO...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 28th August '08
Reva announce new version of TAP
On July 15th 2008, Reva announced the general availability of its new Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) appliance, the TAP 721, and at the same time announced the release of version 2.3 of the TAP software for all models.
The Reva TAP 721 is...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 18th July '08
Ubisense and Alien Technology: RTLS at a leading car manufacturer
On July 10th 2008, a joint press release was made by Ubisense and Alien Technology on the deployment of an RTLS and RFID solution at a leading car manufacturer. This solution has provided automatic component and vehicle identification and...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 14th July '08
OATSystems acquired by Checkpoint
I have just received a press release from Checkpoint Systems and OATSystems which announced that the former had entered into a definitive Agreement to acquire the latter. The all cash transaction is expected to close within two weeks. Checkpoint...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 30th June '08
SNAPping with GlobeRanger
Those of you who have been involved in initial pilots and multi-site deployments involving fairly standard and unvarying workflows know that that some of today's RFID Middleware is like a sledgehammer to crack a nut! I was therefore pleasantly...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 6th June '08
Oracle completes BEA take-over
Oracle announced on April 29th 2008 that it had received approval of the European Commission and subsequently completed its acquisition of BEA Systems, Inc.
Oracle President, Charles Phillips, said, The addition of BEA will accelerate...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 30th April '08
Sirit and Reva part of Metro Group's expanded RFID roll-out
Sirit and Reva Systems announced at the beginning of last week that METRO Group is deploying Sirit's INfinity 510 UHF RFID reader and Reva's TAP 331 appliance as part of the recently announced expanded rollout at METRO Group's Real brand...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 23rd April '08
Microsoft put RFID on Mobile
I have just picked up the news that Microsoft has unveiled its BizTalk RFID Mobile platform. A previously private beta version of the software was made available on April 18th 2008, and general availability is promised for later in 2008.
Since...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 21st April '08
New from AeroScout
I jave just received 3 announcements from AeroScout, one of the leading RTLS vendors in the market that I thought I would share with you all.
MobileView, their software suite for tracking, managing, alerting and integrating asset location and...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 11th February '08
Bagging Handling Applications get an RFID Simulator and Diagnostic tool
Convergent Software Limited has announced the release of the industry's first diagnostic tool to test the compliance of RFID encoded data. It consists of two modules intended to help end-users in the air transportation sector with project planning...
Simon Holloway, Bloor Research | 5th February '08