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!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 | 11th February '08
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...
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...
This last week has seen two software companies in my area of interest report great financial results. First came Software AG on January 24th 2008 reporting their best ever financial results. Then came Lombardi on January 28th 2008 announcing that...
Simon Holloway Practice Leader - Process Management & RFID Bloor Research
Philip Howard Research Director - Data Management Bloor Research
Peter Abrahams Practice Leader - Accessibility and Usability Bloor Research
