Feature Articles

  1. RFID And Its Growing Importance To Your IT Clients 7/14/2015

    Radio frequency identification (RFID) is set to revolutionize and reinvent the shopping experience, according to advisory firm KMPG.

  2. Target Set To Implement RFID Price Tags 5/27/2015

    Implementation should be complete by 2016 and is anticipated to improve inventory management.

  3. Retail IT VAR Of The Future Preview: 4 Parts Of The Retail IT Ecosystem 3/2/2015

    Business Solutions Retail IT VAR Of The Future Conference, May 12-13, at Bally’s Las Vegas, will present an in-depth look at four topics: POS-as-a-Service, mobile point of sale (POS), Payment Security and EMV, and customer experience.

  4. GS1 Performance Protocol Aims To Standardize Tagged-Item Requirements 2/4/2015

    Standards group GS1 US has issued a new protocol outlining tagged-item requirements that assigns grades to EPC (electronic product code) ultrahigh-frequency UHF RFID tag specification and that standardizes testing.

  5. NIST Study Examines Use Of RFID For Forensic Evidence Management 12/16/2014

    RFID technology is widely used in manufacturing and other industries as a method of tracking and managing inventories.

  6. How RFID Technology Can Help Protect Students 12/2/2014

    In an effort to improve the safety of children on their way to and from schools, school systems are looking into tracking solutions as a way to keep tabs on where students are.

  7. RFID Tracks Medications, Improves Safety 11/14/2014

    Electronic tracing of medication trays has improved patient safety at Fletcher Allen in Vermont. By Katie Wike, contributing writer

  8. Could RFID Tech Improve Breast Cancer Surgery? 10/16/2014

    University of Wisconsin researchers are currently working on using implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) chips to guide surgeons to a tumor’s location. They believe that the technology has the potential to replace painful and less accurate wire localization methods.

  9. The Bar Code Turns 40 6/25/2014

    When first introduced four decades ago, bar codes helped warehouses, retail shops, and grocery stores to scan their products quicker and keep better track of inventory. A look at the bar code as it observes its 40th anniversary this week — June 26, 2014 — reveals new innovations that VARs can leverage to provide business solutions for customers.

  10. Driving To Faster, Dependable Delivery At Bon Appetit Bakery 3/25/2014

    Bon Appetit® Bakery is a California-based wholesale bakery manufacturing facility, specializing in gourmet baking and distribution of top quality Danish, cakes, muffins and a vast assortment of other fine gourmet products to the retail and convenience store industry throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.