Supplier News

91. Printed Electronics Vs. Silicon — Getting The Priorities Right By Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechEx 3/19/2007
    Although the capabilities of complex silicon chips increase at a rapid pace, there is little or no reduction in cost of the simplest silicon chips. These have stuck at about five cents for decades. The cost of a chip factory and the cost of research to improve chip production is rising exponentially so there is no reason to believe that the simplest chips will get significantly cheaper in future. Submitted by IDTechEx
92. RFID System: Escort Memory Systems Launches New Program For RFID System Integrators 3/16/2007
    Escort Memory Systems introduces the System Integrator Partner program, designed to help system integrators engaged in RFID projects to have easy access to our RFID products and services including marketing, tech support and lead generation activities
93. DoD RFID Compliance: Online DoD RFID Compliance Solution With Migration Path Now Available 3/12/2007
    Smart Label Solutions LLC, maker of the smartEPC suite of applications for Wal-mart’s RFID mandate and the Department of Defense (DoD) RFID/UID mandate, announced the release of Quickstart. Quickstart allows DoD suppliers to comply with the RFID mandate with no capital expenditure.
94. High Quality RFID Business Cases And Technologies Analyzed For You By Raghu Das, IDTechEx 2/27/2007
    In 2007, IDTechEx expects that 1.71 billion tags will be sold. The total RFID market value (including all hardware, systems, integration, etc.) across all countries will be $4.96 billion. By far the biggest segment of this is RFID cards. For those not involved in that sector, the 2007 market value for non-card RFID (e.g. RFID labels, fobs, tickets, etc.) will be $1.97 billion. Submitted by IDTechEx
95. Wall Street Journal Wrong On Wal-Mart RFID Story By Dean Frew, Xterprise Incorporated 2/23/2007
    Last week the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article written by Gary McWilliams criticizing Wal-Mart’s RFID initiatives alleging they are not providing the value Wal-Mart intended (“Wal-Mart’s Radio-Tracked Inventory Hits Snag”). The story was quite one-sided with no commentary from Wal-Mart to confirm or deny the criticism. Read President and CEO of Xterprise Incorporated Dean Frew's letter to the editor submitted in response. Submitted by Xterprise
96. Mobile Base Station: MTI Wireless Edge Announces An Innovative 2.3-2.7GHz Installer-Friendly Base Station Antenna With Configurable Beam Width And Mechanical Tilt 2/15/2007
    MTI Wireless Edge Ltd. announced the launch of an industry-unique ALL-IN-ONE high-performance base station antenna solution serving multiple market applications and bandwidths. The narrow aesthetic profile vertical polarization base station antenna covers the WCS (2.3-2.4GHz), ISM (2.4-2.5GHz), and MMDS (2.5-2.7GHz) bands and is installer friendly configurable to 60, 90 or 120 degrees azimuth beam width integrated antenna.
97. Hear And Know: Seats And Surveys — Innovations In RFID From 2T's COO 2/15/2007
    AIM Global’s RFID Connections interviewed Eric Eckstein, President and COO of Two Technologies about his views on intriguing applications for, and the future of, RFID. Submitted by AIMGlobal
    
    
98. ARIA — The Next Evolution In Wireless Mobile Computing In Supply Chain Execution 2/12/2007
    The purpose of this whitepaper is to discuss the next evolution in AIDC technology that’s needed for enterprises to better compete in the hyper-competitive and demanding environment that is emerging. First, the concept of ARIA — which represents a framework for this evolution to emerge — is defined. Then the paper discusses ARIA-based use cases that bring to light the benefits of ARIA based applications. Submitted by LXE
99. Escort Memory Systems RFID Solution Delivers 100% Reliability To Seagate's Disk Cleaning Line 1/25/2007
    Seagate is recognized as the world's largest manufacturer of disc drives, magnetic discs, and read-write heads; an innovator in tape drives; and a leading developer of software enterprise information management. The company was given the task of implementing a product traceability system, so they turned to Escort Memory Systems for help. Submitted by Escort Memory Systems
100. RFID In Aviation — The Next Boom Sector? 1/22/2007
     RFID had a varied year in 2006 with some sectors booming and others not gaining the expected momentum. One fast growing area is the aviation industry, which will use around 60 million tags in 2007. Lost baggage costs $2.5 billion per annum and increasingly airlines and airports need to show and be able to prove that baggage has been properly screened. Submitted by IDTechEx