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RFID — A Candid Look At Its Current State And What's To Come By Jim Childress, LXE
9/24/2007
These days, we sometimes tend to develop unrealistic views of new technologies that promise to make our jobs easier, more productive, or just plain better. Such is the case with RFID. What's important — even before you worry about whether or how to implement RFID — is to properly define the problem you need to solve or the benefits you need to realize. Once the business process is clearly understood, you can evaluate RFID versus other technologies and, if RFID seems to be the best alternative.
Submitted by LXE Inc.
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Data Capture: DSI Announces dcLINK Productivity Monitor
6/14/2007
Data Systems International, Inc. (DSI) announces the latest expansion of its dcLINK suite of automated data capture applications: dcLINK Productivity Monitor.
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Portable Printers: Extech Data Systems Announces Three-Inch Portable Printers For Parking Enforcement
6/8/2007
Extech Data Systems, the developer of portable printers for enterprise-wide applications, announced its portable three-inch battery-operated receipt printers for parking enforcement. When paired with mobile computers, Extech’s three-inch printers streamline and speed up basic functions like ticketing, saving a significant amount of time and money.
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Thermal Printers Help Ensure The Efficiency Of AIG American General's Mobile Computing System
5/21/2007
AIG American General ranks among the top insurance providers in North America. AIG American General needed a way to ensure the accuracy of account data being transferred by its field agents back to headquarters. The existing method — a paper-based system in which data was manually transferred — was slow, redundant, and seriously prone to error. Submitted by Extech Instruments
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Printed Electronics — Overcoming Barriers To Commercialization By Raghu Das, IDTechEx
3/27/2007
Nowadays, the term printed electronics is taken to include truly printed electronics but also thin film electronics that is potentially printable. Anything less and you miss the big picture. However, the main emphasis is on circuits, interconnects and components already made with printing equipment, at least in part.
Submitted by IDTechEx
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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.
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Microscan Helps Laser Devices Hit Its Target For UID Marking
2/27/2007
Military and law enforcement personnel use aiming assistance products from Laser Devices to make their weapons more accurate. Laser Devices, in turn, relies on Data Matrix two-dimensional (2D) bar code verifiers and readers from Microscan Systems to make sure the equipment it supplies to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) includes an accurate, reliable Unique Identification (UID) bar code. Submitted by Microscan
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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.
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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
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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
