GS1 announces success of BRIDGE project
On January 26th, 2009, GS1 UK released preliminary results of a pilot project (BRIDGE - Building Radio frequency IDentification solutions for the Global Environment) that used RFID, bar codes, the...
The Holloway Angle contains short pieces of news, analysis and opinions on Process (including applications such as ERP, PLM and SCM) and Sensory devices (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!
A little bit of light relief amongst the snow!
Active Endpoints, Inc. announced today a contest to help developers and business analysts jumpstart their BPM and SOA projects. BPM in a Bottle gives evaluators of the ActiveVOS product the chance...
US DOD issue an RFP for Active RFID
In 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…
Reva announce new version of TAP
On July 15th 2008, Reva announced the GA 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.
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 RTLS and RFID solution at a leading car manufacturer.
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.
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! Meet SNAP.
Oracle completes BEA take-over
Yesterday saw Oracle finally acquire BEA as approval from the EU was given.
Sirit and Reva part of Metro Group’s expanded RFID roll-out
Further extension to the existing agreement between Metro, Sirit and Reva
Microsoft put RFID on Mobile
Just picked up the news that Microsoft has unveiled its BizTalk RFID Mobile platform.