A vision of the future local pub

As part of the preparation for St. Patricks Day, Guinness has laid out its vision for the pub of the future. Their innovation team worked with Ben Hourahine, a futurist, to provide a view of...

Barclaycard is RFID’d

From last Monday, March 2nd 2009, Barclays customers getting new or replacement Visa debit cards will receive ones containing RFID technology. This contactless technology will allow them to use...

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...

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.

New from AeroScout

Just received 3 announcements from AeroScout, one of the leading RTLS vendors in the market that I thought I would share with you all.