Archive for March, 2012

Kiosk helps retailers create link between stores, social media

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

A new system based on RFID technology helps retailers link their physical stores to their online social media channels. With the LifeSynk system retailers give RFID smartcards to their customers, who swipe them at a kiosk reader in the store to receive discounts and automatically share their activity via social media channels such as Facebook… Read more >>

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7 dos and don’ts to maximize a hospital’s RFID return on investment

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Yedidia Blonde is, a Product Manager at Vizbee RFID Solutions. Vizbee offers RFID applications for multiple industries, including a patient and hospital asset tracking application for healthcare institutions. Here’s what Yedidia had to say about the do’s and dont’s of RFID in hospitals: Radio frequency identification is a very powerful tool for hospital management. With… Read more >>

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RFID technology allows retailers to harness social media like never before

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

New social networking solution uses RFID technology to connect businesses at physical locations with social media – to be exclusively previewed at next week’s Retail Business Technology Expo. Businesses can now gain control over the level of engagement they have with customers with the use of branded RFID cards which customers can swipe at their… Read more >>

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RFID Looks Better Without The Hype

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

As technology priorities go, RFID seems to be the cheese that slipped off the cracker. You may remember the projections for market adoption that were being tossed around five or six years ago that never came close to reality. As recently as two years ago, the marketing drums still beat loudly. Business focus on cost… Read more >>

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HID Global to showcase RFID and digital technology solutions at CARTES North America 2012

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, continues its commitment to innovation leadership by offering a broad portfolio of RFID and digital technology solutions that support users’ needs to create, use and manage secure identities. As a part of its showcase this week at CARTES North America Expo and Conference… Read more >>

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