Lindsay Bruce

The ROI that could be gained from radio frequency identification (RFID) was probably not on the forefront of many minds in the 1940's when the technology was first used to help British pilots distinguish between its planes and those of its enemy during world war two. Today, however, many industry insiders are calling the possibility of attaining ROI from RFID the million dollar question.

With RFID technology becoming more of a hot topic, some industry insiders sat down at the Global Supply Chain, RFID and GTIN Standards Conference in Toronto to discuss the benefits and the realities of the technology.

By 2008 there will be US$4.2 billion being spent on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology services, Yankee Group analysts said during a teleconference late last week which outlined how enterprises should ready themselves for the technology.

After working as a business analyst in Toronto

During the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Corp. announced a technology preview kit for Windows CE 5.0, previously code-named Macallan.

When Enterasys Networks Inc. realized that large enterprises weren’t willing to spend $30,000 to $50,000 to secure their remote sites, the company decided to...

Although industry observers have been trying for some time to convince users that security isn't the monster in the wireless LAN (WLAN) closet, the message seems to be taking its time to sink in. With that in mind, one set of companies is teaming up to address and deflate those concerns with a new joint offering.

WiMax will not cause Wi-Fi and 3G to become extinct when it becomes available in 2006, and its application in the enterprise space should be looked at with a close eye, according to a panel of industry experts.