i picked this up from the stockhouse board this morning.
marconi data has a sales deal with samsys and itermecs protocols for their tags are licensed to samsys and allready integrated into the samsys reader.
i believe this is the first real step to widespread use of rfid tags but i am being patient with this one.
Tuesday October 3, 5:47 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
Marconi and Intermec to Develop Innovative RFID Solutions for Supply Chain Applications
Wireless Item Tracking Extended to New Industries
EVERETT, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000--Marconi InfoChain(TM) and Intermec Technologies Corp. today announced an alliance to develop RFID (radio frequency identification) systems for supply chain applications based on Intermec's Intellitag® RFID technology.
Already a leader in delivering supply chain information services based on wireless data applications and communications, Marconi InfoChain will use Intermec's Intellitag RFID technology to create asset-tracking solutions to tag a wide range of metal products.
The two companies will capitalize on Marconi's leading edge RFID tag design capabilities and Intermec's Intellitag technology and line of products to provide customers with enhanced efficiency and flexibility in tracking metal assets and high value goods contained in metallic packaging.
``As the Intellitag technology moves from pilot programs to market, more companies every day want to know how these types of systems can increase their own efficiencies and productivity,'' said Intermec Vice President Winston Guillory, who heads the Intellitag Business Group. ``Teaming with a leader of Marconi's stature ensures more companies will have access to these technology solutions as soon as possible.''
``By combining Marconi's advanced research and development capabilities with Intermec's RFID products and expertise, we are pleased to deliver new solutions to the asset tracking market,'' said Craig Bauer, president and chief executive of Marconi Data Systems Inc. ``We look forward to continuing to innovate with Intermec and our customers to solve their business challenges by applying advanced information technology.''
Intellitag RFID, the next generation of automatic data collection, allows businesses and industries to track the movement of goods throughout a supply chain 40 times faster than today's conventional bar code-based tracking systems.
Intellitag RFID systems use computer chips on tagged items that allow information to be tracked automatically, without the line of sight or manual scanning required by bar code systems. The read/write capabilities of Intermec's Intellitag technology allows that information to be updated anywhere along the way.
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danny
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