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VeriChip (CHIP) Sees IPO Pricing Between $6.50-8.50
01-22-2007 11:19:51 AM

In an amended S-1 filing with the SEC, VeriChip (Nasdaq: CHIP) indicated it sees an IPO price of $6.50-8.50 per share on 4.3 million shares. The company intends to apply to list their common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CHIP."

The offering is being made through an underwriting syndicate including Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, Kaufman Bros., L.P.

CHIP is primarily engaged in the development, marketing and sale of radio frequency identification, or RFID, systems used to identify, locate and protect people and assets. The healthcare industry represents the principal market for radio frequency identification systems. The goal is to become the leading provider of radio frequency identification systems in the healthcare industry.

(NOTE - VeriChip is being spun-off from parent company Applied Digital Solutions (Nasdaq: ADSX))

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Passou para WatchList_RFID:

EnXnet Inc. (OTCBB: EXNT)

EnXnet has a scanning device that detects surgical sponges tagged with radio frequency identification chips which will help operating room personnel detect foreign objects that have been inadvertently left inside patients.

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25-11-2006 : [Applications] Orange améliore la collecte du verre avec la RFID
Orange Business Services poursuit une expérimentation, en cours depuis l'été
2006, de la technologie RFID auprès de 200 points de collecte sur la communauté
de communes de Voiron dans l'Isère.En pratique, les conteneurs comportent une
puce RFID (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20061125

24-11-2006 : [Nouveaux produits] Symbol consolide les technologies sans fil,
dont RFID
Symbol (filiale de Motorola) lance un commutateur -modèle RFS7000 RF- qui
servira ''à supporter et à consolider WiFi et les technologies RF d'avant-garde,
telles RFID, 802.11n, mesh, Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) et WiMax'' [1].Le
pro (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20061124

23-11-2006 : [Applications] NCR veut personnaliser la relation bancaire par RFID
NCR Corporation a présenté fin octobre une application de la RFID destinée à
personnaliser les services offerts aux consommateurs dans les agences
bancaires.Le concept présenté se base sur un portique RFID, c'est-à-dire une
arche équipée de lec (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20061123

18-11-2006 : [Sécurité] Le passeport biométrique européen : une ineptie ?!
Le FIDIS (Future of Identity in the Information Society ou Futur de l'Identité
dans la Société de l'Information) est un réseau d'excellence créé dans le cadre
du sixième programme cadre de l'Union Européenne.Le FIDIS vient de publier un
(...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20061118

08-11-2006 : [Evénements] La bibliothèque RFID de la commune d'Avelgem
(Belgique) récompensée aux 'E-Gov Awards 2006'
La bibliothèque RFID de la commune d'Avelgem (Belgique) a été récompensée du
premier prix des 'E-Gov Awards 2006' face à 11 autres projets. 62 dossiers ont
été remis dans la catégorie 'services rendus aux citoyens au niveau communal',
pour 12 lauréat (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20061108

07-11-2006 : [Evénements] Débat : ''Tracking, Tracing et Objets communicants
(tags RFID,...) : nouveaux enjeux et
défis !''
L'Infopole organise une conférence-débat le 23/11/06 de 14:00 à 17:45 à Namur
aux FUNDP, Institut d’Informatique, Auditoire I2, rue Grandgagnage, 21. Les
médias se sont fait l'écho d_une expérience d'implantation sous la peau d'une
puce R (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20061107

02-11-2006 : [Technologie] Des puces RFID pour la poste allemande
La poste allemande dispose de processus logistiques complexes. En effet, elle
achemine chaque jours 70 millions lettres à travers 84 centres de distribution.
Les lettres sont placées à l'intérieur de conteneurs, au nombre de 6 millions,
ce qui occasi (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20061102

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09-07-2006 : [Applications] Des puces RFID chez Air France et KLM pour suivre
les bagages
Air France et KLM testent une puce RFID placée sur les étiquettes des bagages
[1, 2].L'objectif est de pouvoir suivre le cheminement des valises en temps
réel, de manière à réduire le coût des nombreux bagages égarés chaque année (à
titre d'exe (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20060709

08-07-2006 : [Législation] Europe : une consultation publique sur la RFID
Une consultation publique a été lancée par la Commission Européenne sur l'usage
des technologies RFID dans la société [1, 2, 3, 4]. Un questionnaire a été
diffusé en ligne, uniquement en anglais (malheuseurement). Ouvert à tous
jusqu'au 17 septembre (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20060708

07-07-2006 : [Applications] Des étiquettes RFID pour suivre le café équitable
Le vendredi 7 juillet, la compagnie méditerranéenne des cafés Malongo a présenté
un nouveau procédé pour le suivi du café équitable. Il sera ainsi possible de
suivre l'historique de la marchandise, depuis l'arbre jusqu'à la tasse, à l'aide
d'un télép (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20060707

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The IEEE has started work on a new protocol—a standard called IEEE 1902.1 also known as RuBee—that is expected to give retailers and manufacturers an attractive alternative to RFID for many applications, especially item-level efforts.

Officials say they expect products based on the protocol to be available within 12 to 18 months.

The initial backers of RuBee being considered as a protocol include industry heavyweights from both the retail side—including the U.S.'s Best Buy, U.K.-based Tesco and Germany's Metro Group—plus technology vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Intel, IBM, Sony, Panasonic, Motorola and NCR, said Pete Abell, a veteran RFID analyst now working for IDC's Manufacturing Insights. Paris-based CarreFour is also supporting the effort, Abell said.

"The horsepower behind this one is pretty significant," Abell said.

RuBee "definitely has a major place. The RFID world moving forward is not going to be a one-size-fits-all."

Is RuBee giving frustrated RFID proponents a face-saving way out? Our columnist thinks it is. To read more, please click here.


IEEE officials paint RuBee as not a wholesale replacement for RFID, but merely an alternative technology that may be better suited for specific applications. Indeed, RuBee is close to a scientific opposite of today's typical RFID technology.

John Stevens is chairman of the 1902.1 working group and is also chairman of Visible Assets.

Visible Assets began the RuBee effort and made the proposal to IEEE after gaining the support of several key retailers and technology vendors, Stevens said.

A traditional 900MHz RFID approach "is 99.99 percent radio signal and 0.01 magnetic/inductive. What [RuBee] is doing is 99.99 percent magnetic. There is no radio signal in these tags at all," Stevens said. "All RFID tags are backscattered transponders. RuBee is an active transceiver."

An IEEE statement described RuBee as being "a bidirectional, on-demand, peer-to-peer, radiating, transceiver protocol operating at wavelengths below 450 Khz. This protocol works in harsh environments with networks of many thousands of tags and has an area range of 10 to 50 feet."

The "harsh environment" reference is key to RuBee's appeal, as RFID's struggles with getting accurate reads through or near liquids and metals has been the most significant obstacle to its widespread cost-effective deployment.

RuBee's opposite approach sidesteps many of those problems and makes it ideal for liquid and metal situations, Stevens said.



Abell said those weak RFID read rates—plus some standards group decisions and industry politics—have all played into making the environment receptive for RuBee.

"The key is that there needs to be some technology that is available that works in harsh environments. We still have 70 to 80 percent read rates, and that is both Gen1 and Gen2. That is unacceptable," Abell said.

He added that reads taken at different points along the supply chain deliver different accuracies and he cited some Wal-Mart data that has been released showing accuracy rates "upwards of 95 percent."

But those readings, he said, were taken at the last stage, with readers at the box crushers, when it's easiest to read because the product is out of the box and it's a simple tag on the cardboard.

"We're seeing a very mixed bag of read rates," he said.

HF (High-Frequency) RFID approaches "have been forced upon [RFID standards group] EPC Global" against the wills of both Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department of Defense because "they said that they only want one frequency," Abell said.

"They were both hoping that UHF Gen2 would work for everything. Nobody wants to replace what's already been done. The HF announcement is critical background to understand that there already was a crack in the armor."

The EPC Global decision meant that both Wal-Mart and the Defense Department "are faced with the prospect of redoing their infrastructure. This opens up the options to considering something very different" such as RuBee, Abell said.

Click here to read more about the FDA's recommendations on RFID.

RFID has one critical advantage over RuBee in its ability to read far more products in a short period of time.

"RFID can do things that we can't do as well. RFID can take a bunch of things on a conveyor and it can read those items quickly. It has a very high bandwidth," Stevens said. "We're very low frequency, very slow. Most of the things that we do don't require speed. Realtime inventory with RFID is very difficult. We're never going to do Gillette razors. We're never going to do aspirin. We will do cell phones. We will do printers. We're trying to track something that has a little more value."

Abell agreed with the likely split between RFID and RuBee products.

"It's going to work well for discrete manufactured products, such as iPods and cell phones, lawn and garden equipment," he said.

"The negative is that it can only read about 10 reads per second. RFID UHF can handle 150 to 200 reads per second. RFID HF handles maybe as many as 100 reads per second."

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Prochainement, le protocole d'ondes radio RFID aura un concurrent à la hauteur. Le groupe de travail américain IEEE ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ) travaille en effet sur un protocole connu sous le nom de RuBee.


RFID : un rappel ?
La technologie RFID ( Radio Frequency IDentification, littéralement identification par fréquence radio ) permet de stocker et de récupérer des données à distance, via les ondes radio, en utilisant des marqueurs appelés Tag RFID. Ces derniers peuvent être collés, comme les étiquettes adhésives, ou directement incorporés dans des produits - ou des êtres vivants -. Ils intègrent une antenne leur permettant de recevoir et de répondre aux différentes requêtes radio émises depuis l'émetteur / récepteur.

Nous les retrouvions implantés dans les animaux, dans les billets de la Coupe du monde de Football, dans les vêtements et bientôt dans les distributeurs automatiques de tabac au Japon, mais pas encore dans nos propres corps, quoique l'idée est bien là et qu'elle est déjà expérimentée, ce malgré les failles que l'on recense.


Le protocole RuBee
Référencé IEEE P1902.1, il s'agit là d'un nouveau protocole de réseau sans-fil basé sur les ondes radio. Il opère à la fréquence de 450 kHz, fréquente basse qui permet d'utiliser des tags de 1,5 mm d'épaisseur - comme une carte de crédit -, d'économiser la batterie qui peut durer 10 voire 15 ans selon le nombre de lectures et d'écritures qui seront faites. La transmission se fait à un débit allant de 300 à 9.200 bits/s dans un rayon de 3 à 15,2 mètres. Le protocole RuBee aura le même usage que le protocole RFID et sera interopérable.

Les premiers tests ont déjà montré une certaine efficacité même au milieu de tags, dans un milieu humide et même sous l'eau. Outre cela, une excellente utilisation via les serveurs Web laisse déjà imaginer des choses bien utiles comme le suivi en ligne des objets taguées via un moteur de recherche comme Google ou Yahoo par exemple. Autant dire qu'il s'agit là d'un sérieux concurrent du protocole RFID.

Il faudra attendre fin 2007 avant que la norme ne soit ratifiée par l' IEEE. Reste à voir si le RFID fera long feu une fois ce protocole moins coûteux et plus performant ratifié.

Source : GNT

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RuBee, une alternative au RFID
[23-06-2006] RuBee, une alternative au RFID
Un protocole alternatif à RFID est étudié par l'IEEE. Son nom est RuBee Visibility Network. Il porte la référence IEEE P1902.1.
Il s'agit d'un protocole réseau sans fil bidirectionnel, on-demand, peer-to-peer, radiant et tranciver. Il opère sous les 450 Khz.
RuBee se distinguerait de la technologie RFID pour un usage souterrain, en milieu humide et même sous l'eau. De plus, la faible longueur d'onde permettrait une réduction des coûts et des dimensions des puces radios, ainsi que de leur consommation.
Le protocole IEEE P1902.1 utilise l'adressage IPv4. La vitesse varie de 300 à 9200 Baud. Un router Ethernet à bas prix peut être utilisé.
Autre avantage de la technologie, elle se prêterait bien au suivi en ligne des tags.
IEEE P1902.1 devrait être rendue disponible fin 2007. Autre attrait : les tags devraient être interopérable.

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Lista de activos a ANALISAR:

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology Stocks Directory:


3M Co (MMM) Based in St. Paul, MN, 3M does business in more than 60 countries. The company’s RFID Tracking Solutions provides a tracking and management system for physical files that are stored in centralized file rooms or move through individual offices, workrooms or processing stations. Another product, 3M Library Systems, allows libraries to improve customer service and staff efficiency via RFID-based identification and tracking of library materials, simplified checkout and check-in, and automated sorting and inventory management.

Advanced ID Corporation (OTCBB: AIDO) through its wholly owned subsidiary, is a pioneer in the radio frequency identification (RFID) market. RFID allows for the positive identification and tracking of animals or objects that have been identified with a microchip. AID markets low frequency RFID microchips, scanners, and its proprietary PETtrac database to the companion animal and biological sciences markets. AID also markets its proprietary ultra high frequency DataTRAC(TM) tags, readers, and software solutions to minimize or eliminate the impact of biosecurity and food safety issues related to the livestock industry.

Alanco Technologies, Inc. (ALAN) is a provider of information technology solutions. The Company's operations, as of June 30, 2003 diversified into two business segments, including the design, production, marketing and distribution of radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking technology, and manufacturing, marketing and distribution of data storage products. In May 2002, the Company acquired RFID tracking technology through the acquisition of the operations of Technology Systems International, Inc. (TSIN). TSIN is a developer of the proprietary TSI PRISM wireless RFID tracking technology utilized primarily in correctional facilities security management and personnel monitoring. Alanco participates in the data storage market through two wholly owned subsidiaries, Arraid, Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary storage products to upgrade older "legacy" computer systems, and Excel/Meridian Data, Inc., a manufacturer of network attached storage systems for mid-range organizations.

Airgate Technologies, Inc. (XCHC.OB) This Allen, TX, company has its roots in telecom and wireless development and consulting. Airgate’s experience includes network integration and control systems, VoIP, database development and application development in Windows and Unix environments. It has developed and deployed large-scale network management systems involving diverse hardware, nodes and simultaneous real-time events emanating from various data sources, including user interactions and alarms. This involved the utilization of IP devices and high-level presentation through a GUI interface. Since the late ’90s, the company has provided services and solutions to companies such as Lucent, Nortel, Worldcom and Alcatel.

Allixon International Corporation (OTC.Pk: AXCP) Allixon is a leading provider of RFID middleware and mobile Internet solutions for device computing. Allixon combines its products, expertise, partnerships and integration capability into solutions for a wide range of device computing applications, including RFID middleware and m-banking solution. Allixon's products based on ubiquitous technologies direct companies looking to tap into the wealth of data captured by networked devices such as RFID readers or handhelds to extend the quality of information to any device where they want.

Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions. Focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere You Are(R). For RFID applications, Atmel (a member of EPCglobal) offers a complete line of contactless RFID semiconductors (ICs, wafers, micromodules and complete transponders), operating at 125/134 kHz, 13.56 MHz, UHF and Microwaves. Applications include security and access control, manufacturing and logistics (e.g. supply chain and asset management, inventory control), transportation and animal identification.

Applied Digital (ADSX) develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. Our unique and often proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation. Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC).

Ascential Software Corp (Nasdaq: ASCL) is a supplier of enterprise integration solutions to the Global 2000 and other large organizations. The Company's products for automated data profiling, data quality management and cleansing, and data transformation address the needs of organizations that have invested in enterprise applications, such as customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), analytic applications, transactional environments or data stores, such as data warehouses and data marts. Ascential combined the functionality of all of its core integration services onto a single enterprise data integration platform that provides end-to-end metadata management, called the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite. Ascential also offers a full range of consulting, educational and support services to assist its clients through all phases of a project.

Avery Dennison Corp (AVY) and its subsidiaries include the production of pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials and the production of consumer and converted products. Some pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials are converted into labels and other products through embossing, printing, stamping and die-cutting, and some are sold in unconverted form as base materials, tapes and reflective sheeting. The Company also manufactures and sells a variety of consumer and converted products and other items not involving pressure-sensitive components, such as notebooks, three-ring binders, organizing systems, markers, fasteners, business forms and reflective highway safety products, as well as tickets, tags, labels and imprinting equipment for retail and apparel manufacturers.

Axcess International, Inc. (AXSI.OB) provides security and asset management systems that can automatically locate, identify, track, monitor, count and protect people, personal property and vehicles. The main applications of the Company's systems are security video through closed circuit television (CCTV), personnel and vehicle access control and automatic asset tracking and protection. AXCESS provides solutions in the homeland security markets such as air and ground transportation, water treatment facilities, oil and gas, power plants, as well as in the markets for data centers, retail/convenience stores, education, healthcare and corporate offices. The Company utilizes two integrated technologies: network-based radio frequency identification (RFID) and tagging and streaming video.

BT Auto-ID Services (BT.A:FTSE) This London-based company offers BT Auto-ID, a suite of services that allows companies to control their physical assets in the supply chain and elsewhere. BT is also working with a number of organizations, including tag and reader manufacturers, to deliver RFID solutions to customers.

Baxter International, Inc. (BAX) Based in Round Lake, IL, Baxter offers the QuickFind Asset Management System, which utilizes RFID technology to determine the location of any tagged asset. The system consists of a dedicated communication network installed above ceiling height throughout a facility, connecting transceivers that provide required coverage. The system software computes concurrent asset locations, which can be displayed on one or multiple PCs. The system’s ability to track and locate assets quickly provides improved staff productivity, improved maintenance and calibration management, enhanced asset utilization, lower inventory costs and reduced asset shrinkage.

Bearingpoint Inc (BE) This McLean, Va.-based systems integrator offers the expertise and resources to help your organization create an RFID program that meets your needs and those of your trading partners.

Bulldog Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BLLD) Is a leading provider of wireless cargo security solutions that researches, develops and manufactures real-time, comprehensive monitoring and intrusion detection devices for use in the cargo transportation and storage industry. Bulldog’s Online Security Solution (BOSS™) products enable dispatchers, security personnel, emergency response teams and cargo transport drivers to monitor valuable cargo during the transport, storage and delivery process. In contrast to radio-frequency tags, Bulldog’s proprietary technology employs a monitoring system that detects suspicious activity on a real-time basis.

CCL Label Based in Upland, CA, CCL Label has provided pressure-sensitive adhesive labels and promotional products for the packaging, promotional and pharmaceutical industries for more than 50 years. The company also designs and prints RFID and anti-counterfeiting labels. CCL Label has plants located throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (CKP) manufactures and markets integrated system solutions for retail security, labeling and merchandising. The Company provides technology-driven integrated supply chain solutions to brand track and secure goods for retailers and consumer product manufacturers worldwide. Checkpoint Systems provides electronic article surveillance systems and tags using radio frequency and electromagnetic technology, security source tagging, branding tags and labels for apparel, barcode labeling systems, retail display systems and hand-held labeling systems. Its labeling systems and services are designed to consolidate labeling requirements for customers across many markets and industries. Applications for labeling systems include brand identification, automatic identification, retail security and pricing and promotional labels. The Company's products and services are grouped into three segments: security, labeling services and retail merchandising.

Covansys Corporation (CVNS) Based in Farmington Hills, MI, Covansys offers system integration and remediation for international and domestic asset tracking issues. Solutions include regulatory compliance under the Homeland Security, Patriot and Sarbanes-Oxley acts through the entire supply chain for assets and financial transactions subject to those mandates. The company’s services include business process evaluation, workflow design, portal management and automated exception management to ensure timely and complete delivery of data and goods within regulatory guidelines.

Digital Angel Corp (DOC) Digital Angel Corporation operates through its three subsidiaries, Digital Angel technology Corporation (DATC), Timely Technology Corp. and Signature Industries, Limited. DATC develops and markets technologies that are used to identify, locate and monitor people, animals and objects. Upon the acquisition of Medical Advisory Systems, Inc., in March 2002, the Company re-organized into four segments: Animal Applications, Wireless and Monitoring, GPS and Radio Communications and Medical Systems. On January 22, 2004 , Digital Angel Corporation completed the acquisition of OuterLink Corporation pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 2, 2003 , by and among Digital Angel Corporation, DA Acquisition and OuterLink Corporation. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, OuterLink Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Angel Corporation.

eXI Systems (EXI.V; EXIWF.PK) eXI develops, manufactures and markets RFID products and services, including Assetrac. Using one of the smallest and longest-lasting active tags available today, Assetrac provides asset protection and real-time location. Other products include RoamAlert, a system that prevents Alzheimer’s and dementia patients from wandering away from nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, as well as the HALO Infant Protection System, a system that helps prevent infant abductions in hospitals. eXI, through its subsidiary HOUNDware, has implemented tool-tracking systems in such industries and sectors as construction, building management, equipment rental and management, natural resources, power and utilities, and chemical processing. With more than two decades’ experience of developing RFID systems and technologies, the company can design and implement systems that are tailored to specific needs and applications.

EMTI’s products range from electronic security devices to state of the art locating devices which can aid law enforcement in finding lost or abducted children.

Environmental Technologies International, Inc. (EMTI.PK) works within a unique and growing market niche, developing and manufacturing security devices that offer piece of mind in the busy workday environment and for your loved ones at home.

HEI, Inc. (HEII) (Hybrid Electronics Inc.) provides a range of engineering, product design, automation and test, manufacturing and fulfillment services and solutions to its customers in the hearing, medical device, medical equipment, communications, computing and industrial equipment industries. The Company provides these services and solutions on a global basis through four integrated facilities in North America . The Link-it connectivity solution uses flex circuitry, circuit board assembly, radio frequency (RF), software code and engineering services developed and delivered by its different internal capabilities. All of the Company's facilities are ISO 9001: 2000 certified.

iAnywhere / XcelleNet (SYBASE INC (SY) This Alpharetta, GA-based company’s RFID framework is designed for enterprises and systems integrators that need to deploy and manage thousands of RFID readers, sensors and actuators and correlate millions of data points. Unlike RFID middleware that simply filters and routes tag data, iAnywhere/XcelleNet’s product transforms the data into actionable information for concurrent use by multiple applications. It also provides real-time notifications to site, field and corporate personnel.

I.D. Systems Inc (IDSY) is a provider of advanced wireless solutions for tracking, managing and securing enterprise assets. Its radio frequency technology and proprietary software, Wireless Asset Net System, enables real-time, automated, cost-effective monitoring, control and analysis of a range of objects. The Company's solutions can benefit users by reducing operating costs, increasing security and revenues, improving safety, enhancing service and increasing profits. I.D. Systems is focused on companies that need to monitor, control and manage industrial vehicles and rental fleet vehicles.

Infosys Technologies Ltd (INFY) The Infosys solution for RFID adoption is designed to address the key challenges to RFID adoption, enabling its clients to evaluate the technology in their business context, build a business case, and develop a roadmap for phased adoption. The solution typically involves the following phases: assessing the impact and business value of RFID; RFID-enabled Business process transformation; RFID technology selection and architecture definition; RFID pilot/field trial for business case validation; and implementation and enterprise roll-out of RFID. Infosys’s goal is to enable enterprises to adopt RFID in a holistic manner and also deliver lower TCO by leveraging the global delivery model.

Innovision Research & Technology plc (INN:AIM) Based in Wokingham, U.K., Innovision designs, develops and licenses RFID solutions. Its custom IC design group has produced more than 50 RFID tags and readers. Innovision supports the entire development process from concept to production engineering.

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) - Sensors and actuators RFID Division: http://www-03.ibm.com/solutions/busines ... 83107.html. About IBM: IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key business partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable companies to take full advantage of the on demand era. For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com.

International Paper Co (IP) www.ipsmartpackaging.com - International Paper is the world's largest paper and forest products company. Its businesses include paper, packaging, and forest products. Headquartered in the United States, International Paper has operations in more than 40 countries and sells its products and services in more than 120 nations. Its Smart Packaging unit offers EPC-enabled supply chain solutions from warehousing and transportation tracking to the retail shelf. The company designs, developments and implements integrated RFID packaging and supply chain applications with an emphasis in the Electronic Product Code (EPC). RFID services offered include: Educating customers about the potential RFID and EPC technologies; helping customers develop and implement an RFID strategy; helping customers use RFID to extract untapped value within their operations; developing and testing deployment models through tailored pilots; and integrating full-scale custom RFID systems.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (PHG) Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. is engaged in the delivery of products, systems and services in the fields of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances and personal care, components, semiconductors and medical systems. The Lighting division consists of four lines of business: lamps, luminaires, lighting electronics and automotive and special lighting. The Consumer Electronics division focuses in the manufacture of connected displays, home entertainment hubs and networks and mobile infotainment. The Domestic Appliances and Personal Care division markets a range of products in shaving and beauty, oral healthcare, home environment care and food and beverage. Philips Semiconductors is a provider of silicon solutions to the consumer, communications, automotive and computing markets. Philips Medical Systems is a supplier of medical imaging modalities and patient monitoring systems

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (MANH) is a global provider of technology-based solutions to improve the effectiveness of, and the efficiencies within and across, the supply chain. The Company's solutions, which consist of software, services and hardware, work for distribution and transportation efficiencies through the real-time integration of supply chain constituents, including manufacturers, distributors, retailers, suppliers, transportation providers and consumers. Its software consists of three principal product groups within supply chain execution (SCE) systems: warehouse management, transportation management and trading partner management. In addition, it provides additional products that support or enhance the functionality of the product groups, such as performance management and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

McKesson Corp (MCK) provides and supplies information and care management products and services designed to reduce costs and improve quality across the healthcare industry. The Company's three business segments: the Pharmaceutical Solutions segment, distributes ethical drugs and health and beauty care products, and manufactures and sells automated pharmaceutical dispensing systems for hospitals and retail pharmacies, medical management and specialty pharmaceutical solutions for biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United States; the Medical-Surgical Solutions segment, distributes medical-surgical supplies and equipments, and provides logistics and related services in the United States, and the Information Solutions segment, delivers enterprise-wide patient care, clinical, financial, supply chain, managed care and management software solutions, as well as outsourcing and other services, to healthcare organizations in North America, the United Kingdom and European countries.

NCR Corp (NCR) With 120 years of experience serving retailers, NCR is focused on facilitating the adoption of RFID in the retail environment. The company creates and tests proof-of-concept prototypes using RFID and other advanced technologies and works with RFID technology vendors on next generation RFID-enabled systems. Through pre-modeling work, Teradata, a division of NCR, can manage additional data that will be available as RFID is integrated into the retail industry. NCR Managed Services offers capabilities from initial site assessments through project management, installation and deployment, as well as a full suite of maintenance and help desk services. NCR’s Systemedia Division has a core competency in printed consumables and uses thermal transfer printing technology to create RFID-equipped labels.

NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NPCT) of Denver, Colorado, USA, is traded on the Nasdaq stock market (OTCBB: NPCT - News) as well as on the Frankfurt and Hamburg exchanges (OTC: NPI - News). In addition to the 12 patents it owns, NanoPierce Technologies has numerous applications pending, others in preparation, and various intellectual properties related to NanoPierce Technologies' NCS(TM) (NanoPierce Connection System). This advanced system is designed to provide significant improvement over conventional electrical and mechanical interconnection methods for high-density circuit boards, components, sockets, connectors, semiconductor packaging and electronic systems.

Northstar Electronics Inc (NEIK.OB) Northstar Electronics provides technologies and products to the Homeland Security, defense, and aerospace industries, in addition to offshore petroleum and commercial fishing. Northstar Electronics, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Northstar Technical Inc. and Northstar Network Ltd., specializes in advanced sonar technology, systems integration, and electronics contract manufacturing. Northstar Electronics, Inc. subsidiary, Northstar Network Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Cathexis Innovations Inc. to manufacture Cathexis’ proprietary Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, IDBlue.

ObjectStore (Progress Software Corp (PRGS) http://www.progress.com This Bedford, MA-based company’s flagship product is the Real Time Event Engine, which features a real time in-memory database (REID) with EPC code support, and “Savant” RFID interfaces. The REID uses EPCglobal architecture to provide consistent, scalable and fault-tolerant EPC event processing. ObjectStore’s Event Engine also supports EPCglobal standards for tag formats, specifically the 96-bit Class 1 and Class 0 EPC codes defined by the Version 1.0 specification.

Patni Computer Systems Ltd (PATNI COMP:BSE) RFID services offered by this India-based company include feasibility studies, business-case analysis, product/process/IT audits, and both pilot programs and full-scale rollouts. Patni’s “phased” approach minimizes the risks of adoption and allows lessons learned from earlier phases to be used as inputs for upcoming phases.

Paxar Corp (PXR) Paxar products are used the world over by leading apparel brands. The company’s Monarch brand products are used by 90% of the top 100 U.S. retailers and their supply chain partners to identify, track and price all varieties of consumer goods. Paxar is a member of EPCglobal, the agency managing the emerging standards for RFID.

Peoplesoft, Inc. (PSFT) designs, develops, markets and supports enterprise application software products for use throughout large and medium-sized organizations worldwide. These organizations include corporations, educational institutions and national, state, provincial and local government agencies. The Company provides enterprise application software for customer relationship management, human capital management, financial management and supply chain management, each with a range of industry-specific features and functions. Within each of its application suites, it offers embedded analytics and portal applications. In addition, PeopleSoft offers a suite of products for application integration and analytic capability, including portal applications, an integration broker and enterprise warehouse products.

Printronix, Inc. (PTNX) Based in Irvine, CA, Printronix offers the Smart Label Pilot Printer, a UHF Class 1 RFID commercial printer, along with the Smart Label Developer’s Kit. The package is designed to fast-track RFID pilots by creating a smart label developer’s environment. Printronix’s RFID Software Migration Tools allow users to quickly move from printing UPC or GTIN barcode labels to encoding smart labels.

Ryder System, Inc. (R) Ryder System, Inc. is a provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions. Its business is divided into three business segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC). The FMS business segment provides leasing, commercial rental and programmed maintenance of commercial trucks, tractors and trailers to customers, principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The SCS business segment provides comprehensive supply chain consulting and lead logistics management solutions throughout North America and in Latin America, Europe and Asia. The DCC business segment provides vehicles and drivers as part of a dedicated transportation solution, principally in North America.

SATO America, Inc. (6287) Tokyo, SATO America has been manufacturing industrial bar code printers for more than two decades. For companies affected by short- and long-term RFID requirements, including its large installed customer base of Fortune 500 companies, SATO offers a one-step print and encode solution that the company claims is the fastest and most effective approach for a user to adopt RFID and comply with current mandates. Building on past experience with 13.56MHz RFID technology, SATO has been involved at the forefront of RFID applications, working directly with Wal-Mart and its top suppliers, with the DOD, and with the leading RFID adopters in Europe.

STMicroelectronics NV (STM) is a semiconductor company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including automotive products, computer peripherals, telecommunications systems, consumer products, industrial automation and control systems. Products include differentiated ICs and analog ICs the majority of which are also differentiated ICs, as well as certain flash products sold for specific applications and to particular customers. The Company's products are organized into the principal groups, such as telecommunications, peripherals and automotive, consumer and microcontroller, memory products and discrete and standard ICs.

Samsung Techwin (STW) Korea

Finished RFID label provider
RFID-enabled manufacturing applications provider
Smart card provider
Finished RFID labels
RFID-enabled manufacturing applications provider
RFID labels
Logistics management
Access control/security
Asset tracking
Inventory control
Library management
Personnel tracking

Samsys Technologies, Inc. (SMSSF.PK; SMY.TO) SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SAMSys), founded in 1995, is a world-leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions and RFID integration consulting services designed to evaluate and recommend optimal RFID solutions to enhance existing business process. SAMSys offers a family of products to simplify the installation and ensure the ongoing performance of the overall RFID hardware infrastructure. SAMSys is a public company whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Exchange under the symbol: "SMY".

SENSE Holdings Inc.™ (OTCBB: SEHO) is a leading provider of biometric solutions, and micro-sensor identification systems. Sense develops products targeting Homeland Security, and offers solutions that improve and secure many business, military, and personal processes. Sense owns patents and intellectual property for a MEMS based explosives detection technology licensed through a national government laboratory. The company has focused its efforts on the Homeland Security initiative. These products coupled with Sense’s biometric solutions offer a complete product showcase for Time and Attendance, Homeland Security, and Nanotechnology. Along with custom developed hardware and software products Sense Holdings, Inc, is the company that secures the future.

Scansource, Inc. (SCSC) is a wholesale distributor of specialty technology products, providing both value-added distribution sales to technology resellers and e-logistics services to specialty technology markets. The North American Distribution segment markets automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) and point-of-sale (POS) products through its ScanSource sales unit; voice, data and converged communications equipment through its CatalystTelecom sales unit, and converged communications products through its Paracon sales unit. The International Distribution segment markets AIDC and POS products in Latin America and Europe . ChannelMax, provides e-logistics services. In addition to the basic order fulfillment and credit services that conventional wholesale distributors typically provide to resellers, the Company differentiates itself by providing an array of value-added services and business tools that assist resellers to provide more complete solutions and improve customer service.

SIRIT Inc. (TSX: SI) SIRIT specializes in RFID reader and tag design, development and manufacturing. Its RFID readers incorporate low, high and ultra-high frequency products, which are the required spectrums in its principal markets. In addition to the design and manufacturing of RFID readers, SIRIT has significant understanding of the inner workings of RFID tags, including EPC tags that are becoming the standard in worldwide supply chain applications. This experience, resident within SIRIT’s engineering team, is particularly important to creating RFID reader designs that push the edges of performance.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW) is singularly focused on providing products and services for network computing. Network computing is based on the premise that the power of a single computer can be increased when interconnected with other computer systems for the purposes of communication and sharing of computing power. Together with its partners, Sun provides network computing infrastructure solutions comprised of computer systems (hardware and software), network storage systems (hardware and software), support services and professional and educational services. Its customers use its products and services to build mission-critical network computing environments.

Symbol Technologies, Inc. (SBL) (Symbol) is a provider of secure mobile information systems that integrate application-specific handheld computers with wireless networks for data, voice and bar code data capture. Symbol manufactures products and provides services to capture, manage and communicate data using four core technologies: bar code reading and image recognition, mobile computing, networking systems and mobility software. Its products and services are sold to a broad and diverse base of customers on a worldwide basis and in diverse markets, such as retail, transportation, parcel and postal delivery services, warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, security, education and government. The Company operates in two business segments: the design, manufacture and marketing of mobile computing, automatic data capture and wireless network systems, and the servicing of, customer support for and professional services related to these systems.

Syscan (SYA.V; SYSLF.PK) Syscan International develops and manufactures software and hardware to enable companies and public sector customers to operate efficiently in mobile computing and wireless applications. Products include ZFP-3, a suite of rugged in-vehicle and portable printers, and Systrak, a totally integrated business-efficiency solution focused on a highly sophisticated line of RFID components. Systrak solutions include TempaSure, Tireman, Meatrak, inventory management, readers and smart card applications.

Texas Instruments Inc (TXN) (TI) manufactures, markets and sells high-technology components and systems used in the commercial electronic and electrical equipment industry, primarily for industrial and consumer markets. TI has three principal businesses: Semiconductor, Sensors and Controls, and Educational and Productivity Solutions. Semiconductor designs, manufactures and sells integrated circuits. Its core products include analog integrated circuits and digital signal processors. Sensors and Controls sells custom-designed sensors, controls and radio frequency identification systems. Educational and Productivity Solutions is a supplier of graphing handheld calculators and other calculators. The Company's largest geographic markets are in Asia, Europe, the United States and Japan.

Tibbett & Bitten (TBG) – LONDON, Tibbett & Britten is a UK-quoted international logistics service provider working under long-term contract for retailers and manufacturers. Our focus is on food & beverage, fashion and other branded consumer merchandise.
Tibbett & Britten has grown by an average of 22% compound per annum for 20 years. In a little over a decade we have developed into the largest distribution business in Canada and Mexico and one of the biggest in the USA. We are the principal distributor of frozen food in Central Europe; the biggest drinks and fresh produce logistics company in France; operator of the largest distribution network in sub-Saharan Africa; a logistics market leader for consumer products in China and Hong Kong; and the largest distributor of clothing and home & personal care products in the UK and Ireland.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TSEM) - Israel, Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is a pure-play independent wafer foundry dedicated to the manufacture of semiconductors. Pure-play foundries do not offer any products of their own, but focus on producing integrated circuits (ICs) based on the design specifications of their customers. The Company manufactures semiconductors using advanced production processes for its customers primarily based on third-party designs and its own proprietary designs. Tower manufactures ICs, with geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.18 microns. Its target specialized markets are complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors, embedded flash and mixed-signal ICs. ICs manufactured by the Company are incorporated into a range of products in diverse markets, including consumer electronics, personal computer (PC) and office equipment, communications, automotive, professional photography and medical device products

Tyco International Ltd (TYC) is a diversified manufacturing and service company that organizes its businesses into five segments. The Fire and Security segment designs, manufactures, installs, monitors and services electronic security and fire protection systems. The Electronics segment designs, manufactures and distributes electrical and electronic components, and designs, manufactures, installs, operates and maintains undersea fiber-optic cable communications systems. The Healthcare segment designs, manufactures and distributes medical devices and supplies, imaging agents, pharmaceuticals and adult incontinence and infant care products. The Engineered Products and Services segment designs, manufactures, distributes and services engineered products and provides environmental and other industrial consulting services. The Plastics and Adhesives segment designs, manufactures and distributes plastic products, adhesives and films.

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) concentrates its operations in the field of transportation services, primarily domestic and international letter and package delivery. The Company delivers packages and documents throughout the United States and in over 200 other countries and territories. It delivers packages each business day for 1.8 million shipping customers to 6.1 million consignees. In 2003, UPS delivered an average of more than 13 million pieces per day worldwide. The Company has established a global transportation infrastructure consisting of a ground fleet of more than 88,000 vehicles, ranging from custom-built delivery vehicles to large tractors and trailers and almost 600 airplanes. Through its non-package subsidiaries, UPS is also a global provider of specialized transportation, logistics and financial services.

Unova, Inc. (UNA) is a global technology company providing customers with integrated solutions for improving their efficiency and productivity. The Company's two business segments are the Automated Data Systems (ADS) and the Industrial Automation Systems (IAS). The ADS segment consists of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Intermec Technologies Corporation, which offers products and services such as rugged mobile computing solutions, wireless and automated data collection systems for field, on-premises and site-based workers, as well as wireless network systems for untethered enablement of an enterprise and barcode label and printing solutions. The IAS segment consists of the Cincinnati Lamb division and the Landis Grinding Systems division, is a producer of value-added manufacturing products and services spanning the production cycle from process engineering and design to systems integration including life cycle support.

Verisign, Inc. (VRSN) Based in Dulles, VA, VeriSign delivers infrastructure services that make the Internet and telecommunications networks more intelligent, reliable and secure. VeriSign has been selected by EPCglobal to operate the root Object Naming Service for the EPCglobal Network. The company is applying its networking expertise to a suite of managed services that allow trading partners to share RFID-enabled product data in real time.

WJ Communications, Inc. (WJCI) formerly known as Watkins-Johnson Company, is engaged in the design, development and marketing of high-performance radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products that target the wireless communications, broadband cable, RF identification (RFID) and defense and homeland security markets. The Company sold its wireless repeater and thin-film product lines and exited the fiber-optic and fixed wireless assemblies markets. It is also in the process of implementing a fully outsourced manufacturing model utilizing outside foundries for the Company's manufacturing needs. The Company sells its products principally to original equipment manufacturers, including their manufacturing subcontractors such as Alcatel, China Kejian Co., Ltd., Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, LG Electronics, Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc., Motorola, Nokia Networks, Nortel Networks, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siemens.

WebMethods, Inc. (WEBME) is a provider of software and services for end-to-end business integration solutions. The Company offers a set of software products that enable organizations to run, manage and optimize their business. Its software products and related services give organizations the ability to integrate disparate information resources to connect customers, vendors and business partners with the organization and its employees; to view and manage the connected information resources, data, business processes and human workflows, and to provide Web services at the enterprise level. webMethods completed three acquisitions, in October 2003, to expand its portfolio of products in the service-oriented architecture (SOA), business activity monitoring (BAM) and portal spaces. The acquisitions were The Mind Electric, The Dante Group and DataChannel Portal.

Zebra Technologies Corp (ZBRA) is in the business of making products that enable companies and organizations to improve productivity, deliver better customer service and provide more effective security. It designs, manufactures and supports a range of direct thermal and thermal transfer bar code label and receipt printers, radio frequency (RF) identification printer/encoders, card imaging printers and digital photo printers. The Company also sells related specialty bar code labeling materials, ink ribbons for bar code and card printers and bar code label design software. These products are used principally in automatic identification, data collection and personal identification applications, and are distributed worldwide through a network of resellers, distributors and end users representing a wide cross-section of industrial, service and government organizations.

[GAB]

02-06-2006 : [Applications] Distribution : de la RFID chez Tesco - passage a
RFID Gen2 chez Metro Group
La chaîne de supermarchés européenne Tesco a commencé à utiliser des étiquettes
de RFID pour tracer la livraison du lait aux centres de distribution et aux
grands magasins [1, 2].La technologie utilisée inclut du matériel d'ADT/Tyco, du
logicie (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20060602

01-06-2006 : [Sécurité] Le piratage des étiquettes RFID dans Wired
Wired a publié un article sur le piratage des RFID qui a, selon Slashdot, des
implications potentiellement effrayantes. Beaucoup d'étiquettes de RFID
n'utilisent aucun moyen de chiffrement et transmettent leurs informations en
clair si elles sont en (...)
- Lire plus : http://www.rfidfr.org/actualites-rfid.php?ref=20060601

[Shenron]

Gab - Eu acompanho a RFMD

[GAB]

....Couple that with the introduction of the next generation of RFID chips on July 1, and this is the right time to start loading up on the RFID wave.

RFID sales will really spike in the second half of the year -- and continue rising for a very long run.

And this company is a key player in the supply-chain management game with RFID and data collection systems at its core. It’s the right time and right price to buy this stock.

Wal-Mart is spearheading the move into RFID tags; and when Wal-Mart speaks, the business world listens.


The RFID wave is going to sweep along all the big retailers... the Department of Defense is deploying RFID to manage its massive supply chain... plus, more and more pharmaceutical companies are turning to RFID tags to track their prescription drugs as they move from place to place.
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Procuro activos RFID, pode ser qualquer mercado.

Conheço:
Intermec, Inc. (IN)

Applied Digital Solutions Inc. (ADSX); Já negociei, mas actualmente sigo-a de fora.

ADVANCED ID CORP (AIDO.OB)