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• Compliance Remains King among Consumer Goods Manufacturers Says ABI Research, but Other Benefits Begin to Prompt RFID Adoption

  - 2008-10-01

  NEW YORK -- Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers continue to adopt RFID largely for the sake of compliance with mandates from the likes of Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and METRO in Germany. However according to a survey recently conducted by ABI Research, topline results of which are available in a free...

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• RFID Moving Into the Data Center, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-30

  LONDON -- IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations. This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets are key infrastructure for any modern business and IT managers need to be certain that equipment is documented,...

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• Real-time Intelligence Visualization Is Becoming the New RTLS, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-22

  NEW YORK -- Recent decades have seen the widespread adoption of short-range wireless communications, including wireless LANs (Wi-Fi), ultra-wideband UWB, and RFID. All of these can be used as part of real-time location systems RTLS. But according to a new Research Brief from ABI Research, a preoccupation with the technologies...

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• Security Biometrics Spending Will Reach $7.3 Billion in 2013, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-07-25

  LONDON -- Broad interest and investment in an array of biometrics technologies around the world will drive spending to $7.3 billion by 2013, up from around $3 billion in 2008. Interest in biometrics was kick-started by the new wave of terrorism in the early years of this decade, but...

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• running the numbers

  - 2006-12-01

  The latest facts, figures and benchmarking dataRadio Frequency IdentificationRFID-based MRO Strategies Spell Efficiency, Security for Aerospace and Defense Supply ChainsAerospace and defense companies are increasingly looking for ways to gain competitive advantage through the enhanced management of supply chains and assets, and they increasingly are turning to radio frequency identification...

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• RFID technology moves toward mass adoption as IT stakeholders get into the mix.(AUTO-ID)

  - 2006-05-01

  As RFID emerges from what Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group calls the disillusionment of the "hype cycle," analysts are prognosticating short-and long-term scenarios for the technology as it moves into the mainstream. Recent reports by Gartner; ABI Research, Oyster Bay, N.Y.; and ...

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• Next Gen RFID Spec Revs Up Industry (Electronic News)

  - 2006-04-24

  RFID markets, increasingly concentrated on the Gen 2 specification, show signs of a healthy transition to the next phase of RFID implementation and full integration at the enterprise level, market researcher ABI Research says. According to ABI, when Wal-Mart's new CIO, Rollin Ford, addressed his...

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• RFID to stay hot in 2006.

  - 2006-03-02

  Mar 02, 2006 (Electronics News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The market for radio frequency identification RFID systems is expected to continue its growth in 2006. According to ABI Research, ...

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• Legislation Uncertainty Slows Pharmaceutical RFID (Electronic News)

  - 2006-02-13

  About 10 medications will be tagged on a large scale during 2006, a new ABI Research study states, which contrasts the optimism of a year ago. Evidence had suggested RFID transponder shipments would see a 3.5-fold increase between 2005 and 2006. The slowdown may be...

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• World Looks for North America for RFID for Strength, Firm Says (Electronic News)

  - 2006-01-16

  RFID was one of the hot technologies of last year and shows every sign of maintaining that status this year, according to Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based market research firm ABI Research. In a market already experiencing rapid growth, the firm believes the RFID market is becoming...

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