Tuesday, December 19, 2006

"Internet Of Things" Coming Of Age

From ARNnet RFID Market Comes Of Age

The RFID market has passed through the hype stage and is now coming of age in the channel, according to a Victorian pioneer in the technology.

"The real opportunity in the channel is around asset management because it's a closed system," Unique Micro Design's Geoffrey Ramadan said. "Supply chain, meanwhile, has a more collaborative nature and you really need a mandate to push it through the supply chain.

"The mobile phone is converging into a general access terminal and there are a number of new compact devices coming out with bar-coding, GPRS, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth that are going to be very versatile."

Ramadan predicted 2007 would be the year of mobility and ubiquitous computing and that RFID would take on a significant role.

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