Archive for December, 2004
Vendor Neutrality? Is it possible?
By Harish Keshwani at 21 December, 2004, 10:32 pm
While we wait for RFID Vendors to respond, let us talk about Vendor neutrality. About couple of months back, UCLA’s research wing WINMEC had conducted interesting demonstrations. The idea was to prove that middleware can work with any database, reader, scanner, and tag combination, with specific integration to other enterprise applications coded in on a [...]
Impact of RFID UHF Generation 2 approval
By Harish Keshwani at 20 December, 2004, 10:44 pm
There were some heartwarming news last week about EPCGlobal Inc, a nonprofit organization chartered to drive standards for RFID technology, approved UHF Generation 2 specification. What will be the impact? If you recall my earlier post of market analysis, I had said,
Over 90% of the untapped market is either researching the feasibility of the [...]
After Business Plan, What next?
By Harish Keshwani at 18 December, 2004, 2:30 pm
Logical step after preparing a business plan, is to approach the Venture Capitalists, but we will take a diversion. I will talk about this diversion in a moment.
For those who tuned in late, I am in process of starting a “Virtual” dotcom company, that will do business in RFID based solutions. So far I have [...]
AIM Global
By Harish Keshwani at 17 December, 2004, 9:20 pm
This is the last RFID related website review. Today’s site is Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility. This is a truly rich content website dealing with RFID, bar code, biometrics, smart card, Electronic Article Surveillance and card technologies. AIM is a global trade organization of components, networks, systems and service providers whose services include collection [...]
Spy Chips are a privacy concern?
By Harish Keshwani at 16 December, 2004, 9:54 pm
While I am reviewing RFID related websites this week, it will be unfair not to consider RFID Privacy sites. I visited SpyChips website today. As expected, they have a good tutorial on what are RFID chips and how your privacy can be violated. It even has a section on frequently asked questions. News articles and [...]
