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RFID Market Place - from tags to applications

Published: April, 2008

Much has been written about radio frequency identification (RFID) over the past 5 years or so, but nowhere has there been a single report that covers the complete RFID component market. Bloor’s RFID specialist Simon Holloway has now remedied this through his comprehensive new research report ‘RFID Market Place—from tags to applications 2007/8’.

The report overviews the whole RFID market - from tags (both active and passive), through readers and printers, to middleware, to application solutions - and the benefits RFID can bring. It provides the user with a complete single source of information about RFID – but can also be read in conjunction with other Bloor white papers which provide specific examples of the current state of RFID and how it may be applied in an industry sector.

The report covers the following:

  • An introduction covering the background to RFID, its current uses and history
  • The issues involved in architecting software for RFID solutions and the implementation of RFID solutions
  • The key components of RFID, categorising the different RFID products available in the market today, as follows:
    • Active Tags
    • Passive Tags
    • Readers and Antennae
    • Printers
    • Middleware
    • Applications – ePedigree, Real Time Location Systems
  • An overview of the standards for RFID
  • The RFID market 2007-2008 - an overview from Bloor’s standpoint
  • Appendices covering:
    • Links to further information about RFID written by the author
    • Details of the vendors in the RFID market place arranged by product type
    • Details on the global presence, marketing and maturity of these vendors (also by product type)

In due course Bloor plans to publish further details of the RFID categories introduced in this report, accompanied by evaluations of the products in the categories using the Bullseye evaluation methodology.

'RFID Market Place—from tags to applications 2007/8' By Bloor senior analyst Simon Holloway is available for purchase now, price: £995.00 | €1495.00 | $1995.00.

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