April 29, 2004

The Next Tech Boom

Steven Forrest links to an interesting article in a new magazine, Digital World, about a new technology called RFID that may well revolutionize business. (If you don't know what RFID is, check out RFIDJournal.com.) Here's an excerpt of the Digital World story:

Boeing and Airbus announce a new RFID proof of concept program. Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department of Defense set dates when suppliers must implement RFID or start losing their business. In the wake of mad cow disease scares, the government proposes using RFID to track livestock. The FDA issues a report calling for the use of RFID to help “secure the integrity of the drug supply chain” from counterfeiting. Oracle, Sun, Microsoft, SAP, Manugistics, IBM and others have all announced RFID support for their software offerings, and it seems that nearly every week brings a press release about yet another vendor or integrator strategic RFID partnership.