Advanced Standards May Propel RFID To Greater Adoption

"RFID is about to get a separate software boost from the newly formed Radioactive Software Foundation, which is looking to develop a suite of open-source RFID software that conforms to the EPCglobal's RFID standards. The foundation was established in June in Toronto by two RFID software houses, N4 Systems of Toronto, and Refactored Networks of Kennesaw, Ga. The availability of such software should spur new players to join the burgeoning collection of RFID vendors. Along with Everett, Wash.-based Intermec, leading suppliers of RFID tags, readers, and complete systems include Symbol Technologies, Philips, Texas Instruments, Red Prarie, EM Microelectronic, Alien Technology, Impinj Inc., and, perhaps surprisingly, networking giant Cisco Systems, among others." Source: Techweb