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Articles by Laurie Sullivan
posted in May 2005

ADT To Deliver 'Intelligent' RFID Reader

5/31/2005
The reader, due in August, can process radio signals from tags without relying on instructions from a connected network.
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Wal-Mart To Suppliers: Clean Up Your Data

5/27/2005
Retailer has 800 suppliers on board with the effort but says that's not enough
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SAP Makes Play For Retek Customers

5/25/2005
At the Retail Systems conference in Chicago Tuesday, SAP said it would offer incentives, such as discounts on software and services, to any Retek customer choosing to make the switch.
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Microsoft Intros Windows Embedded For Retail Equipment

5/24/2005
Plug-and-play features in the offering allow retailers to easily add new devices, says Microsoft, which should help save time and money when equipment fails.
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Acquisition Gives Alien Access To RFID In Airports

5/23/2005
Alien Technology, a vendor of radio-frequency identification technology, says it has acquired Quatrotec, a technology provider and systems integrator for commercial aviation and other transportation markets.
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VeriSign Buys R4 Global For $15 Million

5/20/2005

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Latest 'Star Wars' Movie Leaked Onto Web, Blog Reports

5/20/2005
Waxy.org reports that Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge Of The Sith was released on BitTorrent and provided as proof a 19-second clip of the movie.
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Manhattan Associates Moves To SOA Platform

5/19/2005
Earlier this week at its Momentum user conference, Manhattan Associates unveiled Web-based supply-chain applications based on what it calls the Logistics Event Management Architecture platform. The platform is built on J2EE, C++, and Microsoft .Net.
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VeriSign Acquires R4 Global For $15 Million

5/19/2005
The VeriSign acquisition follows other supply-chain-related consolidations in recent weeks.
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Microsoft Intros Software For Small Retailers

5/18/2005
Microsoft Point Of Sale, which runs on a PC and replaces the cash register, provides small businesses with more analysis of customer and sales transactions.
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Department Of Defense RFID Contracts Accelerate

5/12/2005
Alien Technology and ADT Security Systems are the latest vendors to receive "approved vendor" status from the Defense Department, which is enabling its supply chain with RFID.
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Lawson Unveils 'Landmark' Technology

5/11/2005
It will rewrite its own applications in what it calls domain-specific language that reduces the lines of code required, thereby increasing software quality.
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UPM Rafsec To Build RFID Plant In The United States

5/10/2005
The facility, to be built in Fletcher, N.C., will help the Finnish manufacturer meet its goal of producing 1 billion tags per year.
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Intermec Emerges As Bright Spot In Unova Earnings

5/5/2005
Unova's net income dropped, yets its RFID-technology company, Intermec, reported a 31% increase in operating profit.
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Intermec Simplifies RFID Patent Licensing

5/5/2005
Using a limited-time-offer approach, between June 1 and Aug. 31 Intermec will sell groups of its patents through four "portfolio families" to makers of RFID tags, readers, and printers.
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What Is PeopleSoft's Founder Up To? Web Site Suggests A Return To ERP

5/4/2005
Dave Duffield hasn't confirmed, but davesnextmove.com suggests an open-source, Web-based ERP startup.
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Business-Intelligence Software Pays Off For Sears

5/4/2005
AllocationXpert helps retailer increase overall product accuracies per store, minimizing markdowns and improving margins and sales.
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Victory Land Group Claims Victory With RFID

5/3/2005
The furniture company says it has made a return on an initial $75,000 investment in the technology and is ready to expand beyond limited use of RFID tags.
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