RFID Markets and Solutions for 2008

Ann Grackin

Published on Oct 10, 2007

RFID technology, implementation experience, and value realization have evolved quickly in the last few years. With global standards - not just for hardware, but also data - the confidence of the user community should be high. Read range issues and assurance of reliability are behind us. Today's obstacles in implementation are merely a lack of imagination. Particularly in closed loop applications, companies are experiencing project success and value from these implementations. However, since the market is still young, the question arises: are they buying and applying the right technologies, paying the right prices for hardware, approaching their projects in the most skillful way onto the fast lane to results? The use cases on RFID are fascinating. In 2008 this trend should continue, with more firms providing implementation services, and more end-users shopping not just for solutions, but diving in. Our research has shown a continuing trend of budgets for RFID increasing year by year.