IDG message, IBM announced in France to open RFID Wireless Label Technology Exhibition Center in France La Gaude. At the same time, US Delta Airlines Delta Airlines announced its investment of up to $ 25 million in developing RFID technology.
Faye Holland, IBM Global Services Group RFID Technical Director told reporters that France's La Gaude Center is the first RFID solution center in Europe, mainly to display future wireless label tracking techniques. "Since January, RFID technology has made significant progress. In six months, many industries and regions have interested interest in RFID technology." She said.
Currently, IBM has RFID Technology Exhibition Center in Maryland, USA and Japan. The new French La Gaude Center will allow more detailed RFID technology application experiments. Users can view the working principle of RFID technology and how to configure the middleware in the terminal system.
IBM is preparing to promote RFID technology to biopharmaceutical, government transportation, retail, logistics supply chain, production and processing and electronic industries. The French Center will have a ready-made industry application plan.
The aviation industry has reached an agreement with IBM to apply RFID technology. US Delta Aviation, Boeing and European Air Bus companies have announced that the RFID industry standard for aviation logistics is being studied. Atlanta Delta Airline spokesperson Reid Davis announced on Thursday, "In the next 24 months, our company will use the RFID wireless label, the first batch will be sure to be used for passenger baggage and shipping."
Davis also warned that in view of the overall loss of the aviation industry, the new generation of RFID wireless labels must be taken into account in the output of output. "We are still very strange to RFID technology, is still in the test phase. However, the annual Delta Airlines is worth $ 100 million due to loss of passenger luggage, so if RFID technology helps the company save money, we are still happy to invest."
IBM said that in the past 18 months, RFID technology-related equipment such as wireless labels and read and write probes have fallen sharply, and they can help all industries saves a lot of expenses in warehousing, production and freight security links. "We believe that more than 50% of valuable goods around the world will be equipped with RFID wireless labels."
However, Gartner surveyed chief analyst Jeff Woods expressed disagree with IBM's proposal. "RFID is a cross-time technology, so no one dares to vote against votes." Wednesday, Woods published report, entitled "Beware RFID Bubble". The report pointed out that RFID technology is exaggerated by people, and RFID technology may not be able to achieve all kinds of immediate functions claimed. "In the short term, the popularity of RFID technology includes cost and security issues."
Woods reported that tests show that RFID technology has a 30% failure rate. For example, in the supermarket, if the side of the two wireless probes is too short, the thief can be safely passed.
WOODS predicts that by 2007, half of the large RFID projects may fail. Traditional barcode technology is still mainstream.
Woods believes that RFID wireless tracking technology will have a place in chaos and battlefields. "There is also a role in supermarkets. For example, a part-time salesman may not care about the trail of goods, with RFID wireless labels, all automation management, it doesn't matter."
Woods summary, RFID technology may make breakthroughs in defense applications. However, in such, the potential is not much potential. "RFID's commercial application is far away." (Guo Dawei compiled)
