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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly changing the way businesses track inventory and assets. From Walmart and Tesco, to the U.S. Department of Defense, early efforts are already showing benefit, but software, integration, and data processing for RFID still present a challenge. If you are a developer or an architect charged with developing an RFID system, this book is for you. Drawing on extensive experience, Bill Glover and Himasnhu Bhatt provide you with essential information on this emerging technology.
In RFID Essentials you will find information on:
- Tags and Tag Protocols including Electronic Product Code (EPC)
- Readers and Reader Protocols
- RFID Middleware
- Security and Privacy
- Managing RFID Devices
- RFID's impact on your Architecture
With the knowledge you gain in these pages you will possess the information and understanding you need to start designing, building or integrating with RFID systems.
RFID Security Apr 2006
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a method of remotely storing and receiving data using devices called RFID tags. RFID tags can be small adhesive stickers containing antennas that allow them to receive and respond to transmissions from RFID transmitters. RFID tags are used to identify and track everything from Exxon EZ passes to dogs to beer kegs to library books. RFID tags use a standard that has already been hacked by several researchers. There are several motives for someone wanting to hack an RFID system:
For monetary gain. Hacking a store's RFID system would allow a hacker to lower the pricing on any product(s). One could also steal cars (Prius or Lexus already have RFID keys) with RFID-encoded keys.
Wreak havoc with someone's supply chain. Malicous/mischievous hackers can delete/alter/modify all identifying information for an entire shipment of products.
Protect personal privacy. Privacy advocates fear that RFID tags embedded in products (which continue to transmit information after leaving a store) will be used to track consumer habits. RFID tags are also being tested as a means for identifying individuals on passports, driver's licenses, etc. This also has the ACLU types up in arms because, just like RFID tags in consumer products, these tags would be "always on" and broadcasting your personal information wherever you are.
The realistic, no-hype guide to RFID evaluation, planning, and deployment
Approaching crucial decisions about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
technology? This book will help you make choices that maximize the
business value of RFID technology and minimize its risks. IBM's Sandip
Lahiri, an experienced RFID solution architect, presents up-to-the-minute
insight for evaluating RFID; defining optimal strategies, blueprints, and
timetables; and deploying systems that deliver what they promise.
Drawing on his experience, Lahiri offers candid assessments of RFID's
potential advantages, its technical capabilities and limitations, and its
business process implications. He identifies pitfalls that have tripped up
early adopters, and shows how to overcome or work around them. This
must-have resource can also act as a reference guide to any nontechnical
person who wants to know about the technology.
From building business cases to testing tags, this book shares powerful
insights into virtually every issue you're likely to face. Coverage includes
* RFID "reality check": getting beyond the hype and the counterreaction
* Aligning RFID strategy with business strategy
* Assessing applications, both prevalent and emerging
* Identifying opportunities to use RFID beyond supply chain applications
* Choosing between RFID and barcodes
* Realistically assessing potential ROI, one step at a time
* Designing solutions that leverage RFID's advantages while overcoming
its performance limitations
* Understanding business flows impacted by a potential RFID
deployment
* Defining realistic roadmaps and timelines
* Addressing oft-neglected real-world issues, from tag validation through
managing expectations
* Dealing with standards
RFID Sourcebook will help you ask the tough questions...build the right
applications...avoid costly mistakes...work more effectively with suppliers
and partners...time your initiative...even find alternatives to RFID when
that makes sense. Whatever your role in RFID strategy, planning, or
execution, have Sandip Lahiri's experience and knowledge on your side:
You'll dramatically improve your odds of success.
RFID Field Guide: Deploying Radio Frequency Identification Systems
Everything business and technical managers must know to intelligently evaluate RFID and plan deployments Identifying the right applications -- and making the business case Team-building, vendor selection, standards, infrastructure, integration, emerging technologies, and more Whatever your industry or application, RFID Field Guide is your comprehensive guide to planning, designing, and deploying RFID technologies. Two leading RFID consultants draw on their extensive experience to cut through the hype associated with RFID technology and present the realities: true costs and benefits, practical technical and organizational obstacles, and solutions that work.
The authors begin by explaining how RFID works, and identifying mature and emerging RFID applications that can reduce expenses, increase revenue, and drive competitive advantage. Next, they present a complete framework for assessing and deploying RFID: everything from budgeting to team building, standards to security, vendor selection to integration. Along the way, they answer the crucial questions facing every business and technical manager responsible for evaluating, planning, or implementing.
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Look beyond the hype–new and noteworthy and what Vista really means for tomorrow’s desktop.
Covers the Beta 2 release of Windows® Vista
An unbiased, unvarnished sneak peek at everything that’s new, noteworthy, and ready for prime time in Windows Vista.
Microsoft Windows Vista Unveiled is an in-depth exploration of the public release Beta 2 version of Windows Vista, Microsoft’s next major operating system and the successor to Windows XP. Whether you’re just planning ahead for a future upgrade or running Beta 2 already, Microsoft Windows Vista Unveiled takes you on a detailed tour of all the new and improved technologies, features, tools, and programs that Microsoft programmers have stitched into the Vista fabric. You will learn not only what features are new in Vista, but also why they’re important (or not), who they were designed for, and how they will affect your computing life. The goal of this book is to give you an exhaustive sneak preview of Vista’s innovations and changes so that by the end of the book you should know whether Vista is for you and what you can expect when you sit down in front of this new operating system.
Here’s what you’ll find inside…
* In-depth coverage of all the new and improved Windows Vista tools and technologies
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* A review of Vista’s new performance and stability features
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* A complete look at Vista’s totally redesigned networking tools
* In-depth coverage of Vista’s new and improved tools for notebooks and Tablet PCs, digital media, and gaming
Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has been working with computers for more than 30 years, has been using Microsoft Windows since version 1, and is widely viewed as an expert in explaining Windows and Windows technology. Paul has written more than 40 books that have sold nearly three million copies worldwide, including Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed, available January 2007.
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