RFID Applications for Businesses—what to consider before you make the investment

There are new RFID applications for libraries, public and private schools, universities, resorts, race car drivers, retail and wholesale merchants, hospitals, casinos, doctor’s offices and museums.  Employee’s identification badges, tags on the ears of farm animals and all kinds of vehicles can be equipped with the tracking devices.
They are used to pay for tolls, keep [...]

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RFID Applications: What to Consider Before You Install

Before you install RFID applications, there are a number of things to consider.  An experienced XML database consultant can help to ensure that the system is appropriately tailored to meet your company’s needs.  Here’s a look at some of the things that consultants consider.
Your current system must be able to meet the data storage requirements [...]

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The Benefits of RFID and Other Technological Advancements to the Medical Community

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) started out as a military application.  The same is true of many technological advances including cellular phones and GPS tracking.  Even the first “general purpose” electronic computer was developed for US Army ballistic research.
Today, the technology is available for use in the private business sector.  Applications exist in dozens of different [...]

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Is An Autoresponder a Good Investment?

You can use an autoresponder in your business to send out notifications of upcoming sales.  If your company has a newsletter, you can use the responders to keep track of your lists of email addresses and automatically send out your newsletters, as soon as they are ready to go.
You can use the robots to keep [...]

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Using a Database in Racing — A look at Formula One Telemetry Software

Racing teams have been making use of unique database designs for a number of years to improve their speed, performance and accuracy.
Some programs are used to reduce the amount of time that it takes to get the design from the drawing board to the race track.  Others are used to calculate the fastest potential lap [...]

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A GPS Database and Fleet Tracking Software Helps Everyone Save Money

The use of a GPS database combined with appropriate fleet tracking software can be used by local governments and individual business owners to keep track of buses and other vehicles, while providing drivers with important information to safely speed up the trip.  The technology pays for itself in the long run by reducing fuel usage, [...]

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The Benefits of Telemetry Software in the Emergency Vehicle

The typical emergency vehicle is equipped with some type of telemetry software.  There are benefits to the 911 operators, the EMT specialists, the hospital and the patient.  For any municipality or private service that has not invested in the technology, here’s a look at the benefits.
By definition, telematics or telemetry software allows for the measurement [...]

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Embedded Control-Record Layouts Improve Database and RFID Sensor Testing

Software application designers and hardware application developers are working as teams to incorporate control-record layouts into end-to-end XML services for RFID networks.  Using these newly formed XML tag sets made up of customized control-records has improved the design and development scenarios across diverse hardware platforms, operating systems, applications, and databases.
As software application developers begin to [...]

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The Importance of Customized Testing for New and Old Software Applications

Any time that a company installs a new piece of software, they should have customized testing conducted.  The tests help to ensure that the new program is free of bugs and performs as it was intended to.  It may cost a little extra today, but it could save you millions in the future.
It has been [...]

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Smart-Talk Database Schema for Innovative Sensor Modeling

The Smart-Talk database schema incorporates and supports standard open architecture and a set of basic services for in situ sensor integration of all kinds of sensors, sensor networks, and other sensor-like services. It aims to improve the interoperability of in situ sensors and sensor networks and to allow quick and cost-efficient reuse of data and [...]

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