RFID Journal

RFID Journal is an independent media company devoted solely to radio frequency identification (RFID) and its many business applications. A bi-monthly print publication and online news and information source, the Journal offers news, features that address key adoption issues, case studies, and white papers written by academics and industry insiders on different aspects of RFID technology. The Web site includes an FAQs section, organized by topic, bulletin boards, a blog, an RFID event calendar, a searchable vendor directory, a career center and a store where visitors can purchase reports by RFID Journal and others.

In print: RFID Journal magazine is published six times a year. It focuses on high-level strategic issues, to help senior executives develop and execute an intelligent RFID strategy. Topics include building a business case, achieving a return on investment by working with business partners, off-setting the cost of RFID mandates with internal savings and aligning an RFID deployment strategy with a company's overall business strategy.

Online: The RFID Journal Web site provides unbiased news about RFID. The focus is on keeping businesspeople informed about the latest deployments, mandates, standards development and product innovation. Premium content includes features, case studies and special reports that explain the technology's capabilities and limits.

Executive conferences: RFID Journal LIVE!, RFID Journal’s annual executive conference, is where the RFID community gathers to assess the current state of adoption, share ideas and plan strategies. It's where end users share what they've learned, established vendors release their latest products and startups unveil their innovations.

Education courses: RFID Journal University helps businesspeople get up to speed on RFID and Electronic Product Code technologies. The focus is on providing end users with a foundational understanding of the capabilities and limits of RFID and the EPCglobal Network, so they can build a business case for using RFID, evaluate vendor partners, launch a pilot and plan a large-scale deployment. RFID Journal editors and experts with no affiliation to vendors teach the courses.

Launched on March 1, 2002, RFID Journal, LLC is a privately held corporation headquartered in Melville, N.Y. RFID Journal serves its membership both nationally and internationally, in a wide variety of industries. Mark Roberti, RFID Journal’s founder and editor, is widely regarded as a thought leader in the industry ( [http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67192,00.html 1] ). He speaks at more than 30 events each year and is widely quoted in the media [http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70308-0.html 2] [http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/10/10/focus2.html?hbx=e_sw 3] [http://www.massconsumers.org/Press-Release/Boston_com-Business.html 3] [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4542 4] [http://www.open-mag.com/features/Vol_82/rfid/rfid.htm 5] .

RFID Journal, Inc. is listed in Dun & Bradstreet's database of privately held corporations and is a member of the American Business Media, the association for business media companies.

External links

* [http://www.rfidjournal.com/ RFID Journal]