Here Raghu Das

IDTechEX The new IDTechEx report “RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2008-2018” is the summation of extensive new research in late 2007 and early 2008 including interviews with RFID adopters and solution providers in the various applicational RFID markets, giving an unprecedented level of insight into the total RFID industry and what is really happening. Here Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, summarizes some of the findings. In 2008 the value of the entire RFID market will be $5.29 billion, up from $4.93 billion in 2007. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID cards, labels, fobs and all other form factors. The majority of this

By Raghu Das IDTechEx The term Active RFID incorporates many technologies including Real Time Locating Systems, Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Active RFID with Zigbee, RuBee, Ultra Wide Band and WiFi. A new research report by IDTechEx “Active RFID and Sensor Networks 2007-2017” studies this market and finds that it is growing faster than other RFID technology sectors. Here Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, summarizes some of the findings (www.idtechex.com/activeRFID). Active RFID, where a battery drives the tag, is responsible for an increasing percentage of the money spent in the RFID market. It will rise from 12.7 percent of the total RFID market