Survey: Customers not ready for RFID

TUV
Jun. 22, 2007

Customers have been slow to implement radio frequency identification (RFID) technology even though resellers and others in the IT sector are set to embrace it, new research has revealed.

According to a survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), 84 per cent of consultants, systems integrators and solutions providers are poised to implement RFID products during the next three years.

However, those that have introduced the technology state that less than one-fifth of their customers have followed suit.

David Sommer, vice president of e-business and software solutions at CompTIA, said the research reflected the current RFID market, which he said had welcomed the wireless system but also faced financing problems and a shortage in the skilled workforce.

"Rosy forecasts about rapid and widespread adoption have given way to the reality of dealing with a technology whose broader deployment has been challenged by equipment and tagging costs," he concluded.

A number of uses for RFID have recently been announced, including its implementation in a sushi restaurant and to monitor handwashing in healthcare facilities.

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