Gala Award Ceremony Marks Opening Day of TechInsights' RFID World 2008
Event
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- TechInsights and RFID Revolution
announced the winners of the second annual RFID Excellence in Business
Awards at a formal ceremony on the opening day of the RFID World 2008 event
at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The awards recognize companies and
innovators whose products or implementations demonstrate the benefits of
RFID (radio frequency identification) technology.
"We were pleased to receive more than 60 application submissions this
year from companies, hospitals and U.S. federal, state, and local
governments," said Leslie Downey, Principal, RFID Revolution. "Our panel of
independent judges was very impressed with the quality of the submissions.
The winners demonstrated diverse benefits of RFID such maximizing produce
purity and freshness, increasing transportation efficiency and helping the
seeing-impaired identify objects in their surroundings."
The 2008 Award categories and winners are:
Excellence in RFID Implementation
Winners: Office of the Product Manager - Joint Automatic Identification,
U.S. Department of Defense and Savi Technology
Project: U.S. Department of Defense Radio Frequency In-Transit Visibility
Network
Excellence in RFID Pilot
Winner: Kimberly-Clark
Project: RTLS-Enabled Yard Management System
Excellence in RFID Technology
Winner: Sensormatic, a Tyco International Company
Project: Sensormatic(R) iREAD(TM) Platform (iREAD) for Item Level Retail
RFID Visionary of the Year
Winner: Victor Vega, Director, IC & Tag Product Marketing, Alien
Technology
Most Innovative RFID Application
Winner: SkyeTek Inc.
Project: Gaishan Technology Leverages SkyeTek's Secure RFID Reader
Technology to Assist the Seeing-Impaired
Protecting the Environment
Winner: Hawaii State Department of Agriculture
Project: Food safety through an RFID Food Traceability System
Judges for the 2008 RFID Excellence in Business Awards were:
-- Laurie Sullivan, Editor, RFID World Online -- Lead Judge
-- Dr. Dan Dobkin, Proprietor, Enigmatics
-- Ann Grackin, CEO, ChainLink Research
-- Sue Hutchinson, Director of Industry Adoption, EPCglobal North America
-- Sandip Lahiri, IT Architect, IBM Software Group, IBM
-- Doug Martin, Consultant, RFID Applications
-- Greg Matula, Program Manager, RFID Operations, Hewlett-Packard
-- Dan Mullen, President, AIM Global (Association for Automatic
Identification & Mobility)
More information about the winners and applicants will be available at
http://www.rfidawards08.com the week of September 15.
About RFID World (http://www.rfid-world.com/2008)
RFID World is the leading industry event where buyers and sellers of
advanced track & trace solutions meet to discover new technologies and
applications, as well as share ideas and network with industry innovators
from around the globe.
About TechInsights (http://www.techinsights.com)
TechInsights is the daily source of essential business and technical
information for the electronics industry's decision makers -- the Creators
of Technology -- that define, develop, and bring to market the electronic
products that improve our lives. With global market leading brands such as
EE Times, Semiconductor Insights, TechOnline, Embedded Systems Conferences
and Portelligent, TechInsights is the leading dedicated information and
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information, please visit http://www.techinsights.com. TechInsights is a
division of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a
global provider of news distribution and specialist information services
with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.
About RFID Revolution
Based in the Washington, DC, area, RFID Revolution, LLC provides radio
frequency identification (RFID) education and market strategy consulting
services. Its state-of-the-art, Internet-based learning tool, RFID
Essentials, provides professionals in end-user companies with comprehensive
RFID working knowledge, quickly and economically. In hours, project team
members can acquire the ability and readiness to help accelerate their
company's RFID initiative and return on investment. To learn more, please
visit http://www.rfidrevolution.com or call 301-589-9791.
Media Contacts:
Leslie Downey
RFID Revolution
301-589-9791
RFIDAwards@rfidrevolution.com
RFID World Event Contacts:
Tim Downs Amy Giannini
Managing Director Event Marketing Manager
949-235-8985 415-947-6626
agiannini@techinsights.com
Media Contact:
Lynda Kaye
Mango Communications
650-799-2888
lynda@mangocommunications.com
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http://www.techinsights.com
http://www.rfid-world.com/2008
CONTACT:
Leslie Downey of RFID Revolution,
+1-301-589-9791, RFIDAwards@rfidrevolution.com; or RFID World
Event Contacts, Tim Downs, Managing Director, +1-949-235-8985, or
Amy Giannini, Event Marketing Manager, +1-415-947-6626,
agiannini@techinsights.com; or media, Lynda Kaye of Mango
Communications, +1-650-799-2888, lynda@mangocommunications.com,
for TechInsights
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