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University of Maryland Gets into RFID

Thursday, August 9, 2007

College Park, Md.-based University of Maryland’s Maryland Technology Extension Service (MTES), a program that delivers practical and cost-effective technical and business assistance to state companies, announces a new RFID assessment program for a limited number of companies at no cost.

According to a press release issued this morning, assessments start with a review of a company’s productivity or security-related issues. Possible RFID solutions are then studied, after which a report is provided including potential costs and return on investment. [end] 

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