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RFID a 'Wish List' Priority For CIOs

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) tops the list of CIOs’ must-have technologies, according to a survey carried out by research firm IDC, but RFID is in a close second, ZDNet reports.

Usage of RFID tags is predicted to rise by 122 percent. The track-and-trace chips were used in eight percent of companies last year, while 18 percent of them expect to use it in 2009, according to ZDNet (via IDC). [end] 

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