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Aastra Invites Norstar Resellers to Free Webinar

Aastra USA, a leading company at the forefront of the enterprise communication market is hosting a free webinar to introduce its AastraLink Pro™ IP-PBX for small businesses to potential resellers. In light of the recent announcement by Avaya to discontinue the Norstar product line sooner than expected, many resellers and their customers must find alternative solutions. read more

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Shopify Debuts Free Mobile App for iPhone

Free App Allows Shopify Store Owners to View and Manage Orders, Sales, Products and More On the Go with a Simple Touch

Cheryl Scoffield Executive Sales Support, e-Spot Oakville Ontario Canada

Question: Business QUESTIONS ??

2. From your research, you’ve found that the Small Business Administration does not loan money directly to entrepreneurs. How do they provide financial assistance to small business owners?

Answer: Sorry, but you’ve got to do the research and answer those questions yourself instead of having someone else give you the answers and you just copy and paste them on that website.

6 Questions: One-on-One with Adam Spence, chair/founder, Social Venture Exchange

New exchange proposes big money for big problems.

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Plateau and Ambow Partner to Deliver Talent Management Solutions Across Mainland China

ARLINGTON, VA–(Marketwire – 02/01/10) – Plateau Systems , a leading provider of enterprise-class SaaS solutions for talent management , today announced a partnership with Ambow Education, a leading provider of personalized education and training services in China, that deepens Plateau’s commitment to its expanding international customer base and channel. Under the terms of the agreement, Ambow …

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RFID tags rely on radio frequency identification technology to make it possible for your specially labeled or tagged objects to be automatically identified. The system consists of an RFID tag and a reading device which relays the information on the tag back to the user, who can then track and trace their object.

What is an RFID tag?

RFID tags are tiny microchips, almost invisible to the naked eye, attached to a printed or plated antenna that is embedded in a card or other object. These devices listen for a radio query. When they sense one, they transmit a response. Many RFID tags are passive, meaning that they use the power from the querying radio signal to transmit their responses. Active tags have batteries, and can transmit a more powerful, longer range response. Each RFID tag has a unique identifier, usually a 64-bit to 128 bit number that can have thousands of trillions of possible values.

Who uses RFID tags?

RFID tags are used in a wide range of applications in industry, government, defense and healthcare. They are used to track and monitor inventory, monitor and locate valuable assets, provide secure identity cards or fobs for premises access, to track disaster victims in an evacuations and for easy and secure contact less payment systems. The greatest advantage of RFID is that it greatly speeds the acquisition and processing of information, since line of site and close physical interaction between the tag and the reader is not necessary, as it is with bar codes and other identification technologies. The applications for RFID systems are continually expanding.

How are RFID systems implemented.

There are many ’system integrators’ who have packages that provide tags, RFID readers and the software that collects and manages the information gathered by the RFID network. The system integrator provides a ’soup to nuts’ implementation service for the customer. These systems can be cost effective for standard track and trace applications. Other firms prefer a more customized approach, because their business process does not fit a system integrator cookbook, or because they believe they can build a competitive advantage by designing and building the system themselves. That is, the RFID system becomes part of their ’secret sauce’. In this approach, elements of the system will be customized to the unique requirements of the implementer. In these cases it is highly advantageous for the firm to engage with RFID specialists, who can ensure that the ‘physical layer’ of the system works as it should, i.e. that the readers and tags communicate reliably and consistently. This engineering is complex, and having experience in deployment is crucial for rapid, successful implementations.

Though your business and process may be unique, RFID technology may help your company. RFID can help you understand in real time where your inventory or assets are, where your employees are, and if those assets and people are secure. If you already monitor this information, RFID can greatly reduce the time spent collecting it, reducing cost and improving accuracy.

RFID asset tags can allow for worldwide tracking as your product travels around the globe, simplifying manufacturing and distribution problems. RFID consultants can create the correct tag for your own company and help improve your business.

Many RFID consulting services can identify and solve RFID problems, while optimizing options just for you. As each business practice and product is unique, so are each business needs. Find out what a RFID consultant can do for you.

Google clash highlights how China does business

Google’s threat to pull out of China has brought into sharp relief China’s longstanding clampdown on foreign companies’ access to its market.

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