Tagged: RFID & News
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How technology can make travelling smarter and safer by 2025 – WEF News
22.05.2013 Four new solutions that are based largely on existing technology could drastically improve the safety and efficiency of travel and transportation by 2025 – that’s according to a... -
Car-sharing firm teams up with SEAT and opens six Dublin bases News
18.02.2013 Irish car-share company GoCar has forged a partnership with SEAT that will see five Mii cars join the GoCar fleet in 2013. GoCar is also opening six new car spaces in Dublin City.Categories: Sustainability, MobilityTags: RFID, -
Avis to acquire car-sharing network Zipcar in US$500m deal News
02.01.2013 Car rental giant Avis is set to expand its portfolio into the US car-sharing marketplace as it is to purchase the car-sharing company Zipcar in a deal that could be worth up to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Sustainability, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Deals Done, Apps -
Irish tech firm AMCS acquires Swedish software group Wånelid News
15.11.2012 Irish environment and recycling management software company AMCS Group is expanding its footprint in Scandinavia as it has acquired the Swedish software company Wånelid AB Group... -
Car-sharing platform GoCar to put 200 cars on roads by end of 2013 News
20.06.2012 Car-sharing platform GoCar, which a large Irish car-renting group invested in earlier this month, is planning to have 300 cars on the roads by the end of 2013 for people to rent... -
Tech start-up of the week: WeGo News
17.06.2012 WeGo is a new Dutch-based car sharing platform set up by Dan Leahy, an Irishman who has been living in Amsterdam for the past 15 years. The idea of WeGo, which has just secured... -
Rugged devices, RFID and cloud computing join fight against counterfeiting News
21.05.2012 The use of rugged mobile devices in production and services industries allied with the cloud and RFID are contributing to major advances in industries from food to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Servers, Security, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Data Management, Apps -
ComReg warns network congestion will impede wireless future News
22.11.2011 Radio spectrum is worth €3.6bn (or 2pc of GDP) to the Irish economy, employing 26,000 people. With wireless technology central to the future of the economy and society, ComReg... -
Clubbers to enjoy a cocktail of Facebook and RFID News
08.11.2011 Some of Ireland's top nightclubs, including Dublin’s Krystal and Cork’s Havana Browns, have achieved a technology first: clubbers will be able to use RFID tags to trigger... -
CrowdScanner comes a long way in five months News
26.10.2011 Five months after receiving the Competitive Start Fund (CSF) from Enterprise Ireland, Galway start-up CrowdScanner’s gaming software is being used in one of the largest... -
Heavey RF signs €250k deal with DHL News
15.11.2010 A Dublin IT company has won a major €250,000 contract to deploy a new voice-based management system inside global logistic company DHL’s Dublin operations. -
Dairygold invests €250k in mobile handheld deal News
23.02.2010 Mobile technology company VisionID has just completed a €250,000 deal to provide Dairygold Agri stores with Motorola handheld computers and wireless infrastructure which will... -
Smart home tech scoops student engineering award News
23.06.2009 A project on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for the smart home and office environment has scooped the Level 7 Innovative Student Engineer of the Year award for...Categories: R&D -
RFID and GPS tracking to revolutionise waste recycling across US News
29.09.2008 An innovative waste-tracking technology employing radio frequency ID (RFID) and global positioning system (GPS) technology developed by a Limerick firm is set to double...Categories: R&D -
Confirmed – 320 jobs affected by electronics pull-out in Cork News
25.09.2008 It has been confirmed that the job cuts at Sensormatic Tyco’s electronics manufacturing plant in Cork will be worse than originally envisaged, with some 320 jobs to be lost at...Categories: Business -
Global airline industry spends US$11bn on IT each year News
10.09.2008 The global airline industry is spending 2.2pc of revenues, or US$11bn, on IT investment this year, with self-service, security and on-board communications standing out as...Categories: CIOTags: RFID, -
Act local – think global News
05.05.2008 Every business today is in reality a part of a global supply chain and actions in the warehouse now could determine future agility and flexibility.Categories: CIOTags: Supply Chain Management, RFID, -
Virtualisation and SOA top the CIO’s shopping list News
19.03.2008 More than half of chief information officers (CIOs) have put service oriented architecture (SOA) into their 2008 budgets, as well as virtualisation, the latest CIO management... -
Smoothing the supply chain News
10.03.2008 The latest technologies allow warehouse managers and logistics experts to have complete in-stock accuracy and save millions in the process.Categories: BusinessTags: Supply Chain Management, RFID, -
Supply chain finding its voice News
25.02.2008 RFID has been hyped as the next big thing in supply chain management but the technology has several shortcomings that will prevent its rollout in all but the most ideal...Tags: RFID,