RFID and Wi-Fi? Why Of course!

This is an excerpt from a good feature article by Ed Hess in Integrated Solutions. Sure, it's not brand new information, but it speaks to the momentum of RFID and the way in which technology convergence will propel more and more unique solutions everyware.

The pervasiveness of Wi-Fi technology has converged with growing end user knowledge of RFID technology to extend the shadow of asset tracking even further. In this scenario, RFID-enabled tags are attached to high-value assets, and their location is tracked through a company’s current Wi-Fi infrastructure. Leveraging a company’s Wi-Fi network certainly has merits. First, it’s an established infrastructure that’s already in place. Second, most companies have a lot more in-house expertise around Wi-Fi than RFID. Finally, there’s no proprietary networking technology to install and support.