CompTIA Cybercast Focuses on Readying Organizations for RFID Deployment.OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association See CompTIA. , this week will hold the fourth in its series of Web-based cybercasts on challenges, opportunities and strategies related to radio frequency identification See RFID. (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ) technology. "Getting Ready for RFID: The User Speaks" will detail the RFID deployment experience at American Power Conversion American Power Conversion, (formerly NASDAQ: APCC) based in West Kingston, Rhode Island, is a maker of AC and DC-based back-up power products and services. APC is best known for their manufacture of uninterruptible power supplies, mostly used as a backup power system for , a leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure. Richard Morrissey, director, e-business strategy at APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. , will discuss his experience in readying the company for RFID. The presentation is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. CT Thursday, November 18. The cybercast is free for CompTIA members and $45(US) for non-members. CompTIA, through its Electronics Industry Data Exchange (EIDX EIDX Electronic Industry Data Exchange EIDX Electronics Industry Data Exchange ) Leadership Group, is engaged in several RFID initiatives for the computer, electronics and information technology industries. One of these initiatives involves a working group tasked with developing supply chain business process models that incorporate RFID and identify potential return-on-investment at points along the supply and distribution chain. For more information on the CompTIA RFID cybercast series, please visit: http://www.comptia.org/events/get_event.aspx?eventid=RFID041118 About CompTIA CompTIA is a global trade association representing the business interests of the information technology industry. For more than 22 years CompTIA has provided research, networking and partnering opportunities to its 20,000 members in 102 countries. The association is involved in developing standards and best practices, and influencing the political, economic and educational arenas that impact IT worldwide. More information is at www.comptia.org. |
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