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An industry group has released an architecture and initial specifications for a wireless technology with a range of inches that can be used to automate data sharing and transactions by mobile devices.

Microsoft Tuesday laid out its roadmap for BizTalk Server, including support for RFID technology and integration with Vista and Office, and said the next release of the software will come in the first half of 2007.

Increased online fraud and new industry regulations are driving companies to search for stronger authentication methods. The problem is there's little agreement on the best authentication method or what constitutes multifactor authentication.

Without warning, a supply chain executive from Wal-Mart told his operations and administrative staff to pretend that a particular distribution facility had burned to the ground. They had until the end of the day to figure out how to service Wal-Mart’s stores without depending on the impaired facility or its displaced staff.

The key to keeping stores stocked with the items customers want is good information, and retailers are doing all they can to keep system data clean, accurate and accessible to their suppliers.

AT&T is rolling out a fully managed service that supports RFID from end to end by joining a handful of vendors.

For a change of pace, let’s take a brief look of happenings throughout the wireless world.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week downplayed his company's rivalry with Google, saying Microsoft is more focused on creating Internet content and other services that will lure advertising revenue than on what Google specifically is doing.

A wireless tracking system now lets a big container shipping firm move containers faster through its 300-acre West Coast terminal, boosting the yard’s capacity and pleasing truckers, who now spend less time searching for their loads.

As use of radio frequency identification technology in supply chain settings progresses, industry experts have been devising ways to address consumer privacy concerns related to item-level RFID tagging.