Editorial

Our Easter Party this year was just three days after the earthquake that took the lives of so many people in the city of L’Aquila, and which devastated churches, steeples, ancient palaces as well as the homes of 20,000 people on April 6.

Fabrizia, the fiancée of our production editor, works for the aerospace industry and was living in L’Aquila since 6 months when the disaster happened ...

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	Sophie B. de la Giroday Publisher

In this issue

	Focus on Logisrics
	NFC Journal

Asset Tracking

Biometrics

eGovernment

Healthcare

Events

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Focus on Logistics

In this issue:
- RFID is on the tank
- Building up an optimized solution

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NFC Journal

In this issue:
- NFC Academy launched in Abu Dhabi
- Tangibility in social networks
- Belgacom ‘PingPings’ into NFC micro...
- Towards system on chip integration

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Articles

RFID is on the tank
How automatic identification can bring better intelligence and control to LP gas cylinder recycling and help expand the propane market

Building up an optimized solution
Material handling productivity and inventory accuracy can be increased with an RFID forklift system purpose-built for the warehouse

Securing the pipeline... and the people
How smart firms are employing RFID solutions in the oil and gas industry

Planning for success
A look at some of the lessons learned by the early adopters of biometric systems and how they can help us to plan for successful biometrics applications

NFC Academy launched in Abu Dhabi
Ongoing NFC Academy conferences kick off a new cycle in the Near Field Communications revolution

Tangibility in social networks
Social network users will update their presence, location or contextual information more often

Belgacom ‘PingPings’ into NFC micropayments world
Customers pay with their mobile phones where they see the PingPing logo

Towards system on chip integration
A look at the business case for NFC integration and the key considerations when implementing a custom NFC design

ePassport interoperability - the next level
We take a look at the unsolved issues and the challenges, as well as the way forward to ensure the conformity of ePassport inspection systems

Making sure grandma is safe
How automatic identification can be utilized for tracking dementia and alzheimer’s patients in health care facilities, for the benefit of patients, their families, and their care providers

Making a mark: ID People Awards 2008
A look back at the winners of the ID People Awards 2008: celebrating the leaders as we begin to look around for the most influential individuals of the ID Revolution Community of 2009

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Breaking News:

30-06-09 Datacard licenses British Columbia drivers [more]

30-06-09 Gemalto rolls out Ugandan m-payment program [more]

26-06-09 UPM Raflatac and Digilogics in Mexican RFID [more]

23-06-09 Unique ID solution for US defense [more]

22-06-09 T-Mobile UK selects Sagem Orga SIMs [more]

18-06-09 Oberthur and Tbilisi bank launch paywave [more]

15-06-09 Gemalto deploys online ID in Latin America [more]

12-06-09 Q-Card expands barcode and chip card testing [more]

12-06-09 Saudis certify Gemalto bank card [more]

10-06-09 APACS endorses Hypercom payment security [more]

09-06-09 Deadline for UK CoCo data security compliance [more]

09-06-09 eCommerce developed for Romania [more]

05-06-09 Zetes launches eID for Belgians abroad [more]

04-06-09 m-Banking for HSBC Brazil [more]

03-06-09 Gemalto to launch French ID Bank card [more]

01-06-09 Integri and Micropross advance NFC [more]