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Real-Time Data in Motion Creating a New, Augmented Reality

Randy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:07:53 +0000

Real-time data was first just used for navigation and for tracking things. Now with the advancement of computers, data transfer, and the web, real-time data is now technically feasible for doing about anything. Real-time data feeds and processing is what is behind augmented reality applications. What is happening with real-time data is that computers, the [...]

Measuring How System Design Adds Value to a Business

Randy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:38:11 +0000

With information technology, it is sometimes difficult to determine how much a system’s design contributes to the success of a business. From my experience a system’s design contributes as much as 50% or more to the success of an IT project. If you can get the system design right, system implementation is usually easier, it [...]

The Android OS - Open Vs Permission-based Mobile Computing

Randy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:23:10 +0000

The Android mobile operating system’s promise of open, mobile computing is beginning to bear fruit with Android 2.0 and the free Google maps navigation application. If you are not familiar with Android, it is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel. In 2005, Google started sponsoring the development of this mobile, [...]

Examples Uses of RFID Technology

Randy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:34:36 +0000

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is best used to track things that move or that can move. RFID technology has many advantages over other Automatic Identification Technology (AIT). RFID technology can track things automatically, it can be integrated with other technologies such as sensors, and it can be used in near-real-time to give true situational awareness. [...]

RFID DASH7 - the Catalyst to Move The Tempest Out of the Teapot

Randy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:27:40 +0000

The newly updated ISO/IEC 18000-7 (nicknamed DASH7) active RFID standard has all the making of ushering in a new era of innovation in the supply chain industry. After years of hype, the RFID Tempest May Be Moving Out of the Teapot. Why DASH7? DASH7 enables RFID products from different vendors to inter-operate with each other’s [...]

The AS2 Standard for EDI Over the Internet (EDIINT)

Randy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:46:53 +0000

Though I have concerns about AS2, it IS the B2B standard for exchanging electronic business documents over the internet using the popular http/https communications protocol. AS2 is more sophisticated than just plain HTTP or HTTPS because it defines extra standards such as HTTP protocol responses, and message format wrappers for EDI documents. AS2 can [...]

The Missed Opportunity of B2B eCommerce

Randy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:53:25 +0000

Many businesses do not use B2B eCommerce interfaces such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or other methods to exchange electronic documents with suppliers and customers. There are many reasons for this. The primary reasons are inertia, resistance to change, inhibited by the technology, and not realizing the B2B eCommerce opportunity. B2B eCommerce Definition. B2B [...]

B2B Web Squared - Web Meets the World of RFID, GPS, and Sensors

Randy — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:11:26 +0000

This is an exciting time for anyone that follows information technology trends. There is not so much as a bunch of new technologies emerging, but there is a convergence of web-based technologies and real-world sensor technologies. Web converges with the real-world: Web is Becoming Real-Time. The web is turning into a real-time, information-rich, interactive conversation between [...]

The Controversies With Human Automatic Identification

Randy — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:43:03 +0000

Automatic Identification Technologies (AIT) such as RFID and biometrics are not without controversies when it comes to human tracking and monitoring. AIT is a great enabler and labor-saver in the areas of logistics and supply chains. Automatic Identification Technologies automatically identify containers, parcels, and products to provide real-time visibility of movable assets. The challenge comes [...]

RFID Logistics - the Tempest is Moving Out of the Teapot

Randy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:47:15 +0000

I have always thought Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology would revolutionize logistics. Well after almost two decades, the RFID revolution may be starting. For many years the question for RFID was it a Catalyst to Boil an Ocean or Make a Cup of Tea? Behind the hype and the promise, the ROI for many [...]

Direct Deposit Cards - Alternative to Check Cashing Fees

Randy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:55:15 +0000

Check cashing fees are outrageous for someone that does not have a bank account. A better alternative than cashing checks at a check cashing store is a direct deposit card . With a direct deposit card, a person can get access to their money as fast or faster than cashing a check. Direct deposits are [...]

International Money Transfer Options

Randy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:42:29 +0000

It costs a lot to do an International money transfer. Even with the high cost of International money transfer, money sent back to relatives is the largest source of foreign investment for many African and Latin American countries. Traditionally, people have used a money transfer agent such as Western Union or used a bank wire [...]

Mobile Phone Banking Defined

Randy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:34:25 +0000

Mobile phone banking is a financial service where you can conduct common banking transactions using your cellular phone. Mobile phone banking has not really caught on in countries where there is a mature banking infrastructure and where most people have bank accounts. Mobile phone banking has caught on in less developed countries as a viable [...]

What if We Gave All Suppliers Free EDI Software?

Randy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:51:48 +0000

Sometimes it amazes me how little has happened in the last 10 years in regard to B2B eCommerce. One of the biggest challenges is with large businesses exchanging electronic business documents with “mom and pop manufacturers worldwide”. Many large retailers, manufacturers, and service providers have deployed extensive B2B eCommerce networks, but has it really helped [...]

Supply Chain Trading Partners Defined

Randy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:42:55 +0000

Who Conducts B2B eCommerce? Trading partners within supply chain networks are the primary participants in B2B eCommerce. In most modern supply chains, trading partners will exchange electronic documents in support of the purchase, movement, and payment of goods and services. The Basic Trading Partnership Relationship. B2B eCommerce consists of manufacturers, retailers, and service providers who exchange [...]

B2B - Confusion Over Data Formats and Protocols

Randy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:12:37 +0000

Business-to-Business (B2B) eCommerce terms such as EDI, XML, AS2, SFTP, and so on can get very confusing. What is really needed for two businesses to exchange electronic documents between each other? Most business see the value of establishing a B2B eCommerce interface in order to transfer electronic documents. What is confusing is that there are [...]