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Publication:	RFID 24-7
Date:	2/8/2012
Citation:	“The main thing to consider here is that you are removing the antenna so you are saving that cost as part of the finished transponder,” says Mike Liard, RFID analyst at VDC Research. “And they are mitigating RF interference issues associated with metal and liquids by removing the antenna. This technology could then be shared or licensed to vendors that may be able to produce tags in new ways and open up new markets for the technology.” Read Entire Article
Publication:	Logistics Management
Date:	1/1/2012
Citation:	“We’re seeing a convergence of technologies, including RFID, 2D bar codes, voice, GPS and sensors,” says Mike Liard, director of the RFID practice for VDC Research, a Massachusetts-based research firm. “And, we’re seeing a broader value proposition associated with asset management besides just where something is located.” It is also one of the fastest-growing segments of the RFID market. “We are seeing new applications, use cases and ROI models, and we’re seeing them across industries,” Liard says. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Reuters
Date:	10/18/2011
Citation:	Retailers are in the midst of the technology revolution. Research firm VDC Research estimates retailers worldwide will spend 12 percent more on installing self-check-out kiosks -- which require fewer staff -- by 2015. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Connected Planet
Date:	10/6/2011
Citation:	Chris Rezendes, executive vice president of m2m and embedded device research firm VDC Research, said he expects to see strong interest in cloud-based m2m from chief financial officers who are asking why their companies are buying SCADA servers, for example, when they don’t pay for email in that manner. Rezendes added, though, that VDC also expects to see private cloud m2m implementations, perhaps involving communities of companies in specific vertical markets. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Connected World Magazine
Date:	9/30/2011
Citation:	Drew Nathanson, vice president of AutoID, VDC Research Group, www.vdcresearch.com, says systems integrators and developers can now design complex, production-ready innovations for item-level asset traceability and operational collaboration from the operations floor through the use of Javascript programming. Read Entire Article

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Publication:	Elmira Star-Gazette
Date:	7/30/2011
Citation:	The vendors of the systems raked in $524.1 million worldwide in 2010, a 46 percent increase from 2007, according to technology research firm VDC Research Group. VDC also projects growth of 84 percent over the next five years. Read Entire Article
Publication:	msnbc.com
Date:	7/22/2011
Citation:	Self-checkout suppliers raked in $524.1 million worldwide in 2010, a 46 percent increase from 2007, according to technology research firm VDC Research Group, which projects growth of 84 percent over the next five years. As technology improves, self-checkout likely will migrate into store aisles as customers armed with smart phones use new apps to scan and pay for items on the spot. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Selfserviceworld.com
Date:	6/9/2011
Citation:	According to research released by VDC in 2011, the mobile worker population exceeded 1 billion in 2010 and with an increasingly mobile and distributed workforce, is expected to grow by more than 10 percent over the next three years. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Logistics Online
Date:	5/17/2011
Citation:	"Our research indicates that the vast majority of Tier I - III global enterprises with a mobile workforce will install new applications, or upgrade existing solutions during the next three years. Yet, they have perhaps too many options to choose from," said Chris Rezendes, executive vice president, VDC Research Group. "Initiatives such as Honeywell's ISVstore.com could help make the process of identifying, prequalifying, and ultimately sourcing enterprise mobility software more efficient and effective for users and their channel partners." Read Entire Article
Publication:	Puget Sound Business Journal
Date:	4/21/2011
Citation:	VDC Research Group forecasts that the number of UHF Gen2 tag chips shipped will increase from 1.6 billion in 2010 to 41.0 billion in 2015, a growth rate of 92 percent. Read Entire Article

Publication:	Packaging Magazine
Date:	3/28/2011
Citation:	According to VDC Research, the mobile printer category is experiencing 9.2 per cent compound annual growth, which found the percentage of end users who consider return on investment (ROI) an obstacle to adopting mobile printers had fallen nearly in half since a previous study. Read Entire Article
Publication:	RFIDNews
Date:	3/15/2011
Citation:	A recent survey from VDC Research projects the Europe, Middle East, and Africa market for RFID printer/encoders is expected to grow by nearly 20% in 2011 – attributed to an increased demand from retail to manufacturing, health care and other industries for item-level tracking to better monitor inventory levels and track assets. Read Entire Article
Publication:	RFID 24-7
Date:	1/31/2011
Citation:	“According to an RFID end user survey we conducted in Q4 2010, more than 70 percent of respondents cited the following four reasons for adopting a cloud/hosted platform: cost savings, ease of implementation, ease of upgrading/refresh, and speed of deployment,” says Drew Nathanson, director of operations at VDC Research Group. “That figure is even higher when looking exclusively at the Tier II and Tier III communities.” Read Entire Article
Publication:	WTN News
Date:	1/26/2011
Citation:	“The bar code is low cost and has been adopted by participants throughout the supply chain,” says Tom Wimmer, director of the AutoID & transaction automation practice at VDC. “RFID serves as a viable complement to the bar code where increased functionality is needed. Both technologies are increasingly seen as simply data carriers, and when deployed together can provide tangible benefits and a swift return on investment.” Read Entire Article
Publication:	WTN News
Date:	1/19/2011
Citation:	Drew Nathanson, senior RFID analyst and director of research operations at VDC Research Group, expects the retail industry to consume at least 3.4 billion RFID tags by 2014. Read Entire Article

Publication:	RFID Journals
Date:	1/19/2011
Citation:	"Number management and serialization [of EPC numbers for RFID tags] is one of the most difficult challenges end users face with regard to RFID," says Andrew Nathanson, the director of research operations at VDC Research. Read Entire Article
Publication:	ThingMagic
Date:	12/9/2010
Citation:	"Businesses are scaling and deploying. In many different ways, RFID is moving to the next stage." - Drew Nathanson, Director of operations, VDC Research. Read Entire Article
Publication:	RFID 24-7
Date:	11/17/2010
Citation:	Bar code and RFID technology continue to converge. In a recent study conducted by VDC Research and revealed during a webcast this afternoon, 34 percent of bar code users are integrating RFID into their bar code solution. Read Entire Article
Publication:	ScreenMedia Daily
Date:	11/14/2010
Citation:	"Customer engagement is getting crazier. Do you remember the old days when all we had was point-of-sale?" asked Chris Rezendes, Executive Vice President at VDC Research, a provider of technology market research and strategic consulting. "Now we have point-of-decision, point-of-service, and point-of-delivery—almost any point inside of the retail environment. Today, you can have all of these transactions taking place anywhere the consumer wants it, and that means that a brand needs to be everywhere as well. The basic fact we all need to recognize is that the traditional customer acquisition, closed-loop management, and retention life cycle have been destroyed. The idea that there are points of leverage for brands has shifted—and there's now a new set of rules—these new rules are favoring the consumer more than anyone else." Read Entire Article
Publication:	Datalogic
Date:	11/9/2010
Citation:	Confirmed by the VDC Report, Datalogic Scanning holds the leading fixed retail scanning position in all three major economies of the world: the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Read Entire Article

Publication:	Modern Materials Handling
Date:	6/2/2010
Citation:	Every year for the past five years or so has been the year RFID was going to take off in the supply chain. Too often, the reality failed to live up to the hype. That may be about to change, according to a new survey of RFID users from VDC Research Group (http://www.vdcresearch.com), the Massachusetts based technology research firm. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Modern Materials Handling
Date:	6/2/2010
Citation:	One of the emerging stories in the RFID market is the convergence of technologies around RFID. “Sensing and monitoring is beginning to take hold,” says Drew Nathanson, director of research operations for VDC Research Group (http://www.vdcresearch.com), the Massachusetts based technology research firm. Read Entire Article
Publication:	The New York Times
Date:	5/25/2010
Citation:	The newfangled machines, which cost $3,000 to tens of thousands of dollars, are now a small part of the industry, generating less than a $1 billion in revenue, said Chris Rezendes of VDC Research. Read Entire Article
Publication:	TMCnet.com
Date:	4/6/2010
Citation:	"As passive RFID becomes more core to enterprises and value chains, the role of printers and applicators will be greatly expanded," state Drew Nathanson, director of research operations, VDC Research. "The RFID industry is poised for significant gains..." Read Entire Article
Publication:	The Christian Science Monitor
Date:	3/24/2010
Citation:	However, automated retail may help retailers manage costs, says Rory Gardner, an analyst with VDC Research Group, a Natick, Mass., company that studies the self-service industry. "Not only can self-service help you change the way you interact with..." Read Entire Article

Publication:	Tagsys RFID
Date:	3/16/2010
Citation:	“Item-level RFID implementations are growing in supply chain, asset tracking, consumer goods, retail and other industries because they provide real value by helping companies cut costs, enhance customer experiences and grow sales,” said Andrew... Read Entire Article
Publication:	The Journal of New England Technology
Date:	1/29/2010
Citation:	But the real test will come if Airbus has to track the history of a part that failed and caused a catastrophe, according to Drew Nathansson, director of research of operations at Natick-based VDC Research. “If Airbus is building airplanes and something... Read Entire Article
Publication:	Hospitality Technology
Date:	12/1/2009
Citation:	In Vol.2: Hospitality of their 2009 Self-Service and Customer Interaction Management Solutions study, VDC Research identified and analyzed the key now- and near-term opportunities and threats impacting the North American hospitality market. Read Entire Article
Publication:	dash7org
Date:	11/5/2009
Citation:	“Container security is essential to many industries, but a problem that to date has not been solved from a technical standpoint,” said Drew Nathanson, director of AIDC Technologies, VDC Research Group Read Entire Article
Publication:	PR Newswire
Date:	10/22/2009
Citation:	"Retailers are leveraging advanced technologies with installed solutions to improve in-store customer experiences and operational efficiencies, particularly at the item-level," said Drew Nathanson, Director of Research Operations at VDC Research Group. Read Entire Article

Publication:	Businesswire
Date:	10/14/2009
Citation:	“There is no question that RFID-based EAS represents an exciting long-term vision of convergence in retail,” said Drew Nathanson, Director of Research Operations at VDC Research Group. Read Entire Article
Publication:	THAI PR net
Date:	10/1/2009
Citation:	"There is no question that RFID-based EAS represents an exciting long-term vision of convergence in retail," said Drew Nathanson, Director of Research Operations at VDC Research Group. Read Entire Article
Publication:	RFID Solutions Online
Date:	8/11/2009
Citation:	"Despite the current economic climate; the future remains bright for the RFID Smartcards market". According to recently published research by VDC Research Group Read Entire Article
Publication:	More RFID
Date:	8/7/2009
Citation:	"Overall, demand for RFID smartcards will remain stable and not be significantly affected by the current recession," cited Drew Nathanson, VDC's Director of Research Operations Read Entire Article
Publication:	RFID Journal
Date:	8/6/2009
Citation:	RFID is showing signs of health in several select markets, according to new research from VDC Research Group (VDC), a technology market research firm located in Natick, Mass. Read Entire Article

Publication:	Economist
Date:	7/2/2009
Citation:	"Self-service is on the rise in industries from retailing and entertainment to travel and telecommunications". According to VDC Research Group, retailing, hospitality and health-care firms spent $2.8 billion on self-service technology in 2008. Read Entire Article
Publication:	More RFID
Date:	3/2/2009
Citation:	"Although the current economic climate is delaying investment in self-service technologies, the global markets for these solutions are expected to continue to grow in direct response to rising customer comfort levels, clearly defined value propositions and proven ROI metrics," states Rory Gardner, Transaction Automation Analyst for VDC Research Group. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Self Service & Kiosk Association
Date:	2/4/2009
Citation:	"The challenges of selling retail automation solutions during a recession were apparent at the 2009 National Retail Federation conference in New York City", according to a news release from VDC Research. Read Entire Article
Publication:	MoreRFID.com
Date:	12/1/2008
Citation:	"Although pilots and beta tests date back to the mid 1990s, 'personal shopping systems' are starting to experience noteworthy adoption and deployment across the globe," stated Rory Gardner, Research Analyst for VDC Research. "Handheld POS scanner suppliers continue to highlight Europe as the fastest-growing region for this new breed of POS technology due to customer comfort with self-service technologies, and an ability to leapfrog legacy POS solutions in emerging country markets (i.e., Eastern Europe). By interacting with the consumer in-aisle, enterprises are given the opportunity to improve visibility, enhance the customer experience, reduce operating expenses and capture incremental revenue." Read Entire Article
Publication:	MoreRFID.com
Date:	10/23/2008
Citation:	Although the longer-term growth potential in the bar code printer market will be limited by these factors, there are still areas of solid growth where bar code printers can, and will, thrive in the near to mid term such as mobile printing, hybrid devices, and RFID," cites Kevin M. Permenter, AIDC Analyst at VDC Research Group. "Sustaining growth in a market with rapid commoditization, a shrinking competitive landscape, and a growing number of competitive technologies is the task before today's printer hardware companies. Now more than ever it is important to align innovation efforts with high growth areas and focus product design efforts on the rapidly changing end-user requirements and preferences." Read Entire Article

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