New in March 2018: RFID & Wireless IoT Search Engine!

Today, rfid-im-blick.de/en is your first stop online for every wireless IoT research. Information on hardware and software, consulting, use cases, products and provider contacts are presented by category. The result: over 1,000 users visit the website each day. Numerous initiations of business start on this platform.

The name of the new online product – the RFID & Wireless IoT Search Engine – stands for a broad scope of information, globally available 365 days per year, 24 hours per day. The new portal publishes information about products, company profiles, and solutions in one single central research platform. Usability is created by categorising companies and products, as well as a well-thought-out structure and intuitive links between information.

The brand “RFID & Wireless IoT Global” unites wireless IoT know-how in expert articles, news and exclusive use cases from all over the world.

The “RFID & Wireless IoT Global” print magazine

Four times per year, our print magazine is published with over 50 pages, filled to the brim with information and know-how. We report on technological developments and use cases, among others in the form of extensive success stories from industrial manufacturing, logistics and supply chain, retail, security, and healthcare.

Together with the print magazine, a digital issue is published four times per year. All information about the digital and physical issues' contents is shared via the LinkedIn and Twitter networks. 90 percent of the magazine's content are based on personal interviews of our editorial staff with international press and project responsibles, CEOs and technology experts.

Worldwide distribution

The print magazine is read all over Europe. 25 percent of magazines are delivered to the Benelux, 23 percent to Scandinavia, 20 percent to Switzerland and Austria, 9 percent to Central and Eastern Europe and 19 percent to Spain, France and Italy. The digital issue is accessed online by experts all around the globe – from Brasil to Taiwan.

Two Guides and an upcoming online product search engine

In addition to the four magazines, the publishing house annually presents its Company & Application Guide, as well as the Product Guide as important additions to the know-how universe of “RFID & Wireless IoT Global”. The guides are compendiums and represent concentrated knowledge in select success stories and technology articles. With extensive presentations of companies and products, the guides also serve as door openers to the world of RFID & Wireless IoT. Both guides are published online and in print. Why publish a print version in 2017 at all? Because these are books destined for practical uses – handbooks to support project managers with their tasks.

Shortly, this offering will be expanded by an online product search engine. This way, we offer new possibilities to inform yourself in-depth about the broad spectrum of hardware and software for RFID and wireless IoT solutions. Stay tuned!

rfid-wiot.com online portal

Our online portal unites all our publishing activities. The search function provides easy access to thousands of articles and success stories, as well as all news and press releases concerning companies, products and events. Downloads for our numerous magazines and guides are available as well as our company search which supports you in finding the right partner for your project. More than 50 companies already present their products and services on www.rfid-wiot.com today.

Started in 2014 as a sister magazine of “RFID im Blick”

The first english-language issues for our international readership were direct translations of our German-language magazine “RFID im Blick” – from our content to our layout. In 2016, the first independent international magazine was published for international release - “RFID im Blick Global”. The next milestone came in 2017 with a name change – the international magazine is now named “RFID & Wireless IoT Global”. The title reflects a redefining of our content: RFID technology is still at the centre of our reporting. But from 2017 on forward, we will also look beyond technological limitations and examine full world of wireless IoT.

Why RFID AND Wireless IoT?

The answer is easy: The possibilities of connecting, transferring, processing and analysing data, the capacities and resources, the connection of sensors, as well as standards and product portfolios have continually evolved. RFID and NFC are two of the most important building blocks within the foundations of chip-based, contactless data transfer. Other technology options such as BLE, GPS, Wireless Sensing, SAW, WSN, or GSM expand the portfolio for IoT applications. These technologies are essential to gather and process wireless data to the IoT.

The complete know-how live on stage

The international conference “RFID & Wireless IoT tomorrow” brings all of our competencies to the grand stage on two days of the year – for seven years and counting. On September 27 and 28 of 2017, over 70 speakers in 9 forums will report on technologies, applications, research and rollouts. The exhibition and evening event provide optimal possibilities of networking with over 50 international RFID & wireless IoT companies and of course the speakers themselves.

Kathrein starts with the next generation of RFID systems!

The requirements for modern identification systems are increasingly defined by ERP architectures. Compared to a large percentage of RFID systems which are equipped either with a serial or a proprietary port, today only a few percent are equipped with a slow and non-network-ready protocol. The reason lies in a constant need for optimisation and efficiency gains in a production and logistics environment.

By Thomas Brunner, Head of Business Line IoT Solutions, KATHREIN Group