========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= September 9, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business Double Memory FREE! Select Dell Servers & Systems. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1078-19-40-6723-122398-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Pity The Retail IT Pioneer 1. News: Will RFID Win the Hype War? 2. News: RFID to Spark Supply Chain Sector Growth 3. News: Red Hat Releases New Linux Update 4. News: Wireless Tools Touted for Anti-Terrorism Stay informed with eWEEK.com's Retail Industry Center. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1078-19-40-6723-122401-1 ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Pity The Retail IT Pioneer What's more dangerous than being the last to deploy a new technology? Frighteningly enough, it's often being the first. It's those cutting-edge projects that really work out the bugs for a new approach. If it works, others move in and copy. If it doesn't, you've just spent millions showing your rivals what not to do. Read the rest of Evan's column here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1078-19-40-6723-122404-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Will RFID Win the Hype War? With Wal-Mart leading the way, tons of retailers are seriously evaluating RFID. But how far should they go? Circuit City's CIO says only so far... and maybe a few inches shy. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1078-19-40-6723-122407-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: RFID to Spark Supply Chain Sector Growth One vendor that's kicking up RFID sparks, Yantra, boasts both Best Buy and Circuit City Stores as customers. Yantra just added IBM to a list of publicly announced partners that already included Siebel Systems and retail systems integration specialist InfoSys. Get the details here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1078-19-40-6723-122410-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Red Hat Releases New Linux Update As retailers are being forced to move 24-year-old point-of- sale systems into the 21st century, execs are contemplating Linux as an option. The latest patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will be given more than a glancing look by retail IT execs in the know. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1078-19-40-6723-122413-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Wireless Tools Touted for Anti-Terrorism While RFID grabs a lot of the headlines, some IT experts are evaluating other wireless devices to help with product tracking, including Wi-FI and satellite tracking. 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