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One of the best gauges of the growing popularity of RFID technology is what the experts in IT say they are seeing more of, according to professional education specialists CompTIA, which has found that users from a wide variety of industries are increasing their usage of RFID compared to one year ago.

Information technology channel companies say their customers are showing more interest in RFID technology, according to the latest survey conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).

Many new projects
The worldwide survey of 155 IT companies found that 46% of their customers have implemented one or more RFID solutions, either as pilot projects or production deployments. This is an increase from a 2007 survey, when IT companies reported 34% of their customers had initiated RFID projects.

The most popular RFID deployments now used by customers are asset tracking, cited by 32% of IT companies surveyed; personal identification (28%); supply chain (25%); retail marketing (15%); and closed-loop manufacturing (9%), according to the CompTIA survey.

Widespread adoption
End user customers come from a cross section of industries, including services, government, finance, healthcare, retail, communications, and manufacturing.

"RFID offers adopters of the technology a number of benefits, from improvements in manufacturing, inventory and distribution processes, to reduced costs for product theft, spoilage or obsolescence," said Todd Thibodeaux, president and chief executive officer for CompTIA. "It falls to our industry to help users overcome any obstacles to RFID usage and help them benefit from the efficiencies RFID can deliver."

Most popular projects
Among the RFID products and services IT companies say they're delivering to customers today:

1. Hardware installation and maintenance: 62%;
2. Consulting: 46%;
3. Training: 43%;
4. Software implementations: 40%.

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http://www.comptia.org

Source: CompTIA