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Strategically located global solution centers help drive business success with RFID solutions tailored for your industry |
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Are you considering RFID as part of your business strategy? Worried about whether a significant investment in this new technology may or may not bring the benefits to your operations that have been touted? Need to know more about how to customize a solution for your needs? The IBM RFID Solution Centers were established to provide customers with real, hands-on exposure to RFID so you have the information you need to decide what’s best for your company.
Each of the thirteen IBM worldwide RFID Solution Centers has a specific focus and area of specialization to help you understand everything from the core RFID technology through to the business value of implementing industry driven, RFID-enabled solutions. Turn to IBM for deep industry expertise and the RFID technology leadership you need to integrate this powerful technology into your operations.
Our thirteen IBM worldwide RFID Solution Centers are:
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Austin, Texas—Solutions Experience Lab |
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Boeblingen, Germany—RFID Solution Deployment Center |
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Charlotte, North Carolina—Wireless
PilotCenter |
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Dallas, Texas—RFID Global Solution Center |
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Dublin Ireland—RFID and Wireless Centre of Excellence |
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Hursley, U.K.—Emerging Technology Demo Lab and RFID Partner Centre |
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La Gaude, France—RFID and Industry Solution Center |
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Markham, Canada Canadian—RFID Solution Centre |
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina—Retail
Innovation Center |
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina—Wireless
Center of Excellence |
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Seoul, Korea—Ubiquitous Computing Lab Sensor and Actuator Solutions/RFID Solution Center |
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Washington, D.C.—Institute for Electronic Government
Briefing Center |
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Yamato, Japan—RFID Solution Center |
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| Austin, Texas—Solutions Experience Lab. This center demonstrates RFID solutions that stimulate innovative thinking in real-world settings such as fleet optimization and pharmaceutical track and trace. Also included are supply chain, healthcare, and energy and utilities. Goals are to extend off-the-shelf IBM solutions and highlight IBM’s unique brand and services capabilities. The center participates in client briefings for IBM business solutions, IBM hardware, software and services, and IBM Business Partner RFID hardware and applications. |
| Boeblingen, Germany—RFID Solution Deployment Center. This center specializes in the deployment of RFID technologies and in lab services for cross-industry customer engagements. Center capabilities include consulting and deployment services for RFID technologies during proofs of concept and pilot projects, and executing supply chain use cases under customer conditions.
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| Charlotte, North Carolina—Wireless
PilotCenter. This center is a pilot (quick-start) site for
wireless-related solutions such as RFID-based asset tracking. The
center also hosts client briefings and demonstrations. |
| Dallas, Texas—RFID Global Solution Center. This
center specializes in complex business solutions, with an RFID focus
on retail, consumer products, automotive, electronics and government
industries. Certified information technology architects and specialists
representing a breadth of expertise are available to conduct briefings
and workshops. |
| Dublin Ireland—RFID and Wireless Centre
of Excellence. Located on the IBM Technology Campus in Dublin,
this center specializes in solution development, implementation and
consultancy services for wireless and RFID technologies. The focus
is on solutions that service asset tracking, supply chain, and track-and-trace
applications. It also provides RFID test and demonstration facilities
for IBM clients and includes the deployment of a live pilot for tracking
mobile assets. |
| Hursley, U.K.—Emerging Technology Demo Lab and RFID Partner Centre. This center focuses on the synergy between RFID and asset monitoring and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions. The RFID Partner Centre’s specialty is helping partners develop and demonstrate solutions utilizing the IBM RFID infrastructure. The centre has full data centre capabilities, including RFID equipment auditing. Also supported are deployment and scalability testing for partner solutions. |
| La Gaude, France—RFID and Industry Solution Center.
La Gaude specializes in demonstrating the business value of multiple
industry solutions using end-to-end live prototypes, with deep architecture
skills on hand to discuss technical implications. The facility showcases
a variety of RFID business and technical scenarios that show the importance
of an end-to-end RFID architecture and the critical role of IBM RFID
middleware. The center is designed to help clients understand the
value and implications of major technologies on their customers and
to demonstrate IBM RFID deployment capabilities. |
| Markham, Canada—Canadian RFID Centre.
This center specializes in the food traceability of refrigerated and
frozen consumer products for retail and distribution clients. |
| Research Triangle Park, North Carolina—Retail Innovation
Center. This center specializes in retail store solutions.
Experts are available for all retail store products, including point-of-sale
(POS) systems, self-service solutions, software and more. Customized
briefings and demonstrations encompass specific product focus and
overall solutions including enablement of technologies such as RFID. |
| Research Triangle Park, North Carolina—Wireless Center of Excellence. This center specializes in hands-on
experience and expertise in passive and active RFID solutions. This
experience includes passive RFID testing in cross-sector areas with
a focus on distribution. Testing determines recommended passive RFID
tag and reader combinations for optimal tag readability, based on
the unique characteristics of products being tagged. In active RFID,
the center also has experience with real-time location systems (RTLS)
that can find assets quickly within a defined area. RFID technology
and technical experts are available to conduct training and consultation. |
| Seoul, Korea—Ubiquitous Computing Lab Sensor and Actuator Solutions/RFID Solution Center.
The Seoul center specializes in sensor and actuator and RFID solution enablement and working with clients to deploy IBM sensor and actuator and RFID solutions. Center capabilities include consulting for optimal technology selection to alleviate customer pain points incurred in current business processes and physical infrastructure. |
| Washington, D.C.—Institute for Electronic Government
Briefing Center. This center specializes in global public
sector briefings with nearly 80% attendance being government clients.
RFID specialists from all areas are available for briefing presentations,
consultation and training as needed. |
| Yamato, Japan—RFID Solution Center.
This center provides RFID technology solutions for a wide
range of industries. Experts in areas of wireless technologies and
sense and actuator released software are available to conduct training
and consultation. |
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