BusinessWorks Inc.- A dotcom in making

Tracking of students? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6942751/ National ID Cards on the way? http://news.com.com/From+high-tech+drivers+licenses+to+national+ID+cards/2100-1028_3-5573414.html?tag=nefd.lede No way you say? The question, 'why not?' would probably result in a scoff from most people. I don't want to be tracked, the government can't force me to carry a national ID card, and I do not want big brother in my life are just a few answers one could expect. How many state and federal government enforced identification systems were first 'controversial' and now just another fact of life? 'There is a way to make kids safer without making them feel like a piece of inventory.' - Michael Cantrall parent of two students in the California Program. Would you accept a number that is assigned to you from cradle until grave and mandated by law at birth? If you are an American, I am betting you have a social security number that is exactly that. Would you ca...

There was a huge uproar over a California school's RFID Student Tracking. It makes me think, are we ready for RFID in our day-to-day life? Could RFID monitoring had prevented or limited Columbine High School tragedy? Can RFID monitoring make our schools gun-free and drug-free? I don't know the answer, but these questions generate some interesting possibilities. After I posted my request for submitting pilot test projects, on various RFID forums, I received a request for testing from a school technologies developer who is planning to implement RFID technology in schools. This developer is outside US and has an ambitious plan to track thousands of students and teachers. Similar efforts are in progress in Indian sub-continent. Are these people not concerned about privacy or the benefits of using RFID far outweigh privacy issues?

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RFID must be the pinnacle to all technologies. With Wal*Mart, Target, and the Department of Defense all agreeing on implementation for various application, it must be the next big thing. Let's take a step back from all the hype and understand what is really going on here. Before any technology may truly proliferate, standards must be set and agreed upon, deployed, and enforced. The Department of Motor Vehicles enforces and controls government mandated standards for identifying vehicles and matching them with the identity of their owners. The internationally accepted standard of TCP/IP allows millions of nodes to be identified and networked. EPC Global is creating standards, among them is the task of identity related standardization of individual RFID tags and readers. A six-character license plate without the database with correlating VIN numbers, expiration stickers, associated taxes, and local law enforcement system is merely a scrap of metal. A networked powerful workstation wi...

BusinessWorks Inc has first member (besides me) on its team! Please join me in welcoming Brent Faulk on board. He will be a worthy co-author, or should I say co-blogger, of this blog. Brent brings a broad spectrum of experience with him. As you know this blog is about a RFID solutions related business and deals with various business related topics, Brent is a perfect fit with his knowledge in RFID Technologies, Business Development, Sales and IT Management. In his illustrious career, he has worked for NATO - controlling IT iniitatives in Brussels HQ, managed projects for a start-up IT-Resourcing and Integration company, consulted for a database middleware company and has been engaged in RFID Development lately. He will be a great asset to this blog and I look forward to reading his insight about RFID and business in general.