ABI Research debuts online RFID research tool

Oyster Bay, NY- ABI Research is offering an line solution for companies to do a systematic comparison of RFID firms and their technologies. The RFID Industry Database details RFID company backgrounds, product and service offerings, regional capabilities, relevant partnerships, customer wins, and the companies’ positions relative to competitors, applications and vertical markets.

While earlier versions of this offering were provided in printed form — necessitating laborious data mining through series of charts — the latest edition is entirely online, and entirely searchable by users, says ABI Research.

“This service is unique,” says ABI Research analyst Sara Shah. “I am not aware of any comparable tool available anywhere. All company profiles are updated quarterly, in conjunction with our regular RFID Market Update, which qualitatively describes industry developments in the preceding three months,” Shah adds. “The rest of the information is refreshed in real time, as our researchers acquire it.”

The new service allows users to customize online searches to a very precise set of parameters: by tag type, reader type, and frequency, for example. Users can also search for companies by application, frequency, standard, vertical market and company focus.

The included ABI Vendor Matrices — which assess vendors on the twin axes of “innovation” and “implementation”, can be sorted by company focus: tag, reader or IC manufacturers, software providers, integrators, label/printer providers, and industrial automation suppliers.

The RFID Industry Database is available as part of the ABI Research RFID Research Service, an annual subscription that provides timely updates on the rapidly changing RFID market, and also includes Research Reports, Forecast Databases, Analyst Access, and Analyst Insights.