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Reaching Deeper For Data

By Katz, Jonathan
Publication: Industry Week
Date: Sunday, January 1 2006
HEADNOTE

WIRELESS APPLICATIONS

HEADNOTE

Emerging WI-FI, RFID and bar-code technologies increase mobility.

IN THE PAST, COMPLEX PLANT

environments have proved to be challenging places to implement and effectively use wireless technology. But many of today's applications enable greater mobility, improved data-collection capabilities and less-cumbersome deployments.

The end result for manufacturers is wireless systems that can extend to previously unreachable areas, says Dan Miklovic, vice president and manufacturing research leader at Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group Inc. "Companies are trying to extend the capabilities of their people. They're using mobile and wireless technology to get data from places they've never been able to get if from before, and get it to places they've never been able to get it to before."

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