Survey Reports RFID Barriers

May 31, 2007

Lack of skilled labor is having an impact on the adoption rate of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, according to research results from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). The third annual RFID survey found that 68.8 percent of respondents believe there is an insufficient pool of RFID talent for hire. This compares to 75 percent of the respondents who answered that way in 2006 and 80 percent in the 2005 survey. Dave Sommer, Vice President of e-Business and Software Solutions from CompTIA, advises that the relatively slow adoption rate for RFID lessened the impact that the shortage of skills has had on the industry, but that this shortage will continue to affect further implementation of RFID technology.

CompTIA (www.comptia.org)

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.