-- 75.4% year-over-year increase in the number of applications meeting or
exceeding external SLAs
-- 16.7% year-over-year increase in IT infrastructure operational
efficiency and business responsiveness
-- 1.92% year-over-year reduction of unplanned downtime
-- 6.9% year-over-year reduction in "time to information" for business
intelligence
"The top pressures driving integration of RFID and IT infrastructure
management include easing integration and maximizing the business value of
RFID-generated data, and meeting SLA," said Michael Dortch, senior research
analyst, Aberdeen. "Those companies are meeting these goals and setting the
stage for more and better RFID deployments by effective monitoring, testing
and optimization of their IT and RFID infrastructures."
In addition, the study found that users are expanding the focus of those
RFID deployments. When asked what items they are tagging or planning to tag
with RFID technologies, IT assets were cited by the highest percentage of
respondents (43%), ahead of more traditional manufacturing work in process,
or WIP (35%) and inventory (30%). This demonstrates the growing use and
business value of RFID technologies, according to the new study.
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