========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= September 2, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Toshiba Save 10% on notebooks from Toshiba. Satellite(R) notebooks feature the latest advances in PC technology at a variety of price points. Buy direct from toshibadirect.com through 9/30/04 and save 10% on customizable systems. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1059-19-40-6723-120280-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Best Buy Taking Baby Steps to Full RFID 1. News: Survey: Linux Has Long Way to Go in Retail 2. Opinion: Curbing Retail Shrinkage with the Help of a Shrink 3. News: IBM, Microsoft and Oracle Tailor Middleware to RFID 4. News: Oracle Patch Set Plugs Widespread Server Holes Get the latest in retail IT with eWEEK.com's Retail Industry Center. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1059-19-40-6723-120283-1 ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Best Buy Taking Baby Steps to Full RFID For the most part, retailers agree which technologies are going to be around for the long term. But the exact path those technologies will--and should--take is quite another matter. Take Bob Willett, executive vice president of operations for Best Buy. In an eWEEK.com interview, he justified his plans to take very slow steps toward RFID implementation. Is he afraid of Wal-Mart or some other RFID-cheerleading retailer overtaking him? No. He's more afraid of opting for the right technology for the wrong reason or executing the right technology in the wrong way. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1059-19-40-6723-120286-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Survey: Linux Has Long Way to Go in Retail Industry analyst firm Venture Development (VDC) isn't doing its job if it isn't actively analyzing what retailers are doing today and projecting it out to the future. VDC's latest report delved into Point of Sale activity, its own look at RFID efforts and a disappointing turnout for Linux within retail. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1059-19-40-6723-120289-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Curbing Retail Shrinkage with the Help of a Shrink A retail HR company called Unicru is trying to identify potential thieves before they join the payroll. Is that something that can work? eWEEK.com talks with the company's chief psychologist--and test author--as he gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the tricks behind some of those trick questions. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1059-19-40-6723-120292-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: IBM, Microsoft and Oracle Tailor Middleware to RFID IBM, its partners and some big name users are piloting unannounced additions to the WebSphere product lineup. One set of future components will be tailored to RFID across government, industrial and retail applications. Another will be fine-tuned for use in the retail supply chain, either with or without RFID. Meanwhile, middleware competitors Microsoft and Oracle are piloting RFID-adapted middleware of their own. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1059-19-40-6723-120295-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Oracle Patch Set Plugs Widespread Server Holes Oracle issued a security alert and downloadable patch release Tuesday to plug multiple vulnerabilities scattered across its database server products. 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