Bar code market targeted for attack

From: Office World News | Date: August 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Emerging technologies challenge bar code market: new markets are critical.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-For years the bar code market has been the most cost effective means to track items, people and information. Although no technology will globally replace bar code, emerging technologies have begun to target many of the bar code market's traditional applications. Future success for bar code market participants will depend on new markets and users who have not yet been exposed to the technology.

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