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SOA stalwarts: Microsoft, IBM support most service-oriented architectures

Microsoft and IBM are the leading players in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) software market, according to a recent report from Boston-based AMR Research. Read more

Quality control: ASQ seminars meant to minimize unsafe products and recalls

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will offer a seminar, "Improving Quality and Product Safety," to manufacturers throughout China. The seminar seeks to enable Chinese companies to improve product quality and safety, and make their overall operations more efficient.
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Regulatory compliance: MES, quality systems excel at pinpointing compliance violations

Adopting manufacturing execution (MES) and quality management systems can give a company a decided advantage when it comes to identifying products or shipments that don’t conform to regulatory requirements. That’s the conclusion drawn from an analysis of more than 650 manufacturing companies conducted by Boston-based Aberdeen Group.
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Promising partnerships: RFID Consortium creates one-stop licensing; TAGSYS steps up frequency-agnostic infrastructures

Seven companies with patented RFID technology have organized the RFID Consortium LLC to streamline licensing of patented UHF RFID technology essential for developing solutions. The overall goal is making it less costly and cumbersome for companies to employ patented RFID components—hence a single clearinghouse for licensing a broad array of technology.
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