Kevin Ashton Quotations

This was a strategic opportunity that was too good to miss. Cisco was very natural fit for us. I don't think there's an RFID company in the world that would have passed on this opportunity.

We couldn't be happier with the success of the Gen 2 demonstration. Working with leading companies such as Zebra and Texas Instruments allows us to further strengthen our RFID technology capabilities,

With respect to the students involved, the paper as presented is rather weak. The 'real' virus, they claim to demonstrate in the paper, is not a virus, just a self-replicating piece of SQL code.

Dilution looks to be about 11 percent, which is a touch less than the benefit from the synergies,

The more interesting problems are how to secure the connection between the tag and the reader.

That should keep them going for a while on the Ice.

It's pretty much a little village down there where everyone knows everyone, so if they can walk into a loo and buy a condom, it's a lot easier than going to the local shop and buying them, when everyone knows what's going on.

Small companies are the real innovators in this market, ... but if the burdens around IP become too heavy, and there are too many lawsuits, those companies will withdraw from the market.

In line with this trend, revenue recognition on a number of larger banking projects will now occur later than anticipated,

Saying “no” has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined...

But “no” is the button that keeps us on.

There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night successes.

The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know.

Having ideas is not the same thing as being creative. Creation is execution, not inspiration.

Saying no”, argues the author Kevin Ashton, “has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined. No guards time, the thread from which we weave our creations. The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know.

The Mercury All-In Solution was developed following feedback from some of the world's largest users of RFID. The more we looked into demand for a low cost, integrated RFID stand, the more we realized this solved a number of issues. For businesses adopting large-scale RFID systems with hundreds of RFID readers, there's no faster way to setup the readers and antennas -- it literally takes minutes to install.