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<title>Free RFID training course from Abhisam Software gets more popular</title>
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        Since its launch about a month ago,  Abhisam Software&#39;s free training course on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has continued to grow in popularity. Week after week, the site http://www.freerfidcourse.com  has been attracting thousands of new visitors, who are looking for a learning course on RFID technology, that is easy to understand and does not come with any restrictions at all on usage.

Abhisam Software&#39;s free RFID technology course gives these people a &quot;no-cost&quot; training program that addresses their needs.

RFID technology continues to grow by leaps and bounds and is much more visible now, than in the past few years. In fact, the year 2008, is said to be the &quot;Year of RFID&quot;. This technology, which saw rapid adoption in earlier years, due to mandates by large organizations like Wal-Mart, Tesco, the US Department of Defense and others has now finally come into the mainstream, on its own. In fact,  RFID technology is no longer restricted to only Supply Chain Management, but has also found eager users in many other diverse areas like Health care, Manufacturing, Inventory management, Food traceability, Animal tagging, Libraries, Transportation and even Waste Management.  In the year 2008, it is estimated that about $ 4 billion worth of RFID tags, readers, hardware & software would be bought by various user organizations, to tag trillions of dollars worth of items.

This huge growth, however, is not matched at all by the availability of information, to educate interested end users , system implementers and other stakeholders in the RFID area. Most training courses available are either having restricted enrollment, or are too expensive, or simply require spending time and effort attending classes in out-of town locations. Free courses are rare and if they are found, are mostly text based periodic emails or rehashed vendor presentations.

This is where a free, vendor-neutral, technology focused and easy to learn course on RFID could really help and Abhisam Software seems to be bang on target, with the free RFID course. This course, is made up of text, rich graphics, Flash animations and interactive exercises that make learning about RFID fun and easy. It introduces the learner to the basics of RFID technology without either being boring or over the top. The learner gets a balanced knowledge related to tags, frequencies, application areas and even issues such as privacy. Unlike some free courses made by other providers, Abhisam Software&#39;s RFID course can be downloaded to the learner&#39;s PC without any restrictions at all. The course runs in its own player which is provided in the same download package.

&quot;The course is really good, with rich graphics and Flash animation videos to explain the concepts. I really loved it and found it extremely useful to teach my potential customers about RFID technology&quot; says an RFID industry veteran of many years, who has downloaded the course.

Abhisam Software also has a regular learning course on RFID that  is much more detailed and comprehensive, as compared to the free RFID course. More information is available at http://www.abhisam.com

About Abhisam Software:
Abhisam Software is a young knowledge based company engaged in providing e-learning courses on various technical subjects including RFID. In addition to the free course on RFID Basics, Abhisam Software also provides a comprehensive e-learning course on RFID that can be taken online.

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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:17:58 PST</pubDate>
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<title>New free e-learningcourse on RFID basics is now available</title>
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        Abhisam Software is pleased to announce that a new free of charge e-learning course on the basics of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology is now available for download from http://www.freerfidcourse.com
This course covers all the basic concepts of RFID an is an excellent introduction to the technology. Flash based animations and interactions, rich graphics and text make this training course an enjoyable experience. Best of all, it can be freely downloaded by anyone. Up to now, there were some RFID course providers who did offer free course, but either they were available to only a restricted category of people (for example anyone who used a free email address was not allowed) or the course itself was comprised of only text. This course does not place any restrictions on who can download the course.
Recently,  there has been a lot of discussion in the media regarding the use of RFID tagging in retail stores, passport security and many other areas. However most people did not have a free access to the RFID courses available from companies, hence Abhisam Software thought of providing such a course to educate people about RFID technology.
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:45:43 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Free RFID ebook from Abhisam Software</title>
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        Abhisam Software is pleased to announce the release of a free ebook on RFID case studies. The RFID Case Study book, as it is known features 25 case studies of diverse RFID applications ranging from Animal Tagging to Underground sewer management to Container Yard optimization. To get your copy of this resource, you can send a blank email to mail@abhisam.com with RFID EBOOK mentioned in the subject line.
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:17:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>New e-learning course on Gas Monitors is released</title>
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        Abhisam Software is pleased to release a new e-learning course on Gas Monitors. This e-learning course covers all aspects of Gas Monitors including Basic Concepts about hazardous & toxic gases, terminology, history of gas detection, different gas detection techniques like catalytic combustion, semiconductor,electrochemical, PID and Infrared. The course also covers  practical aspects of selection, installation, calibration & maintenance of gas monitors in industry.The course is a blend of text, flash based animations showing working principles, simulation exercises & real life photos & videos of gas monitors.The material is presented in an easily digetible form, without being too basic. After completing this course, learners can take an online test which gauges their understanding. Qualifying learners can get a printable certificate of completion too, which is useful.
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 06:59:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>New learning course on &amp;quot;Gas Monitors&amp;quot; to be launched</title>
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        Abhisam Software is pleased to announce that it will be launching a new learning course on Gas Monitors shortly. Gas Monitors are used widely in industries such as oil& gas, petrochemicals, food processing, paper, wastewater, aerospace and power generation, to monitor hazardous, toxic or explosive gases and vapors. Engineers and technicians in these places, who are involved in specifying, selecting, installing & maintaining these gas monitors will find this course extremely useful. Starting from Basic Concepts of Fire & Explosion, workplace monitoring and terms like TWA & STEL, it moves on to methods of gas detection including catalytic combustion, Infrared and PID amongst others.
The rest of the course covers installation of gas monitors, gas monitoring systems, calibration & maintenance. A total of about 120 pages of text, Flash animations, real life photos & videos make this a very interesting and pleasant learning experience.
It will be made available in two versions, CD as well as online at an attractive price starting from just $59 US for a single user. To know more about it or to buy please visit 
http:// www.abhisam.com

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<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 10:41:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>New online version of Hazardous Area Instrumentation course</title>
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        Abhisam Software is pleased to announce that a new online version of their acclaimed e-learning course on &quot;HAZARDOUS AREA INSTRUMENTATION&quot; is now available. This online course is a completely revised version. It covers all the material in the CD based version and also allows learners to gauge their understanding of the subject by taking an online test. For those soring above 80% Abhisam Software would be issuing certificates of accomplishment. All this is available at a very attractive price of just $125 US.
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:44:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mobile learning initiative from Abhisam</title>
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        Abhisam Software has kicked off its mobile learning initiative by publishing an m-book on RFID. This mobile book is a quiz on RFID technology. The quizbook can be downloaded to most mobile devices including devices from Palm, Blackberry, Motorola & Nokia, amongst others. The quiz book is available for download from http://www.mobipocket.com. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:58:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>New online version of RFID e-learning course</title>
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        Abhisam Software has released a new online version of its RFID e-learning course. The new online version enrollments are now open. The online course offers learners flexibility in taking the course anytime anywhere, just an internet connection and a computing device are enough. A certificate of completion is issued if the student gets over 80% in the online test.
The introductory pricing for this course has been kept very low at just $99 per student.
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:50:31 PST</pubDate>
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<title>White paper on complying with the Prescription Drugs Management Act</title>
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        The US FDA has decided to implement the “Pedigree provisions” of the Prescription Drugs Marketing Act after December 2006, when the current stay on it expires. There is a lot of concern that many pharma supply chain participants, may not be able to meet this deadline and hence risk non compliance, with the provisions of the act. This White Paper attempts to present a solution to ensure timely compliance and get added benefits too, in the whole process. 

Background : 
The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) was signed as a law , as far back as 1998 but a number of amendments introduced later, finalized the pedigree requirements only in 1999. It would have been implemented in that year itself, were it not for several representations received by the FDA from the pharmaceutical industry, essentially requesting them to “put on hold” the act, citing several reasons for this. The main reason cited was that, “the technology required for this system is unproven and not in place.” The FDA then issued a stay on the implementation. It did this not once, but for several times since 1999. 
Meanwhile, the counterfeit & illegal prescription drugs menace continued to grow. In 2004 there were 58 cases filed by the FDA against counterfeiters. If this appears low, consider the fact that in 2001, there were hardly 10. Though the number of cases is lower, than for other goods, the implications for public health and safety are enormous.
 The FDA patience finally wore thin. Therefore, it was decided that they will allow the current stay on this act, to expire in December 2006. This means that by this time, the pharmaceutical business will have to get its act together and implement a “pedigree” system for all prescription drugs in the supply chain. This may not be a big problem for the drug makers, but it could be a really big problem for supply chain intermediaries like distributors, wholesale suppliers and traders, who may not know much about “electronic track and trace” technology, which is necessary for the compliance. This White Paper attempts to explain how this pedigree system can be implemented and how it will be beneficial in the long run to all sections of society— pharma companies as well as intermediaries and ultimately the end users.
Abhisam Software has released free White paper that offers a solution to implementing the pedigree requirements utilising the already existing RFID technology infrastructure. This means that companies that wish to comply to the pedigree requirements need not spend a fortune to do so. Also the added side benefits would more than recover the minimal investment cost.

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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:04:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>New White paper on implementing the PDMA (Prescription Drugs Management Act)</title>
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        Abhisam Software is pleased to announce the release of a free white paper on implementing the pedigree requirement of the PDMA. After December 2006, the FDA has mandated that all intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain in the US would have to ensure pedigree requirements for all prescription drugs being handled by them. This means that other than the original manufacturers of the prescription drugs, all entities like traders, wholesalers, retailers, pharmacies would have to be sure of a drugs pedigree before accepting it from their supplier.Only then will the end user, the consumer be sure that he/she is getting a genuine prescription medicine an dnot a counterfeit or spurious one.
Abhisam Software has published this white paper to enable all interested parties to know how this act can be implemented by them before the Decemebr deadline with existing RFID technology.
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:59:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>New learning course on RFID from Abhisam</title>
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        Abhisam Software has launched a new e-learning course on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). This is todays hottest new technology and is used in thousands of applications in areas like supply chain management , retailing ,  hospitals, security systems, pharmacetical identification, animal tracking, libraries, manufacturing, baggage handling amongst others. Surprisingly however, there have been very few learning courses on this subject. To bridge this gap, Abhisam Software has launched this easy to learn course, which, with the aid of text, graphics & animations, makes it a wonderful learning experience. No complicated equations or mathematical formulas, everything is presented in an easy to grasp manner. Starting from Basic Concepts, this course takes the learner to the physics behind RFID, how RFID systems work in practice , what standards are used, a sample of some applications of RFID  in diverse areas and finally RFID&#39;s impact on privacy and security.
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:53:55 PDT</pubDate>
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