I.B.M. Expands Efforts to Promote Radio Tags to Track Goods - New York Times

It's a long road to RFID implementation. Good to see IBM investing in both systems and advice for the early adopters. Still, the concerns that some have about privacy and 'anonymity' will slow the introduction. Will America be first with this technology or is a global rollout more likely? With Walmart in the forefront, I'd think global.