IBM is ramping up its efforts to compete in the emerging market for products that communicate environmental data to I.T. systems for analysis — which Big Blue says could represent a $20 billion opportunity by 2007, NewsFactor reports.

One spotlight is on radio frequency identification (RFID), but there are other sensors representing more methods and opportunities.

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