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Ekahau Upgrades Location Tracking Solution With New Ekahau RTLS Controller
RESTON, Virginia, December 2, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Ekahau RTLS Controller 5.0 Delivers Tighter Network Integration,
Enhanced Wi-Fi Tag Management, New Sensor Functionality and Tracking of
Competitors' Tags
Ekahau Inc.(R), the worldwide leader in high performance
Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) (
http://www.ekahau.com/products/real-time-location-system/overview.html),
today announced an upgrade to its flagship RTLS solution. The upgrade
includes the launch of Ekahau RTLS Controller (ERC), which introduces tighter
integration with wireless network infrastructure platforms from leading
network providers (
http://www.ekahau.com/partners/infrastructure-partners.html). Other
enhancements to ERC include support for improved Wi-Fi tag management
capabilities, additional sensor functionality and an expanded list of tracked
Wi-Fi devices, including tags from a wide variety of vendors.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052 )
Ekahau's Wi-Fi-based RTLS solution has emerged as the
market-leading platform for many industries including healthcare, mining and
manufacturing. Ekahau claimed the top spot in full RTLS system deployments
winning four out of five head-to-head customer evaluations. The results were
that several large healthcare systems ordered full, enterprise-wide
solutions. Ekahau's performance, coupled with a full portfolio of Wi-Fi
network analysis tools, provides customers with solutions that are quickly
implemented and easily integrated into their own environments.
"The upgrades to our location tracking solution are part of a
greater evolution. No longer is RTLS used just as a 'location engine' to
simply find assets," said Arttu Huhtiniemi, vice president of Product
Management at Ekahau. "Today's RTLS must be able to perform a wide variety of
supporting functionalities like text messaging, over-the-air tag management,
sensing, execution of business rules, and several other unique functions that
leverage the overall Ekahau architecture and extended functionality."
ERC builds on and replaces the Ekahau Positioning Engine
(EPE), which was launched as version 1.0 in 2002. ERC incorporates EPE's
patented algorithms and expands it by tightly integrating with wireless
network infrastructure by using non-associating tags and providing the
capability to track any Wi-Fi device on leading controller-based networks
such as Aerohive(TM), Aruba Networks(R), Cisco(R), Meru Networks(R) and
Motorola(R). Unlike competing solutions, ERC is also able to perform two-way
communication with Wi-Fi location tags over the Wi-Fi network providing
support for a wide variety of functions. Some of those include remote tag
configuration and messaging, changing tag beacon rates, and pushing out local
alerting and sensing services. These integrated communication capabilities
are supported by Ekahau's "smart" Wi-Fi tags, which can be fully configured
and programmed via the ERC.
Other key capabilities of the ERC platform include the ability
to detect "micro zone" areas down to less than three feet, by using infrared
assisted tags with battery-powered Ekahau Location Beacons (
http://www.ekahau.com/products/real-time-location-system/location-beacons.html).
This solution enables 100 percent room and sub-room level accuracy where
the Wi-Fi network design may not support precise positioning.
(Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste
this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the
space if one exists.)
Ekahau RTLS is a complete enterprise solution comprised of ERC
server software, Ekahau Vision application software, Ekahau Wi-Fi tags and
Ekahau Site Survey (ESS) software tools. As a software-based solution, ERC
also can be used in a cloud computing architecture. This option allows large
enterprises to centralize the servers running Ekahau RTLS software while
providing RTLS services to facilities across the state, country or even
across continents. As a result, enterprises do not need to deploy servers,
appliances or any other infrastructure at sites where RTLS services are in
use. Customers who subscribe to Ekahau's support and maintenance program are
eligible for a free upgrade.
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based
RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies
worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and
innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau's solutions
are being used in more than 300 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturing, retail and industrial companies, government agencies and the
military. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading
system integrators and international OEM partners, who develop and market
wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S.-based corporation, with
headquarters in Reston, Va., and other offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Helsinki,
Finland; Tokyo; and Hong Kong. For more information about Ekahau, please
visit http://www.ekahau.com.
(c) Copyright 2010, Ekahau, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet@rocketscience.com; Annina Pierson, Marketing Director, Ekahau, +358-40-737-4885, annina.pierson@ekahau.com
Ekahau Upgrades Location Tracking Solution With New Ekahau RTLS Controller
RESTON, Virginia, December 2, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Ekahau RTLS Controller 5.0 Delivers Tighter Network Integration,
Enhanced Wi-Fi Tag Management, New Sensor Functionality and Tracking of
Competitors' Tags
Ekahau Inc.(R), the worldwide leader in high performance
Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) (
http://www.ekahau.com/products/real-time-location-system/overview.html),
today announced an upgrade to its flagship RTLS solution. The upgrade
includes the launch of Ekahau RTLS Controller (ERC), which introduces tighter
integration with wireless network infrastructure platforms from leading
network providers (
http://www.ekahau.com/partners/infrastructure-partners.html). Other
enhancements to ERC include support for improved Wi-Fi tag management
capabilities, additional sensor functionality and an expanded list of tracked
Wi-Fi devices, including tags from a wide variety of vendors.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052 )
Ekahau's Wi-Fi-based RTLS solution has emerged as the
market-leading platform for many industries including healthcare, mining and
manufacturing. Ekahau claimed the top spot in full RTLS system deployments
winning four out of five head-to-head customer evaluations. The results were
that several large healthcare systems ordered full, enterprise-wide
solutions. Ekahau's performance, coupled with a full portfolio of Wi-Fi
network analysis tools, provides customers with solutions that are quickly
implemented and easily integrated into their own environments.
"The upgrades to our location tracking solution are part of a
greater evolution. No longer is RTLS used just as a 'location engine' to
simply find assets," said Arttu Huhtiniemi, vice president of Product
Management at Ekahau. "Today's RTLS must be able to perform a wide variety of
supporting functionalities like text messaging, over-the-air tag management,
sensing, execution of business rules, and several other unique functions that
leverage the overall Ekahau architecture and extended functionality."
ERC builds on and replaces the Ekahau Positioning Engine
(EPE), which was launched as version 1.0 in 2002. ERC incorporates EPE's
patented algorithms and expands it by tightly integrating with wireless
network infrastructure by using non-associating tags and providing the
capability to track any Wi-Fi device on leading controller-based networks
such as Aerohive(TM), Aruba Networks(R), Cisco(R), Meru Networks(R) and
Motorola(R). Unlike competing solutions, ERC is also able to perform two-way
communication with Wi-Fi location tags over the Wi-Fi network providing
support for a wide variety of functions. Some of those include remote tag
configuration and messaging, changing tag beacon rates, and pushing out local
alerting and sensing services. These integrated communication capabilities
are supported by Ekahau's "smart" Wi-Fi tags, which can be fully configured
and programmed via the ERC.
Other key capabilities of the ERC platform include the ability
to detect "micro zone" areas down to less than three feet, by using infrared
assisted tags with battery-powered Ekahau Location Beacons (
http://www.ekahau.com/products/real-time-location-system/location-beacons.html).
This solution enables 100 percent room and sub-room level accuracy where
the Wi-Fi network design may not support precise positioning.
(Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste
this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the
space if one exists.)
Ekahau RTLS is a complete enterprise solution comprised of ERC
server software, Ekahau Vision application software, Ekahau Wi-Fi tags and
Ekahau Site Survey (ESS) software tools. As a software-based solution, ERC
also can be used in a cloud computing architecture. This option allows large
enterprises to centralize the servers running Ekahau RTLS software while
providing RTLS services to facilities across the state, country or even
across continents. As a result, enterprises do not need to deploy servers,
appliances or any other infrastructure at sites where RTLS services are in
use. Customers who subscribe to Ekahau's support and maintenance program are
eligible for a free upgrade.
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based
RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies
worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and
innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau's solutions
are being used in more than 300 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturing, retail and industrial companies, government agencies and the
military. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading
system integrators and international OEM partners, who develop and market
wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S.-based corporation, with
headquarters in Reston, Va., and other offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Helsinki,
Finland; Tokyo; and Hong Kong. For more information about Ekahau, please
visit http://www.ekahau.com.
(c) Copyright 2010, Ekahau, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet@rocketscience.com; Annina Pierson, Marketing Director, Ekahau, +358-40-737-4885, annina.pierson@ekahau.com