Wi-Fi Base Active RFID: PanGo Networks: PanGo Locator

Assets worth millions of dollars are constantly on the move in most large businesses and institutions, and tracking them is often a major challenge. From critical equipment to key personnel, quickly locating and effectively deploying or servicing important assets and resources is critical to success in organizations worldwide. The inability to control and manage assets can result in significant costs, lost time and – above all – compromised business performance. PanGo Locator® is a standards based asset tracking solution specifically designed to provide Enterprise Asset Visibility – the ability to locate valuable equipment and personnel and deploy them where and when they are needed.

PanGo Locator runs on PanGo's PanOS Platform®, an open Location Management Platform that integrates location information from multiple location providers and makes it available to applications through a single, Web Service interface. PanGo Locator® is the only location-based solution to deliver a platform, application, data and visualization software layers and hardware (active RFID tags) in a single offering - enabling the tracking of thousands of assets.

Among the most significant benefits and cost-saving features of the Locator solution is that it works over any 802.11 wireless network and, unlike alternative single-use proprietary tracking systems, requires no additional network hardware or wireless infrastructure overlay. Locator software allows enterprises to take advantage of their existing Wi-Fi infrastructure that – in many cases – is already deployed for other value add services such as voice over IP, remote data access and other applications. Additionally, Locator leverages standards-based passive RFID for choke point visibility, eliminating the need for proprietary choke point or portal solutions that add complexity and cost to corporate networks.