When it comes to asset tracking, personnel safety, workflow and performance monitoring applications, a huge number of clients worldwide rely on Ekahau (News - Alert) Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), which according to the company are capable of tracking and managing all Wi-Fi-enabled devices, regardless of brand.

 

Ekahau Inc has just announced the launch of a competitive upgrade program, which is designed to give users of other Wi-Fi RTLS systems the opportunity to test drive and implement the Ekahau RTLS system within their organization. This, the company says will help the users gain a performance boost over their existing systems. According to this maker of high performance RTLS, an upgraded Ekahau tracker solution will enable users to track any Wi-Fi device - including tags from competing vendors.

 

Ekahau has informed that its RTLS has been integrated with the leading Wi-Fi networks in the marketplace. This enables the Ekahau system to track any device that the network itself may see, whether it is connected to the network or not.

 

According to Ekahau, its RTLS enables users to truly leverage their Wi-Fi network for real time location tracking applications, without the need for significant proprietary hardware upgrades that add considerable cost to the project.

 

Ekahau's innovative deployment tool - the Ekahau Site Survey (ESS) software suite - allows customers to verify the performance of the RTLS system before the final purchasing decision.

 

ESS also allows users to confirm that the existing enterprise Wi-Fi network supports location tracking, so that performance expectations can be set and achieved.

 

"Many prospective customers have told us that, after purchasing and deploying another vendor's system, that they are not satisfied with the performance and scalability. The problems they encounter range from vendors that go out of business, or finding that their costs double or triple because additional infrastructure is needed. Our new competitive upgrade program will enable these organizations to hold onto their current investment in tags and other ancillary devices, while simply and quickly replacing the server and software layers at a competitive price. With this upgrade, they will get the performance they expected in the first place," Tuomo Rutanen, senior vice president of Marketing and Business Development at Ekahau, said, while explaining how Ekahau RTLS can be used to the advantages of the enterprises.

 

From governemtn agencies to military and manufacturers to the healthcare sector, Ekahau RTLS is widely employed to keep track of the assets. Indianapolis based Community Health Network is one of the happy customers of Ekahau RTLS.

 

"We initially opted for another vendor, which we ultimately realized was the wrong choice for us. Ekahau came in and demonstrated the performance of their system and within minutes showed us capabilities that our existing vendor had been trying to get working for months," Chris Cerny, manager of this 1,000-bed hospital system explained how they benefited from Ekahau's location system.

 

In its press release, Ekahau stated that its competitive upgrade program is available worldwide and is backed by the Ekahau Zero-Risk System Guarantee. This, the company says, will allow customers to purchase and use the Ekahau RTLS system, and receive their money back if they are not satisfied with the solution's performance.