Ekahau Offers Upgrade Program to Users of Competing Wi-Fi RTLS Systems
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Posted on June 24, 2010 at 8:07:01 AM
Ekahau Offers Upgrade Program to Users of Competing Wi-Fi RTLS Systems
Ekahau RTLS Can Track and Manage All Wi-Fi-enabled Devices, Regardless of Brand
RESTON, Virginia, June 24, 2010-- Ekahau Inc., 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
launched a competitive upgrade program designed to give users of other Wi-Fi
RTLS systems the opportunity to test drive and implement the Ekahau RTLS
system within their organization in order to gain a performance boost over
their existing systems. Ekahau RTLS provides users with the ability to track
any Wi-Fi device - including tags from competing vendors.
(Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052 )
"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," said Tuomo Rutanen, senior vice
president of Marketing and Business Development at Ekahau. "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."
Ekahau RTLS has been integrated with the leading Wi-Fi
networks in the marketplace, enabling the Ekahau system to track any device
that the network itself may see, whether it is connected to the network or
not. This functionality allows customers to leverage Ekahau's high
performance algorithms and their existing investment other vendor's tags for
asset tracking, personnel safety, workflow and performance monitoring
applications.
"We initially opted for another vendor, which we ultimately
realized was the wrong choice for us," said Chris Cerny, manager of
Enterprise Networking for Community Health Network, a 1,000-bed hospital
system in Indianapolis. "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."
Ekahau 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.
The Ekahau competitive upgrade program is available worldwide
and is backed by the Ekahau Zero-Risk System Guarantee,
(http://www.ekahau.com/zerorisk) which allows customers to purchase and use
the Ekahau RTLS system, and receive their money back if they are not
satisfied with the solution's performance.
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 150 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturers, mining/oil/gas 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
offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Reston, Va.; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong,
China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit http://www.ekahau.com.
(c) Copyright 2010, Ekahau, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet(at)rocketscience.com; Annina Pierson, Marketing Director, Ekahau, +358-20-743-5910, annina.pierson(at)ekahau.com
Ekahau RTLS Can Track and Manage All Wi-Fi-enabled Devices, Regardless of Brand
RESTON, Virginia, June 24, 2010-- Ekahau Inc., 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
launched a competitive upgrade program designed to give users of other Wi-Fi
RTLS systems the opportunity to test drive and implement the Ekahau RTLS
system within their organization in order to gain a performance boost over
their existing systems. Ekahau RTLS provides users with the ability to track
any Wi-Fi device - including tags from competing vendors.
(Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052 )
"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," said Tuomo Rutanen, senior vice
president of Marketing and Business Development at Ekahau. "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."
Ekahau RTLS has been integrated with the leading Wi-Fi
networks in the marketplace, enabling the Ekahau system to track any device
that the network itself may see, whether it is connected to the network or
not. This functionality allows customers to leverage Ekahau's high
performance algorithms and their existing investment other vendor's tags for
asset tracking, personnel safety, workflow and performance monitoring
applications.
"We initially opted for another vendor, which we ultimately
realized was the wrong choice for us," said Chris Cerny, manager of
Enterprise Networking for Community Health Network, a 1,000-bed hospital
system in Indianapolis. "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."
Ekahau 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.
The Ekahau competitive upgrade program is available worldwide
and is backed by the Ekahau Zero-Risk System Guarantee,
(http://www.ekahau.com/zerorisk) which allows customers to purchase and use
the Ekahau RTLS system, and receive their money back if they are not
satisfied with the solution's performance.
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 150 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturers, mining/oil/gas 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
offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Reston, Va.; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong,
China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit http://www.ekahau.com.
(c) Copyright 2010, Ekahau, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet(at)rocketscience.com; Annina Pierson, Marketing Director, Ekahau, +358-20-743-5910, annina.pierson(at)ekahau.com