I looked at this solution -> We will probably get it:
IT Asset Management (ITAM) is becoming an increasingly important, yet difficult responsibility as the number of IT assets increases exponentially. Trying to keep track of mobile assets adds to the complexity. Surprisingly many organizations still use time-consuming manual pencil and paper, or barcode processes to track IT assets. Not only are these processes extremely labor intensive, they are often prone to human error. RFID technology can be leveraged not only to automate the physical inventory process, but also to provide real-time tracking and security of IT equipment.
Data center staff are typically not employed to maintain IT asset inventories, yet they are ultimately responsible for accounting for hardware and the data they contain.
Specialized RFID tags enable small devices such as blade servers to be read without pulling them out the racks. Data center assets can be tracked by walking around with handheld RFID readers and by placing fixed readers at entry/exit points and other strategic locations to track the movement of equipment.
Some IT vendors such as Dell, HP, IBM and others are beginning to offer services to tag equipment with RFID tags prior to shipping to the customer. This not only eliminates the need for customers to tag equipment, it can help automate the internal receiving, provisioning, and deployment processes.
I know I'm part of the team but... we do just that: "we start you up!"
We are a small German team (although I am an American) which has been working together for over 10 years and have a great track record.
We are currently working on a startup, have one in the pipleline for next year, and out first startup just went pulic -> over 350 Million EUR, and still running (pretty much) on the software we wrote for them 6 years ago (www.interhyp.de).
This year, the largest TV station "deal" in Germany was for a company "powered by SiteForce".
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I looked at this solution -> We will probably get it:
IT Asset Management (ITAM) is becoming an increasingly important, yet difficult responsibility as the number of IT assets increases exponentially. Trying to keep track of mobile assets adds to the complexity. Surprisingly many organizations still use time-consuming manual pencil and paper, or barcode processes to track IT assets. Not only are these processes extremely labor intensive, they are often prone to human error. RFID technology can be leveraged not only to automate the physical inventory process, but also to provide real-time tracking and security of IT equipment.
Data center staff are typically not employed to maintain IT asset inventories, yet they are ultimately responsible for accounting for hardware and the data they contain.
Specialized RFID tags enable small devices such as blade servers to be read without pulling them out the racks. Data center assets can be tracked by walking around with handheld RFID readers and by placing fixed readers at entry/exit points and other strategic locations to track the movement of equipment.
Some IT vendors such as Dell, HP, IBM and others are beginning to offer services to tag equipment with RFID tags prior to shipping to the customer. This not only eliminates the need for customers to tag equipment, it can help automate the internal receiving, provisioning, and deployment processes.
http://www.inlogic.com/solutions/it.aspx#data_centers
So -> contact me!