Is it Asset Tracking or RTLS?

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Tim Vanevenhoven is the director of business development and strategic partnerships at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Tim is proud to have crossed the finish line at the 2018 Boston Marathon.

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Asset Trackingrefers to knowing the location of aphysical assetorperson. One example is tracking a package with a barcode orpassive(non-powered) asset tag being delivered to your house. You can know when your package was placed on the truck for delivery, but until it is scanned and delivered, the exact location of the package is not always known to you.

ARTLS (Real Time Location System)is a subset of asset tracking systems where the location of the asset is always known. Asset tags used in an RTLS are usuallyactive(powered) to enable continuous monitoring. An example is always knowing the location of a bed or infusion pump in a hospital.

Learn more about theAruba Meridian RTLS solution.