Dataprobe, a leading manufacturer of innovative technology solutions for networking, systems and site management, announced that Parco Wireless, the leading provider of wireless radio frequency identification systems (RFID) and real-time tracking technology for the healthcare industry, has successfully implemented a unique system for the remote management of an RFID wireless network project at a large Washington, D.C. healthcare facility.  The project includes over 40 Dataprobe iBoots which have been dispersed throughout the facility to enable the remote management of critical equipment for the network’s operation.

MedStar Health, a $2.7 billion non-profit healthcare organization and a community-based network of seven hospitals and other healthcare services in the Baltimore-Washington region, engaged New England Networking and Parco Wireless to deploy an active RFID system for accurately locating and tracking people, equipment and objects in one of its hospitals. The system is designed to track hospital assets, curb excess expenditures, increase safety and ensure security and access control by placing small radio frequency identification devices, or ‘RFID tags’ on people and objects.

The Parco system reports the location of the tags in real-time through a dimensional network of RFID readers, wireless servers and communications networks. The Parco system is deployed throughout the facility’s 16-acre campus and on eight floors in over 40 distinctive communications closets. System administrators needed a method to quickly and efficiently manage the system remotely to ensure maximum uptime and service reliability.

The iBoot is a remote power solution designed to remotely monitor, manage and control computing devices and other electronic equipment. A single outlet power switch, the iBoot allows remote equipment to be rebooted or power controlled over an IP network using an Internet browser. Its unique auto detection capability identifies failures in any connected system by monitoring IP devices on the network. If programmed, iBoot can then perform a timed reboot or other power controlled function automatically whenever the device fails.  iBoot can also be directly activated by other network management systems.

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