The application of vehicle tracking technology to fleet management November '99, Transport (Industry) The purpose of this article is to examine the various technologies used for vehicle tracking as applied to fleet management. Andy Harris, Technical Director of datatrakSA, takes us through the key issues.
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Smart transport solutions from Integrated Card Technology November '99, Transport (Industry)
South African roads and transport are increasingly coming under pressure and with it the administration of the various transport elements. Integrated Card Technology (ICT) has been actively marketing ...
Get it back with Netstar September 99, Transport (Industry) The financial loss, inconvenience and trauma that go hand-in-hand with having your vehicle hijacked are of great concern to all vehicle owners. In a hijack situation no amount of immobilisers, alarms ...
Aludi offers hands-free SmartPass September 99 SmartPass provides a true hands-free system, allowing a wide range of integrated and flexible vehicle control systems. Vehicles are equipped with an encoded identification tag which is read as it approaches ...
Will Motorola's new price buster RFID be bar code's rival? September 99 Very-low-cost RFID tags have just jumped closer to reality. BiStatix, a new technology from radio giant Motorola, appears to have made an end run around some of the costs that have kept RFID prohibitively ...
Vista TAG 1000 tagging systems available through Reditron September 99 The TAG 1000 radio frequency based system is designed to combat the ever increasing problem of retail theft. Using the latest analog and digital technologies the detection system is as simple to maintain ...
The Link-It orbiter system September 99
Technology, that puts an end to unauthorised access to personal computers and fraud over the Internet, was launched in Johannesburg recently. The application of this sophisticated radio frequency ...
Murton Electronics patents security authorisation device September 99 Murton Electronics has patented a security authorisation device using wireless technology. The aim is to incorporate a wireless device in any nonconsumable product such as a TV set, VCR recorder, personal ...
Developing effective CCTV teams September 99 The previous article in this series emphasised how team functioning was increasingly seen as an important aspect of control room operations.Control room managers or any other manager for that matter ,cannot ...
CNA - first with security. August '99 CNA's policy of being 'first with the goodies' has resulted in the signing of the largest single EAS order in South Africa to date. CNA recently signed an order for the additional installation of Checkpoint's ...
Bartronics product of the month - asset protection.What is it? August '99
Companies lose millions every year to assets 'walking out' of company premises, most of which is through people who are known to, or are employed by the company.
Many methods are used to get assets ...
RFID Glossary of Terms. August '99 Active RFID tags - Battery operated tags. These tags can transmit over the greatest distances, and have corresponding higher prices. Active tags will most likely be used in RFID tracking of pallets, trucks ...
At last, IT departments can directly track assets to reduce their costs July '99 How can you tell if a department’s employees are making use of their portability?
Already, many diverse systems are being integrated – asset management, access control, human resources, help desks, fixed asset accounting, among others – and new ones are constantly being added to attack these problems.
