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Article: Imation Launches RFID-Based Cartridge Tracking System; The company claims the new tape tracking system is the world's first system to monitor and track the inventory location of in-transit data center tape cartridges using radio frequency identification.
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- eWeek
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- March 12, 2007
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Removable storage media maker Imation introduced a first-of-its-kind data storage tracking system March 12 using radio frequency identification tags so data center managers can more efficiently track the location of data cartridges within their own inventory.
The new DataGuard rf Tape Tracking System is designed to help account for the inventory location of all cartridges. The system incorporates a passive RFID tag integrated into a standard tape cartridge volser label; each cartridge in the selected library is fitted with these unique, integrated labels.
As cartridges are checked in and out of a location, a reader system (stationary or handheld mobile device) quickly reads the ...