FileTrail Inc. Launches New Division to Serve Growing RFID Market

RFTrail is FileTrail Inc.’s new division focusing on Enterprise RFID systems for managing and tracking physical assets through the company’s Unified Asset Management solution. RFTrail was launched in response to the increasing need for companies to manage multiple classes of assets within a single comprehensive solution. San Jose, CA – January 15, 2013 – FileTrail [...]

Ensure Compliance with RFID

Organizations in all industries are facing the challenge of meeting regulatory compliance. With increasing government regulations and a rise in internal regulations, ensuring the compliance of assets has become both necessary and demanding. Fortunately, the utilization of RFID technology provides organization with an easy and efficient way to ensure compliance. With FileTrail RFID your assets [...]

Simplify Tracking with RFID Tagging Function

FileTrail’s SmartMobile includes a feature for RFID tagging. Now, RFID Tags can be easily assigned using the portable RFID reader. This allows back-conversion of items or tagging of new items without requiring that they be brought to a central desk. This is a great breakthrough for clients using FileTrail to track file folders, boxes, assets, [...]

Geiger Counter Makes it Easy to Find Missing Items

Searching for missing files can be both time consuming and frustration. Often times these files cannot even be found. FileTrail’s Geiger counter feature makes it easy to find missing items. The Geiger counter, which has received a lot of praise from FileTrail clients, works as a detector allowing users to hunt for misplaced or misfiled [...]

The Truth Behind RFID Myths

With everything we hear about RFID technology, it’s difficult to determine what is fact and fiction. There are quite a few misconceptions about RFID which may be causing organizations to steer clear from the technology. FileTrail delves into some of the most common misconceptions to clear them up once and for all. The cost of [...]

Passive Tracking in an Office Environment

The latest RFID technology – called Ultra-High Frequency, or UHF – started gaining support in 2003.  Wal-Mart announced their RFID Initiative in July 2003, and similar announcements followed from Kroger, Tesco, Boeing, and the US Department of Defense. Whole new industries like Pharmaceutical and Asset Management would join the RFID market, 2nd and 3rd tier companies in the [...]

The Benefits of RFID Handheld Readers

RFID handheld readers have gained a lot of attention from companies utilizing or considering utilizing an RFID system to manage their physical items. With the many unique benefits they provide, companies are opting for handheld readers to accomplish tasks that their fixed readers are unable to. RFID handheld readers provide the following benefits: Portable and [...]

Are You Overlooking the Management of Your Assets?

FileTrail’s superior solutions for tracking and managing assets have recently received a lot of attention, as Microsoft publishes a case study on the implementation of FileTrail for SharePoint with RFID by Black Elk Energy. Black Elk is currently tracking and managing historical files with plans to roll out the system to include assets such as [...]

The Importance of Managing your Physical Records

Have you spent minutes, maybe even hours, searching for a lost document or file? More often than not, companies that manually manage their physical records misplace and even permanently lose important documents. Searching for missing items cost the company time, labor and money. On a larger scale the consequences can also include legal problems, regulatory [...]

How does RFID Work?

RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification a system that transmits the identity of an object or person wirelessly using radio waves. RFID technology allows you to update the information read by readers, unlike barcodes. It also makes it quicker to scan items, as RFID is considered an automatic identification technology. Each RFID tag contains a [...]