PanGo Networks Inc. introduced the PanOS Platform 3.0, a location management platform that consumes and manages location information gathered from wireless and wired networks. The company also announced a new version of its industry-leading asset tracking application, PanGo Locator, and associated PanGo Active RFID Tag. The new products advance PanGo's position as the only provider of a valuable middleware platform and a turnkey active RFID system that uses standard Wi-Fi networks without the costly addition of a proprietary network overlay.

The PanOS Platform makes important information about the location of key assets easily consumable by diverse enterprise applications, such as asset management and workflow automation systems. The company's platform provides a means for businesses to add location-awareness or asset visibility to their existing systems without the costly expense of integrating to a multitude of proprietary programming interfaces.

PanGo Locator now offers event-based notification capabilities and tools that streamline implementation and usability. The new Notifier application is a location-based event management application that automatically sends notifications and alerts based on user-defined, event-driven business rules, including asset location, duration of presence/absence and status.

PanGo's Active RFID Tag is a next-generation Wi-Fi-based tag offering a compact size 50% smaller than its predecessor, and offers extended battery life, wireless security, and motion and status reporting capabilities. PanGo offers the only active RFID tag with two location and reporting modes. The tag's Wi-Fi mode is fully compliant with the IEEE 802.11 b/g standards and enables advanced features such as over-the-air configuration management and tag status updates (e.g., motion reporting via an integrated motion sensor and low battery alerts). In a second mode, the tag reports its identification information in a short radio-frequency "beacon" that further extends battery life and is interoperable with third-party location technologies such as Cisco's Series 2700 Series Location Appliance.

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