RFID in the Data Center

Bank of America said last week that it is using radio frequency identification chips (RFID) to keep track of servers and other IT equipment, and is working to advance a standard for RFID tracking in financial data centers. The huge bank, which just got even bigger with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, has deployed RFID in 14 of its 28 data centers, the company told RFID Journal (link via Zero Downtime).

RFID allows information to be stored and retrieved on small devices called RFID tags, The technology is used in enterprise supply chain management, allowing companies to keep track of the location and status of products and orders. RFID has obvious utility in data center consolidations and migrations and in managing server sprawl in large organizations.

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