Re: Computer Tracking Products

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We, UGA and the Univ System of Georgia us Absolute Trac Plus...  Its worth
it's weight in gold...

Absolute Tracking, Inventory and Recovery...


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-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Winshel [mailto:winshel () CAMDEN RUTGERS EDU]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 6:28 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Computer Tracking Products

Wow Steve,

That's great news - sorry to hear that some stole a whole lab of pc's, but
great to hear that they were recovered.

Harold

At 05:39 PM 4/13/2007, you wrote:
> We recently recovered an entire lab worth of stolen computers using
> CompuTrace. It's a popular product both with the colleges and with the
> police department.
>
> Steve
>
>
> ==============================================
> Steven Lovaas, MSIA, CISSP
> Network Security Manager
> Academic Computing & Network Services
> Colorado State University
> 970-297-3707
> Steven.Lovaas () ColoState EDU
> ============================================
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph T Corey [mailto:jcorey () ANDREW CMU EDU]
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:45 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Computer Tracking Products
>
> Can anyone recommend any products or expand on their experiences with a
> vendor that provides computer tracking services. Currently, we have
> only looked at Computrace (sometimes known as LoJack) by Absolute. They
> claim to have a large University presence, but I want to make sure
> there aren't folks out there with better experiences elsewhere.
>
> Joseph T. Corey  MCSE, Security+
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Technical Lead

Harold Winshel
Computing and Instructional Technologies Faculty of Arts & Sciences Rutgers
University, Camden Campus
311 N. 5th Street, Room B10 Armitage Hall Camden NJ 08102
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