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July, 2025 - ClearStream 8.1: Advanced GPS-Enabled Mobility and Multi-Lane Directional Tracking with Zebra FXR90 and ATR7000
Unlocking next-level RFID asset visibility through integrated location intelligence and enhanced RTLS functionality.
Calverton, NY - Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) announces the release of ClearStream 8.1, a significant update that enhances mobile RFID tracking through native integration with Zebra Technologies’ cutting-edge FXR90 and ATR7000 readers. This release elevates RFID deployments by combining GPS location data with RFID tag reads and introducing multi-lane directional movement detection, delivering comprehensive, real-time asset intelligence for complex, dynamic environments.
Read Press Release on ClearStreamRFID.com
July, 2025 - PTS was recently featured in FEIG Electronics’ "Connecting the Dots" July newsletter
Calverton, NY - The piece highlights how PTS' long-standing partnership with FEIG ELECTRONIC is helping businesses across industries unlock new levels of efficiency and insight through powerful RFID and mobile technology solutions. We’re proud to be recognized for the innovative work our team continues to deliver, and grateful to collaborate with industry leaders like FEIG.
June, 2025 - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center—Making Cancer History with the Help of TracerPlus
Texas - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the world’s most respected centers devoted exclusively to cancer patient care, research, education, and prevention. Their mission is as straightforward as it is ambitious: “to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees, and the public.”
Read full Article on TracerPlus.com
May, 2025 - PTS Unveils the RTLS Engine for ClearStream, Redefining Real-Time Location Tracking
Calverton, NY - PTS is revolutionizing real-time location tracking with the launch of the PTS RTLS Engine for ClearStream, a next-generation solution designed to provide businesses with unparalleled visibility, automation, and efficiency. By addressing long-standing industry challenges—complexity, cost, and deployment time—PTS delivers a seamless, scalable, and affordable real-time location tracking system that businesses can implement with ease.
Read full Article on ClearStreamRFID.com
December, 2024 - Testimonial: How TracerPlus Connect has been a game-changer for IdealTFC
Quebec, Canada - When adopting software solutions that enhance efficiency and streamline operations, feedback from satisfied users speaks volumes. Jean-Marc Bherer, IT Manager at IdealTFC, shares his experience with TracerPlus Connect: "TracerPlus Connect has been a game-changer for us. Initially, it would take me days to devise a reliable go-live solution. Then, somehow, I crossed paths with your team—and you’ve far exceeded my expectations with your impressive add-ons. TracerPlus Connect is incredibly intuitive and efficient.
Read full Testimonial on TracerPlus.com
July, 2024 - Innovation in Academia: How ClearStream RFID Technology Transforms Research and Education
Quebec, Canada - Portable Technology Solutions is no stranger to academic settings, counting many schools and universities among Our clients. PTS software, for example, helps Brigham Young University audit the chemicals used in its research laboratories. But even we were surprised when we heard that Ygal Bendavid and Samad Rostampour, professors and researchers at University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), are using PTS’s ClearStream Fixed RFID and Bluetooth Beacon software not to keep track of items in a lab—but as one of the primary tools in the lab.
Read Press Release on ClearStreamRFID.com
June, 2024 - Portable Technology Solutions Announces Exclusive Networking Event at the Iconic TWA Hotel
Calverton, NY - Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) is thrilled to announce a unique and engaging networking event, set to take place on Tuesday, October 29th from 9 AM until 5 PM at the historic TWA Hotel. This exclusive gathering invites attendees to experience the latest technological advancements amidst the nostalgic charm of a bygone era.
Learn More and Register on PTSHome.com
March, 2024 - Case Study: Budd Van Lines Moving Forward with TracerPlus
Calverton, NY - Budd Van Lines is a moving company with five regional service centers and world headquarters in Somerset, New Jersey. They handle everything from individual moves to full-scale corporate relocations, in all 48 contiguous states and, via trusted agents, internationally. Having started in 1975 with “two trucks and a dream,” Budd Van Lines has been America’s #1 Independent Carrier for 17 years in a row according to the industry’s Trippel Survey and Research.
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March, 2024 - PTS Announces Strategic Partnership with 42Gears
42Gears and Portable Technology Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership to Empower Mobile Workforces.
Calverton, NY - Portable Technology Solutions (PTS), a trailblazing provider of user-configurable mobile data collection software, TracerPlus, and edge IoT software, ClearStream RFID, and 42Gears, a leading Mobile Device Management (MDM) software provider widely used for tracking mobile and EDGE devices, are thrilled to unveil their strategic partnership as premier partners.
Read Press Release on PTSHome.com
February, 2024 - Case Study: Addressing Accuracy and Safety for Chemical Labs with TracerPlus Software
Calverton, NY - Chemical laboratories, whether academic, business, or government-based, improve our lives by developing new products, fostering medical advances, and training tomorrow’s scientists. In addition to the work of innovation, labs need to keep track of up to of thousands of chemicals in multiple structures and rooms, while ensuring they are stored in the proper environments and away from incompatible substances. The need for these labs to maintain accurate inventories has grown more acute, as the imperatives of cost control and time management have been joined by more stringent government regulations, spurred in part by the threat of terrorism.
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January, 2024 - TracerPlus Version 10.6.3 Achieves Zebra Technologies Validation
Portable Technology Solutions, TracerPlus Version 10.6.3 has been tested by Zebra’s Global Enablement Center, confirming its intended functionality under common customer usage scenarios on specific Zebra devices.
Calverton, NY - Portable Technology Solutions today announced it has completed Zebra’s Enterprise Testing Program for its TracerPlus, Version 10.6.3 mobile RFID software solution. This designation indicates to customers and partners that TracerPlus 10.6.3 was successfully tested, confirming its performance and functionality with the following Zebra mobile computers: TC22/27, TC53/58, TC73/78, TC83, HC20/50, WS50, ET40/45, ET60/65, ET80/85, MC93/94, and the MC33.
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October, 2023 - Case Study: How Portable Technology Solutions and Zebra Technologies Helped a Not-For-Profit on Florida’s Gulf Coast Grow to New Heights
Florida - When PTS heard from The Twig, a not-for-profit on Florida’s Gulf Coast, we were inspired by their mission to help kids in need—so much so that we teamed up with our hardware partner Zebra Technologies to give the Florida-based charity tools to help them do their important work. The Twig has been empowering foster children since 2016 by providing them with a stylish clothes-shopping experience that is completely free of charge. This life-changing organization has its roots in the vision of Dianne Weed, a mother of four who adopted her youngest daughter out of the foster care system as a baby.
Read Full Case Study on TracerPlus.com
June, 2023 - PTS Introduces ClearStream RFID On-Board for Impinj
Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) continues to expand hardware compatibility options for the market’s most flexible fixed RFID software.
Calverton, NY - Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) announces that its Clearstream RFID On-Board application will now be compatible with Impinj R-700 fixed RFID scanners. Clearstream is the only off-the-shelf RFID software that supports On-Board capabilities for both Zebra and Impinj scanners.
Read Press Release on ClearStreamRFID.com
February, 2023 - TracerPlus Now Supports Technology Solutions (TSL) Handheld UHF RFID Readers
Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) continues to expand upon hardware compatibility options.
Calverton, NY - Portable Technology Solutions (PTS) announces that its latest release of TracerPlus Mobile App Development software now supports the complete line of UHF RFID readers manufactured by TSL (an HID company). This new compatibility further expands the data collection options available with the market’s most flexible enterprise class data-collection system.
