Using WiFi, Fortinet offers to track customers in shops

In shopping centers, security gateways FortiGate feature wireless Internet access shops can provide presence information on buyers who crossed their threshold, recovering the MAC address of their smartphone. Overseas, the sector of retail is very interested in the movement of customers in shops and in shopping centers. For chain stores, it may be useful to know in real time how many people entered their shop and what products hold their attention. The security solutions provider Fortinet offers them in this field a solution that relies on its gateway threat management FortiGate which include a wireless access point, as well as relate to our colleagues at Network World. These devices can now retrieve location information via smartphones buyers moving. When the mobile terminal client is on, FortiGate capture attendance data with the MAC address of its owner, which keeps track of it and to indicate how much time is left in a specific store. If shops offer free WiFi access to their visito
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