asset-tracking

How to create folders base on external datasource in SharePoint 2010?

My goal is to extend functionality of the current asset tracking system. Basically I would like to pull list of Clients and related assets from external system into sharepoint 2010. Then I would like to associate documents with each asset. My first intention is to create a list of folders where each folder would be named respectively....

Asset tracking in "real-time" - how best to display in browser?

I am developing an asset tracking system, standard LAMP, and now am wondering how best to present the data to the user in the browser. I expect to track and most a few thousand items, and to refresh them every second or so. I want to draw a floorplan or map of the area and represent the assets the assets symbolically on that (with diff...