AXCESS Finds Immediate Cost Savings for RFID on Computer Equipment
Combining Automatic Location, Inventory, and Protection Capabilities Critical for Enterprise Savings
DALLAS, TX, January 24, 2006 — AXCESS International Inc. (OTCBB: AXSI.OB), a leading provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, today announced results for a case study determining the financial return on investment (ROI) for using RFID to tag computers and peripheral equipment. The study was based on an AXCESS ActiveTag™ system installed by the U.S. Department of Defense at a high security computer laboratory. Numerous manhours are expended daily at computer labs locating, tracking, and protecting assets. Published asset losses for government agencies have ranged from 1 to 4 percent of the asset base per year, whereas losses at typical enterprise operations are higher.
According to the study, the use of battery-powered RFID tags, when placed on the equipment valued at $5,000 or more and activated only on-demand at doorways, provided automatic inventory, location determination, and protection against theft. The study covered more than 1300 assets in 14 different rooms identifying over $37,000 in labor savings, with an immediate payback. The study concluded that the ROI would be even greater for lower security and typical enterprise installations, providing both technical and economic justification for installing semi-active RFID tags for IT physical asset management.
“We’ve established a clear, beneficial ROI for the automatic physical asset management of IT equipment,” stated Allan Griebenow, president and CEO of AXCESS. “The true power of RFID tagging comes from labor savings, reduced asset counts, and in protection including intellectual property, trade secrets and personal privacy data. The ability to automatically locate, count, and protect IT assets and data has the potential to reduce costs and exposures at all enterprise and government facilities.”
The results of the study are contained in a white paper entitled: “The ROI for Automatic IT Asset Inventory, Location, and Protection Using RFID”. The paper is available from the company’s web site at www.axcessinc.com.
AXCESS’ patented ActiveTag RFID product uses small, battery powered tags (generically called “semi-active” tags) that when automatically activated, transmit a wireless message typically 30 to 100 feet to hidden palm size receivers. The receivers are connected via an industry standard interface to existing security alarm equipment or simultaneously networked to enterprise software. Optionally, the tag system can also be used to trigger security video recording and live remote video transmission. The tags are used for a variety of enterprise productivity applications including automatic personnel access control and tracking, automatic vehicle access control and payload management, automatic asset management and protection, as well as special purpose sensing. Automatic email alerting and paging is offered for rapid response to security related incidents.
About Axcess International Inc.
Axcess International Inc. (OTCBB: AXSI) delivers wireless intelligence through real-time business activity monitoring solutions that improve productivity, security and revenue growth. The systems derive wireless intelligence from automatic advanced workforce management, workflow management, asset monitoring and distributed sensing. As the smallest, most powerful battery powered wireless computer, Dot, a patented micro-wireless technology platform, combines RFID, RTLS and wireless sensing for better decision-making and control throughout the enterprise. Dot adds transmission flexibility by interfacing with multiple enterprise legacy systems including the popular Electronic Product Code (EPC) standard system now used by RFID tags in the retail supply chain. Dot has set an industry low price point for multi-frequency, micro-wireless tagging at $7.95 MSRP with asset tags starting at $8.95. Axcess is a portfolio company of Amphion Innovations plc (AIM: AMP). For more information on Axcess, visit www.axcessinc.com.
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