Axcess International Inc. Dual Active RFID and RTLS

A Best-Fit Application Guide to Active RFID System Alternatives —

Wireless systems have evolved to successfully penetrate the world of personal communications where virtually all people can talk as needed on-demand with a feature rich and flexible set of alternatives. This people-talking world is now being complemented with a wireless world of all things “talking”. In essence, all things are becoming wireless. As thing-talking systems continue to evolve to meet their best-fit applications in the enterprise, matching each system’s unique characteristics to the application is not always clear to the prospective end user or even to a providing system integrator.

Dual-Active RFID is Ideal for Integrators —

There are many benefits of having active RFID as a solution set. The technical expertise surrounding this technology carries with it a uniqueness that can be built upon to provide differentiation to further the firm’s competitive advantage. The solution is robust and reliable as verified in the implementation of similar technologies such as toll tags around the world. The creative nature of the technology means multiple applications can be implemented with any given customer, ensuring a robust revenue stream of solutions that can be sold. This whitepaper characterizes active RFID technology and describes the applications for the enterprise and what skills sets are required for the integrator.

Stop Laptop Theft and Loss: A Best Practice for Real Time Accountability & Security —

Losses from the theft of proprietary data from corporations and other institutions more than doubled last year to a total of $356,000 per incident. Ten percent of all companies, government agencies, and educational institutions suffered those losses. Eighty three million confidential records were lost or stolen last year. Over 10 million US citizens were affected by identity theft last year. Only 43 percent of organizations who experienced those losses reported them citing a fear of the potential impact on their institution’s stock price or image.

The Federal Government stipulates criminal penalties in The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 to force the development of best practices for asset and data management. Twenty three states now require companies notify individuals if the company loses their privacy data even if it’s uncertain the data will lead to credit-related loses for the individual.

Legal mandates and the foreseeability of these events now creates a liability for executives and necessitates the development of an IT best practice in the organization for managing computer assets. Such a practice is now being provided by the wireless tagging of computer assets in a comprehensive RFID system which provides an automated, economical, real time, and labor-free control solution for the management of assets and data residing on them.

The unique ActiveTag™ RFID solution is applicable to data centers, record departments and enterprise IT operations. The AXCESS solution has been successfully installed in a number of data centers and enterprise offices where it has been seamlessly interfaced into the existing security system to prevent unauthorized removal of computer assets while providing the necessary visibility, inventory and accountability.

Active RFID —

With the recent hype surrounding Radio Frequency Identification, it is a question of when, not if, real-time visibility within the supply chain becomes a reality. While the use of RFID in the supply chain is a relatively new concept, the technology has been in use in the security industry for many years. Personnel and vehicle access, asset tracking, even toll tags, are examples of applications using radio frequency identification technology.

But, what exactly is radio frequency identification? And if an RFID tag can identify a moving vehicle from 100 feet away, why is it so difficult to identify a case of canned soup on a conveyor belt just 10 feet away? The answer is simple. It all depends upon the type of RFID technology that is being used.

This whitepaper will identify the potential of RFID in the enterprise, in particular, Active RFID, or battery powered tags, that can provide automatic, dynamic visibility into what is going on in and around the enterprise. Active RFID offers profound benefits in visibility, productivity, efficiency and security.

RFID as Mandatory Protection for Laptops, Intellectual Property, and...Executives —

Laptop thefts and intellectual property losses are rarely made public. We used to watch with great interest the statistics on laptop theft published each year by computer insurer Safeware Inc. Even as the statistic topped a whopping 620,000 laptop thefts in 2002, few people voiced concern. Recent data shows the value of the intellectual property assets lost with those thefts has grown rapidly, threatening to ignite shareholder cries of poor corporate asset management. This is also true for the loss of confidential data, particularly from financial industry firms. Asset mismanagement has far reaching implications these days.

Fortunately, one of the newest technologies for corporate security and supply chain efficiency now offers a solution, and that solution is now becoming mandatory. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has now been implemented successfully by enterprise and government IT executives to stem the alarming incidents of laptop thievery.