IT assets to be monitored with UHF RFID and passive wireless

Cavea general manager Dieter Kilian reckons users will benefit from a "significant" reduction in overall IT costs and more efficient use of resources and equipment. He also insists that this is the only system capable of identifying IT assets in any place and at almost any distance, while using the same technology. Kilian explains that's because Cavea's solution combines UHF RFID with easy installation and passive wireless sensing, exploiting UPM Trap UHF RFID tags for near-field detection. "Based on standard UHF RFID technology, we link each rack slot to the 'Internet of things', he states. "This gives … an almost real-time view over the inventory. A distribution centre of any size can be audit-ready at any point in time," he adds. Kilian also explains that the system is based on the EPC (electronic product code) concept, with each object labelled with its own identifier, and each IU slot labelled with an SPI (sequential position identifier) while each rack also has a GLN (global location number). He says that IT asset monitoring with RFID doesn't stop at the rack door, either. Depending on the degree of standardization and the capabilities of the user's back-end administration, the entire lifecycle of assets can be tracked throughout the supply chain.