Tampere, Finland – April 27, 2009 – Confidex, a fast growing company with unique expertise in RFID design, manufacturing and engineering, announced today at RFID Journal Live! in Orlando the launch of the Confidex SteelBYTE.  The Confidex SteelBYTE   complements the most versatile IT Asset Tag portfolio in the market.

RFID reduces the need for human intervention in the IT asset inventory process and makes it much quicker than  traditional barcode technology. Additional motivation to utilize RFID in IT Asset Management (ITAM) is the ability to increase data security and operational efficiency by having asset location data available. . Improved financial accounting accuracy will also be achieved as well as compliance with legislation such as the Sarbanes Oxley Act. An RFID tag’s EPC number is often used as a flag to pinpoint the asset information and its history data from a database. However, some RFID ITAM applications could require that above mentioned data be available regardless of whether there is a connection to the database or not – for example, 96 bits EPC code wouldn’t be enough to store asset firmware details or hardware configuration data and the asset serial number.

Today, Confidex launched the SteelBYTE, which is designed for high memory applications by equipping it with Alien Higgs3 IC. In addition to 96 bit EPC, the SteelBYTE has 512 bits user memory and a unique tag identifier number...The SteelBYTE also features extended read range. With a footprint of only 0.5 x 1.5 inches, the maximum read range reaches an outstanding 13 feet on metal with the capability of also functioning on plastic surfaces. .Such improved tag performance is realized by the tag’s ability to be read with lower output power from the reader than what was possible before. With these features, the Confidex SteelBYTE complements Confidex’s IT Asset Tag portfolio consisting of Confidex Steelwave Micro™, Confidex SteelBIT, Confidex SteelBYTE, and Confidex SteelWING.

Like the earlier released Confidex SteelBIT, Confidex SteelBYTE is personalized according to FSTC (Financial Services Technical Consortium) requirements for banking industry by having pre-encoded EPC code in the tag’s memory and a data label showing the EPC code in both numbers and 2D data matrix barcode. SteelBYTE is designed especially for the RFID IT asset management market in the USA, so it is available in FCC (902-928MHz) version.“The common attributes of Confidex’s IT asset tags are innovativeness, first-class performance and cost-effectiveness which makes them the ideal choice for IT asset tagging applications” says Hanna Kosunen, Product Line Manager at Confidex.

Confidex IT asset tag portfolio will be presented at RFID Journal Live! in Orlando from 27-29 April 2009 at Confidex booth 402.

About Confidex

Confidex, headquartered in Tampere, Finland, is a fast growing company with unique expertise in RFID design, manufacturing and system engineering. With offices in Europe, North America and China, Confidex provides high-performing, industry-standard RFID tags for demanding applications. The company’s highly experienced team has enabled Confidex to quickly become the trusted partner for major vendors and end-users in the RFID industry.

Confidex's core competencies and experience span HF (high frequency) and UHF (ultra high frequency) antenna design, tag manufacturing, and advanced tag conversion and encapsulation.

For more information, visit www.confidex.net.