AXCESS Introduces a Universal Detector for Asset Protection.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002

"Smart doors" used to deter internal theft

AXCESS Inc. (NASDAQ:AXSI), a leading provider of advanced technology security and asset management systems, announced today the development and availability of a simple innovative technique for tracking and protecting valuable enterprise resources and IT equipment. The innovative "door-coupling" utilizes a building's existing metal doorframes to create control points - invisible radio fields that trigger wireless tags to report their location. The company's ActiveTag(TM) asset management system gives users the ability to automatically identify and protect assets from leaving the building. With the ActiveTag(TM) software application running on the corporate network, the system tracks the movement of tagged people and equipment throughout a facility, alerting security personnel to unauthorized attempts to remove assets from the building or secure area.

AXCESS currently offers a wide variety of tag activation antennas to permit both overt and covert monitoring of tagged assets, personnel and vehicles using its patented long range, low frequency tag activation method. The door-coupling technique is unique in that it turns the entire metal doorframe into an antenna, thus creating a strong and reliable tag activation field for complete coverage of both single and double-wide doorways.

AXCESS developed the door-coupling method in response to customers needing an asset management and protection solution that can be incorporated into the existing building structure in a cost-effective and aesthetically pleasing fashion. "Large, obtrusive portal antennas are not only costly to install, but they also tend to be an ineffective theft deterrent as would-be thieves simply avoid them," stated Richard Brown, AXCESS' Director of RFID Products. "Metal door frames are commonly used in virtually every building, making covert detection and prevention of employee pilfering extremely easy to implement."

AXCESS provides a unique solution for managing and protecting valuable assets such as computers, laptops, A/V equipment, etc. The ActiveTag(TM) system leverages advanced, low cost wireless technology and notification/alert software to provide a fully-automated monitoring system requiring minimal human interaction. The door-coupling innovation further enhances the company's ActiveTag(TM) asset management system in use at a number of corporate facilities and IT data centers around the world. At a cost of only about $1000 per door, the system provides a fast payback not only in terms of reduced loss due to theft, but also in terms of enhanced security for priceless information and intellectual property residing on IT devices such as servers and lab workstations. AXCESS Inc., headquartered in Dallas, TX, provides network-based asset management solutions to the enterprise using patented technologies in wireless automatic identification and multimedia for improving operations productivity, physical security, asset and inventory management, and logistics. Products include hands-free, long range RFID (radio frequency identification) technology used to track and monitor people, assets, inventory and vehicles as well as patented streaming video technology for enterprise multimedia transmission and digital recording. AXCESS Inc. is a VennWorks partner company and trades under the symbol AXSI on the Nasdaq market. Visit www.axcessinc.com.