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RFID Solutions for IT Industry

We provide RFID solutions for the IT industry, along with device selection and integration support for domain-specific applications. For IT teams and systems integrators, Identium works as a hardware-plus-knowledge partner: we transfer the know-how needed to integrate data-capturing devices — barcode readers, RFID readers, RFID printers, biometric devices and GPS/GPRS devices — as well as the consumables they run on.

We extend support to build adaptors that connect data-capturing devices to enterprise-level applications, and we advise on middleware requirements for enterprise-scale deployments. For industrial environments, we bring state-of-the-art workflow automation technologies and integration support for auto-ID devices, including RF survey reports for complex wireless and RFID deployments where metallic interference is a challenge.

Where RFID fits in the IT industry

  • IT asset tracking — laptops, servers, switches and storage arrays carry slim on-metal RFID labels, turning physical audits from a multi-week exercise into a walk down the rack aisle.
  • Data-centre and office audits — a handheld sweep reconciles deployed hardware against the asset register, flagging moved or missing equipment immediately.
  • Device integration projects — we help your developers wire barcode, RFID, biometric and GPS/GPRS data capture into the enterprise applications you build for clients.
  • Middleware and architecture advice — guidance on the middleware layer that buffers readers from ERP and asset-management software in large rollouts.
  • RF site surveys — survey reports for wireless and RFID deployments in metal-heavy industrial environments, before a single reader is mounted.
  • Document and media control — tagged files, backup media and equipment trace movements between secure zones.
MNTH3 on-metal RFID asset tag for IT equipment tracking Identium UHF desktop RFID reader writer for tag encoding at IT service desks

Whether you need a reader SDK evaluated, an RF survey for a tricky site, or tags for ten thousand laptops, talk to our team and we will scope it with you.

Tagging an IT estate: placement, read zones and encoding

For IT asset audits the technology that fits is passive UHF on 865-868 MHz, the band that as of 2026 is delicensed for RFID in India under WPC rules — worth confirming the current WPC and BIS position before you commit to hardware. These tags follow EPC Gen2 (ISO/IEC 18000-63), the standard marketed as RAIN RFID, and it is the only common RFID family that reads a whole rack or storeroom in one sweep without line of sight. HF at 13.56 MHz still belongs in the picture, doing a different job: the ISO 14443 card that opens the server-room door is a separate system from the UHF tags you count — HF is not EPC Gen2, and the two should be specified separately. Identium’s UHF readers and antennas are WPC-approved for the Indian band, and the company is BIS certified.

In a data centre the usual difficulty is too much range, not too little. Passive UHF with a fixed reader is typically quoted at around ten to fifteen metres in clear air, and in a rack aisle that means a reader will cheerfully pick up tags several bays away — the count comes out right and the location comes out wrong. Reduce transmit power, aim directional antennas down the aisle rather than across it, and rank reads by RSSI. For bay-level accuracy, a handheld run at reduced power and walked rack by rack usually beats a larger portal.

AssetSurfaceTag to useFixing
Laptops, tabletsaluminium shellsmall on-metal ABS or PCB tagadhesive, clear of vents
Servers, switches, storage arrayssteel chassisslim on-metal label or PCB tagadhesive on bezel or rack ear
Monitors, docks, UPS, printersplastic housingprinted UHF inlay labeladhesive
Patch leads, power cablesround, no flat facecable-tie tagcable tie
Backup media, files, cartonscard or plasticprinted UHF labeladhesive
Server-room entry—HF 13.56 MHz card (ISO 14443)separate access system

Encode at the service desk before an asset leaves the store. A UHF desktop reader writes your asset number into the tag’s EPC memory; separately, UHF chips normally carry a factory-programmed TID — a chip serial written at manufacture that is not rewritable — so an audit can check that the tag on a machine is the one issued to it rather than a copy. Print the same asset ID as human-readable text and a barcode on the tag face so your existing register and any untagged kit keep working alongside it; printing, serial numbering and encoding can all be done as part of the tag order.

Choose the fixing by who owns the asset: adhesive on leased machines that go back to the vendor at end of term, rivet or epoxy on kit that stays for years. If what you need is continuous live location rather than a periodic audit — where a loan laptop is right now — that is battery-powered territory, BLE beacons rather than passive tags. Every read distance above is a typical figure that moves with tag size, antenna, reader power and surrounding metal, so test on your own racks and machines before standardising on one tag.

Frequently asked questions

Will RFID tags or readers interfere with servers, switches or Wi-Fi in a data centre?

In practice, no — but the reason is worth having to hand when facilities ask. A passive UHF tag has no battery and no transmitter of its own: it only reflects a modulated signal back while a reader is illuminating it, so a tag nobody is reading is electrically inert. The readers themselves work at low power in the 865-868 MHz band used for UHF RFID in India, far from the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth estate occupies. The real constraints turn out to be physical rather than electromagnetic: do not seal a tag inside a closed metal chassis, keep it away from vents and fan intakes, do not cover ports, service labels or existing barcodes, and check a tag's rated operating temperature before putting one in a hot aisle. Run a read test on one populated rack before tagging the estate.

What approvals do we need before installing RFID readers in our office or data centre?

For passive UHF the relevant allocation in India is 865-868 MHz, delicensed for RFID under the 2021 WPC short-range-device rules (G.S.R. 853(E)) at the specified low power limits, so readers operating inside those limits do not normally need an individual user licence. Treat that as a starting point and confirm the current position with WPC before you order, since allocations and conditions do change. Two things get confused here. The approval question generally attaches to the transmitting equipment rather than to you as the occupant, and a passive tag is not a transmitter at all. And India and ETSI share the same 865-868 MHz band, so an ETSI datasheet is not itself the problem it is often taken for — the band that genuinely catches buyers out is the US one at roughly 902-928 MHz, or hardware shipped configured for the wrong region. Identium's UHF readers and antennas are WPC-approved for India's licence-exempt UHF RFID band, and the company is BIS certified. Mounting, power and cabling clearances stay with your facilities team.

Can one reader read both our UHF asset tags and the HF access cards staff already carry?

Not with a single-frequency reader, because these are two different radio systems. IT asset tags are passive UHF at 865-868 MHz using EPC Gen2, published as ISO/IEC 18000-63 and marketed as RAIN RFID. Staff cards are HF at 13.56 MHz under ISO 14443, typically MIFARE or DESFire. HF cards are outside the EPC Gen2 family altogether, so a UHF reader simply never sees them. The workable route is one device with two radios: the CX1500N handheld can be ordered with an optional 13.56 MHz NFC module alongside its UHF engine, so a single unit covers both reads. Be clear about what that buys you, though — capturing a card's identifier during an audit is not the same as authorising a door. Keep the access-control system specified and scoped separately, and tell us in writing if one device has to do both jobs.

How do RFID reads get into our existing CMDB or asset register?

Three levels, depending on how much you want to build. Every Identium reader ships with an SDK, a demonstration application and its source code, so your own developers can poll reads and post them into an existing CMDB, ERP or service-management tool on your own stack — the route most IT teams with in-house developers take. Above that sits a middleware layer, deployed by you or your integrator, which de-duplicates repeated reads and maps tag IDs to records before anything reaches the target system; we advise on what that layer has to do rather than shipping it as a product. At the simplest level, an Android handheld can usually be configured to deliver a read as keystrokes straight into whatever web form or spreadsheet your team already uses — confirm that option for the model you pick. Encoding your existing asset numbers into the tags avoids renumbering anything.

What drives the cost of tagging an IT estate, and how do you quote it?

Identium quotes against a written specification rather than publishing a list price, because two estates with the same headcount can land in very different places. On the tag side the drivers are construction and volume: a printed UHF label going onto a plastic monitor housing is a different item from a rugged on-metal ABS, PC or PCB tag destined for a steel chassis, and printing, laser marking, serial numbering and encoding each add to the unit cost. On the hardware side the split is between auditing and watching — one Android handheld can walk many floors, whereas fixed readers bring antennas, cabling and mounting at every doorway you want monitored. Send your asset types, surface materials, quantities and number of sites and we will price against that. Custom tags are typically a five to ten day build in our New Delhi factory, with units tested in-house before dispatch.

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