Recognising Alpha-ID's role in Project Life and its leading position in advising and supplying RFID systems targeted at buildings, large and small, Richard Smith was invited to talk at this prestigious industry event. His talk focused on Project Life and the sort of features we can expect to see in Smart Homes of the Future. It attracted a great deal of interest, especially from those attendees operating in the caring professions.

Alpha-ID has been chosen to provide RFID Consultancy Services to a major government department. The system is to provide advanced asset and document tracking. This exciting development is the subject of a NDA.

Alpha-ID has specified, supplied and installed a 'proof - of - concept' facilities management and reporting system to the UK HQ of the Nationwide. This is a fully integrated system offering the Nationwide a multitude of bespoke features and benefits that will in turn also benefit the company's customers, members and staff. This exciting development is the subject of a NDA.

The leading hardware and software solutions available from Netaccess complement the technology agnostic approach now taken by Alpha-ID. In particular, i-ax intelligent field controllers will feature strongly in Alpha-ID's acclaimed facilities management and reporting systems, by providing the ultimate in flexibility and responsiveness even when client networks are 'down' or congested.

Customer service is paramount at Alpha-ID and the growing evidence of the urgent need for truly independent professional advice has brought about a re-positioning of the company in the evermore complex and rapidly evolving world of RFID. Alpha-ID will provide impartial RFID Consultancy to its clients and where requested also supply, install, commission and maintain the recommended solution on their behalf. Our primary focus is Facilities Management & Reporting Systems.

Alpha-ID has taken a lead in providing the occupant tagging system for Project Life. In an experiment run by the University of Nottingham, a family of four will be moving into a luxury home built by David Wilson Homes in Sheffield, each member of the family will be tagged, movements and use of electrical equipment will be monitored to assess how changing lifestyles can best be catered for in new housing.

The family will wear wristwatch "tags" around the clock, linked to a computer in the roof, which for two months will log how long they spend in each room and their use of gadgets. Even visitors will be asked to put a tag on at the door so researchers can discover how designs affect people's use of a house in the 21st Century.

Information about the project has featured on the radio, the Mail, the Daily Telegraph and other media, further information about the project is available at: www.projectlife.info

Alpha-ID, Wavetrend UK's European* Distributor for PC Access Control Systems (PCAC), has launched a new reseller programme to help further develop PCAC sales throughout the UK and Europe*.

Announcing the launch, Rob Church, Channel Manager went on to say "PCAC is a revolutionary product that has applications wherever sensitive data is held on a PC. It automatically secures a machine when the user leaves its vicinity and logs them on again on their return. Information theft and compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 are of increasing concern to every responsible organisation - failure to take adequate safeguards can have disastrous consequences and could leave companies and individuals open to prosecution."

He went on to say "Wavetrend PC Access Control is an exciting technology and, whilst opportunities exist in every sector, those already successfully supplying the Education, Health and Local Government sectors are sure to find PCAC a useful, complementary product."

Click here for further information about the reseller program.

* Excluding Netherlands.

Alpha-ID has run a successful pilot of its PC Access Control System at Outwood Grange College, one of the largest of its kind in the country. The trials demonstrated that classroom PCs could be automatically and reliably secured when staff were no longer in the vicinity.

In recognition of our assistance, Alpha-ID was invited along as guest speaker at the North East Bursars Forum in March 2004.

At Healthcare-Computing 2004 held in Harrogate, one of the leading suppliers to the NHS demonstrated a biometrics system working in conjunction with PC Access Control equipment supplied by Alpha-ID. This was one of the highlights of the exhibition, the combination providing the 'ultimate' in convenience and security for hard-pressed staff in the caring profession. The biometrics interface verifies the user's ID and grants the appropriate access rights, whilst the PCAC system from Alpha-ID ensures automatic log-off when the machine is left unattended.

For more information or advice on PCAC in Healthcare and Education, please contact us.