The system involves passive RFID personnel cards combined with long range asset tags to allow asset movements to be controlled according to a central policy. Such controlled movements can be whether to allow an asset to exit from a secured zone. This first deployment encompasses 700 computer notebooks and 10 doors.

Sweden originated Free2move, whose Asia & Pacific head-office is in Kuala Lumpur, has provided the active RFID technology and the policy enforcement middleware.

Michael Yong, Senior Sales Manager of Siemens Building Technologies, says: "The ability; not only to secure the building, but also to secure critical high value assets inside the building; is a much sought after feature. In industrial workplaces, the value of assets and the highly critical information they contain, represent a significant corporate risk. Hence, we foresee great market demand for this capability"

"The demand for automated security and safety applications is increasing. The fact is that despite complex security arrangements; notebooks, projectors etc still disappear from workplaces. Together with Siemens, we can now offer a cost effective solution to this problem", says Martin Harnevie, Chief Executive of Free2move Asia & Pacific.

Siemens and Free2move will jointly market the SWAT system.