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SENTILLION UNVEILS VIRTUALIZED, SERVER-LESS REMOTE ACCESS SOLUTION

vThere’s™ Disruptive Approach Resolves the Cost, Complexity, and Performance Limitations of Today’s Remote Access Alternatives

ANDOVER, Mass. - June 26, 2006 - Addressing the challenges and limitations associated with supporting a remote and mobile workforce as well as virtual employees, Sentillion, the leading provider of identity and access management solutions for the healthcare industry, today unveiled vThere™. This virtualized remote access solution enables organizations from any industry to deliver exactly the same application access, user experience and level of security as if the user were physically within the enterprise, without the need for a costly server-based infrastructure. Available immediately, vThere is the inaugural solution from the company’s new strategic business unit, Sentillion vBusiness.

"Until the advent of vThere, organizations were forced to choose between remote access solutions that required expensive systems infrastructure and management, delivered inferior user experiences, or introduced security threats to the IT organization,” said Paul Roscoe, president, Sentillion vBusiness. “vThere presents a new paradigm for remote access because it doesn’t require an organization to make such trade-offs."

vThere leverages virtualization technology to enable users to run fully isolated, software-only PCs on computers in remote venues such as a home or branch office. vThere provides a virtual computer that replicates the same experience workers have when physically within the enterprise, including desktop look and feel, access to applications, printers and file sharing and network security.

vThere users are connected into the enterprise network without the need for any additional centralized servers and their software-only PCs are therefore seen as managed devices by the enterprise’s IT department. This approach simplifies the administration, support and management of remote users by enabling the organization to leverage their existing support infrastructure investments.

vThere is currently being deployed in leading healthcare organizations across North America, with deployments in other industries to follow shortly. Early adopters of vThere include Cottage Health System (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Inova Health System (Fairfax, Va.) and Kettering Medical Center (Dayton, Ohio). Kettering will be one of the first healthcare organization in the country to offer their physicians remote access to the in-hospital applications and experience when they are in their practice offices or at home.

How Does It Work?
vThere consists of the vThere™ Image Creator which is used by IT departments to create distributable vThere™ images; the vThere™ Player which is used for playing the images on the end-user host computers; and www.vThere.net, a managed Web site for users to obtain and download their images securely.

Once the vThere image is loaded on the remote user’s PC, the user simply logs in using their network credentials to open a secure VPN connection to the corporate network. Once logged in, the remote user has access to all of the services, directories and applications as they would if they were physically in the office. vThere also supports the use of RSA SecurID® for strong authentication.

Pricing & Availability
vThere pricing is based per concurrent user. With no additional server infrastructure required to support vThere, Sentillion estimates that deployment costs will be 30-40 percent less than other remote access solutions currently available on the market.

vThere, is the flagship product in the company’s newly launched business unit, Sentillion vBusiness, which brings to all industries software solutions that virtualize business capabilities and extends them beyond the boundaries of the corporate network, without sacrificing performance or security. Available immediately, vThere is being marketed and sold in all vertical markets.

Additional information on vThere may also be found at www.vthere.net.

About Sentillion vBusiness
Sentillion vBusiness was founded on the belief that physical boundaries should not compromise or limit business operations and user experience. Sentillion vBusiness’ flagship product, vThere™ is the first virtualized, server-less approach to remote access. vThere provides organizations with the ability to deliver exactly the same application access, user experience and level of security as when the user is physically within the enterprise, without the need for a server based infrastructure. Sentillion vBusiness, which provides virtualization solutions to all industries, is a division of Sentillion, Inc., the leading provider of identity and access management solutions for the healthcare industry. Sentillion is a privately held company headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. For more information, visit Sentillion vBusiness at www.vthere.net.