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SENTILLION TOPS VENDOR LIST AS LEADING ENTERPRISE SINGLE SIGN-ON PROVIDER IN HEALTHCARE WITH 45% OF ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYING SSO OWNING VERGENCE™

For Fourth Consecutive Year, Company Recognized as the Market Leader in ESSO in Survey of Security and Access Technologies in the Healthcare Provider Community

ANDOVER, Mass. - September 12, 2006 - For the fourth consecutive year, Sentillion has been found to be the healthcare industry's leading enterprise single sign-on (SSO) provider, as well as the vendor with the highest percentage of clinical users of its IT solutions, according to a survey conducted by IDC and sponsored by Sentillion, of U.S.-based healthcare provider organizations. Another key finding in the survey, "Security and Access Technologies Gaining Ground in the Healthcare Clinical Environment," was the increase in the number of organizations deploying user provisioning technology, with 25% of respondents now using provisioning technology, up from 18% in 2005.

IDC surveyed more than 250 U.S.-based healthcare provider organizations, including hospitals, integrated healthcare networks and clinics, to assess end-user perceptions and interest for several security technologies, including single sign-on, user authentication and user provisioning. The survey findings include:

• Single Sign-O. - Market interest in SSO technology remains strong for the third consecutive year. Of the healthcare provider organizations surveyed, 50% currently employ SSO technology, up 14.5% from the 2005 survey. Of those healthcare provider organizations that own enterprise-wide SSO technology, 45.5% own Sentillion technology. Similar to last year, Sentillion was the most frequently mentioned vendor in the enterprise SSO category. Sentillion also registered as the vendor with the highest percentage of clinical users of its IT solutions.

• Strong Authentication - Forty-three percent of healthcare providers surveyed have deployed strong authentication technologies, including biometrics, secure ID, smart cards and proximity cards. Among those who have adopted strong authentication technologies, 41 percent named Sentillion as their vendor of choice. Sentillion is the master distributor of Identix biometric technology.

• User Provisioning - Having the ability to provision deeply into both back-office and clinical applications helps organizations meet the complex business and regulatory requirements of the healthcare industry. In the survey, Email is presently the most frequently provisioned application, but provisioning business applications and clinical applications is becoming more common.

"This year's survey accentuates the growing adoption of IAM solutions by healthcare providers," said Scott Tiazkun, program director, IDC Healthcare. "In addition to addressing clinical needs for information and security and privacy regulations, these technologies provide measurable benefits to the provider's workflow and ongoing business processes."

The survey also reveals that concerns ranging from compliance to application and data access to productivity and reduction of medical errors are being addressed by security and access solutions. Healthcare provider communities are increasingly looking to these solutions to increase the quality of patient care.

"Sentillion's commitment to address the unique needs of healthcare providers is reflected in the continued recognition of our single sign-on solution by the industry," said Robert Seliger, CEO and co-founder of Sentillion. "Safeguarding patient data in a clinical setting is complicated by the fact that the safeguards must not impede the care delivery process. The solution lies in making sure that security and privacy solutions are engineered from a workflow perspective and do not attempt to force upon healthcare organizations mechanisms that make sense for other types of environments, but which do not make sense for healthcare."

Sentillion's Identity and Access Management (IAM) products help healthcare provider organizations meet their urgent need for patient safety and privacy, streamlined workflows, regulatory compliance and protection of data and information sources. Sentillion's Vergence product suite enables organizations to know who their users are - identity management - and to help them be productive while ensuring system security and guarding patient confidentiality - access management. Vergence is a modularized suite that includes user provisioning, strong authentication, single sign-on, clinical context management and privacy auditing.

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About Sentillion
Sentillion enables organizations of all sizes, from enterprises to small and medium businesses, to deliver and meet the challenges associated with access management, safety and privacy, regulatory compliance and protection of data and information sources - both inside and outside the enterprise. Its flagship product, Vergence™, built specifically for the healthcare industry, is an open, flexible and standards-based solution that includes user provisioning, strong authentication, single sign-on, clinical context management and privacy management. Sentillion's vThere™ solution, is the first virtualized, server-less remote access solution for organizations in any industry. Sentillion is the only IAM vendor to be ranked by KLAS® and has been the leading vendor for healthcare single sign-on for four consecutive years according to IDC . Sentillion is a privately held company headquartered in Andover, Mass. For more information, visit Sentillion at www.sentillion.com.