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ONE OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN'S PREMIER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, OAKWOOD HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, SIGNS UP FOR SINGLE SIGN-ON

Partners With Sentillion To Deliver Identity and Access Management Solutions to 10,000 Users

ANDOVER, Mass. - September 28, 2006 - After a thorough evaluation of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) marketplace, Oakwood Healthcare System (OHS), one of southeast Michigan's premier healthcare providers, has selected Sentillion to improve security and enhance HIPAA compliance through the implementation of the Vergence single sign-on and context management solutions. OHS will provide Vergence to its 10,000 users as the organization looks to improve access to its current heterogeneous application set, including their legacy electronic patient record system, Siemens INVISION® and Microsoft® Outlook®, and paves the way for the impending implementation of GE Centricity® Enterprise (formerly IDX® Carecast™).

"Our challenge in this project is to balance providing an enhanced end-user experience through demonstrated ease of use and improved patient care, with the concerns of our security team, system administrators, network technicians, database architects and a host of other stakeholders," said Marjorie Mathews, director of project management for OHS. "In the end, Vergence offered us not only the best technical fit, but we felt Sentillion represented the best option for us in terms of predictability and risk mitigation for our deployment of IAM."

The Sentillion-OHS partnership was born out of a rigorous and competitive evaluation process, which included comprehensive technical product reviews and in-depth due diligence with existing customers. The multi-faceted evaluation process delved into detailed technical and non-technical features, including system security, flexibility and extensibility as well as ease of deployment and overall end-user experience. In the end, repeated customer comments about Vergence being easy to install as well as Sentillion's technical approach to business continuity, provided OHS with the additional confidence they needed to partner with Sentillion.

"Given the mission-critical nature of these IAM solutions, it was extremely important to OHS that our selected vendor measure up to our substantial technical and security requirements. Sentillion successfully met those requirements and provided additional support in the form of multiple live customer references," said Cecelia Waskiewicz, director of information security and administrative services for OHS. "When combined with the fact that they stand as a single point of support for all IAM solutions, as opposed to vendors who daisy-chain with one another, we are extremely confident that our partnership with Sentillion will yield significant benefits for both our caregivers and IT staff."

"From our initial discussions it was apparent that Oakwood is an organization that is deeply committed to improving the caregiver's experience in accessing patient information quickly and efficiently through the use of state-of-the-art technology," said Nancy Ham, president of Sentillion. "We are delighted that the health system will leverage Vergence in its continued efforts to deliver on this mission."

About Oakwood Healthcare System
Oakwood Healthcare System (OHS) serves 35 different communities in southeastern Michigan with over 40 primary and secondary care locations. Oakwood serves a 500 square mile area, employs over 9,000 people and is the second largest employer in Out-Wayne County, Michigan.

About Sentillion, Inc.
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 Research. Sentillion is a privately held company headquartered in Andover, Mass. For more information, visit Sentillion at www.sentillion.com.