Sentillion Continues To Advance Its Healthcare Identity And Access Management Leadership Position

ANDOVER, Mass., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Further demonstrating an increased demand for its award-winning identity and access management solutions, Sentillion, Inc., today announced it signed more than 10 new healthcare contracts in Q2 2004, including nationally recognized healthcare organizations Metropolitan Health Plan, University of California San Francisco Medical Center and University Hospitals Health System. Using Sentillion’s Vergence(R) product suite, these healthcare organizations will enhance the security, patient privacy and caregiver access across the healthcare enterprise.

Vergence is a modularized suite that includes user provisioning, strong authentication, single sign-on, clinical context management and privacy auditing. Sentillion’s products are already in use across North America including nationally recognized institutions like Lahey Clinic, Marshfield Clinic, Sharp Healthcare, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and all 163 Veterans’ Affairs Medical Centers.

“More and more healthcare organizations are struggling with delivering quick and efficient access to their clinical users while maintaining the highest levels of security across their facilities,” said Robert Seliger, president & CEO of Sentillion. “The growth in Sentillion’s customer base and our unparalleled experience in bringing large healthcare organizations live with identity and access management products directly correlates to our ability to provide clinicians with easy access to patient information quickly and securely, while also guarding patient confidentiality.”

Sentillion’s unprecedented customer retention further fuels its 2004 momentum. Since January the Company has reached several corporate milestones, including:

 * Product launch for Vergence Omni Edition, which includes an automated user provisioning product. Since announcing the user provisioning product, Vergence Provisioning Manager(TM), Sentillion signed early adopters -- Cottage Health System and Jewish Hospital Healthcare Services. * Industry recognition for its financial performance, customer services and entrepreneurial successes. Sentillion was named as a finalist for the “Red Herring 100,” a list of the top 100 private technology companies. Robert Seliger, president, CEO and co-founder of Sentillion, was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) award finalist. Sentillion was also honored with the Frost & Sullivan 2004 Customer Value Enhancement Award in Healthcare recognizing its leadership in healthcare information technology. * In a market where many companies are moving jobs offshore, Sentillion continues to grow. Sentillion added 18 new staff members bringing its total to 75. The Company hired additional staff in all areas including development, client services and sales & marketing. About Sentillion 

Sentillion is committed to delivering technology that enables healthcare provider organizations to know who their users are, help them be productive, guard their systems, protect their patients and make it all work, easily. Its Vergence(R) product suite includes user provisioning, strong authentication, single sign-on, clinical context management and privacy management. Sentillion was named by IDC Research, in 2003 and 2004, as the leading vendor for healthcare single sign-on technology and was the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan 2004 Customer Value Enhancement Award in Healthcare. Sentillion is a privately held company headquartered in Andover, Mass. For more information visit Sentillion at http://www.sentillion.com/.

Contact: Jennifer Haas Sentillion (978) 749-0022 jennifer.haas@sentillion.com

Sentillion, Inc.

CONTACT: Jennifer Haas of Sentillion, Inc., +1-978-749-0022, orjennifer.haas@sentillion.com

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