Encentuate Positioned in Leading Industry Analyst Firm's 2007 Enterprise Single Sign-On Magic Quadrant

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - September 5, 2007 — Encentuate, a leading provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions, today announced it has been positioned in the Challengers Quadrant by Gartner, Inc. in the 2007 Enterprise Single Sign-On Magic Quadrant¹ report. Encentuate was evaluated based on its ability to execute and completeness of vision, including its product, overall viability, sales execution and pricing, market responsiveness and track record, and customer experience.

According to Gartner, enterprise single sign-on market growth is robust and, "Improved user convenience and support cost reductions remain the top drivers for clients implementing enterprise single sign-on (ESSO)." Gartner also notes that "The 'sweet spots' for ESSO implementations are in enterprises where password-related help desk costs are high, shared-workstation support is needed, and users must manage a sustained, politically unacceptable number of user IDs and passwords."

"We consider Gartner's positioning of Encentuate further validation of our product strength and a reflection of customer satisfaction, as well as our ability to execute in the identity and access management market," said Zorawar Biri Singh, President and CEO of Encentuate. "We are aggressively expanding our unique product capabilities and we will continue relentlessly to serve our customers' needs."

Encentuate goes beyond single sign-on to automate personal and shared workstation workflows and provides a rich array of session management capabilities. The Encentuate IAM Suite is unique in supporting multiple private desktops on the same workstation. Encentuate is also unique in supporting single sign-on to all applications completely through the browser, requiring no change to existing infrastructure.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted August 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

¹ Gartner Research "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Single Sign-On" by G. Kreizman. August 30, 2007.

Encentuate Media Contact: Susan Majerus, +1-970-301-4190, susanm@encentuate.com