Shifra Partners with Encentuate to Deliver Identity and Access Management

Encentuate Signs Distribution Agreement with Information Security Provider Based in Dubai

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - January 22, 2008 — Encentuate, Inc. today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Shifra, an information security solutions provider with a focus on Identity and Access Management, Data Security, and Vulnerability Management. Shifra will market and sell Encentuate's complete IAM Suite, including enterprise single sign-on, strong authentication, session management, and audit and compliance capabilities, to clients across EMEA. Encentuate's comprehensive product suite will further enhance Shifra's emphasis on helping organizations secure their information assets while maximizing their business efficiency and return on investment.

"We strive to deliver the most effective Identity and Access Management solutions on the market today," said Saleh Ismail, Managing Director of Shifra. "Encentuate's products surpass competitive offerings in scalability, deployment speed, and out-of-the-box functionality. Our clients will benefit from increased efficiencies and enhanced security associated with Encentuate IAM solutions."

Through this distribution agreement, Shifra clients will benefit from a unique breath of functionality that is not available through other IAM providers. In addition to the traditional IAM functions of strong authentication, enterprise single sign-on (ESSO), and audit and compliance, Encentuate provides access and security workflow automation at the enterprise end-points to enhance user productivity and compliance. Encentuate offers the most complete session management capabilities in the market, including personal, shared, private and roaming desktops.

"As we continue to expand our growing network of global partners, we will work with Shifra to satisfy the increasing number of opportunities that we are seeing across EMEA," said Robert Walstra, VP of Sales and Marketing for Encentuate. "Shifra understands Identity and Access Management in terms of top level management implications, all the way down to the technical details of securing information systems, and their talented team will add value to our products."

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