M-Tech announces the beta release of its Account Management Product, ID-Synch

Calgary, Canada - August 10, 2000

M-Tech Mercury Information Technology, Inc. announces a beta testing program for the ID-Synch directory administration system. Leveraging its expertise in heterogeneous password management, M-Tech will incorporate support for over 60 target system types in the very first release of ID-Synch.

ID-Synch simplifies multi-system directory management by providing system administrators and help desk operators with a uniform, enterprise-wide facility for creating, deleting, enabling, disabling and renaming login accounts. These operations are all available through a Java graphical user interface (GUI), from anywhere on the network.

ID-Synch uses templates and roles to allow non-technical users to manage accounts on any system. Empowering support staff to manage accounts will free system administrators from this routine task. More importantly, a single point of contact means that account activation can be completed in hours rather than days, leading to substantial productivity improvements -- especially for new staff.

Besides streamlining the account management business process, ID-Synch enhances network security in several ways:

It enforces a uniform, enterprise-wide security policy.
It logs all administrative actions.
It incorporates a flexible access control system.
It creates a central repository of user / account information, which is essential for prompt account termination.

ID-Synch can manage accounts on virtually any system in a modern network, including:

Novell NetWare bindery and NDS.
Novell GroupWise.
Windows NT servers and domains.
Windows 2000 servers and active directory.
Microsoft Exchange.
Any LDAP server.
16 flavors of Unix using any supported password database.
VM, MVS and OS/390 mainframes.
VMS and AS/400 minis.
Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, Informix and DB/2 databases.
Lotus cc:Mail, Notes and Domino.
web applications.
ERP systems.
Custom applications.

Other ID-Synch benefits to the enterprise include:

Reducing workload for system administrators.
Improving customer service and end-user productivity by enabling an efficient process for creating new accounts.
Ensuring that new accounts conform to standards.

Organizations interested in participating in the ID-Synch beta testing program should contact M-Tech at sales@Hitachi-ID.com or 1.403.233.0740 by August 11, 2000.

About M-Tech

M-Tech is a computer security products company. The M-Tech identity management suite streamlines both password management and account provisioning, in addition to improving user self-service, and reducing user support costs. Hitachi ID Password Manager (formerly P-Synch) and Hitachi ID Identity Manager improve the security of network systems and lower their operating costs. The M-Tech client list includes top Fortune-500 companies such as Ford Motor Company, Sears Roebuck, AT&T Wireless, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and many more. For more information, please visit: Hitachi-ID.com

P-Synch eliminates most password problems using password synchronization, and empowers users to resolve problems without calling the help desk, using self-service password resets.

ID-Synch incorporates M-Tech's next-generation technology, and is aimed at extending the cost-savings and security benefits of P-Synch. Where P-Synch streamlines password management, ID-Synch will streamline account administration.

If you are interested in beta-testing ID-Synch, please contact us:

E-mail:	sales@Hitachi-ID.com
Phone:	1.403.233.0740
Fax:	1.403.233.0725