Organizations From Several Verticals Deploy PistolStar's Password Power 7 - A Leading Single Sign-On and Self Service Password Reset Solution

Nashua, NH - May 16, 2005 - Providing validation of its password security and authentication software, PistolStar, Inc. announces several recent sales and deployments of Password Power 7, the company's single sign-on and self-service password solution. Password Power 7 is a significant product upgrade announced in October 2004.

PistolStar, a leading password management solutions provider to companies using IBM Lotus technology, has sold Password Power to the following organizations, which represent diverse vertical industries:

• Johnson Controls, Inc., a Fortune 100 company, has deployed Password Power for Lotus Sametime to 12,000 users in its worldwide offices.
  
• GATX Corporation, a global specialized leasing company, purchased Password Power for Lotus Domino, to be deployed to 1,000 employees in 10 locations.
  
• QAD, Inc., a worldwide provider of ERP (enterprise resource planning) solutions, has deployed Password Power for Windows and LDAP to its 1500 globally-based employees.
  
• Southern California Edison, one of the nation's largest electric utilities, purchased Password Power for Lotus Notes for deployment to its 3,000 employees.
  
• Virginia Commonwealth University, the third-largest research university in Virginia with 26,000 students, purchased Password Power for Domino, which will be deployed campus-wide to its 3,000 employees.
  

"PistolStar consistently uses feedback from both current and prospective customers when developing new product versions, in order to ensure we're responding to universal password security needs while meeting specific customer requests," said Thomas Hoey, President and CEO, PistolStar, Inc. "Our pursuit of superiority enables our products to facilitate smoother and faster logons, maintain password and system security, create password management convenience, generate time savings, reduce Help Desk calls, and increase productivity for end-users and administrators. Our customers realize these benefits can positively impact their bottom line."

Password Power provides single sign-on, self-service password resets, authentication redirection to a single directory such as Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP, and automatic execution of password security policies such as password quality and password expiration. Password Power's newest capabilities include self service Windows password reset, login and single sign-on to Lotus Notes clients via network logon credentials, and Lotus Notes ID password reset/recovery.

About PistolStar, Inc.
PistolStar provides Password Plug-Ins, a comprehensive set of secure password authentication and management solutions that offer tremendous business payback - increased productivity, improved efficiencies and security "best practices" - delivering an immediate return on investment. End-users, IT administrators and corporate management equally benefit from these solutions, experiencing remarkable ease and convenience with managing passwords and gaining secure and trouble-free access to enterprise-wide information and intranets, directories and extranets.

PistolStar's products integrate with LDAP directories such as Microsoft Active Directory, Sun ONE LDAP, and Novell eDirectory, as well as IBM Lotus technology. PistolStar sells its products to Global 2000 companies and organizations across multiple vertical industries, including automotive, chemicals, consumer products, finance/banking, government, healthcare, manufacturing, advertising and media, communications, pharmaceuticals, and retail.