PISTOLSTAR PROVIDES PASSWORD MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO MULTIPLE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS VIA MICROSOFT ACTIVE DIRECTORY

Nashua, NH, USA – November 21, 2006 – PistolStar, Inc., an innovator of password management solutions, today announces its focus on Microsoft Active Directory® integration as it enables optimized authentication to applications such as SAP and IBM Lotus.  PistolStar’s Password Power 8 allows users to logon using Microsoft Active Directory credentials, permitting access to disparate applications without repeated password prompts and saving substantial login time. 

PistolStar, a U.S. company serving global enterprises, will be in Vienna, Austria exhibiting at ADMIN2006 Europe from Wednesday, November 29 to Friday, December 1, 2006.  The company is available during this time period to schedule meetings with local media and analysts.

“The thrust of our strategy is to allow organizations to take enterprise applications with unique password stores and redirect the authentication and password management for these applications to a central LDAP directory such as Microsoft Active Directory,” said Thomas Hoey, president and CEO, PistolStar, Inc.  “Authentication redirection creates one point of authentication, giving the user a single set of credentials to remember and one set of password policies for IT staff to manage.”

With authentication redirection to Microsoft Active Directory, Password Power users can achieve seamless access to SAP NetWeaver, SAPGUI, and IBM Lotus Domino applications (Lotus Notes, Domino HTTP, Lotus Sametime and Lotus QuickPlace).  Password Power also uses Microsoft Active Directory to simplify password authentication and management for IBM System i (AS/400), IBM Websphere, and Oracle.

Providing password management solutions since 1999, PistolStar has realized double digit growth from year to year over the past three years.  The company’s success is primarily due to reaching out to a wide range of vertical markets and broadening product support for various enterprise applications.  PistolStar has established a foothold in several industries, including banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and consumer goods.  Its growing customer list includes global enterprises such as Citigroup, sanofi-aventis, and McDonald’s, and European-based companies such as HSBC Bank, Schering AG, Carl Zeiss, Lafarge, Unicible and MT Højgaard AS.

“We are committed to developing solutions that address the challenges organizations face with securing their environment, yet simplify processes for IT staff and end-users,” said Hoey.  “We will continually take Password Power to the next level in order to deliver a product that enables optimal time savings and productivity gains, thus improving business results.”

To schedule a meeting with PistolStar between November 29 and December 1, 2006 in Vienna, please contact Beth Bryant at pr@pistolstar.com.

About PistolStar, Inc.

PistolStar, Inc., an authority in password management and Microsoft Active Directory integration, provides solutions that meet the challenges of securing the global enterprise.  PistolStar’s products reframe technology issues by creating elegant, simple, and efficient solutions to customers’ complex problems.  To learn more, visit the PistolStar website at http://www.pistolstar.com.