NEWS

Sphinx Optimized for Terminal Services and HIPAA Compliant Hospitals

San Francisco, CA October 12, 2006

Sphinx' new "Disconnect from Terminal Services" option now allows cardholders who have logged on to the network with their card to pull the card to temporarily disconnect them from their Terminal Services session. Upon presentation of the card again at any computer on the network, the session continues right where it left off. This feature is especially useful in distributed network environments such as hospitals for example, where doctors and nurses must access network services from various floors and departments frequently throughout the day.

The "pull card" features for locking, logging off, or shutting down a cardholder's Windows session are also now available specifically for use with Terminal Services sessions.

HIPAA compliant healthcare organizations often rely on Sphinx for two-factor authentication (card + PIN), which is the industry standard and ensures a high level of security for network access. With the addition of the new Terminal Services features, Sphinx is now optimized for use in these types of environments.

Another feature that ensures data integrity is the new failover server support. If the primary card server fails in an environment where failover servers have been specified, Sphinx functionality will continue to be seamlessly available as the control is passed from primary server to failover server.

The popularity of Terminal Services continues to be understandable: administrators install and manage end-user applications centrally on server computers, greatly simplifying administration. The end-user computer requirement is reduced to a thin client terminal, and because no data is stored on the end-user computer an organization is less vulnerable.

About Open Domain Sphinx Solutions
Open Domain Sphinx Solutions, Inc. was established in 2004 to focus on the promotion, support, and further development of the Sphinx software. The Sphinx Logon Manager software enables card-secured computer access with a contact chip card or a contactless card and is in continuous use at a substantial installed base of government, financial, educational, and healthcare institutions world-wide.

Open Domain Sphinx Solutions grew out of Open Domain, Inc., a respected technical integrator and software developer for critical security processes, which was founded in 1996. In addition to the many organization that rely on the Sphinx software, the Open Domain companies' client and partner list includes Fortune Global top 100 technology and service companies. Open Domain is also broadly known as the software provider and integrator for the Health Passport Project, the largest health smart card project in the US, and the Administrator of the PC/SC Workgroup, a primary standards organization for the smart card industry. See also www.odsphinx.com.

Contact:
Open Domain Sphinx Solutions, pr@odsphinx.com