Imprivata Named A CRN TOP 25 Coolest Emerging Vendor

LEXINGTON, MA  July 13, 2009 Imprivata^®, Inc., the employee access management company, today announced that it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. In addition, Imprivata was named one of the 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors of 2009, a selection of the 25 coolest and most innovative technology companies from this year's list of 140 Emerging Vendors.

CRN's Emerging Tech Vendors identifies industry leading technology providers who are delivering partner’s lucrative innovative technology unavailable from industry giants. The vendors who make the CRN Emerging Technology Vendor list were founded in 2001 or later, have revenue under $1 billion and have an active U.S. channel strategy.

“Imprivata’s success in the identity and access management market is a direct result of the hard work and commitment of our channel partners and resellers,” said Omar Hussain, president and CEO, Imprivata. “Our OneSign Platform has equipped our more than 200 partners worldwide with the most innovative and robust solution available. We are pleased to be recognized as one of this year’s top emerging technology companies and we look forward to developing our Partner program even further to capitalize on the growing need for strong employee access management solutions.”

Imprivata’s OneSign Platform enables secure employee access, improves user productivity and lowers overall costs, helping to protect critical information assets at a growing number of healthcare organizations. OneSign seamlessly integrates strong authentication, enterprise single sign-on, physical access control, user provisioning and event reporting to provide one automated employee information access policy that’s managed and enforced within a single, easy-to-use administrative framework.