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ECHOWORX DEMONSTRATES COMMITMENT TO HEALTHCARE THROUGH MEMBERSHIP IN HIMSS AND SUNSHINE

Company to Demonstrate Email Encryption Solution for Healthcare Professionals at HIMSS Conference

TORONTO, Ontario - February 8, 2006 Echoworx Corporation, a leading provider of security software products for electronic communications, today announced its memberships in HIMSS, the healthcare IT industry's membership organization, and SunSHINE, an industry alliance between Sun Microsystems and HIMSS created to promote choice and innovation in information technology for healthcare.

The memberships affirm Echoworx's interest in bringing helpful technology to market that supports the effectiveness and impact of healthcare enterprises. The associations will enable important communication about the needs of professionals and the capabilities of technology.

Secure Mail, an email encryption solution from Echoworx, enables HIPPA compliance by ensuring that the information communicated via email is completely protected from unauthorized access and disclosure. Verizon, the first national carrier to bring Echoworx's Secure Mail solution to the market, will demonstrate the product in the Sun booth (#3649) at the HIMSS conference in San Diego, CA February 12-16, 2006, and will showcase the solution at the SunSHINE Summit meeting on February 13, 2006. Please visit: http://sunshine-healthcare.org/summit2006.aspx for more information.

"Healthcare professionals can now take advantage of the convenience of email communications, while ensuring protection of sensitive patient information and remaining compliant with industry regulations" said Tomas Nieves, senior product manager at Verizon. "Verizon Secure Mail is the first available solution that delivers desk-top to desk-top, industry-standard encryption technology that is easy to use, and seamlessly integrates into existing, familiar email platforms. Now small and large healthcare organizations can save on the cost to overnight packages that contain sensitive information and instead, send the material through Verizon Secure Mail. The digital signature not only guarantees the sender's identity, but that the information is authentic and has not been tampered with."

About HIMSS

HIMSS is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems for the betterment of human health. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., and other locations across the country, HIMSS represents approximately 17,000 individual members and some 275-member corporations that employ more than 1 million people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to ensuring quality patient care. For more information, please visit: http://www.himss.org.

About SunSHINE

SunSHINE, an alliance between Sun Microsystems and HIMSS, is a forum for independent thinkers committed to advancing the effectiveness of Information Technology in the healthcare industry. Launched in 2003, SunSHINE has quickly grown into an active community of more than 2,000 members. SunSHINE operates with its own volunteer leadership under the strategic direction and guidance of the HIMSS board. For more information, please visit: http://www.sunshine-healthcare.org/

About ECHOWORX

Echoworx is a provider of security solutions for enhancing privacy and trust in electronic communications. Echoworx security products are designed for enterprises and for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who want to offer a branded encrypted email services to the mass market. Echoworx security products are based on industry standard PKI and S/MIME technologies for strong encryption and digital signatures, and are built on the Echoworx Security Services Platform.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Stefanie Nastou,
Echoworx Corp.
1-416-226-8610
pr@echoworx.com