North Sydney, Australia August 10 2006 - Agreon, Australia’s leading independent systems integrator specialising solely in identity management, today announced it has been awarded Sun Microsystems Identity Management Software Elite Partner status.

The program is designed for Sun Partner Advantage members that have made significant investments to develop comprehensive technical knowledge on identity management and have the proven ability to deploy these solutions to the enterprise.

Agreon joins organisations such as Accenture, CSC and EDS as one of a few partners in Australia that have achieved this status. As a Sun Identity Management Software Elite Partner, Agreon will benefit from further training, sales and marketing support from Sun. In turn, customers will benefit from quality service and implementation.

Agreon has already deployed multiple components of the Sun Identity Management Suite across Australasia, Europe and the Middle East to Global 1000 organisations spanning Financial Services, Telecommunications, Government and Utilities.

“Sun has been recognised by both Forrester and Gartner for its leadership in identity management,” said Brian Brannigan, Managing Director at Agreon “As an elite partner for this part of Sun’s business, Agreon hopes to solidify its position in identity management and further build on its Identity practice, the largest in Australia.”

“We established this program to ensure our partners have the required training and support to deliver our identity management solutions to the market,” said Gary O’Brien Identity Management Practice Manager, Sun Microsystems Australia and New Zealand. “We’re confident that the focus, skills and commitment of Sun’s Identity Management Software Elite Partners will help reduce the complexity and total cost of ownership for customers rolling out our identity management solutions.”

About Agreon

Agreon is Australia's leading independent systems integrator with a sole focus on Identity Management. Headquartered in North Sydney, Australia with regional offices in Dublin, Ireland, Agreon has an enviable history of client satisfaction delivered with its unique blend of systems integration, security and business process experience. Through its strategic alliances with Sun Microsystems, CA Inc, Oracle and others, Agreon has assisted many of the worlds Global 1000 organisations across Australasia, the Middle East and Europe realise the potential of end-to-end Identity Management implementations. For more information on Agreon and its services, please visit www.agreon.com or call +612 99298932.