Sypherlink and ISH Inc Form Strategic Partnership

Will focus on unique health care and law enforcement solutions 

Dublin, OH, May 19, 2003 -- Sypherlink, a leading technology firm that enables information sharing across multiple data sources and provides information access control, and ISH Inc., a professional services and business operations improvement company, have partnered to deliver further operational efficiencies to health care and law enforcement clients.

"This relationship underscores our heritage of bringing unparalleled IT products and services to our clients to maximize business and IT performance," said Victor Ayers Executive Vice President, ISH. "Our combined solution is a clear winner for those organizations looking to reduce total cost of ownership and improve the quality of the outcome. As a result, we are enabling our clients to come one step closer to realizing a return on their IT investments."

As part of the partnership, ISH will incorporate Sypherlink: Harvester into its strategic project methodology. Harvester is a patent-pending technology that automates the meta-data and schema identification and relationship-mapping processes across multiple data sources concurrently.

"Sypherlink is excited to partner with ISH which has built a well-deserved reputation for improving operational efficiency," said James Paat, Sypherlink President and CEO. "By leveraging Sypherlink's technology to accelerate the data-sharing process, our mutual customers will realize these operational improvements much sooner."

About ISH
Founded in 1989, ISH (www.ishinc.com) is headquartered in West Orange, NJ and is comprised of over one hundred sixty full-time Operations Logistics, Clinical and Information Technology Specialists. ISH has assisted over 500 organizations by improving business performance through the implementation of software, process improvements, change management, and better business and clinical practices. They are experts at consulting and implementations in Operating Room, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Surgical Services, Sterile Processing, Case Management, Physician Practice, Security and Law & Public Safety.

About Sypherlink
Sypherlink (www.sypherlink.com) is a software firm that delivers patent-pending technology to accelerate the data sharing process across multiple data sources. By automating the tasks associated with data mapping and providing information access controls, Sypherlink helps global 1000 companies, state and federal agencies and health care providers to more effectively and efficiently leverage critical information. Sypherlink is headquartered in Dublin, OH and maintains an office in Washington D.C.

For more information, please contact:
Kristy Campbell
Director of Marketing
Sypherlink
Phone: 614-652-6100 x6113
kcampbell@sypherlink.com

John Amoscato
Director of Marketing, ISH Inc.
Phone: 800-284-8018 x242
jamoscato@ishinc.com