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VUANCE's Clarity/Insignia Solutions Provide Cost-Effective Electronic Access Control for Multi-site Energy Company

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 13 PRNewswire-FirstCall — VUANCE Ltd. (Nasdaq and Euronext: VUNC), a provider of innovative Radio Frequency Verification Solutions, including active RFID, electronic access control, credentialing and incident response management, today announced that leading energy companies are using Clarity/Insignia to provide easy-to-manage electronic access control solutions.

Clarity is VUANCE's highly flexible and scalable access control software system. It works with programmable cards and key fobs, and access control panels, especially the Insignia I-4000 Controller. Together, they provide an electronic access control solution for commercial enterprises that want to grant access and egress to properly credentialed individuals.

Southwestern Energy Company is an integrated energy company primarily focused on the exploration for and production of natural gas in several sites including Houston, TX, Fayetteville, AK and Conway, AK. Different access control systems were installed at the sites. The Houston facility needed to replace its aging access control system, and, looking forward, the Company decided to standardize around a scalable solution that also would enable it to use much of the existing wiring and panel infrastructure, and eventually upgrade to the vendor's product line.

Electronic Security Service, a Houston-based VUANCE business partner and system integrator developed an integratable solution to meet its needs. First, it focused on harnessing Clarity's software versatility to develop a solution in which Southwestern Energy could continue to use the identity cards and key fobs which employees already were using and, using the existing Ethernet structure, transmit the information from each site to a dedicated Clarity server. This way, employees also could travel from one facility to another as their credentials will easily be accepted at all company facilities. Second, as access control panels needed to be replaced and new ones added, VUANCE's Insignia I-4000 were installed.

A second challenge arose with the parking garage in the Houston office building's own electronic access control system, forcing Southwestern Energy employees to use two access cards. To eliminate the need for a second card, Electronic Security Service deciphered the information from the garage's card and inserted it into employees' building access card file, enabling them to use one card for access to both the building garage and Southwestern Energy's offices.

"It's been three years since we began implementing our solutions. Now, over 5000 transactions take place daily at Southwestern Energy's sites which use 143 readers and over 40 panels to process them," said Michael Haner, Owner and General Manager of Electronic Security Service. "Our success is based on Clarity software's versatility which enables us to integrate existing infrastructure and other card information into our solution. With the Company's goal of drilling over 400 new wells a year, the number of employees will continue to grow, and Clarity/Insignia will easily be able to expand to meet these needs. A second important benefit is the system's ease-of use; new employee training requires only non-technical people, saving everyone time and money."

"VUANCE works through leading business partner system integrators to enable commercial enterprises, like Southwestern Energy, to use Clarity and Insignia to implement cost-effective, long-lasting solutions," stated Eyal Tuchman, Chief Executive Officer of VUANCE, Ltd. "We're proud to be working with Electronic Security Service which focuses on the clients' immediate and long-term needs, and harnesses the power and versatility of our products to service its clients."

About VUANCE Ltd.

VUANCE Ltd. develops and markets state-of-the-art security solutions for viewing, tracking, locating, credentialing, and managing essential assets and personnel. VUANCE solutions encompass electronic access control, urban security, and critical situation management systems as well as long-range Active RFID for public safety, commercial, and government sectors. The Company's comprehensive range of products enable end-to-end solutions that can be employed to successfully overcome the most difficult security challenges. Its Critical Situation Management System (CSMS) is the industry's most comprehensive mobile credentialing and access control system, designed to meet the needs of Homeland Security and other public initiatives. VUANCE is serious about security.

VUANCE Ltd. is headquartered in Rockville, MD. Its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market and on the Euronext Exchange under the symbol "VUNC". For more information, visit www.vuance.com .

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements preceded or followed by or that otherwise include the words "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "projects", "estimates", "plans", and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Forward-looking statements in this release also include statements about business and economic trends. Investors should also consider the areas of risk described under the heading "Forward Looking Statements" and those factors captioned as "Risk Factors" in the Company's periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made by the Company.

The Company also disclaims any duty to comment upon or correct information that may be contained in reports published by the investment community.

Investor/Media Contact Jerry Cahn, Ph.D., J.D. Target 3 Communications Tel: 646-290-7664 Fax: 509-278-7664 Jerry@target3.com

SOURCE VUANCE, Ltd.

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