LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 24, 2007 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today introduced SmartPlus, its new IT and security convergence platform designed to manage and authenticate user credentials within a single solution. Honeywell’s SmartPlus, which is powered by Novell Identity Manager, is a modular solution designed to expand easily as the security needs of an organization grow. By converging physical security and IT applications, SmartPlus increases security, improves business processes and maximizes workflow efficiencies. “Honeywell’s SmartPlus solution allows our customers to expand their security policies by helping them manage additional facilities, personnel and resources that have not been conducive to access control or facility security in the past,” said Vineet Nargolwala, director of marketing for access systems, Honeywell Systems Group.

The complete SmartPlus solution is composed of the following components:

• SmartPlus Identity Manager, which employs a graphical editor and Web-based interface for real-time data management to bridge the gap between physical and logical security. In addition to integrating initial enrollment and card production with management of user identities, SmartPlus Identity Manager also provides the ability to automate day-to-day tasks through its workflow engine creating productivity and compliance benefits for an organization.

• SmartPlus Badging & Enrollment is a Web-based badging and enrollment application that offers clients multiple biometric plug-ins, including enrollment, identity proofing and card management.

• SmartPlus Connectors offer more than 300 real-time connectors to enable seamless communication with third-party applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, MS-SQL, and Active Directory.

• The SmartPlus Integration Server provides a real-time XML interface between the SmartPlus Identity Manager and Pro-Watch® to ensure data is continuously updated and synchronized across the organization.