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PrimeCare selects Sigaba to secure Internet Healthcare Email Communications


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Rochelle, N.Y. – February 20, 2001 - OCG Technology, Inc. (OTC BB: "OCGT") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, PrimeCare Systems, Inc. ("PSI"), has chosen Sigaba Corporation's Email Encryption Gateway for securing PSI's health-related email transmissions over the Internet.

PrimeCare's Internet interactive medical interview system, PrimeCareontheWeb™ ("PCW"), facilitates collection, analysis and delivery of the patients' history of present illness ("HPI") reports, from patients to doctors. Sigaba Corporation specializes in securing content that is communicated over the Internet. The combined solution ensures that only the patient's healthcare provider will see the results of their medical interviews from PCW. Sigaba encrypts the message, ensures that the sender and recipient are who they say they are, and protects the information with a seal, preventing anyone from tampering with the content. The physician can be assured that the information he or she is reviewing has not been altered, and the patient can be confident that his or her private medical information remains completely private throughout its path from patient to physician.

"It is important for doctors and patients to communicate in ways that are easiest for them. Consequently, PSI has made an effort to incorporate as many communication channels as possible with its PCW product, including secure web sites, fax, pager, and now, Sigaba-secured email. Sigaba's technology allows PrimeCare to leverage Internet email communication in a way that is not only secure, but also complies with the level of auditing and encryption recommended in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)," stated Jeff Nelson, Vice President of OCGT. "We looked at many security solutions. The Sigaba HIPAA solution was by far the most cost efficient and easiest to implement. It also is extremely timely since Hackensack University Medical Center's ISP is being activated and registration to use PCW has commenced."

The HIPAA regulations mandate that any electronic transmission of patient data be standardized, secure, and subject to rigorous privacy and auditing rules. Currently, HIPAA has a staggered regulatory schedule requiring hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, health insurance and health information systems to comply by 2002-2003.

"We are pleased to be able to offer a simple and affordable solution to PrimeCare and their customers. With the addition of the Sigaba Gateway, PrimeCare adds secure email delivery to PCW, allowing PCW to maintain full HIPAA compliance (complete confidentiality of records and communications)," said Gary B. Friedman, Sigaba Chairman/Co-founder.

OCGT and PSI have an extensive commitment to healthcare software and informatics technology. They own, maintain, and operate several Internet web sites based upon PSI's PrimeCare™ Patient Management System: www.YourOwnHealth.com, www.YourOwnDoctor.com, and www.PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com. All of PSI's products actively involve consumers in their own healthcare. For more information, visit PrimeCare's corporate web site at http://www.pcare.com.

Sigaba Corporation secures enterprise-class messaging solutions. The first products released secure email communications for enterprises and individuals, providing end-to-end complete data security for emails across the Internet. Sigaba solutions are available at a much lower cost and with a much faster implementation time than most PKI solutions. Unlike PKI based systems there is no cumbersome key management required on the part of the user. Sigaba handles it all on the back-end, without compromising either privacy or security. For more information about Sigaba and Sigaba's HIPAA solution please visit: http://www.sigaba.com and http://www.sigaba.com/corporate/hipaa.html.

Safe Harbor Statement:

The statements that are not historical facts contained in this release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described, including but not limited to product acceptance, economic, competitive, governmental, results of litigation, technological and/or other factors, which are outside the control of OCGT as well as those risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's Security and Exchange Commission filings.

Company Contact:

OCG Technology, Inc. Sigaba Corporation
Jeffrey P. Nelson Gary B. Friedman
Vice President, Investor Relations Chairman and Co-Founder
Tel. (914) 576-8457, ext 21 Tel. (650) 572-6115
jnelson@pcare.com gbf@sigaba.com


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