Ringdale Makes it Easy to Go Green

AUSTIN, Texas - FollowMe(R) Secure Document Output Management Leads Organizations to
Hidden “Pot of Gold”

Organizations searching for ways to “go green” only have to look as far
as their workgroup printers and copiers to find a potential “pot of gold”
that could save them 30-60% in wasted paper and consumables - a “win-win” in
response to today’s economic and environmental concerns. With a print
management program incorporating Ringdale’s industry-leading FollowMe(R)
Secure Document Output Management solution, “going green” could never be
easier or have such a positive impact on organizations’ bottom lines.

“Most CIO’s have squeezed costs on their server farms dramatically over
the last few years, but are just now starting to look at other areas of
consolidation and cost savings, said Klaus Bollmann, Chief Executive Officer,
Ringdale. “Printing and copying is one of those areas that are now being
heavily scrutinized and revamped. Based on the fact that this area has been
departmentalized and not under a single budget, it is estimated up to 90
percent of organizations today do not know their cost of printing and
copying, and the numbers are staggering.”

As much as 2 percent of organizations’ revenue is used for printing
costs. Hard costs such as paper and consumables equate to 10 percent of this
figure, where the additional back office maintenance and support make up the
other 90 percent. Given that these are for the most part “hidden” costs, they
could be significantly reduced if a print management program were put in
place, Bollmann said.

What a lot of organizations do not realize is that reducing these costs
by implementing a print management program routinely leads to “green savings”
and a reduction of their carbon footprint. Preventing paper waste saves many
trees and limits the number of toner cartridges in landfills as well as
increases electricity efficiency. “FollowMe users agree they have seen a
significant reduction in their printing operations’ carbon footprint,”
Bollmann said.

In organizations large and small, FollowMe can be easily implemented to
impose cost-saving initiatives, such as restricting color printing, forcing
duplex printing and applying print quotas. These and other printing policies
can be automatically enforced per user, department, cost center or
application, helping to remove any unnecessary burden to self-monitor usage.

Ringdale’s FollowMe provides organizations an all-in-one solution
composed of FollowMe Printing (pull printing), print roaming and print
accounting that is vendor and device independent. In addition to managing
user activity, FollowMe enables organizations to provide confidentiality and
security for printed output through user authentication at the device.

“FollowMe offers a one-two punch,” according to Bollmann. “With today’s
emphasis on “going green” and saving costs, FollowMe can become an important
aspect of any organization’s sustainability program to reduce their carbon
footprint and advance good corporate citizenship, while at the same time
eliminating unnecessary expenses.”

For ordering information on FollowMe, call Ringdale in the United States
at (512)-288-9080 or in the United Kingdom at +44-(0)-1444-871349.

About Ringdale, Inc.

Ringdale has been focused on the design, development, manufacturing and
marketing of network enhancing connectivity solutions for over three decades.
The company’s major product areas include secure document output management
solutions, renewable energy devices, logical and physical access control,
time and attendance systems, fax appliances, and biometric recognition
technologies. Ringdale, part of the Network Technology PLC Group, is based in
the United States and United Kingdom with offices in France, Germany, Japan,
Hong Kong, Singapore and UAE.

For more information on Ringdale products and solutions, visit the
Ringdale Web site at www.ringdale.com.

Media Contact:
Susan Vaughan
+1-512-288-9080
svaughan@ringdale.com

Source: Ringdale, Inc

Media Contact: Susan Vaughan, +1-512-288-9080, svaughan at ringdale.com