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TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. AND RINGDALE INC. INTRODUCE FOLLOWME® EMBEDDED HYBRID FOR E-STUDIO™ FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

FollowMe Embedded Hybrid Enables Front Panel Control for Increased Security and Waste Reduction

IRVINE , California   ( Apr 22, 2009 ) :

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) and Ringdale Inc. today announce the release of FollowMe® Embedded Hybrid for Toshiba e-STUDIO™ multifunction products (MFPs). This latest FollowMe development from Ringdale, the foremost authority on secure document output management and accounting, provides direct front panel selection of print jobs, cost code assignment and on-demand user enrollment on all Toshiba e-STUDIO MFPs with e-BRIDGE 3 architecture through the use of Toshiba’s Open Platform technology. User benefits include increased security through control panel authenticating and print/delete functions at the machine, dramatically reducing paper and toner waste by only printing what is really needed.

"We are very excited about offering this higher level of integration with one of our most valued partner’s solutions,” said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, TABS. “Not only will customers who take advantage of FollowMe Embedded Hybrid experience more control over their printing and copying activity, they will realize immediate cost savings, which is significant in today’s economy.”

FollowMe Embedded Hybrid for Toshiba is derived from the classic FollowMe Printing all-in-one roaming, secure printing and accounting solution. Through the use of the e-STUDIO front panel, FollowMe Embedded Hybrid enables users to walk up to any device and after authenticating themselves, view their individual print job lists and select which jobs to print or delete. By having the option to delete print jobs before they are printed, unnecessary paper and toner waste is reduced, contributing to “green savings” and corporate sustainability.
 
FollowMe Embedded Hybrid for Toshiba also allows users to directly assign cost codes for tracking and cost recovery purposes. Additionally, the solution allows on-demand user enrollment of identification cards, which frees up IT administrative time and effort.
 
“We are very pleased with this further integration of our FollowMe solution into Toshiba’s award-winning family of e-STUDIO products,” said Klaus Bollmann, CEO, Ringdale. “FollowMe Embedded Hybrid for Toshiba gives TABS’ customers total control over their output, further extending the tremendous savings features our solution provides.”

The Ringdale FollowMe Embedded Hybrid for Toshiba solution is currently available through Toshiba’s nationwide network of dealers. To find an authorized dealer in your area, please call (800)-GO-TOSHIBA or visit the TABS Web site at www.copiers.toshiba.com.

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, call (888) 288-9080 or visit the Ringdale Web site at www.ringdale.com.

About Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc.

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS has five divisions:  the Electronic Imaging Division; the Toner Products Division; the Document Solutions Engineering Division; the International Division; and TOPAC U.S.A. Inc., dba Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of TABS, that operates a network of wholly-owned office equipment dealers throughout the United States.

Named the most favored manufacturer ten times by the Business Technology Association (BTA), Toshiba’s entire product line, customer support and marketing distribution policies are markers for the industry. Among the many other awards garnered in recent years, Toshiba was named the “Manufacturer of the Year” eight times by Marketing Research Consultants (MRC), and has twice been named to the CIO 100 for being among the top 100 “bold” (2005) and “agile” (2004) companies in the world.

TABS is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 91st largest company in terms of sales. Ranked by Fortune magazine as the eighth Most Admired Electronics Company in the World, Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2007 was approximately $76.6 billion. 

For more information on Toshiba copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers or toner products, or for a dealer in your area, call (800)-GO-TOSHIBA or visit the TABS Web site at www.copiers.toshiba.com.