AUSTIN, Texas, January 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Vice President of Business Development, Jack Steeg, Brings 35 Years' Experience to Role

Ringdale Inc., the global leader in secure document output management solutions, has hired alliance veteran Jack Steeg as Vice President of Business Development, effective Dec 15, 2008. Steeg was hired to further enhance Ringdale's existing partner network and to help identify and recruit new strategic partners.

Our partners are crucial to our business. With the increased demand for secure printing solutions and the momentum behind our technology as the platform of choice for our partners, it is imperative for us to maintain those positive relationships, said Klaus Bollmann, Chief Executive Officer, Ringdale. Jack brings 35 years of IT and partner experience to that equation - and I know he'll be a key asset to our future growth.

Steeg is an acknowledged expert in building and managing global partner and alliance programs and has held leadership positions with three Fortune 100 companies and several start-ups. His experience spans sales, marketing and development in the software, hardware and services market segments. He served with NCR for 26 years, where he held multiple management positions. In 1996, he joined Dell, where he started their partner program in the Server Group. His most recent role was vice president of enterprise sales for Network Equipment Technologies.

I'm excited about this opportunity to use my experience in building channel relationships, said Steeg. Ringdale places a high degree of importance on its global partners program, and I'm looking forward to taking the successful and established partner relationships to the next level.

Ringdale's partner network includes five of the world's six largest printer manufacturers and an extensive network of technology resellers and systems integrators.

About Ringdale

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, building and vehicle access control, time and attendance, automation for home and office, fax appliances, renewable energy devices 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 http://www.ringdale.com.

For further information please contact: Susan Vaughan Ringdale, Inc. Tel: +1-512-241-0247 or Lulu Bridges Tavistock Communications Tel: +44-207-920-3150

For further information please contact:,Susan Vaughan,Ringdale, Inc.,Tel: +1-512-241-0247; Lulu Bridges,Tavistock Communications,Tel: +44-207-920-3150