Stuttgart, July 31, 2007. Interflex Datensysteme GmbH & Co. KG, operating as part of Ingersoll-Rand Security Technologies sector again ranks among the Top 25 Standard Software Companies in Germany listed on the 2006 Lünendonk List, a well-established annual market survey.Since the acquisition of Astrum-HR, Erlangen in 2005, it was the first time that the current Lünendonk List considered the total revenue i.e. domestic and world-wide sales of the Interflex brand.The ranking is based on domestic revenues.Interflex has been developing, producing and marketing combined software solutions for workforce management, time and attendance recording, personnel scheduling, security, i.e. access control systems with integrated biometric authentication, cctv monitoring and offline access control.Workforce Productivity, the third field of business focuses on comprehensive consulting services.Interflex is in a leading position in this inhomogeneous market.The leader of this year’s ranking of the Top 25 Standard Software Companies still is SAP AG, Walldorf, followed by Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Unterschleißheim and Oracle GmbH, München.

In 2006, the standard software market has continued the growth trend that began 2005.Not only the revenue achieved in 2006 with system software, tools, middleware and database software (+4,8%) but also the demand for standard application software (+6,4%) have shown a considerable increase over the previous year.According to Bitkom (the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media), the sales revenue in the German standard software sector has grown by about 2.5 percent to 17 billion euros in 2006.

Once a year, the Bad Wörishofen-based Lünendonk GmbH publishes market surveys and ranking lists on the leading standard software companies, IT consulting companies as well as on system integration management consulting and IT service companies.Meanwhile, the ‘Lünendonk-Lists’ have proven to be a reliable source of information and a market indicator used not only by journalists but also by managers who want to get an idea of the trends, capabilities and the economic situation in the IT sector.The Lünendonk GmbH generates information from live surveys conducted at the concerned IT companies. For more information, please contact www.luenendonk.de.

Background Information

Interflex Datensysteme GmbH & Co. KG, Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, offers complete solutions for time and production management, security systems with biometrics and card production as well as personnel scheduling.With more than 14,000 system installations managing over 4.5 million employees, Interflex is the market leader in Europe.In 2006 (valuation as of December 31), 535 employees achieved 70.2 million euros in revenue (including Astrum-HR).The German company based in Stuttgart operates worldwide and supports its customers at 35 business locations in 12 countries.The company was founded in 1976 and has been a part of Ingersoll Rand since 2000.Among Interflex customers are many renowned national and international companies, public authorities and hospitals:The Deutsche Bank, the Behr Group, Bertelsmann, Festo, Roche, the Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs, Henkel, the Hamburg Airport, Blohm & Voss, Motorola Deutschland, Brose, Carl Zeiss, Volkswagen, Weishaupt and the Continental AG are among our regular clientele.

Interflex operates as part of Ingersoll Rand Company Limited, a leading innovation and solutions provider for the major global markets of Security Technologies, Climate Control Technologies, and Industrial Technologies. Further information on Ingersoll Rand can be found at www.irco.com.

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