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Rental Essentials, Point of Rental Software’s cloud-based rental management software, is a finalist in the Best Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Product for Productivity category of the 2017 SaaS Awards. “We’re proud that Essentials has been recognized as one of the top productivity options in the market,” said VP of Cloud Products Evan Fort. “Our customers’ needs have guided our enhancements to the software, and it’s nice to see that direction continue to result in industry acclaim.” Rental Essentials handles the differences between rental stores’ internal rental processes with great flexibility, allowing each rental store to implement the software their way. Its expansion

Lisa Wessinger, fresh from NES and United Rentals, has taken her 30 years of rental industry experience to Point of Rental’s support team, where she uses her programming knowledge to provide custom reports for rental stores. “I looked at [Point of Rental’s] website and read the newsletters and thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I want to work there so bad,” Wessinger said. She applied for a bilingual trainer position, despite speaking only English, just to get her resume in the building. CEO Wayne Harris realized her second language was rental, and reached out to her to bring her aboard as a

UK branch employees gathered locally to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Syrinx’s acquisition by Point of Rental Software on Thursday, July 13. The awards ceremony celebrated the achievements of prior Syrinx employees who made the transition and of new hires added since. “When we had the opportunity to acquire Syrinx, we knew that they were well-known for not only having great software, but for having knowledgeable people providing great service,” said Point of Rental CEO Wayne Harris. “We’re proud to continue that legacy as we celebrate the growth of the Point of Rental family.” The assembled employees applauded as their colleagues

Point of Rental Essentials has blazed another trail for the rental industry, partnering with Cayan® and their Genius Mini product to provide rental stores with the ability to take payments anywhere. Genius Mini is a semi-integrated mobile payment solution that allows any business to deliver a unified commerce experience to their customers wherever they are – on the road, in the aisle, at the table or wherever there’s a cellular or Wi-Fi connection. Genius Mini supports the growing trend of businesses embracing mobile tablet POS systems and can accept all payment types including EMV®/chip cards, NFC and magstripe. “We’re proud

Point of Rental’s electronic signature product, Rental eSign, has expanded beyond contracts and agreements and can now be used to collect a signature on any document. “This is a big development for Rental eSign,” said VP of Cloud Products Evan Fort. “Now it’s something that can be used by any rental store, anywhere, whether you’re using rental software or not. It opens up so many opportunities for ourselves and our customers.” Initially created to enable rental stores to send additional agreements, addendums, or waivers, the product is capable of recording signatures on any PDF. It then stores signatures in a

Rental Essentials, Point of Rental’s cloud-based rental software, has enhanced its Kiosk feature. Designed to enhance the customer experience by allowing customers to self-serve, the program is now equipped to allow customers to choose what they want to rent before approaching the counter to talk to an employee. “This is a big step forward for consumers visiting rental stores,” said VP of Cloud Products Evan Fort. “This technology allows stores to help more than one customer at a time and avoid lines at the counter.” Kiosk’s Item Selection is automatically included for anyone with the kiosk package, and is part