Press Releases

Point-of-Renta Software recently hired Erica Wright as manager of public relations and marketing. In this position, Wright’s main responsibilities will include creating a long-term marketing plan for the company, communicating with advertising outlets and overseeing all communication with the public. Prior to joining Point-of-Rental, Wright worked as a technical writer and communications moderator for AOL, Inc. in Virginia while completing her Master’s degree in corporate communications and public relations from Georgetown University. “As I close in on my two week anniversary with Point-of-Rental, I am excited to be a part of such a respected company within the rental industry. I

Point-of-Rental™ System users streamed into Dallas this week for the rental management software company’s inaugural International Conference. While the company has hosted its annual user meeting in conjunction with The Rental Show for nearly 30 years, this International Conference is the first of its scale at its Dallas headquarters. The three-day event kicked off with a humorous introduction and brief history by company president and CEO Wayne Harris. Attendees were given a sneak peak at Point-of-Rental’s new .NET software currently in Beta testing. A full day of training and round-table events followed, covering topics that included Inventory Management, Rate Management,

Point-of-Rental™ Systems recently updated its rental management software to integrate VeriFone secure payment terminals, which provide the highest level of security available in payment processing. Utilizing PayWare Connect Payment Gateway, VeriFone terminals use end-to-end encryption and card-based tokenization, which substitutes values as pointers to the encrypted information. This means that credit card data never enters the rental software, but simply a token number is sent to the merchant’s Point-of-Rental™ System for follow up on charges or refunds. The token removes the liability of stored credit card data. This technology drastically reduces the PCI DSS demands and subsequent expense on the

Point-of-Rental™ Systems recently added FedEx® shipping capability to the company’s award-winning Enterprise rental management software. Much like the UPS WorldShip® feature introduced in the software earlier this year, FedEx interfaces with the delivery address in the Point-of-Rental™ System contract record to automatically populate the fields and generate shipping labels. In addition, the upcoming release of the software contains an integrated tracking feature which allows you to track shipments directly from your Point-of-Rental™ System. The complete range of shipping options is accessible within the system including air, ground, and international. Designed to help rental businesses reduce shipping errors, the newly integrated

Point-of-Rental™ Systems was recently selected the winner of both the Computer Software category and the Technology Enhancement category in the 2011 Rental Equipment Register (RER) Innovative Product Awards competition, making the company a four-time winner of the award. Established in 2003, the RER Innovative Product Awards recognize excellence in new product development within the equipment rental industry. Each year, a panel of industry judges narrows the pool of entries to one winner in each of the 13 categories. The winning modules of Point-of-Rental’s Windows-based rental management software were Dispatch Center with GPS integration that claimed the Computer Software category prize,