Point-of-Rental Software Chosen as Finalist in Cloud Innovation World Cup

Point-of-Rental Software was one of nine finalists competing for the Cloud Innovator of the Year title in the Innovation World Cup Awards on July 8 at the Google headquarters in New York.

Michael Roth

July 9, 2015

PointofRental Software CEO Wayne Harris at Google headquarters with finalist plaque — Point-of-Rental Software CEO Wayne Harris at Google headquarters with finalist plaque.

Point-of-Rental Software was one of nine finalists competing for the Cloud Innovator of the Year title in the Innovation World Cup Awards on July 8 at the Google headquarters in New York. The Cup identifies advancements in cloud computing with the goal of fostering cutting-edge solutions. Point-of-Rental CLOUD, a rental and inventory management software, was chosen as a finalist out of 312 software products from 59 countries, with AloTech from Turkey winning the top award.

Based in Grand Prairie, Texas, Point-of-Rental offers a suite of software that caters to rental and inventory management needs.

“It’s always an honor to be recognized for our work,” said Point-of-Rental CEO Wayne Harris, who represented the company at the Google event. “But when other innovators take notice, it’s particularly rewarding. Although we didn’t claim the title this year, we are proud of our team and the great product we have developed.”

Initiated by Navispace, the Innovation World Cup Series was launched in 2009. Contestants from more than 60 countries have submitted cloud-based solutions.

Point-of-Rental Software, founded in 1983, is listed by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s fastest private growing companies.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.