RentOnTheDot Chooses Atlanta for Headquarters.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 RentOnTheDot to Provide Construction Industry With Real-Time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. , National Equipment Rental Reservation System RentOnTheDot, the first and only company to provide the construction industry with a real-time rental reservation system, announced that it has selected Atlanta for its corporate headquarters. The construction rental equipment industry is a $23 billion market, and Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
RentOnTheDot (ROTD ROTD Rulers of the Deep (game) ROTD Rage of the Dragons (game) ROTD Review of the Day ROTD Rant of the Day RotD Role of the Die (webcomic) ), which also has a Technology Development Center in Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , has developed an integrated Web-based front-end system that will facilitate the rental process for both the rental company and the contractor or facility manager. The ROTD system is integrated with the rental company's software, thus allowing the rental company to always be in control of its data, which the contractor will be able to access 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Soon contractors will have the ability to identify and rent the equipment they need, when they need it, with a single click or toll-free call. "We chose Atlanta as our headquarters because the city has the critical mass of technology companies and jobs that are vital in attracting both talent and new business, in addition to an exceptional quality of life," said Chris Casey, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , RentOnTheDot. "With our launch scheduled for November, RentOnTheDot will be the only company offering a real-time, single-point-of-contact solution to contractors and rental companies." RentOnTheDot, whose Board of Directors includes industry-known Richard Paquette -- current chairman of the American Rental Association, first started researching a possible real-time reservation system in 1999. The company conducted numerous focus groups comprised of rental and software companies, industry leaders and experts in order to better understand the contractor's rental needs and develop a unique customer-focused system. The results of this primary research have enabled ROTD to deliver a system that is being widely accepted by both small and large rental companies. RentOnTheDot's national Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the equipment reservation system offers three easy ways to access rental equipment free of charge. Similar to well-known travel Web sites, users can log on to www.rentonthedot.com free-of-charge to access a comprehensive network of available equipment from leading national equipment rental companies. Or, contractors can directly visit any participating rental company's Web site that is powered by the RentOnTheDot solution to find out the availability of equipment in real-time. If contractors don't have Internet access See how to access the Internet. , they can call RentOnTheDot's toll-free customer support center at 888-465-7683 (ROTD) 24 hours a day, seven days a week. About RentOnTheDot RentOnTheDot, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., is the first and only company to provide a real-time rental reservation system for the $23 billion North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. business-to-business construction and industrial equipment rental industry. RentOnTheDot's network of rental companies is a real-time, single-point-of-contact process that enables construction site decision makers to match a job's rental equipment requirements with the most available and cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. equipment solution via the Internet or one toll-free phone call. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.rentonthedot.com or call toll-free 888-465-7683 (ROTD). |
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