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RENT-A-PC Joins friendlyway Certified Rental Partner Network to Rent and Support friendlyway Interactive Information Stations
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--March 14, 2002-- friendlyway, makers of the most highly recognized Interactive Information Stations in the world, today announced that RENT-A-PC and other high profile audio-visual specialist companies have formed a national cooperative network under friendlyway's certified rental partner program to rent and support the friendlyway stations for any trade show, conference or corporate event. The friendlyway Certified Rental Partner Network was created to facilitate cooperation between the partners and is designed to provide and support the friendlyway brand of designer interactive kiosks through an experienced team of AV specialists in all major markets throughout North America.
"Our rental and support network in the North America now lets us provide a consistent, high quality customer experience around the world through our team of top quality independent audio-visual experts in Asia, Europe and North America," said friendlyway President, Alexander von Welczeck. "Our elegant systems offer many different software interfaces and functions, and our knowledgeable rental partners will ensure customers receive recommendations and support for exactly the right friendlyway systems for every conference, trade show and special event.
"friendlyway has combined sophisticated aesthetics with versatile functionality in a public information device that paves the way for trade shows of the future and perfectly the suits the fast-evolving needs of trade show producers and corporate trade show managers," said RENT-A-PC CEO, Julian Sandler. "We welcome the opportunity to rent and support friendlyway Interactive Information Stations and to be a part of its Certified Rental Partner Network."
The friendlyway Certified Rental Partner Network includes: Atel, a Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of high quality communications equipment to professionals, commercial business and small business for meetings, special events, demonstrations, and trade shows.
CRE, a Los Angeles , Portland and Seattle-based specialist in renting equipment and providing support for trade shows, special events, Internet cafés, multimedia presentations and sales meetings.
Keystone Computer Rentals located in Atlanta, Orlando, Miami and Tampa Bay, offering computers and presentation equipment for conferences, trade shows, meetings or training projects.
RENT-A-PC, based in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC, and specializing in serving the corporate market with 24-hour support and a complete rental line of PCs, monitors, LCD projectors and plasma screens for business or sales presentations.
friendlyway’s gracefully curved, floor standing aluminum stations complement corporate events and trade show venues offering attendees Internet access, email, dynamically updated event and expo information at the touch of a user-friendly IntelliTouch™ touchscreen. The company's agreements with software companies such as the recently announced agreement with e-commerce tools and applications provider, Acteva, make the friendlyway Interactive Information Stations the focus point for integrated event registration, attendee data collection, and real-time event content and expo information. Other friendlyway advantages include advanced streaming multimedia, PDA connectivity, purchase processing, and integration of video cameras, microphones and other devices into its Interactive Information Stations.
About friendlyway (http://www.friendlyway.com)
friendlyway, Inc. develops and markets products, services and intelligent solutions for companies in retail, banking, leisure, media and other industries to deliver web and local content to their customers all over the world rapidly, reliably and engagingly in a user friendly manner. In 2000, friendlyway won the prestigious McKinsey “Start-up of the Year” competition over more than 1,300 companies. In 2001, NetInvestor billed friendlyway as best “on-line off-line mix” and one of the twenty-five most innovative companies. friendlyway’s customers include Bertelsmann, BMW, Boeing, E-Bay, Fidelity Investments, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, SBC Communications, Texaco, and The Red Herring. friendlyway markets globally and has operations in Europe, America, with plans to launch Asian operations in Singapore. For more information on friendlyway, please contact us at 1-866-KIOSK4U or visit us on the Web at http://www.friendlyway.com
