SMEs will acknowledge that there are some fairly obvious advantages to renting computing equipment. Foremost among these is avoiding a huge cash outlay on equipment that will become redundant within your first year of operation, if not sooner.
Pinnacle Finance is a division of Pinnacle Micro and as such is well placed to focus on the computer rental market that, according to Philip Engelbrecht, Director of Marketing and Sales at Pinnacle Finance, has been under-serviced. In this relationship, Pinnacle Micro will handle the installation and maintenance of systems in offices around the country, while Pinnacle Finance will handle the financing side of the rental business.
Engelbrecht says: "Pinnacle Finance has added a number of features to its rental package that makes the deal even more attractive to the smaller operator. These include machine maintenance during the rental period; insurance can be included in the rental and the fact that equipment can be periodically upgraded under a long-term rental (24 months or more)."
Pinnacle Finance has not limited its reach to the SME market, however, and is instead well placed to "cater to everyone", according to Engelbrecht. He states: "An advertisement we placed in the Business Day recently met with requests for anything from three to 30 PCs from corporates, SMEs and SOHO operators."
Pinnacle Finance can also meet most requirements in terms of specifications from entry-level PCs to high-end units. All machines are top quality brands and the range available includes notebooks, desktops, printers, file servers, etc.
As Pinnacle Finance caters for all short-term rentals - anything from one day to three years - Engelbrecht believes the company is ideally placed to capture the conferencing and business presentation markets.
He concludes: "Whether you are travelling to Cape Town to present your product at a conference or simply flying down to meet buyers, but need a high-end PC or notebook to use for the duration, Pinnacle Finance has the answers."
Pinnacle Finance will also load your machine with the software you will need. Rental package prices are dependant on a number of factors including the size of the machine and the length of the rental period. Pinnacle Finance can be contacted at (011) 265-3207.
Pinnacle Micro
Pinnacle Micro is the distribution arm of JSE-listed Pinnacle Technology Holdings Limited. Pinnacle Micro is a broad based distributor of IT products and services as well as value added sales, support services, internet solutions and financing schemes.
It distributes a wide range of best of breed hardware, peripherals, components and consumables to a wide spectrum of retail, wholesale and corporate customers across South Africa and Africa. The company builds to order Proline, its own range of desktop PCs, notebooks and file server computers. Pinnacle Micro has branches in Gauteng, Nelspruit, Pietersburg, Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth. Outside SA, Pinnacle Micro has a joint venture in Zimbabwe.
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