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iRent™
and IMSI/Design® Join Forces Opening New Markets
Boston,
Massachusetts, 18 January 2010. iRent™ LLC, the PC
based Software as a Service provider, today announced the signing of an
agreement with IMSI/Design®, the global leader in retail CAD. This agreement will allow iRent to enable
IMSI/Design's flagship product, TurboCAD®
Pro, the award-winning CAD application with a very powerful set
of mechanical
and architectural design capabilities, to
be rented on a monthly subscription
basis. With TurboCAD® Pro now fully rent-enabled, new markets, until now untapped by this
type of business
model, will become available to IMSI/Design. This exciting development of new and recurring revenue streams
will help drive growth for both iRent and IMSI/Design in this highly
competitive sector of the software industry.
iRent's unique proposition allows for rented software to reside on local PC(s) and thereby
eliminates the need for a continuous tethering to the Internet. End-users who fail to make agreed
rental payments are logged and their applications are automatically disabled.
"SaaS is exploding in popularity,
and 2D/3D CAD applications like TurboCAD, especially when they are enabled to
be run locally on a PC, are perfectly suited to SaaS," stated Bob Mayer,
Chief Operating Officer for IMSI/Design. "We think using this sales model, our TurboCAD
Pro product will especially appeal to both AEC and Mechanical
engineering professionals."
"The key to our success is in forming
strong and lasting partnerships. Our
relationship with IMSI/Design, as exemplified by this new contract agreement,
is an example of our values and commitment," acknowledged Rick Cluthe, President
and COO of iRent LLC. "In today's
economic environment, renting as opposed to buying software is a very appealing
cost saving option for any business.
From the software provider's perspective, renting secure in the knowledge
that their software is immune to theft and can only be used when the rental
payment is received is very reassuring. We have eliminated the financial risks
without requiring our clients to further invest in their code."
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About
IMSI/Design® llc
IMSI/Design is the global leader in retail CAD (Computer
Aided Design). IMSI/Design products
include the award-winning TurboCAD®, DesignCAD™, DoubleCAD® and TurboFLOORPLAN® families of precision design applications. Please visit www.imsidesign.com , www.TurboCAD.com or www.DoubleCAD.com for more information.
About iRent™ llc
Founded by two IT industry executives, iRent™ offers users a unique proposition - Software as a Service (SaaS) without the need for a permanent tethering to the Internet. For the industry iRent represents an exciting new platform that securely rents applications and opens entirely new revenue opportunities for the content provider.
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Press Contact iRent™ LLC Rick Cluthe 774.722.0667 cluthe@irent.cc
Press Contact IMSI/Design® LLC Pam Volpe 415.483.8025 pr@imsidesign.com
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