“Companies can choose to pay short-term, month-by-month rates for additional hardware they rent during peak seasons but mix it with much cheaper, fixed-term rental for the hardware they know they will need over a longer period,” comments Renovotec managing director Richard Gilliard.

“Purchasing has its attractions, but the operating systems technology for many rugged products is so fast-changing and fluid that users may risk capital expenditure on equipment that is soon out of date, and with an uncertain value.”