Self-Storage Kiosks


  • Peas in a Pod
    In recent years the buzz has been about incorporating the Internet with management tools, adding call centers to increase store traffic and utilizing kiosks. These all add value to the business either by slimming the accounting and record-keeping functions, increasing ...More
    June 1, 2006 Tim Seyfarth
    Posted in Articles, Technology
  • Kiosks Kick Up Self-Service
    The first U.S. self-service kiosk was installed in 1971 at the Citizens & Southern National Bank in Atlanta. Now every bank has an automated teller machine. Last year, ATMs numbered more than 396,000 in the United States alone. After Sept. 11, 2001, the airline industry ...More
    May 1, 2006 Curtis Sojka
    Posted in Articles, Technology
  • HI-Tech Joins OpenTech Partner Program
    HI-Tech Smart Systems Inc. has joined the OpenTech Alliance Partner Program so users of its RentPlus software can take advantage of the INSOMNIAC self-storage kiosk. ...More
    March 23, 2006
    Posted in News, Technology
  • OpenTech Moves to Phoenix Headquarters
    OpenTech Alliance Inc., creators of the INSOMNIAC self-storage kiosk, moved into new headquarters in Phoenix. ...More
    February 1, 2006
    Posted in News, Technology
  • Automated Management
    As in most industries today, automation is changing the way self-storage facilities do business. Operators nationwide are realizing how technology can positively impact their facilities and bottom line. Not too long ago, the term “automated” meant a storage facility had a ...More
    December 1, 2005 Raymond E. McRae and Curtis Sojka
    Posted in Articles, Technology
  • Product Showcase
    INSOMNIAC Customers testify on behalf of OpenTech kiosks As OpenTech Alliance Inc. approaches its three-year anniversary, it has a lot to celebrate. In its short history, the company has emerged as a leading developer of self-service kiosks for the storage industry, with ...More
    September 1, 2005
    Posted in Articles, Technology
  • Self-Serve in Fashion
    When renovating a self-storage facility, it makes sense to consider adding a self-service kiosk. There’s a reason these units are popping up in places like airports, hotels, gas stations, banks, retailers and now storage facilities: They save money for business owners while ...More
    July 1, 2005 Curtis Sojka
    Posted in Articles, Technology
  • Hi-Tech Cavalcade
    It’s a technological world, and I’m a technological girl. I prefer online shopping to braving the mall. I love my laptop. I’m addicted to my PDA, MP3 player and AIM. My phone is for text messaging, and I keep a blog. My keychain holds a USB memory key. I buy CDs only to ...More
    May 1, 2005 Teri L. Lanza
    Posted in Articles, Technology
  • Installing Manager Upgrades
    Twenty-five years ago, I was on the management team of a small community bank. I specifically remember a meeting in 1978 in which we discussed a new product: the automated teller machine, recognized today as the ATM by every man, woman and child. Diebold, a supplier of ...More
    May 1, 2005 Rick McGee
    Posted in Articles, Technology
  • Modern-Day Marketing
    For years, we have heard the phrase “21st-century technology” used to describe unprecedented breakthroughs in business and communication. Companies that embrace modern advancements recognize their benefits and promote them to the public they serve, largely to set themselves ...More
    January 1, 2005 Raymond E. McRae
    Posted in Articles, Technology