Exit Survey  »
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1. I am a(n):
Dealer
Systems integrator
Central station service provider
Fire systems provider
IT VAR
Consultant
Architect and engineer
Electrical contractor
Telecommunications provider
Other
 
 
 
2. I operate:
Locally
Regionally
Nationally
Internationally
 
 
 
3. Number of security employees my organization has in the US only:
3,000 or more
2,000 to 3,000
1,000 to 2,000
500 to 1,000
400 to 500
300 to 400
200 to 300
100 to 200
50 to 100
25 to 50
0 to 25
 
 
 
4. What is your title?
Owner/operator
President, CEO, COO, CFO, C-level
Executive manager, VP, Director
Manager
Sales
Installation/technical expert
Other
 
 
5. 1. Are home owners asking you to have their alarm information sent to their PDA’s, cell phones and or laptops?
Yes, everyone does
1
I do not serve home owners. Please skip to Q5.
Yes, quite often
2
Sometimes
3
No, not very often
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
6. 2. Are home owners asking to have remote access to their homes to raise and lowering heat or air-conditioning systems, turn on and off lights and manage their building systems?
Yes, everyone does
1
Yes, quite often
2
Sometimes
3
No, not very often
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
7. 3. Are home owners asking you to have streaming video access to their property in order to view their children’s coming and goings; to provide remote access control to allow maid services or delivery personnel to come and go in their homes; and/or to monitor activities in their home and/or their properties while they are not there?
Yes, everyone does
1
Yes, quite often
2
Sometimes
3
No, not very often
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
8. 4. Are you promoting the value of having home owners receive their alarm information being sent to their PDA’s, cell phones and/or laptops?
Yes, to everyone
1
Yes, quite often
2
Sometimes
3
No, not very often
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
9. 5. Are commercial customers asking for their alarm information to be sent to their PDA’s, cell phones or laptops to be shared with managers off-site during or after an alarm?
Yes, everyone does
1
I do not serve commerical customers. Please skip to Q8.
Yes, quite often
2
Sometimes
3
No, not very often
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
10. 6. Are commercial customers asking to have remote access to their facilities to raise and lower heat and air-conditioning systems, monitor and manage employees behavior, watch openings and closing of cash registers and the like from remote locations?
Yes, everyone does
1
Yes, quite often
2
Sometimes
3
No, not very often
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
11. 7. Are you promoting the value of having commercial customers receive their alarm information being sent to their PDA’s, cell phones and or laptops?
Yes, to everyone
1
Yes, quite often
2
Sometimes
3
No, not very often
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
12. 8. Do you believe that you can grow your business and your value to customers through offering these products?
Yes, completely
1
Yes, most likely
2
Perhaps
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
13. 9. Do you believe that as analytics software becomes more sophisticated it will allow consumers to set up their own personal alarm parameters and notifications systems in their home or commercial properties and this will increase customer demand for these types of systems?
Yes, fully
1
Yes, many will
2
Perhaps
3
Not many will
4
No, this won't happen
5
 
 
 
14. 10. Do you believe that the constant development on “apps” for cell phones and PDA’s will drive consumers to manage their own steaming video and alarm notification systems through their own cell phones and their own laptop computers separately of central stations or monitoring center?
Yes, fully
1
Yes, many will
2
Perhaps
3
Not many will
4
No, this won't happen
5
 
 
 
15. 11. Do you believe that there will always be customers that prefer to have these systems managed and operated by outside third party central stations?
Yes, absolutely
1
Probably
2
Maybe
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
16. 12. Do you think the alarm industry is headed for significant growth through the sales and installation of remotely managed technology?
Yes, absolutely
1
Probably
2
Maybe
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
17. 13. Do you currently sell remotely managed technology systems and services?
Yes
No
 
 
 
18. 14. If you ansered NO to the previous question, do you plan to sell remotely managed technology systems and services?
Yes, absolutely
1
Probably
2
Someday
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
19. 15. With the increasing availability of wireless alarm systems, will a home owner need someone to install their alarm systems in the future?
Yes, absolutely
1
Probably
2
Sometimes
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
20. 16. With the increasing availability of wireless alarm systems, will a commercial building owner need someone to install their alarm systems in the future?
Yes, absolutely
1
Probably
2
Maybe
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
21. 17. Will remotely managed technology like we are discussing here allow the cable companies, Best Buy, cell phone providers, or other service companies to successfully enter this space?
Yes, absolutely
1
Probably
2
Maybe
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
22. 18. Do you believe that there are sales opportunities that your central station could currently offer you that would help you build your business, that they are not presently offering?
Yes, absolutely
1
Probably
2
Maybe
3
Probably not
4
No, never
5
 
 
 
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