ASIS GSX Show Struggling Getting Exhibitors

Maybe I should pay to have my competition's logo on the wifi login page, then. "Our product is as reliable as this wifi connection, LOL!"

We have not gone to ASIS for a while I think my last was Atlanta 2014.  I also let my ASIS membership expire in 2015 as it was not providing me the benefits I desired.  ISC West is our go to, we can get direct flight to Vegas and it focuses more on the technology which is what we want to see and still provides us the opportunity to meet with our vendors of choice.  

I havent really heard anything at all from GSX about this event other than what I have read on here.

I believe they advertise primarily to their members. Related: Clever ASIS / GSX Social Media Marketing Campaign But Violates FTC Guidelines

I'll be going this year so I can receive my educational credits to keep my certification. And yes I'm a non-exhibitor and non Vegas resident.

Im curious if any IPVM readers (non-exhibitors and non-vegas residents) are planning to attend this event.

I avoid ASIS like the plague unless it is ever held in my immediate area.  If I want to see mummies I go to the museum.

I am not sure if "SecurityGuy" is doing the 'daily newscast of GSX'. However, they do have a formal relationship: ASIS International, Security Guy Radio/TV Announce Livestream Agreement.

Here's one of his videos from last year interviewing Dahua:

good question. I almost feel showed out going to ISC west every single year. 

#6, it is a good question but a tough one.

Based on their (stated) principles, I think they should get better at education, training and providing valuable information. That would differentiate themselves.

However, based on their business model, they need to sell, sell, sell to their exhibitors, making them a poor man's SIA / ISC West.

A somewhat surprising selection (and not an exhibitor last year at ASIS) - Ford:

“Trade in your trunk for a truck!”

Talk about "hangin' on by your fingernails".

Not really sure that this is a great move for Arecont. GSX is already seen as a secondary show and it is not all that noteworthy to NOT see someone exhibiting there. Meanwhile, Arecont has been known for having a decent sized booth in a prime location, now they have this tiny spot literally at the very edge of the show.

Not showing up to GSX could be interpreted as gracefully bowing out. Having a 10'x10' booth at the edge is a physical reminder of how far the company has fallen. They could have done the hotel suite approach and played it off as "last minute decisions and we couldn't get a reasonable booth location for a good price". This is Arecont showing up and claiming "it's merely a flesh wound" when they're missing an arm and a leg.

This whole block around the Advertising Lounge is "On Hold", my bet is that they eliminate all of these booths and either make the Lounge bigger, or just curtain off that area:

Similarly all but 1 of these are "On Hold" or "Available":

A challenge is that you have an exhibitor there with an assigned booth number who has presumably been doing some pre-show marketing with a "Come see us at booth 442" message. You can't just relocate them to a different row without causing a minor amount of hassle. Will be curious to see where Hoverfly winds up. They may just give them that whole 20x20 area and then move the Stage and ITC section over a bit to fill in more of that empty column.

Lastly, how Arecont CoStar hasn't managed to negotiate themselves out of a tiny corner booth into a more lucrative and larger area is crazy:

We are covering the show and will have a show report up end of today.

We'll post some pics on this thread earlier for those who want a look sooner (cc: Ryan).

Here are a few pictures from the show. As you can see, attendance is rather sparse.