Security Consultants Speak Episode 1 - Protus3
This is a first of a series of conversations with security consultants. If you are a security consultant that wants to talk and can share frank insights into designing security systems, contact us at info@ipvm.com
In this first episode we speak with Protus3 about:
- What 'typical' projects consist of - in terms of device size, dollar amount and time
- What their cost of service averages
- RFPs they avoid
- How they compete with manufacturer designs
- Why they prefer 'or equal' specifications
- What technologies they see as on the way down and up
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A "*******" ******* **********
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Cost ** ********
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RFPs ** *****
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Competing **** ************ *******
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"Or *****" *** **************
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Late *********** **** ******
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PTZs ********
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Analytics *** ********** ********* **********
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