The PSA Security Network recently held its annual PSA-TEC (Training, Exhibits, Conference) at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ill. the week of May 5-9.   Always a festive event, it's a great way for PSA's vendors and integrators to network and learn more about the industry. Throughout the week were education seminars, presentations, social mixers and entertainment, as well as one day dedicated to vendor exhibits.
I had the opportunity to attend the opening mixer Tuesday night and walk the show floor Wednesday.  Judging from the fact that the ballrooms for the opening mixer (and lunch the next day) were packed, this PSA show does well. The foot traffic on the show floor did pick up during the day (like it did last year), but obviously some booths get far more traffic than others.Â
In talking with integrators at the show, it was obvious that most of them know what they're looking for in a product or solution.  One trend that I noticed was that many integrators are interested in learning more about the different solutions available for video management.
Some vendors went above and beyond to answer questions for potential (or even current) customers. Exacq Technologies, for instance, had TJ Johnson, manager of software engineering, on hand at the booth to take tech questions (and suggestions) about their software. If a change were to be made to Exacq's software, he'd be the one to do it.
Here are some photos I took at the show:
-Greg
