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Surveying the winners

As most of our readers know, Hi-Tech Security Solutions publishes the Hi-Tech Security Business Directory (HSBD) annually in print, as well as online. This year, we launched a survey to ask our readers what their impressions of the directory were, both the print and the online versions.

The respondents came from all sectors of the Hi-Tech Security Solutions’ readership – consultants, installers/system integrators, service providers, product suppliers and end-users from all sectors of industry and commerce.

As the deadline to publish the 2017 version of the Hi-Tech Security Business Directory nears, we thought we would share some of the responses we received from the survey. More importantly, we offered three readers who completed the survey a chance to win a R1000 voucher from TakeALot.com and we can now announce the winners.

A winning formula

As a complete reference source for security suppliers, products and services, it is important that people in the industry find value in the publication, whether the print version or online. As it turns out, they place a lot of value in the Directory with 92% of the respondents using either the print, online or both versions of the HSBD.

As the online version (www.hsbd.co.za) was recently restructured, we wanted to know if readers find the new version user-friendly and valuable. The responses were very encouraging.

• 80% of the respondents found the online version very easy or easy to use, while

• 93% found it “extremely useful or good” for finding suppliers and their contact details.

Furthermore,

• 92% found it “extremely useful or good” when looking for products and systems using the various product tables,

• 91% felt the same when it came to using the online search facility to find suppliers of security products, services or solutions, and

• 85% found the online search engine “extremely useful or good” when looking for brands or manufacturers, with 88% reporting the same for finding products.

When querying the print version:

95% of the respondents rated the print edition “extremely good/good” for finding suppliers of security products and services,

92 % of the respondents rated the print edition “extremely good/good” for finding manufacturers and brand names,

87% of the respondents rated the print edition extremely good/good for finding service providers, and

94% of the respondents rated the print edition extremely good/good for finding products.

And the winners are…

Hi-Tech Security Solutions would like to thank all the people who responded to the survey request. Unfortunately there can only be three winners of a R1000 TakeALot voucher, and they are:

- Mr George Hatzikyriacos,

- Mr Kevin Twiname, and

- Mr Pieter Pienaar.

Congratulations to the winners. We hope you enjoy spending your R1000 vouchers. See for yourself what all the fuss is about at www.hsbd.co.za

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