securus

[daveyboy]

Bet nobody would moan if a few from Redmond were here - posting - trying to help us poor lost, misguided, underpaid souls.

 

I for one am in full support if vendor Reps & Support teams were here.

 

So long as a company rep identifies themselves as such then then what's the harm. It's when someone working from a company pretends to be an ordinary ICT Tech giving an unbiassed opinion that's when there's an issue.

 

100%

 

I like the fact that Dan (SCL) posts deals here. I dont need 50 telephone calls every day claiming the cheapest, fastest etc, etc. I like to look and see for myself. I like Donna being around - Why do I need to phone when the question has been answered a hundred times before? Right on this forum.

 

Quite rightly I dont want -

'Our product is better because' or 'Their product doesnt do this'

 

But I do like 'this is what we do' or 'why dont you try this' - AND IF I ask nicely enough - I get the opinions of my peers and people who I respect who have have been there seen it, done it - AND are working with it every day.

 

Sorry Jason - I'm all for it - As long as they identify themselves.

[eejit]

W32/Jbot I think it's great that someone from the company is on here to help out. It would be nice if every company had a presence to be honest.

 

I will totally defend Securus' right to correct what they consider to be inaccurate to posts about their product just as I will totally defend my right to say that Securus sucks!

[Ric_]

@W32/Jbot: Indeed, it would be nice to have ALL vendors and whenever the site admins speak to vendors, we ask them to join the site and look in when they have time. Believe it or not, some vendors are simply not interested! Others welcome the forum and see it as an invaluable resource, taking an active part - Smoothwall, NetSupport, D-Link, Apple, Capita and others to name just a few. Others prefer to simply lurk in the shadows to capture our opinions - I believe that RM does this for instance, despite being one of our major sponsors (see the MIS forum).

 

I encourage all members to mention us to their favourite vendors and invite them to join - it is YOUR community too (the site admins simply manage the day to day stuff) so please do feel free to get more people on board. If you are ever unsure about asking people to join or if you think you can help out in other ways, just PM a site admin.

[john]

What Ric has said about vendors joining etc is hard. I am mod on another forum and we have struggled to get hardware vendors to come on-board to help, but the buyers have worked hard and got there now but its not been easy. It takes time and in the end it will come through, it just takes time.

[ITWombat]

OK Donna. I think it's safe to come back now

[woody]

Safe for Jason to come back to

 

It's Ok Jason, maybe you have been a member of other forums where opinion on this differed somewhat. Yes we do welcome vendors to post on here, but don't worry, the minute they start turning it solely into an advertising campaign, the mods will sort them out. he he.

[Brianj]

We've used Securus for about nine months and I'm impressed with the product. Yes, it isn't cheap, the interface is clunky and the upgrades have been poor, but I can't fault the company for the level of their support. What other software vendor rings you regularly (about once a month) to check on problems and provides immediate response? Their posts to this board are consistent with their interest in ensuring the product works.

 

And as for the product? Students know I can see all their misdemeanours and they can't hide a thing. Someone looking for porn? Easy to identify, document and deal with. Proxy bypass sites? Well, let the kids find them for me. I don't have to wait for the latest novelty, I can see it as it develops. It's part of the process of moving away from the "ban everything" mentality to "make them accountable".