Gatekeeper Systems Inc V.GSI

Canadian city not buying Canadian ,tough pill to swallow

[ramman1]

DARN , I was watching out for this one keenly  , hoping Calgary,  would select Gatekeeper, however I  cannot even  get any verification (our one man show sales team ) was even active in the bid process. Maybe I dont even want to know at this point .-----  Calgary , and other mid sized ''affluent cities in N/A' , expanding in size with aggressive transit plans ,is precisely where the contract opportunities will be .  Dyment thinks he will score big in a huge city: (head case dreaming as the company goes under) .  The transit industry is (very tough). As we know from Septa, and in calling around, once a transit authority has contracted with a provider ,investing millions and millions, it is very UNCOMMON  to change suppliers, as all video  companies are bringing on new products to meet the transit upgrades as required .  Calgary was one of only a  few cities in N/A  meeting the opportunity, (1) Growing with many oil/gas head offices, (2) Affluent financially as compared with 95 % of N/A cities ,(3) In the process of aggressive transit plans, AND most importantly (4) Looking for a new video/monitoring provider. There is likely only a handfull of cities in all of N/A fitting these  datapoints. 'Just another tough one to loose as  the nail slips just a wee touch further toward the coffin.

[JM8648]

ramman1, You are forgetting the most important part in business,  It's not what you know, It's who you know. It's called Interest! Maybe Gatekeeper didn't have a chance in the  bid process. 

[Hertevald]

Just to point out that Montreal, home of Genetec, is still part of Canada. A quick review of the Genetec Omnicast offering suggests Gatekeeper is not in the same league.