How do you pick your favorite security manufacturer? What's important & what's not?

There are literally hundreds of manufacturers of IP cameras, intrusion detection devices, video analytics, and other security products. How do hospitals, schools, utilities, and other end users and security integrators/dealers

 decide on a specific manufacturer for a project or ongoing partnership?

• Brand awareness?
• In-house manufacturing? (see video below)
• Warranty?  
• Support structure, i.e. local rep/salesperson support?
• Training
• Product depth?
• Product testing? (see video below)
• Low(est) price?
• One-stop-shop?
• What matters most?
• What matters least?
• What has the biggest influence?

We would really like to get some good feedback from you so that we know what's important to you and what's not...please leave us your comments below.

Do these types (below) of manufacturing and performance testing matter during product and partner selection?

IP Cameras: How It's Made

Testing capability of an outdoor motion detector

Testing the impact resistance of a camera bubble

Testing the impact resistance of a camera housing

We would really like to get some good feedback from you so that we know what's important to you and what's not...