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Hotel Ibiza, a modern unique boutique hotel, centrally located in Jaco, perfect place to relax with an unbeatable location trusted GeckoTech to manage the connectivity of all guest and management at their place, knowing the critical importance to keep a secure and powerfull WiFi Distribution across the common areas and rooms, to cover all needs for its 40 rooms.
The management at Jaco’s new “Hangout CR Bar & Grill” have followed suit with the GreenRoom and decided to deploy a locally supported Point of Sale system. And why not? gPOS has the largest user base in the Jaco area. Not to mention stellar support from a locally based company.
Working closely with the GreenRoom owners the Hangout management decided to leverage GeckoTech’s gPOS managed service for a number of reasons:
Welcome to the gPOS group of satisfied users.
GeckoTech has been working with Hardy Realestate Group (HRG) for the past few years to help them apply technologies that can improve a rental property’s operating efficiency. Specifically gEye Energy conservation systems as a managed service. As of the writing of this post HRG has roughly 5 properties under its care that enjoy the benefits of gEye. In early May, HRG decided to take the plunge and deploy gEye to one of it Bay Residence properties. The gEye system is a single thermostat system that should save the property roughly 30% of its AC operational costs annually.
The overall intent of HRG is to deploy gEye into the majority of its properties. Not only to help save the property owner money, but to provide virtual management of the properties’ single biggest energy consumer.
Long time GeckoTech customer/subscriber, Danny Clark, knew who to turn to for SideStreet’s video surveillance requirements. GeckoTech of course. GeckoTech’s gWatch managed service proved to be the optimal way to deliver video security to the restaurant. With gWatch managed services Danny is able to start off with just a few cameras to cover critical areas of the venue. Affording Danny the option to add cameras at future dates as the property’s vulnerable locations are uncovered. But Danny already knew this because of his experience subscribing to gWatch for Graffiti (Danny’s other successful restaurant in Jaco). Danny is now able to view all of his cameras, from both venues, on his iPhone, iPad, and Mac Laptop devices. gWatch leverages IP technology and takes advantage of the newest imagery sensors to provide optimal images.
Paul Cooper, owner of Jaco’s largest and most successful single residence rental property, has been leveraging GeckoTech’s gEye services for the past several years. The original gEye deployment used standard “hard button” thermostats in 17+ areas of the rental property. Now that Paul has started the design of his third “free standing” house on the rental property he is evaluating new technologies that improve the overall guest experience while ensuring continued energy savings. Ok, so what new technologies has he deployed? None other than the newest generation Ecobee 3 Thermostat. This thermostat is sleek, sexy and provides so much valuable information via its user interface. GeckoTech is hopeful that this new generation thermostat from Ecobee will in fact become the standard thermostat (thermostat of preference) in all future gEye deployments.
Steve Sheets is no “newbie” to Costa Rica. Steve is the proud owner/operator of two beautiful rental properties situated in the Costa Montana just south of the Tarcoles river. Steve discovered years ago that video surveillance was an absolute necessity for “absentee owners” that needed to manage/monitor their assets remotely. Initially Steve attempted a “go it alone” approach to installation and support of a consumer grade video surveillance system. He purchased a couple lorex DVRs a number of years ago. However he quickly discovered the systems/components break in the harsh and humid climate of Pacific Costa Rica. In a matter of months he was paying more to support his consumer grade video system than the system originally cost. So he turned to GeckoTech. Simply because he knew/heard GeckoTech provided top notch support and was one of the few (if not only) companies willing to “stand behind” its systems and professional services. Steve now enjoys a trouble free gWatch system with 9 cameras surveilling his house. To boot he got the latest technology to replace his older outdated cameras thus enhance camera-view imagery an order of magnitude on certain cameras. But the best part is the piece of mind that Steve now enjoys. He pays a nominal monthly fee to ensure equipment rental and support. Furthermore, his gWatch subscription ensures his service is never obsolete. Steve is now considering other GeckoTech services such as gAccess and gEye and gStream (to watch the Lapas nesting in his back property)
As the Vista Mar condo owners continue to talk among themselves there seems to be one recurring theme: Energy Costs in Costa Rica and frustrations managing these costs. This singular postscript to this dialogue is GeckoTech and its GeckoEye energy management system. This standard scenario was no different for the new owner of condo 4D. Mr. Chip Christianson knew that with energy costs on the rise he needed to be proactive in managing them. He knew, after talking with countless other condo owners at VistaMar, that he needed gEye to control his AC and thermostats. Mr. Christianson then took it few steps further. He knew and appreciated that value-add of automation and remote access to systems he could monitor/control via the internet. As such Mr. Christianson also subscribed to GeckoTech’s gWatch (video surveillance on main door) and gAccess (electronic locks for main door). Now Mr. Christianson has the piece of mind knowing he can login to a web portal day or night to see what is happening real time or what has happened historically.
You just can’t keep “a good idea down.” This has proven the case at Vista Mar where gEye continues to “carry its weight”.
Unit owners continue to converse among themselves about high energy bills and how to manage them. GeckoTech’s gEye energy conservation system is always one of the “hot topics”. New unit owners are not waiting for the ICE rates to bite them. As is the case in GeckoTech’s newest gEye subscriber, Unit 4D. This unit owner has heard the horror stories about $2,000 electric bills with nominal occupancy. He has also heard wonderful things about gEye: How it reduces energy consumption. How it allows remote monitoring of thermostats, doors and occupancy via the web. etc… Needless to say, the new owner of Vista Mar 4D is now able to relax knowing his gEye system is keeping a vigil on air conditioning units and ensuring his guests do not abuse their rights to enjoy them.
The wonderful thing about having successful customers? They grow, prosper, and become repeat customers for new venues and business. Such is the case with Danny Clark. Owner of Graffiti. Unequivocally Jaco’s trendiest and tastiest dining spot. Well we are expecting Danny to “hit another homerun” with his latest venue “Side Street Bistro”. Side Street is purportedly a great sandwich spot. And I hope so as I love a great sandwich. At any rate, Danny recognizes that one should “stick with what works”. And in this case it is relationship with GeckoTech and his reliance on GeckoTech to deliver and support technology to streamline his operations and make him even more competitive than he might already be. To this end, GeckoTech has been asked to recommission a 2 terminal, 3 printer gPOS system for the property. We are excited to do so, and expect that with Danny’s continued success will be the addition of other GeckoTech Technology amenities to improve the diner’s overall experience. Such as gLoyalty for branding and rewarding those frequent diners.. Or gStream to allow real time streaming of restaurant activity to the Side Street Web Site. Well, the list goes on and on.