Survey Software HQ

Check out our new site, http://www.freesurveyapp.com.  As the name suggests, we’re offering free survey software for install on Microsoft IIS Servers using ASP.

Checkbox Survey Solutions is pleased to announce the introduction of a new capital leasing program, which is available to new and existing customers in the USA who have been in business for two years or more*. Lease plans of up to $50,000 and 60 month terms are available for purchases of Checkbox Survey. Most leases can be approved and set up within a matter of hours, allowing customers to expedite the purchase process.

“We recognize that the economy has changed the way that our customers look at capital investments such as software,” stated John Craven, President of Checkbox Survey Solutions. “Customers are telling us that cash flow is a key decision factor for them, especially as credit cards and bank lines are being trimmed back by lenders. We believe that our partnership with Marlin Leasing will allow us to better serve our customers and respond to their financial needs.”

Customers who are interested in leasing programs should inquire via their sales representative or the Checkbox sales team, who can be reached at 1-617-715-9605 or sales@checkbox.com.

*Subject to credit approval by Marlin Leasing. Checkbox Survey Solutions has no influence in the credit approval process. Available to customers in the USA only.

Prezza Technologies is pleased to offer month to month pricing for its Checkbox Online service.  No annual commitment — you can use it for as long or as short as you’d like.

Details:
http://www.prezzatech.com/products/purchase_checkbox_online.aspx

NOVEMBER 17, 2008 – Prezza Technologies is pleased to announce the release of the latest API and Web Services for Checkbox® Survey.

IMPORTANT: These tools are available to the following customers: 1) Checkbox Survey Server customers with a valid Developer Kit subscription (via the Customer Area) and 2) Checkbox Online customers with a Workgroup or Enterprise subscription.  If you have questions or would like to access the developer kit and web services, please contact the Prezza Sales Team at +1-617-715-9605 or sales@checkbox.com.

OVERVIEW
Prezza Technologies offers both an API and Web Services that can be used with Checkbox® Survey.  Both of these tools allow for integration with existing applications and third party products.  Below, you’ll find a comparison of the API and Web Services:

• API – With the Checkbox® APIs, a Microsoft .NET developer has access to every part of the system.  However, using the API essentially requires that any application using the Checkbox® APIs have a valid set of Checkbox configuration files as well as references to nearly all of the Checkbox assemblies.  This requirement makes for a steeper learning curve and makes it harder for a developer to jump right in and get started.  
• Web Services – The Checkbox® Web Services provide well-defined and documented proxy classes for commonly used areas of the application.  These require only an HTTP access to Checkbox Survey and can be used with any platform that has support for web services / HTTP calls. 

Here’s a list of all of the Web Services that are available with Checkbox Survey version 4.5.3 and higher:

• User Management
  List users and user groups in the Checkbox database.
  Create, update, and delete users and user profiles.
  Create, update, and delete user groups.
  Manage access lists and default policies to govern access to user groups.
   
• Survey Management
  List surveys and folders.
  Create, update, and delete folders.
  Copy, delete, and move surveys.
  Edit survey properties including permissions and activation settings.
  Get configuration data for items contained in surveys.
  Manage access lists and default policies to govern access to surveys and folders.
   
• Invitation Management
  List invitations for surveys.
  List recipients for invitations and get recipient details (sent, responded, opted-out, etc.)
  Create, update, delete and send invitations.
  Manage invitation recipient lists.
  Create, update, delete email lists.
  Manage access lists and default policies to govern access to email lists.
   
• Reporting
  List reports for surveys.
  List responses and response answers for surveys.
  Get configuration data for reports, report filters, and items contained in reports.
   Access raw data and calculated results for individual report items.
  Export survey response data to CSV or Microsoft Excel compatible XML.

Further details and documentation are included with the Checkbox Survey Developer Kit.�

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new web site, which can be viewed at http://www.prezzatech.com.  Hopefully this will make it easier to evaluate and understand our online survey and feedback software products.

The February 2008 issue of Microsoft’s Technet Magazine has a feature article called “Building a Powerful Survey Infrastructure.”  Unfortunately, this shows that Microsoft’s survey solution has a long way to go.

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Prezza Technologies has released a variety of training videos that explain some of the more complex topics related to online surveys. Although designed to be used with CHECKBOX Survey, these videos are conceptual in nature and will asssist users of almost any survey package: http://www.prezzatech.com/training Also while you are there, check out this Survey Software Review about Checkbox Survey.
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CHECKBOX 4.3 Enables Business Intelligence for Small and Medium Business

The Checkbox 4.3 Developer Kit adds new web services to allow developers to integrate existing applications (CRM, HR, BI) with a powerful user, form, and survey management system in order to create a customized business intelligence system for organizations of all sizes.

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) August 15, 2007 — Leading online survey software and business intelligence software provider Prezza Technologies announced a new web services component as part of their new Checkbox 4.3 Developer Kit. The new web services layer adds to an existing API (Application Programming Interface) that has been available for years to their customers. This allows any company to create a powerful business intelligence system.

“This announcement really highlights the uniqueness between our system and other, lower-end players in the industry,” says John Craven, President of Prezza Technologies. “This new web services component makes it even easier for companies to share and swap data between Checkbox and other applications.”

This new web services component makes it even easier for companies to share and swap data between Checkbox and other applications.
Prezza’s customers have already integrated with the Checkbox Developer Kit - mainly to exchange data between existing applications or to build new applications from scratch:

An emerging brand consultancy (SalesTrac) used Checkbox Mobile to collect feedback via handheld and integrate Checkbox with their PromoSpace social networking system.
A west-coast financial services company integrated Checkbox with their learning management system in order to integrate and centralize feedback about courses and instructors.
An east-coast university is using Checkbox to build a social networking tool and 360-degree feedback platform that will be resold to other schools.
A sales consulting company uses Checkbox as the platform for their mini-site building and lead scoring system in order to rate leads before they are passed onto their clients.
Craven highlights more of the advantages of integrating a survey and forms system: “Data sitting in a CRM system can be extracted and inserted into a Checkbox survey, making questionnaires, forms, and surveys extremely targeted and direct. It’s like using the mail merge feature with a company’s existing, enterprise-wide databases and applications.”
Checkbox 4.3 will be available August 27, 2007 for new and existing customers in both on-demand and on-premise edition. To see a demonstration, prospects may visit www.prezzatech.com and sign up for a live demo, download a free trial, utilize live chat services, or call the Prezza sales team at 1-866-430-8274.

About Prezza Technologies

Based in Cambridge, MA, Prezza Technologies is one of the fastest growing providers of online survey software and business intelligence software. The company was co-founded in 2002 by Tom First, who previously built and sold Nantucket Nectars (a perennial member of Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest growing companies in the 1990s). Prezza Technologies’ on-demand and on-premise products are currently used by major organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies and educational institutions in over 30 countries.

For more information, contact: John Craven President 617-715-9600�

*SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE FREE VERSION OF ULTIMATE POLL HERE. (http://demo.checkbox.com/Samples/poll.aspx?ForceNew=true)*

HIGHLIGHTS OF ULTIMATE POLL:

Autogenerates Javascript Code
Drop a poll onto any of your web pages.
Embedded AJAX Technology
View results without page reloads.
Fully Web-Based, Customizable Polls
Add styles, pictures, and text in any font.
Track Results in Real-time
Instantly view results with IP address + time/date.
Customizable, Open Source Code
Modify Active Server Pages for customization.
Poll Scheduling Makes Web Poll Administration Easy
Use page zones to rotate ads on a schedule.
Poll Answer Choice Randomization
Randomize answers to reduce bias.
Actions Based on Answers
Each answer choice can redirect to a page.
*SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE FREE VERSION OF ULTIMATE POLL HERE.* (http://demo.checkbox.com/Samples/poll.aspx)

We released a cool enhancement to our product line on Tuesday June 12. It’s the ability to connect mobile devices with a hosted installation (meaning customer doesn’t have to install a thing). It’s called Checkbox Mobile regardless of whether people are connecting it to a version of our Checkbox Survey Server (downloadable software) or Checkbox Online (hosted, application service maintained by Prezza Technologies). The next day we announced a major customer win - SalesTrac - who will be using the product in bars, restaurants, and pubs across the country to monitor their clients beer and spirits brands. One of my recommendations to them - water/beer resistant PDAs!

link to full press release