IPVM's Reports

IPVM's independent reporting is divided into 3 categories: (1) Public, (2) Info+: news, profiles, tutorials, etc. and (3) Research: tests, shootouts, competitive and financial analysis.

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New Product - ServerBank Review

Pivot3 has released a new product offering, called ServerBank [link no longer available] that complements their existing 3 product familes -...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Is GE's Fire Division its Real Strength?

While the consensus is strong that GE's security and video products are weak, 2 analysts argue that the real strength is in its Fire division. Read...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Social Media Irrelevant to Security Professionals

While social media (twitter, facebook, etc.) receives a lot of mainstream media attention, social media is essentially irrelevant to the security...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

To Stop On-Line Sales From Undercutting Dealers

Selling IP cameras on-line has become one of the hottest and most controversial industry practices. To protect their dealers, ACTi is taking steps...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Selling through Retail Stores

To further Cernium's efforts to sell their product through retail chain stores, Cernium has hired a VP of Sales with significant experience in...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Vendor on Limitations and Cost of Video Analytics

The CEO of a video analytics vendor, VCA Technologies, has posted an interesting and frank analysis of the current limitation and cost of video...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Video-Inform's Video Analytics Examined

A new video analytic manufacturer launched in 2008 aims to provide analytics that can be trained to identify sunglasses, scooters, uniforms,...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Strong Growth 1st Half 2009

Indigovision revenue surged in the 1st half of 2009 compared to the previous period in 2008, bucking a broader trend of publicly traded IP video...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Examining Pelco's Expansion into Asia / Latin America

Pelco is expanding its operations in Latin America and Asia with the acquisition of its manufacturer representatives for these regions, Crockett...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Risks in Projecting Future Sales Growth

The past year clearly shows the impact the global economy has on the security business. Determining what happens next is clearly dependent on which...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Startup NLSS Hires Axis Director

NLSS, a video surveillance startup founded by Pete Jankowski has recently hired an Axis Director to run Business Development. Pete Jankowski...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

ASIS Security Systems Certificate Examined

ASIS is pursuing a new certificate for Integrated Physical Security Systems. This is still under development but the broad outlines and the goals...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Targeting US Stimulus Funds for Transportation Deployments

Cisco has released a whitepaper making the case for Cisco centric security solutions for transportation deployments. Specifically, the paper...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Weak Growth for Large IP Camera Manufacturers

The two largest publicly traded IP camera manufacturers, Axis and Mobotix, have clearly demonstrated weak growth and a dramatic drop from just 1...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Analog CCTV Manufacturer's Revenue Shrinking

4 publicly traded companies manufacturing DVRs and analog cameras (March, Samsung GVI, Techwell and Vicon)show clear declines in total revenue...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

IVR Controls Hosted Video Company Overview

IVR Controls is a US based provider of hosted and managed video surveillance. They offer significantly lower prices than competitors yet have...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

GE Security has Deep Problems - Community Consensus

As the comments in our GE Security report make clear, GE Security has underperformed, has uncompetitive products and is not well respected by the...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Integrators Survey Results on Increasing Sales/Revenue

An SSI survey [link no longer available] examines various factors impacting sales and profiability of integrators including technology selection,...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

GE Security's Problems are Good for the Industry

GE Security's sale is a recognition of its failure as a business. That's actually a good and necessary force for the industry. The best case...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Megapixel Cameras Examined

Panasonic details its emerging IP/megapixel camera strategy in a recent ASMAG report. The strategy centers around the use of its "UniPhier" video...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Security Manager Budget Cuts and Fire Drills

The Director of Security for a Fortune 500 and a consultant for one of the leading security firms provide insight into the security budgeting...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Market Share Changes Examined

Axis market share is likely to simultaneously increase and decrease depending on the categorization. In network/IP cameras, Axis market share is...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Security Installers on Video Analytics

SSI magazine has a survey on video analytics [link no longer available] that is a useful contrast to our on-line poll: Does Video Analytics...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Challenges with H.264 Streams at the Core

In the debate of edge vs core video analytics, one of the key issues and drivers towards the edge is the challenges procesing H.264 video streams...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Turning Off Lights Dangerous to Security

Driven by the recession and increasing interest in environmentalism, many cities are turning off their streetlights. This is a surprisingly...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

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