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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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Q1 2009 Financial Performance Examined

Mobotix's revenue grew 24.7 last quarter (compared to Q1 2009). While down from the 50% growth rate of early last year, the rate is significantly...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Price Points for Hybrid DVRs Examined

Over the last few years, the MSRP of 16 channel enterprise DVRs were in the $7,000 to $9,000 range (AD, Verint, March, etc. - products that offered...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

IFSEC 2009 Announcement Directory

Spring is the season of new product announcements and major trade shows for the security industry. This week, Europe's biggest annual security...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

On US Security Integrators

Security Sales magazine recently released a very useful survey of US security integrators [link no longer available]. It's 6 pages long and has...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

CEO Claims IP Growth Cut in Half

The CEO of Norbain recently commented that IP growth has been cut in half. He sees spending on installs reduce but not a decrease in the overall...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Advances in Form Factors Available

In the beginning of 2008, there were very few form factor options for megapixel cameras. Almost all of them were "box" units (except for Mobotix)....

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Expanding into QSRs

A job posting by Cernium indicates that they will be selling their new Archerfish video analytics appliance to Quick Serve Restaurants. They are...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Challenges in Choosing Surveillance Cameras

With hundreds of manufacturers to choose from and little comparative information available, choosing the 'right' surveillance camera can be...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Acuity Company Overview

Acuity is a new video surveillance company (1-2 years old) founded by Pelco and AD veterans gaining recent press attention. I received a company...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

No Charge for IP Video Software Support

While IT departments are accustomed to paying for ongoing support of their software (15%-20% annually of the purchased price is common), security...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Cut Guards?

A security management blog ran a series of posts on the use of video analytics to eliminate guards. The application is secure facilities where US...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Power of Marketing for Video Analytics

What's interesting is that when I talk to industry people, BRS Labs now is consistently listed among the top video analytics companies. This has to...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Company Overview

3xLogic tells me they are growing quickly and given their product lineup and pricing, I believe them. They used to be an OEM (CSI Technologies) and...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

New Panoramic Camera

Mobotix has a new version of their panoramic dome series - Q24. Mobotix states that the 3MP camera offers 8fps at 3MP, double the frame rate of the...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Company Overview

Vicon is/was a powerful analog company years ago but is fairly marginalized  today. Vicon is selling software only in addition to appliances. They...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Do PSIM Deployment Exist?

Ironically, PSIM Vendor Vidsys is running a webinar asking if PSIM Deployments Exist? Clearly, Vidsys will discuss how they do exist and the...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Is Managed Video Ready for Central Stations?

The happy press for managed video continues to roll with new articles in SSN [link no longer available] and Central Station [link no longer...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Intelligent Video - State of the Market 2009

With so much hype and now so much disappointment, the state and future of intelligent video can be difficult to judge. I consistently hear business...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

The Value of Open Video Surveillance Systems

Everyone in video surveillance praises being open but what does that really mean? And despite the words, how many companies are really open?...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Axis Speaks on the Future of IP Video

The IP video surveillance industry frequently looks to Axis for guidance and recommendations on the future of the market. In this presentation,...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Access Control Software

IQinVision has announced a small scale access control software offering to be used with their Megapixel cameras. It works with their PRO series of...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

How Costly are Hard Drive Failures?

Storage tends to be one of the more costly and problematic parts of video surveillance systems. Most video surveillance systems, even today, do not...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Analytics Signs of Failure

When trade magazines run negative articles, you know a technology is in trouble. This month, SDM released a report on security integrator's...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago


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