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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Pivot3 Product Update

Pivot3 now has two product models - the Databank [link no longer available] and the CloudBank [link no longer available]. The difference between...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

Don't Smile! Face Recognition Rules

While facial recognition for identification verification (like Driver's Licenses) continues to expand, the technology suffered a PR black eye this...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

VCA Technologies Examined

VCA Technology is a relatively new entrant in the video analytic market (UK based company founded in 2007 with core team members previously at PI...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

P-Iris Claims to Improve Megapixel Cameras

Axis announced an upcoming product enhancement that aims to improve megapixel image quality. Called P-Iris (for Precise Iris), it is an alternative...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

How to Sell Cisco Video Surveillance

Cisco has released an 8 page guide for their partners on how to sell Cisco video surveillance for small and medium size businesses. Most of it is...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

Observations on ACTi's Strategy

A May 2009 press release from ACTi demonstrates 3 interesting characteristics about ACTi's strategy and market approach. The press release is about...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

Megapixel Cameras Released

Continuing the trend of new manufacturers offering megapixel cameras, US vendor 3xLogic just announced the release of a series of 1.3 and 2MP domes...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

Is SVC the Next Big CODEC?

SVC, or Scalable Video Codec, can dynamically change the resolution and bit-rate of video streams. This is extremely important for security...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

Releases CCD Megapixel Camera

With megapixel becoming more commonplace, manufacturers are starting to focus on improving image quality and nigh-time performance (for instance,...

By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago

HikVision Company Overview

While many are familiar with HiKVision [link no longer available] as an OEM of DVR cards and DVR appliances, HikVision is expanding into a full IP...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Successful PSIM Deployments

This week, Vidsys released a video examining successful PSIM Deployments. It's an interesting webcast to watch. The two key themes were (1) cities...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

Budget Cuts for Security Managers

In a survey of over 250 security managers, the Security Executive Council is reporting significant drops in security department budgets (see their...

By John Honovich - about 15 years ago

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


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