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Motorola Partner Quadruples Alleged Damages To $166 Million In Facial Recognition Suit

Motorola's Vigilant has been fighting a breach of contract lawsuit filed by a data compiler that helped build the LPR company's facial recognition...

By Christie Smythe - 29 days ago

Sweeping Changes Across Hikvision's Board of Directors

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By Conor Healy - 29 days ago

Verkada Sales Director Told School "Cameras Are Open Source" In Winning $1.2 Million Deal

Verkada's Hostage as a Service model is a major point of contention, which was an obstacle in closing a large school deal, but the Verkada...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago | 19 Comments

Motorola Solutions Reminds Partners To Comply With Sanctions

US sanctions against doing business with Russia have become so significant that even Hikvision has changed its business (see Hikvision Russia...

By Conor Healy - about 1 month ago

Actuate Raises $11.5 Million, Aims To Be Default Analytics Provider For RVM

Three years ago, Actuate raised $8 million, and now it has raised another $11.5 million, telling IPVM it aims to be the default video analytics...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago | 8 Comments

The Risk of Reducing Sensitivity To Solve "Weapons Detection" Problems

"Weapons detectors," despite their branding, struggle to differentiate weapons from non-weapons. One solution is to decrease the sensitivity...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 month ago | 8 Comments

ZeroEyes One Launches Residential And SMB Gun Detection Service

Just one month after raising $53+ million, ZeroEyes announced an expansion of its gun detection analytics into SMB and residential. How does this...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 month ago | 2 Comments

Alarm.com AI Chatbot "Gopher Info" Tested

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By Nadhir Cherfaoui - about 1 month ago

Commercial vs Residential Alarm Business: ESX Speakers

The residential alarm business has long been far bigger than the commercial side but residential's challenges have grown. How should companies...

By Angelique Chen and Jermaine Wilson - about 1 month ago

How Private Equity Rollups Are Impacting Independent Integrators, Says Security Owners Group

Private equity rollups are reshaping the security integrator market. Most well-known within the industry is Convergint, which has been sold...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago

Arcules/Axis Camera To Cloud Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - about 1 month ago

Mega-Merger: CBORD And Transact: Roper's School Security Solutions

The largest two providers of school credentials and security have long been CBORD and Transact (formerly of Blackboard). Now, these companies are...

By John Honovich - about 1 month ago | 2 Comments

Honeywell Hides OEMing PRC China Sunell

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By Conor Healy and John Scanlan - about 1 month ago

Worst Manufacturer Tech Support 2024

Six manufacturers stood out as providing the worst technical support to integrators in new IPVM statistics. 120+ integrators answered: In...

By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago | 2 Comments

ADI On Snap One Acquistion Integration

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By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago

HID: "Even If The Standard Keys Were Publicly Shared," Bad Actors "Would Need To Have Intricate Knowledge"

The DEF CON 32 revelation that HID Seos Standard keys were exposed was significant as Seos is HID's current / "next-generation" offering, and...

By Mert Karakaya - about 1 month ago | 29 Comments

SmartRent CEO Is Out As Problems Mount

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By Christie Smythe - about 1 month ago

ADI Challenges In Security And Video Surveillance Sales

Just last week, Wesco missed on revenue and slashed guidance. Now, ADI, months after acquiring Snap One, has reported challenges in its security...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago

Best Manufacturer Technical Support 2024

Integrators selected a new top manufacturer as having the best tech support, with a long-time #1 dropping to second. 120 integrators...

By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago | 6 Comments

HID Offers Year Of Free Elite Keys Responding To HID Standard Key Vulnerability

An HID vulnerability exposed iCLASS SE and Seos standard keys, increasing risks for HID users. Now, HID has responded to IPVM, saying they are...

By Mert Karakaya - about 1 month ago | 24 Comments

Evolv Performance When Raining Tested

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By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 month ago

How The Security Owners Group Aims To Improve Independent Integrators

Independent integrators face various challenges, from building a business on their own to competing against growing mega-integrators funded by...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago | 20 Comments

HID Seos Standard Key Exposed

While the announced DEF CON 32 presentation only spoke about legacy iClass SE, the risks of this are far greater, extending to HID's Seos...

By Mert Karakaya - about 1 month ago | 23 Comments

Elite Interactive Sued By Sales Contractor

Elite Interactive has already faced 5 employee lawsuits in 5 years and is now being sued by a sales contractor making allegations against Elite's...

By Christie Smythe - about 1 month ago | 3 Comments

Axon's Fusus Expanding Into Schools

Fusus, acquired by Axon earlier this year, started with and has focused on being a "Real-Time Crime Center platform in global law enforcement."...

By Jermaine Wilson - about 1 month ago | 4 Comments

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