Steelbox Foreclosed - Purchased by ASG
By John Honovich
NVR provider Steelbox Networks [link no longer available] has gone out of business in the last month. Steelbox, a specialist in large scale video...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Sales presentations are critical yet are routinely ineffecitve. While an appropriate sales presentation can quickly and effectively convince a...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Last month, Grandeye, the 360 megapixel manufacturer, implemented major company restructuring. Below is a summary of what I know and feel confident...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
While technical skill sets and competencies dominate the discussions surrounding "convergence," it is the differences in the channels of product...
By IPVM - over 15 years ago
An insane idea today will become reality over the next 10 years. Driven by the Internet and accelerated by the recession, the role of the...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
The security bubble is burst. With the election of Obama, US demand for security products will drop significantly as subsidies for security...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Software only has lots of the momentum. But should you use software only? While DVR/NVR appliances are increasingly viewed as antiquated, over 80%...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Many vague vendor claims exist but detailed quantitative evidence is hard to find. While customers are easy on soft ROI / TCO claims in boom times,...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
IP Video market growth will slow by 66% next year due to the unfolding financial implosion. It is critical for all of us to understand where it...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
As we brace ourselves for the credit crisis and the shakeout in the security industry caused by the acceptance of IP CCTV, it is important that we...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
There are very good analytic software packages on the market because they have excellent engineers and technicians setting them up; great analytic...
By IPVM - over 15 years ago
Axis 3rd quarter results demonstrate signs of a market slowdown, most strongly in Europe but with leading indicators globally. Worldwide video...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
In tough economic times, security is the last thing to be cut. IP Video Market Info's forecast treats the market as a unified block, but that is...
By IPVM - over 15 years ago
Cisco offers a DVR/NVR to be plugged into their office routers. Despite the appealing concept, Cisco's IP Video in a router solution will be...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
An increasingly popular but dangerous trend is the argument that expectations for video analytics need to be lowered. The thinking is that since...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
IP video is becoming mainstream but Axis' IP cameras may lose their dominance in the process. Six critical issues may undermine Axis position and...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
A platform for video surveillance could dramatically improve the effectiveness of video surveillance. However, no manufactuer has developed an...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
SVC will solve a key problem of H.264: While H.264 generates a fixed quality and sized video stream, video surveillance users can benefit greatly...
By IPVM - over 15 years ago
10-20% of all spending on video surveillance goes to sales and marketing costs yet customers find great difficulty determining the best solution...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Though available for many years, Auto-Tracking PTZs are generating renewed interest with Axis' recent release of their 233D camera. The claim is...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Specifications are valuable but often are done poorly, creating problems or biasing the bid. Such challenges are magnified with digital and IP...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Below is a recording of the actual CCTV footage from the Marriott bombed in Pakistan. It looks like it's from a DVR, recording about 5-8fps at CIF...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Big companies like GE, Tyco, Bosch, Cisco and Honeywell make a broad range of mostly mediocre, overpriced video surveillance products that take...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
I'm not much for Shakespeare, but this is a good question. Over the past few years, many security companies have been leading into an Enterprise IP...
By IPVM - over 15 years ago
Megapixel cameras, storage solutions and managed video are the 3 areas with the greatest momentum of new product annoncements. A brief review of...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
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