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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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Alternatives to Dahua and Hikvision 2018

[UPDATE: see most recent version - Top Alternatives to Dahua and Hikvision] With the US government ban and now sanctions for human rights abuses,...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 51 Comments Info plus reports label

Video Quality / Compression Tutorial

While CODECs, like H.264, H.265, and MJPEG, get a lot of attention, a camera's 'quality' or compression setting has a big impact on overall...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 4 Comments Info plus reports label

Integrator Laptop Guide

This 18-page guide provides guidance and statistics about integrator laptop use. 150 integrators explained to IPVM in detail about their laptops,...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 16 Comments

Huawei Admits AI "Bubble"

A fascinating article from the Chinese government's Global Times: Huawei’s AI ambition to reshape industries. While the Global Times talks about...

By John Honovich - over 5 years ago | 2 Comments

Amazon Touts Home Security Market Disruption

Amazon is coming for ADT and all of home security. Indeed, Amazon is advertising this as, in their own words, calling home security a: Inside...

By John Honovich - over 5 years ago | 25 Comments Info plus reports label

Door Hinges Guide

Hinges often ensure that access locks properly function to keep doors locked and safely unlock when needed. In this guide, we examine: The...

By Brian Rhodes - over 5 years ago | 3 Comments Info plus reports label

IACP 2018 Police Show Final Report

IPVM went to Orlando to cover the 2018 IACP conference, the country's largest police show (about as big as ASIS), examining the 700+...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 10 Comments Info plus reports label

China Hacks Video Servers Causing Uproar

An incident causing an international uproar is hitting home in the video surveillance industry as a Bloomberg report, "The Big Hack: How China...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 147 Comments

UTC Merges Lenel and S2, Creates LenelS2

UTC has completed the acquisition of S2, launching literally Lenel's2 LenelS2 with UTC declaring that "LenelS2 unites two world-class teams with...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 22 Comments Info plus reports label

Fall 2018 New Products Directory

Fall 2018 New Products Directory We have compiled a directory of new products released fall 2018, or at least since our Spring 2018 Directory. The...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago Info plus reports label


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