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Ban of Dahua and Hikvision Is Now US Gov Law

The US President has signed the 2019 NDAA into law, banning the use of Dahua and Hikvision (and their OEMs) for the US government, for US governmen...

By John Honovich - 3 days ago | 48 Comments

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Video Analytics Integration Guide

Video analytics is hot again (at least conceptually) but integrating video analytics with VMSes can be challenging. This is especially significant ...

By IPVM Team - about 12 hours ago | 9 Comments

Hikvision IP Camera Critical Vulnerability 2018 Disclosed

The same day that the US government passed a prohibition on Hikvision cameras, Hikvision disclosed a critical vulnerability for its IP cameras. ...

By IPVM Team - about 13 hours ago | 6 Comments

ISS VMS / Video Analytics Company Profile

Who is ISS? In the past few months, they had one of the craziest ISC West promo items in years. Then, they hired industry veteran and ex-Dahua Di...

By Sean Patton - about 15 hours ago | 7 Comments

Chinese OEM Avycon Gets ADI Push

Who is Avycon? An American company? A Korean company? A couple of guys relabelling Chinese products? The latter is the best explanation. While ...

By IPVM Team - 1 day ago | 14 Comments

Backboxes for Video Surveillance Tutorial

Backboxes are a necessity in surveillance, whether for managing cable whips, recessing cameras, adding wireless radios. But it can be confusing to ...

By IPVM Team - 1 day ago | 12 Comments

Genetec Stratocast / Comcast 'Motion Insights' Examined

Comcast recently announced "SmartOffice Motion Insights", an extension to their Genetec OEMed cloud video service (covered by IPVM here). This fol...

By Sean Patton - 1 day ago

SimpliSafe Violating California, Florida, and Texas Licensing Laws

IPVM has verified that DIY security system provider SimpliSafe, founded in 2006 and acquired in June of 2018 at a billion dollar valuation, is viol...

By Dan Gelinas - 3 days ago | 29 Comments

Cut Milestone Licensing Costs 80% By Using Hikvision and Dahua NVRs (Tested)

Enterprise VMS licensing can be quite expensive, with $200 or more per channel common, meaning a 100 camera system can cost $20,000 in VMS licensin...

By Sean Patton - 3 days ago | 29 Comments

Nortek Sues SDS, Battle Over Unpaid Bill and Cancelled Lines

Nortek and SDS legal battle continues. As IPVM reported, SDS sued Nortek alleging bribery and antitrust violation. However, Wave fired back at SDS,...

By Dan Gelinas - 4 days ago

Uniview Intrusion Analytics and VMD Tested

IPVM's IP Camera Analytics Shootout featuring Avigilon, Axis, Bosch, Dahua, Hanwha, Hikvision created some ill will with a Uniview distributor who ...

By IPVM Team - 4 days ago | 11 Comments

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