Firetide Overview

Firetide offers wireless mesh networking products. Though the company focuses on video surveillance, Firetide positions its products as multi-service capable, that is, they can transmit data and telephony as well as video surveillance. Firetide stresses ease of setup and ensuring quality across the network for video transmission. Firetide's largest competitor is Cisco's Aironet mesh products.

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  • Anyone Still Using/Selling Firetide? Are They Finally Dead? on Sep 16, 2021
    I inherited a citywide surveillance network largely comprised of Firetide hardware that was being maintained by a 3rd party. I know they were purchased and appear to be...
  • The Rise of SaaS - Physical Security Fund Raising 2020 on Dec 28, 2020
    ... And, no doubt, a long string of failed entrants (like 3VR, Firetide, and Pivot3, to name a few), back that up. Indeed, there are few VC backed success stories in...
  • Ubiquiti $99 Mesh Node Challenges Wireless Competitors on Jan 05, 2017
    ...  Compared To Fluidmesh and Firetide With these units Ubiquiti has continued their model of offering high performance wireless...
  • Major US City Satisfied With 20% Continuously Broken Cameras on Jul 20, 2016
    ...] Firetide Failing One other factor that likely contributes is Firetide mesh wireless. Back in Firetide's...
  • Micropower Fails on May 02, 2016
    ... The most famous wireless failure is certainly Firetide, who after spending $50 million in VC funding, took a small buyout, and fell off the face of the...
  • Favorite Wireless Manufacturers 2016 on Mar 07, 2016
    ... FireTide Flamed Out Firetide, which received just 2 votes this time, previously ranked...
  • The Next Failure in Wireless Video Surveillance: $18 Million Funding on Aug 21, 2015
    ... The most famous, of course, was Firetide, who failed, despite more than $50 million in funding. Now, an Israeli company, Siklu, has...
  • Siklu Wireless Video Surveillance Examined on May 07, 2015
    ... And former 'leaders' like Firetide, have sold out. However, one established wireless manufacturer, Siklu, is now entering the...
  • Rainbow-Colored Firetide Hardware? on Apr 02, 2015
    ... With that in mind, has anyone painted Firetide gear, radios and/or panel antennas? If so, any degredation in performace? Thanks IPVM colleagues
  • Major Moves - Security Manufacturers 2014 / 2015 on Dec 08, 2014
    ... Firetide The sad finale for Firetide happened this year, bought out by a distressed company specialist....
  • Winner and Losers of the Milestone Deal on Jun 16, 2014
    ...camera company, what does that tell you about the open platform? Now, Milestone is certainly no Cernium, Firetide or Intransa. Unlike these failed surveillance manufacturers who received tens of millions of VC...
  • Falling Down: The 2014 Mid-Year Guide on Jun 02, 2014
    ...then examine 4 industry deals over the past 6 months: Avigilon Acquires VideoIQ The Sad Finale For Firetide Is Here Fail / Fail: The IQinVision - Vicon Merger Panoramic Camera Manufacturer Scallop Spin...
  • Fluidmesh Co-Founder On Firetide Deal And Future Of Mesh on May 29, 2014
    I am copying this comment from the Firetide post as I think it's worth hearing / discussing: Guys, this is Cosimo Malesci, Fluidmesh...
  • The Sad Finale For Firetide (Unicam Acquires) on May 19, 2014
    ...burning through ~$50 million over the past decade, the former poster boy for wireless video surveillance, Firetide, has been acquired by a salvage specialist. In this note, we examine what happened to Firetide,...
  • Firetide Introduces Lower Cost Line on Oct 09, 2013
    Over the past few years, Firetide has struggled to gain the upper hand against lower-cost options like Ubiquiti (whose explosive...
  • NC City Surveillance Challenges on Jun 17, 2013
    ... "It is a Firetide network but there were three or four antennas worked into the system that weren't Firetide. The...
  • Cisco Exec to Lead Firetide on May 27, 2013
    Firetide had been the most visible and vocal proponent of wireless mesh surveillance but, in the past few...
  • Firetide Failing in Dallas on Mar 11, 2012
    While the City of Dallas is was a flagship 'win' for wireless mesh vendor Firetide, a recent RFP and numerous reports to IPVM indicate major problems for the system in Dallas. In...
  • Wireless Surveillance Market Size and Growth on Feb 06, 2012
    ... To that end, a member asked, "Does this mean that companies like fluidmesh, firetide, etc are wasting their time marketing to this industry?" This is an interesting question that...
  • Firetide Wireless Surveillance Review on Dec 19, 2011
    Wireless network provider Firetide has been one of the most-discussed companies in the security industry for years. They're known...
  • Favorite Wireless Surveillance Manufacturers 2011 on Dec 18, 2011
    ...5% of respondents preferring it, Ubiquiti receives more than double the votes of runner-up Firetide (10%), and more votes than numbers two and three, Firetide and Fluidmesh (9%), combined. A total...
  • Ubiquiti Wireless Surveillance Review on Dec 12, 2011
    ... Compared to Fluidmesh and Firetide, the other two most-cited wireless manufacturers used in surveillance, Ubiquiti is a fraction of...
  • Fluidmesh Wireless Overview on Nov 13, 2011
    In the surveillance industry, Fluidmesh, along with Firetide and Ubiquiti are the three most commonly mentioned wireless providers. However, the relative...
  • Ubiquiti is Killing the Wireless Networking Market on Oct 13, 2011
    Most surveillance people think first of Firetide when considering wireless but Firetide is, in reality, a fairly small player that gets attention...
  • Investments & Acquisitions Directory 2011 on Dec 26, 2010
    ...Cieffe Cisco CognoVision (Acquired by Intel) Covi CSST Digiop Envysion (New Funding) ExtremeCCTV Firetide Flir Genetec (Acquired Company) ICx (Acquired by FLIR) Intransa (New...
  • Surveillance Manufacturer New Web Pages Roundup on Sep 14, 2010
    ...ACTi: PMAX-1004 [link no longer available] Envysion: Career Opportunities [link no longer available] Firetide: Ranked #1 Supplier in Americas’ Market for Wireless Mesh Dedicated Micros: SDADVANCED closed...
  • Weekly Video Surveillance Link Roundup on Aug 27, 2010
    ...Chart Q3 2010 ACTi: 2010 Q3 Selection Guide 0824 ACTi: ACM-3011 ds 0823 [link no longer available] Firetide: Philippines’ President Aquino III’s Inauguration and State of the Nation Address Secured With...
  • Axis Showcases Social Media but Why? on Jun 01, 2010
    ... Take Firetide, who is literally on Twitter all day and night. With over 1100 tweets and following over 600...
  • New Video Surveillance Products Spring 2010 on Mar 23, 2010
    ...1 Coldstore Storage (Veracity) Cybergroup Powerline Camera Firetide Point to Point Wireless Ganz H.264 MP cameras Ganz Thru Series Adverse Environment...
  • Should Manufacturers Publicly Share Technical Docs? on Feb 01, 2010
    ...hand, quite a number of providers share very limited or no technical documentation publicly including Firetide [link no longer available], Genetec, DVTel [link no longer available] and BRS Labs [link no...
  • Are Integrators at Fault for Wireless Video Surveillance Problems? on Jan 25, 2010
    ... Firetide presents a very interesting case where an integrator was at fault for problems with a wireless...
  • Hiring Picking Up in Video Surveillance? on Nov 18, 2009
    ...week (picked up from our spider): Genetec Project Engineer [link no longer available] job opening Firetide Hires EMEA director Arecont Hires VP of Strategic Accounts (from Axis) SightLogix Hires...
  • 1000 Wireless Mesh Node Project Announced on Nov 10, 2009
    Firetide has announced a 1000 wireless node project [link no longer available] for the Seoul Korea subway...
  • Examining Firetide's 5th Round of Funding on Oct 07, 2009
    ...5 Million USD, Firetide's total funding is over $50 M USD - an amazing level for the video surveillance market. Equally...
  • LA County Deployment Explained on Oct 05, 2009
    ...their experience [link no longer available] and use of their wireless video surveillance system using Firetide's mesh wireless routers. (Firetide first announced this deployment in June 2008). LA County...
  • 900 Mhz Performance Field Test on Sep 07, 2009
    Recently, Supercircuits performed a test of Firetide's 900 Mhz radios [link no longer available] in their warehouse. Their test results demonstrate...
  • Firetide Revenue and Customer Testing Update on Aug 16, 2009
    Firetide released two announcements this week: (1) record revenue in H1 2009 and (2) a customer reporting...
  • Examining 900 Mhz Product Offering on Jun 28, 2009
    Firetide has announced a 900 Mhz mesh radio (see the product page for the 900 Mhz model). It's a...
  • Examining New Products From ISC West 2009 on Apr 10, 2009
    ...low-cost embedded hybrid DVR appliance ioimage remote monitoring solution [link no longer available] Firetide new  400 Mb/s wireless mesh [link no longer available] Sony's upcoming 720p PoE PTZ [link no...
  • ISC West 2009 Announcement Directory on Apr 01, 2009
    ...longer available] Wireless Low Cost Wireless Mesh Node from Qorvus for Mobotix M-Series Cameras Firetide new product claims up to 400 Mb/s wireless mesh [link no longer available] Firetide forecasts...
  • Wireless Camera Kit on Mar 04, 2009
    Firetide addded an all-in-one camera with mesh wireless node. With the wireless node, the encoder and the...
  • WiFi 50% Off on Mar 03, 2009
    Firetide is offering its new wifi access points at 50% off for the next 6 months. For video surveillance...