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In 2016, Honeywell acquired RSI / Videofied for $123 million. Honeywell is marketing their...
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Alabama
Alabama requires installers to obtain separate licenses to install burglar...
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Manufacturers told IPVM what competitor they most respected.
In terms of total revenue, Hikvision, Dahua and Axis are...
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How far have IP cameras come?
We bought and tested 4 cameras across the past 15 years to...
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Cisco Statement
Cisco's security public relations team responded to IPVM, making clear that Hikvision was a customer of theirs:
Cisco’s secure product development,...
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...2019: How Cobalt Robotics May Disrupt Security
Their marketing video overviews their offering below:
IPVM spoke with Cobalt Robotics CEO Travis Deyle about their uniquely styled robot and how they plan...
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... IPVM estimates easily millions of cameras have these vulnerabilities given Hikvision's own regular...
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... While there is still no official press announcement or general news release from Dahua, IPVM has verified this in an official Chinese document.
Inside this note, we examine what is...
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The US Air Force has cancelled an RFQ for Hikvision video surveillance, following IPVM notifying the Air Force that Hikvision products are made in China and Hikvision is owned by the...
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IPVM has obtained Hikvision documents and has filed complaints with the US FTC and Amazon.
Insider...
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"Chinese eating our lunch. Attacking us from every direction" said the US FBI's Deputy Director...
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Lenel's challenges continue.
Now, Lenel's President is out, suddenly.
This follows increasing...
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Take a look:
Did you think, even for a fraction of a second, "$3 per share, could be a good...
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Chairman Chen also confirmed Hikvision was PRC government owned, during Xi Jinping's visit...
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Hikvision has attacked IPVM repeatedly over the last month, both in the international press and in its dealer...
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CEO Mike Ellenbogen [link no longer available] spoke with IPVM about their technology, and the companies plans around their body scanner and other upcoming...
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Hikvision has disclosed a new security vulnerability that affects 200+ of their IP cameras over...
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Last month, IPVM confirmed that the police system was using Genetec recorders, Axis cameras and Cradlepoint...
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...Hikvision, quarantining Hikvision products to a new 'restricted' category, causing an industry uproar when IPVM broke the story.
Hikvision also expressed their displeasure with IPVM whose reporting has led...
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The company alarm dealers love to hate, Simplisafe, is 'blowing the doors off' according to...
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... See these cameras in the IPVM Comparison Tool:
Physical Overview
i-Pro Extreme cameras are physically similar to their...
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One of the biggest brands in security holds one of the most common intrusion lines. We bought and...
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ADI is battling their manufacturer partners, building up their own competitive house brand W-Box,...
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IPVM statistics show that 1 month duration for video surveillance storage is, by far, the most common...
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From an IPVM member survey, here is the breakdown on preferred method, with a strong majority using storage...
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No doubt, video analytics has suffered from more than a decade of overpromising. Indeed,...
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...are notified of listing inaccuracies, as A&T Networks and Global Data Center have been notified by IPVM, from failing to update their listings. Distributors notified of errors or omissions have a...
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While Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are key to 'open' platforms, they are frequently...
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Users can use IPVM's F-stop calculator to see these differences themselves.
Recommendations
While it is important...
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... In IPVM testing, some cameras increase at a far less than linear level (e.g., just 30% more bandwidth...
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Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tags have been used for decades to reduce theft with...
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With the rise in exploits and growing awareness of cyber security issues in video surveillance,...
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Simplisafe, the upstart DIY intrusion alarm system, is increasingly Public Enemy Number One in...
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The robot that ran over a child, Knightscope, wants money and they need it.
Investors can invest...
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A Russian manufacturer, SMP, has a commercially available outdoor security robot, at a lower...
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Hikvision GM declared that they are not aggressive with their competitors.
But some of their...
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Hikvision is pushing hard to move up market and win at video analytics.
One notable sign is...
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...from the US Embassy Afghanistan and a procurement for more Hikvision cameras has been cancelled, after IPVM's report US Embassy Requires Hikvision Cameras triggered widespread criticism.
The Voice of...
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If image is everything, security installer vehicles are rolling advertising. Using vehicles for...
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Genetec has removed support for Hikvision devices, deeming them 'untrustworthy', citing customer...
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With acquisitions of Lorex, DVTel and ISD, adding to their core thermal offerings, FLIR has been...
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[REMINDER: No promotional use anywhere is allowed for any IPVM reporting, including these results. Please report any violations immediately to...
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See a comparison of these models using the IPVM Comparison Tool:
Bosch points out that they also offer the Starlight 6000 VR at ~$300 less...
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Chen, Chairman and Communist Party Secretary of Hikvision as well, has also...
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Smart codecs are one of the big trends in the industry now.
Axis was the first manufacturer to...
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The Wall Street Journal is bringing attention to the massive Dahua attack we reported on...
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Dahua USA CEO Tim Wang and Dahua Director of Marketing Tim Shen shared their IPVM passwords extensively, resulting in Dahua USA CEO's account attacking Hikvision and praising...
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...China's perspective, SASAC control is prestigious for Hikvision, as a China economics expert commented to IPVM:
This is absolutely a sign of how much importance China is attaching to Hikvision. SASAC is...
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Cyber attacks are accelerating and IP cameras are behind many of them.
Worse, last week, a...
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...are just there just for those that want it, but this proactive payoff, along with an Axis documents IPVM obtained touting "Axis 3.0 becoming a Solutions oriented company" show that Axis prioritizing...
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Many people confidently say to 'use VLANs' as an answer to IP video networking problems and as a...
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This is consistent with what IPVM has reported, such as Hikvision Chinese Government Origin, Hikvision and the China Communist...
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One of the most common camera mounts are parapet mounts, and they can be found on the roofs of...
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One of the trickiest places to install surveillance cameras is on poles. Common issues like pole...
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Hikvision originated from a PRC China government research institute.
This is uncommon in the...
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A standard to retrieve video stored on 3rd party devices. This is the aim of ONVIF Profile...
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AxxonSoft is one of the biggest VMS vendors (reporting 263,000 channels sold in 2015), especially...
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Downloadbale Sample Agreement
IPVM has drafted a sample service agreement to use as a template for creating your own service...
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Hikvision has announced a new $3+ billion line of credit, in addition to the previous $3+ billion...
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... After IPVM exposed the $3 billion Chinese government bank funding, a week later Entwistle helped Hikvision...
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Many often ask about running Ethernet beyond its standard distance of 100 meters for UTP,...
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IPVM went to numerous locations and measured the lux readings / light levels at each one. Here is an...
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UPDATE: 2023 Test - Hik-Connect 5 Cloud Services And App Tested
Hikvision has built out cloud...
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Ravat says he was offered a position as a Foscam employee, but was not interested in giving...
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Nuvico is shutting down.
And this is the end game of the Hikvision and Dahua race to the...
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Full disclosure by the researcher of the Axis critical security vulnerability has been made.
But...
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However, IPVM has found a specific weakness in low light capabilities versus 1080p and not simply in ultra...
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Hikvision is gearing up its supercomputing efforts.
Partnering with Nvidia, one of the US'...
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IPVM.com now serves all pages over HTTPS to improve security and privacy. However, a number of video...
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Exacq UI Inspiration
When IPVM spoke with the team in 2016, they said the UI for OpenCVR was heavily influenced by Exacq. In...
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In the access market, new entrants are uncommon. Because of that, newcomer hosted access vendor...
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The CEO of Axis is not influential, nor the CEOs of Avigilon, Genetec or Milestone.
The Top...
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No money to be made in distribution?
The race to the bottom is destroying profits?
Well, not...
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A $169 1080p dome from Axis?
The Companion Dome V is, by far, Axis' lowest cost 1080p dome, a...
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For years, IFSEC used women as props to reward male engineerings. After our 2015 criticism, they...
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The downturn in global video surveillance growth and camera pricing are the two most important...
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Two acquisitions in a week and the third in three months for Axis. At this point, it is pretty...
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This year, Ring received $61.2 million more of VC funding.
For a video doorbell.
The video...
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Hikvision has $1.5 billion, at least, to spend internationally.
Now, they have done their first...
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This 15 page report provides the most in-depth guidance on specifying Access Control systems you...
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After years of letting Chinese manufacturers bully Axis out of the low end of the market, Axis...
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Avigilon has a revolutionary announcement, according to Avigilon.
Have they solved terrorism as...
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There is nothing quite like a really rich guy using charity to sell surveillance systems.
The...
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Taking a page out of the Axis / Milestone playbook, Mobotix has found itself a Japanese company...
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In our 12th access control company profile, we examine AMAG Symmetry access control...
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Upcoming ACS5 Test Monday
IPVM is testing ACS5 and will publish a test report next Monday, along with more competitive analysis...
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... During the class, we will teach you to use the IPVM Design Calculator as well as answer your questions throughout.
You will learn how to:
Find...
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We take it back; All the things about Ingram Micro being a bunch of fools. They have totally...
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Using our IPVM Design Calculator, we have developed a series of 4 comparisons to show you tradeoffs in camera...
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...see any person or manufacturer using these results in any way, please immediately report it to us info@ipvm.com].
Rankings
Here are the overall rankings:
Axis, as in 2011 and 2014, Axis won in a...
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... For example, the IP address from IPVM.com is 23.22.211.9. Going to http://18.213.155.10 and https://18.213.255.10:80 both take you to...
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Ezviz has seemingly come out of nowhere to become a major player in consumer electronics /...
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Recently, a series of gushing, congratulatory articles about Hikvision, from numerous trade...
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Many users complain about cameras cutting over from day to night too early or too late. On the...
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100+ integrators told IPVM their views on selling labor only, with the end user buying products direct.
We asked:
"As an...
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Hikvision will not stop until they dominate the entire market.
Turning on their manufacturer...
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Recording a PC's screen to a VMS has several uses, but historically has required expensive...
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For more than a decade, Milestone was a Windows only VMS. With the Internet shifting power away...
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IR illumination has increased in popularity, with built in IR becoming a common feature in...
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Axis has been busy promoting speciality devices like IP horns and video intercoms.
However, they...
