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Update, December 2020: IPVM has released a video summarizing the events:
In this post, IPVM examines Verkada's workplace...
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This company profile is part of a series of more than 100 company profiles that IPVM has published.
Overview / $100M+ Funding
The primary competitive advantage of RapidSOS is...
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Conclusion
Background
In our September 17 report, IPVM highlighted two recent bids that Chile's Undersecretariat for Crime Prevention (Subprev, for its...
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...biometric? Facial, fingerprint, and iris recognition have all gained adoption, can ear join them?
IPVM investigates the pros and cons of ear recognition compared to face recognition including...
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Forehead only fever screening violates global standards and increases error risks but Hikvision...
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Coronavirus has been an impact for many months now across the globe. Are you seeing access logs...
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they will soon be offering. Does anyone recognize who the OEM of this equipment is?
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In 2019, Verkada released people and face analytics but our testing then showed significant...
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"I feel like I am attending a carpet cleaner's convention at a grim little Holiday Inn", said one...
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Video Surveillance and Access Control are two of the most common security systems, but how...
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...marketing, as shown below: Now, DW has replaced it with accurate marketing shown below: DW responded to IPVM saying: Thank you to the IPVM staff for reinforcing the importance of presenting this kind of...
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...offers potential beyond Bluetooth so how will this impact the future of mobile access control?
IPVM investigates the technology including:
Explaining how UWB works
How it compares to Bluetooth...
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"New cutting edge thermal imaging will be used to take temperatures of all guests and team...
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Bosch announced its "Human Skin Temperature Detection" system at the 2020 IPVM Fall New Products show.
In this report we share:
30-minute Bosch video with IPVM Q&A...
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Hard drive sizes keep increasing (up to 18TB announced recently) but what hard drive sizes do...
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Can anyone tell me how many channels this NVR has? There is no model information on the front...
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This customer wants to put access control on this new door. I swear I've seen an electrified lock...
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Video quality continued to have problems but in a way that we have never seen before in IPVM testing.
We plan a separate test of these camera's video analytics performance...
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Alarm companies suing rivals for faking them are commonplace, an IPVM investigation into court records show.
Inside this report, we examine cases...
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But an IPVM investigation reveals the company - MIRTechnologies - faked its certification, marketing, and...
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...Labs Lawsuit Against IPVM
IPVM is not a party to this matter, though IPVM is mentioned in X.Labs' complaint against FLIR...
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Avigilon announced its 10K / 61MP H5 Pro camera at the 2020 IPVM Fall New Product Show, more than doubling its previous highest resolution camera.
In this...
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While IPVM overviewed the state of Chinese public video surveillance in 2018, in this report, IPVM...
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As part of our expanded Latin America coverage, IPVM is profiling regional industry players. While Multilaser is not well known globally, they are a...
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AMAG Ironic Choice
AMAG is a particularly ironic choice because, in IPVM voting of 200+ integrators, AMAG was chosen as the worst access control manufacturer for 2020....
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...employees on LinkedIn with a decline in employees this year, even before the reported layoff:
Layoff
IPVM received a report of a sizeable layoff at FaceFirst. While we contacted the company repeatedly...
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I’m trying to understand the central station and video verification industry as an opportunity...
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Ava (formerly Vaion) announced its new direct-to-cloud AVA Aware IP cameras at the 2020 IPVM Fall New Products Show, making it a competitor to Verkada in the growing cloud connected camera...
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IPVM spoke to researchers from Michigan State University and Osaka University that seeks to solve...
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Let's continue, where I left off, The Demise of IPVM due to constant slanging, procrastination of the Security Industry, answer me this John H. a)...
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Through a public records request, IPVM obtained a purchase order approved on August 3 showing that CDW sold 36 Hikvision...
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However, IPVM testing of 9 different tablets has shown significant problems, most notably widespread rigged...
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This show featured 25+ Manufacturers showcasing their latest new products. The full show is...
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Startup ButterflyMX has raised $35 million for its smartphone based intercom systems, planning to...
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200+ Integrators told IPVM "In the past year, what access control manufacturer have you had the worst experience with? What...
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Configuring access levels and setting up schedules is central to maintaining facility...
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... However, Motorola/ Avigilon/ Pelco told IPVM that "unfortunately will not be able to attend ISC West this year." Instead, Motorola will be...
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Notably, in IPVM's test of 20+ temperature screening systems, the K3 did comparably quite well.
How did...
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Hanwha has added detection and classification of people, cars, clothing style, masks, age,...
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200+ Integrators told IPVM "What is your favorite access control management software/system? Why?
Inside we examine...
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...Glassdoor has reviews claiming their technicians are overtly acting as salespeople, an OnTech employee told IPVM that their sales goals are not a major part of their role and they do not receive a commission –...
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... The team emphasized to IPVM that their technique was generalizable to any narrow-band wavelength, including visible light,...
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... (Arcade) spoke with IPVM about the suit. Milton Balieiro, their executive director, told IPVM:
Hikvision was out of...
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I just added a Pelco Spectrum IV SE camera to an Axis P7304 encoder. After updating the firmware...
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IPVM attended two of their webinars, analyzing the key points made:
US- China relations at an...
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...you simply open up the help section and ask the question, like shown below:
Verkada elaborated to IPVM that:
Our Support team monitors the chat queue during business hours (6 a.m. to 5 p.m. U.S....
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It is with a heavy heart that I come to the IPVM community bearing bad news and a humble request. Noah Spradlin, younger son of Gerald Spradlin...
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An easy-to-miss cabling specification plays a key role in access control, yet it is commonly...
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...Hikvision lists ongoing projects in Xinjiang with loans of $100+ million lasting to 2028 or longer:
As IPVM has covered, these projects include advanced cameras for Xinjiang's notorious 're-education...
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Learn how to use the IPVM Design Calculator (updated for Version 3.1). The guide below includes instructions, images,...
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SimpliSafe has launched "SimpliSafe Business Security" that the company claims "meets the unique...
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Last month, IPVM reviewed how Temperature Screening Is Ineffective, Says US, UK, Canada, Israel, And Ireland...
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...configure settings on the device? Can configuration be done remotely?
This is the 9th manufacturer IPVM has tested, adding to tests of:
Aratek Temperature Terminal Tested
Dahua Temperature...
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Just finished IPVM’s Security Camera 101 course... and have registered for the fall IPVM networking course....
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..." IPVM was unable to find a record of this specific meeting and have reached out to Amnesty and the EU...
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...surveillance integrators will not have the internal resources or knowledge to support these systems [Note: IPVM runs on AWS simplifying the process for us]. For customers that Milestone said they are...
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IPVM has added PPF/PPM zones to the Camera Calculator, offering better visibility of how smart...
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Most smartphones can be used as access control credentials, but how frequently are they actually...
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Axis Communications, the West's largest surveillance camera manufacturer, has quietly sat out the...
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Avigilon has entered the temperature screening market with the release of their H4 Thermal...
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IPVM spoke with two Chilean journalists, who both agreed that the rationale behind the government's...
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... While Hisilicon usage has already been undercut by the NDAA (see IPVM's NDAA whitelist), separate US government action has now shut down Huawei Hisilicon chip...
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Resources
IPVM has obtained marketing materials the shows have been sharing with exhibitors, which...
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I am posting this to get a feedback of what do you think would be the best option for protecting...
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In May 2020, IPVM reported that FLIR was cancelling its contract with X.Labs / Feevr.
Complaint Overview
On...
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...70 cameras for $490,000, and the system is currently deployed at all of its schools, it confirmed to IPVM.
The money came out of local 'ESPLOST' (sales tax) funds. The integrator for the deal is local...
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Costar's financial results have been hit by the coronavirus with the company telling IPVM they are focused on "turning around" Arecont and plans for 2021.
Costar made a splash...
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...edge-to-cloud analytics and VMS startup, presented its real-time alerts and mask detection AI at the May 2020 IPVM Startups Show.
Inside this report:
A 30-minute video from Cawamo including IPVM...
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Verkada announced its new environmental sensor, the SV11. We plan to purchase and test the SV11...
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Monoprice has issued a Voluntary Product Recall on Category 6 CMR due to fire safety concerns....
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See IPVM's Mobile Access Control Guide and Mobile Access Control Shootout for more on this segment.
We...
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... However, IPVM testing shows that deploying Hikvision thermal cameras without this device results in reduced...
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Hanwha Techwin has released an 8K / 33MP resolution camera, the TNB-9000 with Hanwha claiming the...
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IPVM now provides private, hourly consulting for those who need quicker and more personalized...
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... One alternative is gait recognition but how realistic is using gait?
IPVM investigates gait recognition's pros and cons compared to face recognition including interviews...
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...industry was in 2010 and what was believed then versus what has emerged now?
For background, see IPVM's 2000 - 2020 history of video surveillance.
In this report, we examine the major players,...
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... Dali told IPVM they are actively trying to market and sell their fever camera systems overseas.
Dali claims it...
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Alarmingly, most integrators used spreadsheets to manage passwords, IPVM statistics showed in 2017. However, since then, backdoors and hacks have emerged as a major...
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Running one's video system on a converged network with other devices can save costs. On the other...
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Access control is a crucial system where the network used can impact life safety. So given the...
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...video but not access), badge creation, usable outputs, door lockdown, nor OSDP (in beta, did not work in IPVM testing).
Inefficient Controls: the management interface cannot be customized, and controls...
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... Just send an email to onlineshows@ipvm.com specifying the show you wish to apply for. Fall 2020 Shows Overview These next 5 shows will...
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This litigation was spurred by Avigilon's patent licensing program, as Avigilon told IPVM in 2017 that "Canon and their subsidiary companies would benefit from participating in the...
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The Huawei Hisilicon shortage is impacting the global market, with major chip rival Ambarella...
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Newsweek has a consumer camera review on Ezviz, Hikvision's consumer camera division....
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Could any one tell me the technical name of this screw driver ?, I always thought it was used for...
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... In H1 2020, closer to 1/3 of Uniview's total revenue can be attributed to overseas sales, IPVM research indicates. Transinfo's H1 2020 report shows a significant growth overseas, almost 27%...
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...camera manufacturers have rigged algorithms dynamically adjusting temperatures to more 'normal' results, IPVM has concluded from 6 months of testing 20+ devices. See the 80-second video below overviewing...
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IFSEC released a video touting they had 900,000+ annual page views so I checked what IPVM has in the past year: In fairness, and unsurprisingly, not many people go to IFSEC Global. But...
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...starting to be used in TVs for better images, but how will they impact the surveillance industry?
IPVM investigates including a conversation with the CEO of a US-based quantum dot surveillance camera...
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Rate this: I believe what you're looking at is a replacement wall bracket with a hole pattern...
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This show featured 35+ Video Analytics providers showcasing their latest services. The full show...
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While Anyvision has had a tumultuous 2020 with significant layoffs, the company has now announced...
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IPVM explores how this sensor has been used and what it means for surveillance cameras.
Executive...
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...OEMs from their Access Control and Video Surveillance product lines, they confirmed in a statement to IPVM.
This is a recent trend with Dahua, as Genetec dropped support for Dahua (and Hikvision),...
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...Relatively Small Sample Size
In our tests, Exacq Facial Matching observed >100 unique subjects, including IPVM employees, employees, and visitors to nearby businesses, as well as several hours of...
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For background, see IPVM's 2020 Intersec show report.
Management Feedback
Intersec will be held on January 24-26, 2021....
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...cloud VMS alternative to Meraki and Verkada, presented its physical security system at the May 2020 IPVM Startups Show and June 2020 IPVM VSaaS Show.
Inside this report:
Two 30-minute videos...
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...disclosures and what this means for Infinova going forward, including:
Infinova management feedback to IPVM on overall strategy
Breakdown in revenue growth / decline
Declining sales in video...
