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Briefcam is a specialist developer of video synopsis / search software

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  • Facial Recognition Comparison Guide - Avigilon, Hikvision, Oosto,... on Nov 29, 2022
    IPVM has compared facial recognition systems from five different manufacturers: Avigilon,...
  • Motorola Plans to Consolidate Security Brands and Platforms on Nov 15, 2022
    ...video surveillance businesses to run independently, as it has since it acquired Axis, Milestone, and Briefcam. While there is certainly "cooperation" and partnerships amongst its acquired companies, there...
  • NVIDIA For Video Surveillance / Physical Security Profile on Nov 07, 2022
    ... Some notable NVIDIA Metropolis listed partners are Avigilon, Genetec, March Networks, Milestone, BriefCam, Oosto, Patriot One, Scylla, and Viisights. Jetson Orin for Edge Jetson Orin is the newest...
  • Oosto Facial Recognition Tested on Oct 13, 2022
    ...light or IR scenes and at harsh angles compared to other enterprise face rec systems such as Avigilon or Briefcam. Relatively Small Sample Size In our tests, Oosto observed 200-300 unique subjects over the...
  • The Poor Economics of Facial Recognition And Video Analytics on Jul 11, 2022
    ...Consider what are the top exits for specialists in facial recognition and video analytics? #1 is probably Briefcam, acquired by Canon in 2018. We estimate the deal was ~$100 million but the acquisition price was...
  • Wyze "Friendly Faces" Recognition Tested on Jun 06, 2022
    ...Turing Facial Recognition Tested IronYun AI Vaidio v5 Tested ISS SecurOS Facial Recognition Tested Briefcam 6.0 Tested Axxon Behavior Analytics And Facial Recognition Tested SAFR Facial Recognition...
  • Top Alternatives to Avigilon on May 10, 2022
    ...recording with cloud preview, we havent had a single unhappy customer" "I would propose Milestone with Briefcam as an alternative if the customer is interested in analytics. If they aren't interested in...
  • Canon vs Motorola on Apr 18, 2022
    ...acquired major mature companies in each segment they targeted - Axis in cameras, Milestone in VMS, and Briefcam in video analytics. Note: Arcules was later spun out of Milestone. Motorola acquisitions have...
  • Canon Video Surveillance Financials And Future on Apr 11, 2022
    ...one of the largest video surveillance manufacturers by acquiring Milestone (2014), Axis (2015), and Briefcam (2018). But where is Canon in video surveillance today? In this note, based on an IPVM...
  • Appearance Search Guide on Mar 04, 2022
    ... Briefcam – Briefcam allows users to search for specific people, launched from event video or from...
  • Integrated IR Face Rec Problems Tested on Feb 02, 2022
    ...ubiquitous in surveillance cameras? In this report, we analyze test results from Avigilon, Axxon, Briefcam, Herta, Hikvision, IronYun, ISS, Oosto/Anyvision, and SAFR to see who works best and what...
  • Favorite and Worst Video Analytics 2022 on Feb 01, 2022
    ... Briefcam remains the only non-camera manufacturer in the top 5. No other add-on analytic provider had...
  • Vintra Co-Appearance Search Examined on Jan 27, 2022
    ... While several platforms have released appearance search/similarity search, including Avigilon, Briefcam, and others, these competitors have not released co-appearance/associates search. We expect...
  • Video Analytics Show Has Concluded! on Jan 13, 2022
    ... 10:30am: Briefcam - VP Strategy & Alliances, Gili Rom & Federal Sales Director, Justin...
  • VSaaS Key Themes + 29 Company Recordings December 2021 on Dec 13, 2021
    ... They said they "look at Briefcam as a leader in forensic analysis", but Cawamo is focused on growing real-time alerting and...
  • Mobotix Bucks Western Trend, Adding White Light Illumination on Nov 10, 2021
    In a rare move for non-PRC manufacturers, Mobotix has announced white light illuminators at...
  • Directory Of 100+ Video Surveillance Facial Recognition Sellers on Nov 09, 2021
    ...12 Tested Axxon Behavior Analytics And Facial Recognition Tested Briefcam 6.0 Tested Exacq "Facial Matching" Facial Recognition Tested Facial Recognition Systems Fail...
  • Motorola Acquires Envysion on Nov 02, 2021
    ..., Canon with Axis (2015), Milestone (2014), and Briefcam (2018)) but the pace and the number of acquisitions Motorola is making are. A year or two from...
  • VMS / VSaaS Analytics Integration on Oct 26, 2021
    ... One exception to this is Briefcam, whose video synopsis analytics have been integrated into many VMSes, using plugins, SDK...
  • Briefcam 2021 Profile, New Axis And Milestone Partnerships, CEO Out on Oct 11, 2021
    3 years ago, Canon acquired Briefcam but what has happened since? IPVM spoke with Briefcam executives about new partnerships with...
  • Meraki MV2 IP Camera Test on Sep 28, 2021
    ... Note that the recap is a still image only, not a video recap, like Briefcam's Video Synopsis or Axxon's time compressor. Physical Overview Installation of the MV2 is...
  • Briefcam Coming To Milestone on Sep 28, 2021
    I saw the demo at GSX yesterday. They weren't sure what level of Milestone this will work on.
  • 17 US Cities Boycotting Products That Include Facial Recognition on Aug 17, 2021
    ...who has been a leader in opposing facial recognition How it impacts manufacturers including Avigilon, Briefcam, Dahua, Hikvision, and more. Why the ACLU, EFF, and Fight For the Future supports this in...
  • IronYun AI Vaidio v5 Tested on Aug 09, 2021
    ...detection performance is on par with other top-performing platforms from our tests, such as Avigilon or Briefcam. Additionally, animal, vehicle make/model, and PPE detection are rare, not found in many...
  • ISS SecurOS Facial Recognition Tested on Jul 21, 2021
    ...expensive (MSRP $2,450 USD) compared to many competitive face rec platforms, such as Avigilon ($500 MSRP) or Briefcam (~$250-500 per channel, 100 channel minimum), though this pricing is similar to others, such as...
  • ISS SecurOS Person, Vehicle, And Animal Tracking Analytics Test on Jul 14, 2021
    ...One Camera ISS offers forensic search, but unlike competitors such as Avigilon Appearance Search or Briefcam's Similar Appearance Search, which allow the user to search across multiple cameras, SecurOS can...
  • Ranking Manufacturer Favorability 2021 on Jun 30, 2021
    ...com, AMAG, Amazon, Anyvision, Arcules, Arecont Vision Costar, Ava, Avigilon, Axis, Bosch, Briefcam, Brivo, CDW, Dahua, Dell, Digital Watchdog, DMP, Eagle Eye, Exacq, FLIR, Flock Safety, Genetec,...
  • Briefcam 6.0 Tested on Jun 14, 2021
    Briefcam has released version 6.0, including an overhaul of their facial recognition which claims...
  • Briefcam Favorability Statistics 2021 on May 18, 2021
    Briefcam, acquired by Canon in 2018, is one of the longest-tenured and most widely known video analytic...
  • YourSix VSaaS Startup Profile And Axis Partnership on May 13, 2021
    ...with edge analytic triggered recording/alerts, and can be integrated with third parties, mentioning Briefcam, Sound Intelligence, and Zensors, for customers that want higher quality analytics. Jacob...
  • SAFR Facial Recognition Inside Axis Camera Tested on May 10, 2021
    ... But how does their face rec compare to enterprise-focused competitors like Anyvision or BriefCam? We tested SAFR Inside on Axis' deep learning Q1615 Mk III, and in this 20-page report, we...
  • Video Analytics Manufacturer Performance Guide on May 04, 2021
    ... Avigilon) BriefCam One of the most commonly used software-only providers in video surveillance analytics, outside...
  • Canon Aims To Double Video Surveillance Sales In 5 Years on Apr 19, 2021
    ...2025 and that this category includes "all network-camera-related solutions we offer", such as Arcules, Briefcam, and Milestone, other Canon subsidiaries. Canon declined to comment on any plans for...
  • Briefcam Sues AxxonSoft for Patent Infringement on Apr 16, 2021
    Briefcam has sued AxxonSoft for patent infringement over AxxonSoft's TimeCompressor, although AxxonSoft...
  • Milestone Systems 2020 Financials Examined on Apr 08, 2021
    ... Canon Relationship Milestone emphasized that they (Axis, Briefcam, Milestone) are 3 very different companies though referred us to "Canon for any comments...
  • Avigilon Appearance Search 7.12 Tested on Apr 02, 2021
    ...4 in December 2019, noting it lacked key features included in competitors Anyvision and Briefcam. Now, the new version 7.12 introduces enhancements in those areas. The new features IPVM...
  • Facial Recognition Guide on Mar 15, 2021
    ...range from large manufacturers like Hikvision and Dahua to analytics specialists like Anyvision and Briefcam. Algorithm Developers Companies that sell their algorithms, such as Amazon AWS Rekognition,...
  • Axis Executive Bonus Plan Examined on Feb 23, 2021
    ... Axis Independence Given Canon has owned Milestone since 2014, Axis since 2015, and Briefcam since 2018, it is much debated how long and much independence exists for each company, something...
  • Canon "Deepening Cooperation" Between Axis, Briefcam, and Milestone on Jan 25, 2021
    ...video surveillance companies it has acquired over the past 6 plus years (Milestone - 2014, Axis - 2015, Briefcam - 2018). But what does that mean? Canon, Axis, and Briefcam explained to IPVM what it means...
  • CloudWalk, China AI Company, IPO & Financials Examined on Dec 15, 2020
    CloudWalk, one of China's 4 AI Unicorns, known inside China as the "AI National Team", for its...
  • Yitu, China AI Provider, IPO & Financials Examined on Dec 03, 2020
    ...While Yitu's revenue outperforms Western video surveillance AI companies, and is likely larger than Briefcam whose revenue IPVM estimates to be under $50 million, Yitu's performance is eclipsed by China's...
  • LPR / ANPR Fall 2020 24 On-Demand Recordings + Key Themes on Nov 19, 2020
    ... Briefcam presented LPR for ease of operation in finding license plates with live and forensic...
  • Hanwha AI Object Detection Tested on Sep 28, 2020
    ...limitation is present generally with color search, similar to Hanwha, such as Avigilon Appearance Search or Briefcam. Clothing Length Incorrect / Always Detected As "Long" Hanwha's analytics always reports...
  • Video Analytics Online Show 2020 - 35+ Manufacturer On-Demand Recordings on Sep 04, 2020
    ...AgentVI AllGoVision Arteco AVA Avigilon Axis Axxon Bosch Boulder AI Briefcam Camio Currux Vision CVEDIA Davantis FLIR Genetec ...
  • Exacq "Facial Matching" Facial Recognition Tested on Sep 03, 2020
    ... These performance limitations place it behind competitors such as Anyvision, Briefcam, or Herta, which offered more robust performance at harsher angles, lower PPFs, and lower light....
  • Briefcam Responsible Use Examined on Aug 24, 2020
    ...Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft have been criticized for facial recognition and AI analytics, Canon-owned Briefcam is far more widely used by physical security and police departments. Briefcam recently...
  • Herta Facial Recognition Plus Masks Tested on Aug 19, 2020
    ...on inanimate objects seen in other facial recognition platforms we have tested, such as Anyvision or BriefCam. Relatively Small Sample Size In our tests, Herta observed several hundred unique subjects,...
  • Startup Actuate Presents AI Threat Detection on Aug 18, 2020
    Actuate presented its AI threat detection offering at the 2020 IPVM Startups show. Inside...
  • The US Fight Over Facial Recognition Explained on Jul 08, 2020
    The controversy around facial recognition has grown significantly in 2020, with Congress members...
  • Looking For Comprehensive Briefcam Sizing Guides on May 19, 2020
    ... Additionally to Xprotect VMS, we are going to use Briefcam Video Analytics Platform. I'm looking for comprehensive Briefcam sizing guides. Something like...
  • Avigilon Presents Cloud Connected ACC on May 13, 2020
    Avigilon presented Avigilon Cloud Services, which supports cloud-connected ACC at the April 2020...
  • Digifort Presents VMS 7.3 with AI Analytics on May 07, 2020
    ... VCA Technology, Sentinel Facial Recognition, Briefcam Video Synopsis) into the VMS, camera-based analytic support, and 3rd party external server-based...
  • Facial Recognition 101 on Mar 18, 2020
    ...Test) Avigilon: End-to-end surveillance manufacturer, recently added face recognition (IPVM Test) Briefcam: Niche enterprise analytics developer, recently added face recognition (IPVM Test) Dahua: Large...
  • Favorite Video Analytic Manufacturers 2020 on Feb 25, 2020
    ... Up: Briefcam was solidly in 3rd in US responses and tied for 2nd with Bosch outside the US. This was a...
  • IronYun AI Analytics Tested on Feb 17, 2020
    ...significantly lower than some competitors, such as Anyvision, which sells for over $2,000 USD per channel, and BriefCam, which has a $20,000 starter kit, or a 100 channel minimum at $250 per channel. Solid Person...
  • Motorola Solutions Speaks on Avigilon / Video Strategy on Feb 04, 2020
    ...effectively a product brand, rather than an 'independent' company, in contrast to Axis, Milestone and Briefcam's 'independence' from Canon. Kedzierski's Overview Kedzierski's background is highly atypical...
  • Intersec 2020 Final Show Report on Jan 21, 2020
    ...Challenges Strong Demand for AI Impact of Lack of privacy regulations VSaaS Shift Slow Axis Interview Briefcam Report Genetec Interview Herta and SAFR Interviews Main Entrance Overview Hikvision and...
  • Bosch / Milestone Forensic Search Tested on Jan 08, 2020
    ...were found? What cameras are supported? How does it compare to search offerings like Avigilon and BriefCam? Executive Summary Our testing showed Forensic Search providing solid integrated search to...
  • BriefCam Video Analytics Tested 2020 on Jan 06, 2020
    BriefCam, acquired by Canon in 2018, is one of the most commonly used video analytics offerings in the...
  • Directory Of 150 Video Analytics Suppliers on Dec 17, 2019
    ... Bosch analytics test BrainChip, US Briefcam, Israel Canon Acquires Briefcam Calipsa, UK Calipsa - UK AI Startup Profile Camect, US...
  • Acquisitions - Winners and Losers on Dec 10, 2019
    ...Acquired By Costar Simplisafe Acquired At $1 Billion Valuation Allegion Acquires Isonas Canon Acquires Briefcam Nortek Acquires IntelliVision Anixter Acquires 'PSIM Platform' Inner Range Amazon Billion+...
  • Experience With Briefcam? on Nov 21, 2019
    Anybody got any experience deploying Briefcam ?
  • Bad Research Frost Falsely Declares Hikvision #2 Globally on Oct 16, 2019
    The last time we covered Frost was when Briefcam Bought A Frost Award*, see related Do Not Trust Frost & Sullivan Awards Now, Frost has...
  • Critiquing Carnegie's AI Surveillance Paper on Sep 25, 2019
    ... And on the US side, there is no mention of Briefcam, by far the most common AI service used by US police departments, or Axis, the most popular...
  • Megvii Financials and Growth Examined on Aug 30, 2019
    ...AI company has anywhere near that level of revenue nor growth, with even well-known specialists like Briefcam doing just tens of millions in revenue per year (see Canon Acquires...
  • Fujifilm Expanding Into Video Surveillance on Jul 26, 2019
    While Sony continues to fade out of the video surveillance market and Canon continues to make...
  • 2019 Mid-Year Video Surveillance Guide on Jul 01, 2019
    ...Pivoting NSA Director Keynoting Dahua and Hikvision Sponsored Cybersecurity Conference [Canceled] Briefcam Buys Frost Award* How To Get It There are 3 ways to get the 2019 Guide PDF: Non-Members:...
  • Briefcam Buys Frost Award* on Jun 20, 2019
    ... Now Briefcam is touting their win. The way it has worked for many years is that Frost gives companies...
  • Startup Vaion Launching End-to-End AI Solution Backed with $20 Million... on Jun 17, 2019
    ... However, the company tells IPVM that it compares its pricing to Anyvision, Briefcam, and Avigilon. Unlike Avigilon, Vaion requires purchasing their appliance (no software only)...
  • 11 Facial Recognition Providers Review (Secutech) on May 09, 2019
    ...Touts Massive Government Order HI SHARP: Taiwan Face Rec OEM Responds to Chinese Competition AEviso: BriefCam Distributor Complains Minimum Channel Requirements SkyRec: AI Gender Fail LIPS: Anti-Spoofing...
  • ISC West 2019 Report on Apr 12, 2019
    ...Tower Gone Qumulex - Unified Video and Access Cloud System Anyvision - New Appliances / Mobile App Briefcam - New Release IBM - No Show Dahua - Goodbye AI Pelco - Goodbye Schneider Huawei - Goodbye...
  • BCDVideo Expansion And Switch From HP To Dell Examined on Mar 11, 2019
    ... Their largest OEM customer is Genetec, other notables include Briefcam and Anyvision. Typical for specialized video storage manufacturers, BCD has load-tested and...
  • Briefcam Would Not Honor Quote, Charged A Ton Of Additional Fees, What's... on Mar 03, 2019
    I was wondering if it seems to anyone else that Briefcam is in trouble? We had an integration deal to use it with one of the industry-best VMS's, and...
  • Police Department Surveillance Manager Interview on Feb 28, 2019
    ... We’ve used after the fact analytics like BriefCam. And then the license plate readers on the cruisers. We’ll also put license plate readers up in...
  • Avigilon Announces AI-Powered H5 Camera Development on Sep 19, 2018
    ...features few if any of their direct competitors offer (the closest being Canon's recent acquisition of Briefcam). Whether one markets Avigilon as 'AI' or not, certainly the company's analytics are...
  • What VMS / Video Analytics For Recorded Video? on Jul 01, 2018
    ... Briefcam is an obvious solution for ex post facto analysis this but it's quite expensive....
  • 2018 Mid-Year Surveillance Industry Guide on Jun 28, 2018
    ... JCI / Tyco Security Acquires Smartvue Anixter Acquires 'PSIM Platform Inner Range Canon Acquires Briefcam, Now Owns Briefcam, Milestone and Axis Arecont Files Ch.11, Agrees To Sell To Turnaround...
  • Is Briefcam The Only Video Sinopsys Solution? on May 17, 2018
    Did anyone try another option?   Thanks 
  • Canon Acquires Briefcam, Now Owns Briefcam, Milestone and Axis on May 09, 2018
    ... Now, Canon has acquired Briefcam, the most well-known specialist in video search. In this note, we examine: Briefcam's...
  • Digifort VMS Profile on Apr 25, 2018
    ...Digifort offers a platform for integration to partner manufacturers including: Facial Recognition Briefcam Video Synopsis Perimiter Protection A full list of Supported Partners found on their website...
  • Ella - Intelligent Video Search on Mar 26, 2018
    ... Some features seams like Briefcam, i.e. color and objects filtering, but apparently ella is more advanced than Video Synopsis by...
  • New Orleans Police Department Is Using Briefcam on Nov 23, 2017
    ... Motorola is building out the Real Time Crime Center which they have invested in Briefcam  New Orleans ramps up new surveillance system to monitor public
  • Anyone Use Briefcam Before? on Sep 19, 2017
    Canon Marketing Japan to Resell BriefCam Syndex® Software Best-of-Breed Video Analytics Solution Selected as Critical Component of...
  • Briefcam New Outsider CEO Promises Exponential Growth on Jul 31, 2017
    Briefcam is now nearly a decade old, having raised over $20 million, to improve investigations and review...
  • Making List Of Deep Learning Video Surveillance Providers on Apr 10, 2017
    ...AvidBeam - Big Data video analytics Avigilon - Video analytics/search Axxon - Face recognition/search BriefCam - Video synopsis Camio - Natural language video search Cognitec - Face recognition Dahua...
  • How Many VMS Companies Use Briefcam? on Feb 10, 2017
    How well does briefcam work?  
  • Interesting Briefcam Video... on Jul 27, 2016
  • Briefcam Video Synopsis Examined on Jun 27, 2016
    ... BriefCam, though clearly a niche of a niche, has been the best known of the open search offerings. In...
  • Avigilon Appearance Search Aims to Transform Video Surveillance on Jun 20, 2016
    ...Since most VMSes have limited advanced search, the best competitive response may be to partner / promote Briefcam. Briefcam has been a niche player for a long time, specializing in creating short synopsis of...
  • Surveillance Startup Entropix Wins Silicon Valley Competition on Jun 02, 2016
    ... Entropix faces the "Briefcam problem". Even if it works, like Briefcam, it requires it being embedded / incorporated into...
  • Favorite Video Analytics 2016 on Feb 22, 2016
    ... A number of vendors had a handful of votes including Axis, AgentVi, Bosch, Briefcam and Sightlogix and many others had one or two. So for the third time (2011, 2014 and now),...
  • Progress On Milestone Vsaas? on Jul 06, 2015
    ...would love a hosted solution like Rackspace or Amazon that would allow me to hand off my Milestone and Briefcam servers to someone that manages those things for a living. I don't even care if it is Milestone...
  • FLIR FX Tested on Apr 08, 2015
    ... However, FLIR Cloud subscriptions (free and paid) allow users to summarize video in a Rapid Recap (Briefcam Video Synopsis), though users need to request 'recaps', wait for them to be processed and then...
  • Free Advanced VMS? Axxon Next Review on Jun 17, 2013
    ...its follow-up 'Next' version with a host of new features including what they refer to as 3D maps and a Briefcam like video synopsis feature. In this note we examine its key features, what it lacks, and how it...
  • BriefCam Enterprise Examined 2011 on Sep 18, 2011
    In this update, we will review the latest release of BriefCam's Video Synopsis technology. In the past year, BriefCam has partnered with multiple additional...
  • New Products Reviewed Fall 2010 on Oct 12, 2010
    ...longer available] - (see IPVM Pro Review) Axis Q1921/Q1921-E Thermal Cameras - (see IPVM Pro Review) BriefCam Embedded in Milestone's SmartClient [link no longer available] - (see IPVM Pro Review) Cisco...
  • Examining Embedding Briefcam inside Milestone's SmartClient on Oct 05, 2010
    Briefcam, a specilalist developer of video analytics for searching/investigations has integrated their...
  • BriefCam's Surveillance Search Technology Examined on Jun 26, 2009
    BriefCam aims to simplify video surveillance search. They generate intelligent video synopses that...
  • Do Not Trust Frost & Sullivan Awards on Apr 03, 2009
    ... Also, see: CEO Refuses To Pay For Frost & Sullivan Award and Briefcam Buys Frost Award*