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Microsoft Introduces Unix-Like "Sudo" Command To Windows 11 on Feb 13, 2024Microsoft announced last week that Sudo for Windows 11 would be introduced as part of an early preview to...
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One Guy Created A 16-Bit Tiny Computer In Microsoft Excel. on Feb 02, 2024... One guy created a Microsoft Excel 16-bit CPU with a 128KB RAM table, including a 128x128 16-color screen, with a custom...
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NRF Big Show 2024 Show Report on Jan 16, 2024...showing the following video at the show explaining how it "brings communications to the (robot) dog: Microsoft Retail Robot Microsoft is showing its robotic solutions for autonomous retail at its...
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OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, Abruptly Fired on Nov 18, 2023...Impact Physical Security?, ChatGPT Unifies Features (Dalle, Browsing, Analysis), Creates Custom Gpts, Microsoft Makes Multiyear, Multibillion Dollar Investment Into Openai, Creator Of ChatGPT, Using Dalle-3...
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Related: Microsoft Makes Multiyear, Multibillion Dollar Investment Into Openai, Creator Of ChatGPT, How Will...
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Oosto Exploring Military "Opportunities", Despite Prior Pledge on Oct 02, 2023...decision came after AnyVision was scrutinized over alleged Israeli military ties, eventually leading Microsoft to divest. However, now Oosto says on LinkedIn it is excited to "explore opportunities" in...
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Stolen Microsoft Keys Offered Access To Microsoft Cloud Services on Jul 22, 2023This is pretty bad, some hacker group from China (Storm-0558) stole Azure AD signing keys from Microsoft that practically affect any Microsoft cloud service and could be used to impersonate any...
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... Though as we previously covered, Microsoft specifically recommends against this practice: We do not recommend avoiding or skipping...
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PRC's Xi Jingping Met With Bill Gates on Jun 16, 2023... [premium_content] Now, PRC's Paramount Leader Xi Jinping met with Microsoft founder Bill Gates, as recapped by the SCMP: This is a bit ironic since Microsoft is banned,...
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OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E, and Microsoft announced a multiyear, multibillion dollar deal. The announcement details that, this is the...
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NRF Big Show 2023 Final Report on Jan 17, 2023...Level 3, Salesforce has a booth that resembles a forest with several robotic animals spread around, and Microsoft has a large booth and several meeting rooms on their second level. Floors Carpeted Floors...
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VMS/VSaaS Recording Guide on Dec 29, 2022... VMSes commonly use Microsoft SQL, SQLite, and NoSQL database management software, which offer free and/or open-source...
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Hikvision, Dahua, Reolink Sued over Image Sensor Patents on Dec 29, 2022...2020, the firm filed more than two dozen patent lawsuits against tech companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft, HP, Samsung, and Dell Technologies. The Apple case was "resolved" in April 2022, according to...
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ISC East 2022 Show Report on Nov 16, 2022IPVM is back at ISC East in New York City covering the ISC East 2022 show. Compare this to...
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Pushback On Cloud Costs Coming? on Nov 06, 2022...this month: Cloud magic was a nice story, now with an unhappy ending • The Register Last week, AWS and Microsoft admitted that their customers have realized their cloud costs are out of control. Some of...
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Mailroom Management Software Competitors on Aug 15, 2022... The company support notifications via email, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. Additionally, Envoy's software provides analytics for the office managers that allows...
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Verkada Expands Into Mailroom Management Software on Aug 15, 2022Verkada, which has expanded into alarm monitoring (tested) and guest management in the past year...
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RealNetworks To Go Private on Jul 28, 2022... Growth Potential The company's most notable win was a settlement with Microsoft valued at three-quarters of a billion dollars back in 2005. Since then, the company has burned...
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Access Control Records Maintenance Guide on Jul 20, 2022... For example, the Microsoft SQL Server Agent performs the following tasks: Reorganize/rebuild scatter index or data...
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Cybersecurity for IP Video Surveillance Guide on Jan 24, 2022... These may include manufacturer-specific update utilities, various Microsoft update services, web services, etc. These unneeded services may act as a backdoor for hackers or...
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Video Analytics Show Has Concluded! on Jan 13, 2022The January 2022 Video Analytics Show Has Concluded! All videos may be watched on the Online...
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...Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) CVE-2019-11510 (Pulse Secure) CVE-2019-19781 (Citrix) CVE-2020-0688 (Microsoft Exchange) CVE-2020-4006 (VMWare) CVE-2020-5902 (F5 Big-IP) CVE-2020-14882 (Oracle WebLogic) ...
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft and more have pulled out of CES 2022
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Oosto/AnyVision And SightX Military Relationship Examined on Dec 14, 2021... AnyVision denied the report but Microsoft divested in 2020 (Microsoft's investigation did not confirm the project's existence based "on...
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Integrator Help Desk Software Statistics 2021 on Nov 29, 2021Maintaining customer satisfaction often depends on the effectiveness of responding to issues and...
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Integrator Project Management Software Statistics 2021 on Nov 24, 2021...Integrators' most common response was that they used no dedicated project management software, followed by Microsoft Project and Excel, with ConnectWise the only other platform with 10%+ share of...
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Integrator Estimating and Sales Proposal Software Statistics on Nov 23, 2021... Top Sales Proposal Software Used The largest group of respondents cited using Microsoft products (most typically Excel or Word): This is roughly the same as the 2018 results. The...
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Integrator Technician Field Software Usage Statistics on Nov 17, 2021Accurate field technician documentation is a difficult and important task for security...
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...was once proclaimed to be the "most ethical company known to man," by former CEO Eylon Etshtein, saw Microsoft divest its stake in the Israeli company in Q1 2020 amid concerns over then-Anyvision's...
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Integrator CRM Software Usage Statistics on Nov 12, 2021... Of the remaining 37 CRMs, only five companies received multiple votes: Hubspot QuickBooks Microsoft Dynamics simPRO MicroKey Salesforce – Customizable "Industry Leader" Among those with a...
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... LenovoEMC, H3C (HP and PRC's Unisplendour), C&M IT (CETC and Microsoft). Even this system had PRC critics, e.g. Science & Technology Daily stated that joint...
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...study released in an ABC News Article, "Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58% share, mostly targeting government agencies and think tanks in...
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No Impact, No Idea: Hikvision Partners On Critical Vulnerability on Sep 24, 2021...we deal with all those companies, and there's always somebody trying to exploit the software look at Microsoft, we deal with Microsoft, we deal with VMware, all those companies are all being...
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AnyVision Raises $235 Million on Jul 08, 2021...scrutiny into Israel / Palestine activities, compounded by the former CEO's imprudent remarks, leading to Microsoft divesting from the company. Plus, activists campaigning against facial recognition increased...
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... Microsoft China, Ford Motors China, Nokia Shanghai, and Bosch Power Tools, among countless others, have...
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PRC Enacts "Anti-Foreign Sanctions" Law, Targeting Families on Jun 11, 2021... Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, Other Tech Company Risk Various tech companies that follow US sanctions are at...
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BBC Panorama Documentary on AI Features IPVM on May 28, 2021...clip featuring IPVM including the BBC visiting IPVM's USA testing facility: IPVM Quoted Alongside Microsoft, Human Rights Watch The BBC Panorama episode covered how artificial intelligence is changing...
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...integrator has sued ADT, after hiring an ex-ADT employee, contesting over numerous accounts, most notably Microsoft. In this report, IPVM analyzes the case as well as the risks involved for integrators and...
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64 Video Surveillance Startups Directory 2021 on May 07, 2021...years as a US Marine, part of which was spent in counter-insurgency operations and Ben Ziomek, an ex-Microsoft AI Program Manager. They offer cloud-based gun and knife detection AI analytics using RTSP from...
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...devices now as well as the underpinning PowerBuilder platform Overview of the Return to School solution | Microsoft Docs I can find no independent information on the communify kiosk NOR the MS return to school...
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New Anyvision CEO Interview on Mar 19, 2021...government projects became a crisis for the company after an October 2019 NBC News report asked "Why did Microsoft fund an Israeli firm that surveils West Bank Palestinians?" Anyvision did itself no favor as the...
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Facial Recognition Guide on Mar 15, 2021... Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are currently involved in class action suits in Illinois over the use of the IBM Diversity in...
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Feenics Hosted Access Control Tested on Mar 11, 2021Hosted access control has gained significantly in the past 5 years since IPVM first tested...
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...international entities were involved in a sponsorship, or partner, capacity: Partners included Hikvision, Microsoft, Uber, World Bank Group, UN-Habitat, Avaya, Enel, Suez, Schneider Electric, and the Official...
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Microsoft Azure Presents Live Video Analytics on Oct 15, 2020Microsoft Azure presented its Live Video Analytics offering at the September 2020 IPVM Video Analytics...
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Monitoring Alarm Systems From Home - Innovation or Danger? on Oct 13, 2020...the requirements call for stations to have a means of continuous communication with employees through Microsoft Teams or Google: This calls for central stations to have a means to have continuous...
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...Hanwha Hanwha (Temperature Solution) Infiniti Electro-Optics Kentix LifeSafety Power Microsoft Milestone Network Optix OpenPath Pelco Rhombus Systems Seek Tyco Viper...
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IPVM Design Calculator User Manual / Guide on Sep 23, 2020... This format opens with Microsoft Word and starts with an overview of the project and continues with a breakdown of each camera...
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...Ipsotek Intel IntelliVision i-Pro IronYun Intelligent Security Systems Lilin Microsoft Azure Milestone Mobotix Monitoreal Oyla Security & Safety Things Sound...
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...investigation and while the investigation found Anyvision's technology was not used in the way alleged, Microsoft divested and the negative attention took a significant toll. Even beyond that, with Amazon,...
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Briefcam Responsible Use Examined on Aug 24, 2020While mega-companies Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft have been criticized for facial recognition and AI analytics, Canon-owned Briefcam is far more...
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Startup Digeiz Reidentification Video Analytics Profile on Jul 20, 2020French Start-Up Digeiz is marketing 'shopping centre analytics' with, most notably, person...
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Amazon, Microsoft and IBM Abandoning Face Recognition Is An... on Jul 17, 2020In the wake of national protests against US police abuses, big tech firms like Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM announced they would halt working with police on facial recognition. But Israel's...
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The US Fight Over Facial Recognition Explained on Jul 08, 2020... Big Tech Suspends Police Face Rec Use, But Not Backing Moratorium Bill IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon have responded to the protests by cancelling or temporarily suspending their facial...
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Alcatraz Presents Face Recognition Access Control on Jun 11, 2020Alcatraz presented its AI facial recognition access reader at the May 2020 IPVM Startups...
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Anyvision Presents AI Facial Recognition and Mask Detection on Jun 08, 2020... Market Challenges 2020 Microsoft announced in March that they are ending investment in third-party facial recognition companies,...
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Not a new story, but definitely a turn on the crank: Amazon, Google, Microsoft reportedly providing web services to blacklisted China firms
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...org 5/26/2020 - Scripps National News interview 5/25/2020 - Independent UK: Google, Microsoft, and Amazon provide ‘essential web services’ to almost every company on US blacklist | The...
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ProCam Low-Cost Open Thermal Temperature Project on May 12, 2020... UPDATE: Ebrahimi pointed out that Microsoft has developed a system for a Taiwan hospital that simultaneously detects whether someone has a...
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VSaaS 101 on Mar 25, 2020... Think Microsoft Office vs Office 365. With traditional Microsoft Office, you pay once up-front and run it...
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Anyvision Layoffs on Mar 19, 2020... And 5 months ago, Anyvision battled NBC News as NBC's coverage lead to a Microsoft investigation and significant negative publicity over the ethics of how Anyvision used / sold...
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... Microsoft forcing users into setting up a Microsoft account for fresh installs - Neowin What are your...
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NSA reaches out to Microsoft. Most people know the NSA uses weaknesses to their advantage, ask Edward Snowden. This one was...
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Directory Of 150 Video Analytics Suppliers on Dec 17, 2019...(Shutdown) Magenta, Italy MarshallAI, Finland Megvii, China, Megvii Financials and Growth Examined Microsoft, US. Microsoft Video AI Cloud Services Examined Mindtree, India Monitroreal,...
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IP Camera Browser Support: Who's Broken / Who Works on Dec 10, 2019...1) Microsoft Edge: Microsoft's Edge, intended to replace Internet Explorer, has never supported NPAPI plugins...
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ISC East 2019 Show Report on Nov 21, 2019...Company Known To Man" and now former Attorney General Eric Holder investigating Anyvision on behalf of Microsoft. Uniview Times Two Bucking the downtrend in China manufacturers exhibiting was UNV / Uniview,...
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Microsoft hires Eric Holder to audit AnyVision over use of facial recognition on Palestinians While we're...
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Paravision AI Face Recognition Company Profile on Nov 01, 2019...Paravision pointed to concerns about generative adversarial network attacks on commonly used AI analytics (Microsoft, Amazon, Apple), and noted that security-by-obscurity is one measure they use to protect their...
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... The tie-in was Anyvision's funding from Microsoft. Microsoft has taken a very public position calling for ethical use of facial recognition and...
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nFlux AI Startup Profile on Oct 28, 2019nFlux, an Amazon, Google, and Microsoft funded AI startup told IPVM their mission is to build the most intelligent video analytics...
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Network Optix Nx Witness 4.0 Tested on Oct 10, 2019...is significantly smaller than Milestone and Genetec's installers, primarily because it does not use Microsoft SQL or .NET3/4.x, so they are not included in the installer. Milestone and Genetec also have...
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Critiquing Carnegie's AI Surveillance Paper on Sep 25, 2019...this CBC article sourced only cites malls testing out face recognition, not governments and (3) this Microsoft document talks about Canada developing AI (surely true) but nothing about surveillance or...
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Genetec Stratocast VSaaS Tested on Sep 05, 2019... We found user account management complicated and cumbersome, requiring Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo account synchronization. Unlike most VSaaS platforms, there is not an option to...
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Hello, Hope everyone is doing great. I'm currently looking for integrators that would be willing...
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Warning: Windows 7 Update Crashing NVRs on Aug 26, 2019...multiple reports of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2 systems that will no longer boot after installing Microsoft 8/2019 Security update 'KB4512506 Security Monthly Quality Rollup'. The problem occurs because...
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Milestone "GDPR-ready" Certification Claim Critiqued on Aug 12, 2019...Mobile Server Mobile and Web client Processing of audio and metadata XProtect Corporate's basic users Microsoft SQL server Microsoft Active Directory Notably, the XProtect mobile app is a major omission...
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Australia Security Full Show Report on Jul 25, 2019... It markets itself as a 'tool for good' after being backed by Microsoft and says it only "sells only to democracies", although it is used by the Israeli government to...
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Salient CompleteView 20/20 VMS Tested on Feb 27, 2019...requires the Silverlight plugin installation, which has limited to no current browser support, even in Microsoft's own browsers. IPVM was unable to get the web client loaded for testing, due to this limited...
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Access Control Records Maintenance Guide on Jan 16, 2019... For example, the Microsoft SQL Server Agent performs the following tasks: Reorganize/rebuild scatter index or data...
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ACRE-Acquired Open Options Access Company Profile on Dec 17, 2018Who is the company ACRE is acquiring? In this note, we examine Open Options line for best...
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Integrator Laptop Guide on Oct 16, 2018...second place, HP and Lenovo were tied, breakdown below: Dell - 43% HP - 16% Lenovo - 16% Asus - 9% Microsoft Surface - 5% Acer - 4% Apple - 3% Other - 5% The two main differences between general...
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RealNetworks Free School Facial Recognition on Aug 03, 2018... The company won a monstrous $761 million settlement from Microsoft in 2005, which has been their biggest financial win. Poor Financials However, that settlement...
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... Just last week, Microsoft advocated public regulation of facial recognition and Amazon has come under scrutiny for public...
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Microsoft Urges Regulating Facial Recognition - Should It? on Jul 13, 2018Amid a growing call for regulations to limit the use of facial recognition technology, Microsoft on Friday became the first tech giant to join the chorus. NY Times: Microsoft Urges Congress...
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Genetec Clearance Face Detection / Redaction Test on May 14, 2018...the person moves, as shown below: Video Limitations or Requirements Consistent with our findings, Microsoft lists the technical capabilities of their Face detection analytics as: Faces are detectable...
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Digifort VMS Profile on Apr 25, 2018... They currently offer a module to backup video archives to the cloud with Microsoft Azure, but the video must be recorded locally prior to transfer. They mentioned the development...
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Owl Car Cam Tested - Disappoints on Mar 30, 2018With $18 million in VC funding, and led by the former product lead for the iPod and the VP of...
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Hikvision Fails To Fix Unsafe Browser Plugin on Mar 21, 2018... While still maintained, Microsoft themselves are strongly encouraging moving to Edge, which does not support such plugins. A...
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Integrator Help Desk Software Usage (Statistics) on Mar 19, 2018...decades of process and procedure that are best supported by a simple database application, even just using Microsoft Access or Excel: "We have customized our own ticketing system for support that fits with our...
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Integrator Web Browser / ActiveX Usage Statistics on Mar 01, 2018... While still maintained, Microsoft themselves are strongly encouraging moving to Edge, which does not suppor such plugins. There...
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Favorite Integrator Sales Quote Software (Statistics) on Feb 23, 2018... Sales Quote Software Statistics The largest group of respondents cited using Microsoft products (most typically Excel or Word): The second most common named software was the...
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Visio For Video Surveillance Design on Feb 20, 2018... Microsoft's Visio Professional offers many of AutoCAD's core functions in an easier to use drag and drop...
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ADT / ASG 'Merger' Acquisition on Feb 12, 2018...integrator we have seen, ASG has been successful in promoting and getting endorsed by CSOs, most notably Microsoft's CSO. Their annual 'Great Conversation' conference [link no longer available] is being held in...
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Top Project Management Software Used on Jan 30, 2018... Project Work Planning Statistics The largest group of respondents cited using Microsoft products (most typically Project or Excel): Several Software Platforms Needed The majority...
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Security Integrator IT Expertise Statistics on Dec 07, 2017..." "I have a BS degree in Computer Information Systems, A+ certified and been through Microsoft and Novel training. I have worked in the IT industry in the past in a central station...
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Genetec Launches Cloud Access Control (Synergis SaaS) on Sep 21, 2017...premise-based Synergis versions, but instead of using a local server onsite the platform is hosted in Microsoft Azure, consistent with Genetec's other cloud offerings. By connecting local controllers to...
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Favorite Integrator Tablets 2017 on Sep 11, 2017...manufacturers/types were mentioned as preferred, but Apple's iPad was clearly most popular, followed by Android and Microsoft Surface. Compared to overall market statistics, iPads are more popular among integrators than...
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Microsoft Video AI Cloud Services Examined on Jul 18, 2017Microsoft has released one of the most amazing video analytics marketing videos ever. In it, they detect...
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What Certifications Are Most Relevant? on Jun 05, 2017...10 Certified Service Technician (Electronic Security Association) 11 Certified Solutions Associate (Microsoft) 12 Certified Solutions Expert – Windows Server 2012 or later (Microsoft) 13 Certified Solutions...
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Broken Browser Support for Video Surveillance on Mar 22, 2017... Current Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge browsers do not support NPAPI plugins, crippling live video and configuration in many IP...
