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Hikvision Colorvu Camera Tested (PRO Only)

Hikvision says their new ColorVu line captures "vivid chromatic images in darkness", with unconventional white light illuminations whereas most cam...

By Rob Kilpatrick - about 20 hours ago | 5 Comments

China Subway Facial Recognition System Examined (PRO Only)

A China city of 6+ million people has installed facial recognition-enabled gates in subways, allowing commuters to enter stations by simply showing...

By Charles Rollet - about 22 hours ago | 3 Comments

HID Mobile Tested (PRO Only)

HID Global is one of the largest access brands, but their mobile access has had challenges. Indeed, the company has already restructured their mobi...

By Brian Rhodes - 4 days ago | 6 Comments

Genetec Beats Milestone For IHS #1 (PRO Only)

For years, Milestone has touted that they are the #1 VMS. Now, Genetec has beaten them in IHS rankings. But what is this? Even other manufacturers ...

By John Honovich - 4 days ago | 22 Comments

Risk of Amazon Alexa Guard: No Battery Or Cell Backup (PRO Only)

Amazon positions its Alexa Guard Service as a "smart home security system" and says it can help you "keep your home safe". However, the service—de...

By Dan Gelinas - 5 days ago | 2 Comments

Exacq Remote Cloud Access Tested (PRO Only)

Remote cloud access has been missing from most VMSes (including Exacq and Milestone). Now, Exacq, after releasing Cloud Drive Storage earlier in 20...

By Sean Patton - 5 days ago | 6 Comments

Briefcam Buys Frost Award*

Frost 'awards' are well-known and widely disrespected. Now Briefcam is touting their win. The way it has worked for many years is that Frost giv...

By John Honovich - 5 days ago | 17 Comments

IFSEC 2019 Show Report (PRO Only)

The UK's largest trade show, IFSEC, is underway and IPVM has been examining what is new and happening at the show. Inside, we cover: Huawei I...

By John Honovich, Kayleigh Long, and Charles Rollet - 6 days ago | 12 Comments

Repositionable Multi-Imager Camera Shootout - Avigilon, Axis, Dahua, Hanwha, Hikvision, Panasonic, Vivotek (PRO Only)

Repositionable multi-imager cameras are one of the fastest growing segments in video surveillance, with a slew of new offerings being recently rele...

By Ethan Ace and Rob Kilpatrick - 6 days ago | 26 Comments

Genetec Synergis Cloud Link - Complex, Costly and Confusing (PRO Only)

Genetec's Synergis Cloud Link is complex, costly and confusing compared to competitor access control architectures. Inside this note, we examine...

By Brian Rhodes - 7 days ago | 41 Comments

Startup Vaion Launching End-to-End AI Solution Backed with $20 Million Funding (PRO Only)

An EU / USA video surveillance startup, Vaion, founded by ex-Cisco Senior Directors is launching an end-to-end VSaaS platform with $20 million in f...

By Sean Patton - 8 days ago | 7 Comments

Biometrics Usage Statistics 2019 (PRO Only)

While face and fingerprint recognition are used regularly for smartphones, it is not as common in physical security. In this note, we examine ad...

By Dan Gelinas - 8 days ago | 4 Comments

The Scheme Hikvision and China Importers Use To Avoid Tariffs

Hikvision and numerous China importers are avoiding 25% tariffs by including an SD card slot in their IP cameras to claim they are 'digital still i...

By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 8 days ago | 72 Comments

Sighthound Transforms Into Enterprise AI Provider Profile (PRO Only)

Sighthound is now rapidly expanding its R&D team, building an enterprise AI service. This may come as a surprise given their origins 6 years ag...

By Sean Patton - 11 days ago

ADT Eliminating Acquired Brands, Unifying Under 'Commercial' Brand (PRO Only)

ADT is eliminating the brands of the many integrators it has acquired over the past few years, including Red Hawk, Aronson Security Group (ASG), Ad...

By Dan Gelinas and John Honovich - 11 days ago | 18 Comments

NSA Director Keynoting Dahua and Hikvision Sponsored Cybersecurity Conference [Canceled]

The technical director for the NSA’s Cybersecurity Threat Operations Center will be keynoting a physical security cybersecurity conference that is ...

By John Honovich - 12 days ago | 30 Comments

Farpointe Data Conekt Mobile Access Reader Tested (PRO Only)

California based Farpointe Data has been a significant OEM supplier of conventional access readers for years to companies including DMP, RS2, DSX, ...

By Brian Rhodes - 12 days ago

Embattled $400 Million China Funded Philippines Surveillance System Proceeds (PRO Only)

An embattled 12,000 camera surveillance system project that will cost ~$400 million will proceed. The project contract was awarded, had its fun...

By Dan Gelinas - 12 days ago

False Verkada 'Unrivaled' Low Light Performance Claim Removed (PRO Only)

Verkada falsely claimed that it delivered 'UNRIVALED LOW LIGHT PERFORMANCE' until IPVM questioned. In fact, Verkada's low light performance is infe...

By John Honovich - 13 days ago | 11 Comments

Manufacturer Favorability Guide 2019 (PRO Only)

The 259 page PDF guide may be downloaded inside by all IPVM members. It includes our manufacturer favorability rankings and individual manufactu...

By IPVM Team - 13 days ago

Camera Course Summer 2019 - Register Now

Register for the Summer 2019 Camera Course. This is the only independent surveillance camera course, based on in-depth product and technology tes...

By Brian Rhodes - 13 days ago | 21 Comments

Favorite Wireless Manufacturers 2019 (PRO Only)

Many wireless options exist for video surveillance but how are integrator's overall favorites? 170 integrators answered the question: What is...

By IPVM Team - 13 days ago | 6 Comments

Carnegie Mellon AI Startup Zensors Profile (PRO Only)

Zensors is a startup formed by Carnegie Mellon graduates from a Carnegie Mellon research project, offering customized models per camera that they c...

By Sean Patton - 14 days ago

Avigilon 32MP and 12MP H4 Multisensor Cameras Tested (PRO Only)

Avigilon has released their H4 Multi-Sensor line of cameras claiming "broad scene coverage and high image detail" We bought and tested the Avigi...

By Rob Kilpatrick - 14 days ago | 14 Comments

Axis Will Not Block Resellers

While Axis generally has strong favorability amongst integrators, the biggest complaint is their channel model, which results in smaller integrator...

By John Honovich - 15 days ago | 73 Comments

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