IPVM's Reports

IPVM's independent reporting is divided into 3 categories: (1) Public, (2) Info+: news, profiles, tutorials, etc. and (3) Research: tests, shootouts, competitive and financial analysis.

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Briefcam 2021 Profile, New Axis And Milestone Partnerships, CEO Out

3 years ago, Canon acquired Briefcam but what has happened since? IPVM spoke with Briefcam executives about new partnerships with Axis and...

By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 5 Comments

Axis CEO Touted Tiananmen Square Cameras Sale In 2010, Says Likely Make Different Decision Today

In 2010, while growing rapidly in the PRC, Axis' CEO touted over 70 Axis cameras deployed in Tiananmen Square, boasting that the same government...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

ADI Hides Dahua Relabeled Capture Camera Critical Vulnerability [Now Issues Notification]

ADI's Dahua-relabeled Capture cameras are vulnerable to a critical vulnerability, IPVM has verified. However, ADI has not notified users nor posted...

By Ethan Ace and Rob Kilpatrick - almost 3 years ago | 11 Comments

IPVM Conference 2021 Concluded

Thank you for a successful inaugural conference where we discussed and debated the future of video surveillance! We will be back in 2022 with...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 121 Comments

IPVM Implements A 'Not Made In PRC China' Policy

IPVM is proud to implement a "not made in PRC China" policy. Watch this short video to learn more: The China Communist Party, an authoritarian...

By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 131 Comments

Access Control Card Printers Guide

Card printers are a core component of professional access control systems, as cards are often prominently displayed as photo ID. Modern...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Axis Three Medium Vulnerabilities Disclosed

Three medium-severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in Axis firmware by a cybersecurity researcher, affecting 300+ models. Inside this...

By Ethan Ace - almost 3 years ago | 25 Comments

Relabeling IoT Products Harms Competition And The Public

Deceitful companies make profits while the public is fooled into buying inferior products and competition suffers as legitimate developers are...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 36 Comments

Access Control Labor Estimation Standards - 2021

IPVM surveyed more than 150 integrators for estimates on five common access control installations. The standards focus on 5 scenarios where...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 4 Comments

Dahua Markets Bus-Mounted Fever Tablets Despite Previous Admission They Are 'Not Effective'

Dahua uploaded a news clip of an Argentine politician promoting the PRC manufacturer's bus-mounted fever tablet more than two months after...

By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 3 years ago

End-to-End Gains Against Open Architecture: Statistics 2021

Integrator preference for End-to-end systems is gaining against open architecture, new IPVM statistics show. Integrators answered: For...

By Ethan Ace - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

Eagle Eye Cloud VMS and Camera Test 2021

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By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago | 15 Comments

VMS/VSaaS POS Integration Guide

This guide explains the fundamentals and challenges of VMS/VSaaS integration with point-of-sale (POS) systems. In this report, we examine the...

By Benros Emata - almost 3 years ago | 5 Comments

March Networks Acquired By Taiwan's Delta Electronics

Nearly a year after being put up for sale, March Networks is leaving PRC government-controlled Infinova and is being sold to Delta, one of Taiwan's...

By John Honovich and Carl Stoffers - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

Verkada Denies Every Motorola ITC Allegation, Counters Avigilon "Out-of-Date"

Verkada has responded to Motorola/Avigilon's ITC complaint, denying that Verkada infringes on the 3 Avigilon patents and arguing that the patents...

By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago | 22 Comments

VMS Mobile App Usage Statistics 2021

Mobile app usage continues to grow, but how quickly? And what is driving it? In this note, we examine statistics from ~200 integrator...

By Ethan Ace - almost 3 years ago | 15 Comments

How The US Government Plans To Pay $1.9 Billion To Replace Huawei, ZTE Equipment

The US government is giving away nearly $2 billion to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment, but how will this work? Who can apply? And how much can you...

By Conor Healy and Kelsey Petrone - almost 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Turing Video Smart Series IP Cameras and NVR Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick and Derek Ward - almost 3 years ago | 8 Comments

Eagle Eye Acquires Uncanny Vision

US Eagle Eye, which raised $40 million in VC funding in late 2020, has now acquired India video analytics developer Uncanny Vision. In this...

By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago | 5 Comments

60+ Donations from Dahua, Hikvision and Huawei to Latin American Governments Examined

Dahua, Hikvision, and Huawei have made 60+ donations of equipment to 12 Latin American governments since 2014, a departure from the way the PRC...

By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 3 years ago | 13 Comments

Access Control Cabling / Wiring Tutorial

Cabling is a fundamental element of access control systems and ensuring one has the appropriate cabling is key. In this note, we...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 7 Comments

Knightscope Robots 'In Network' Decline While Accumulated Deficit Grows To $92.3 million

Knightscope's sales struggles continue with the company actually having 1 less 'machine-in-network' than they did a year prior, while the company...

By Carl Stoffers - almost 3 years ago | 12 Comments

PRC SenseTime Uses Loophole To Avoid US Sanctions

SenseTime says US human rights sanctions have no "material adverse impacts" on its business, arguing a legal loophole lets the PRC AI giant obtain...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 7 Comments

Meraki MV2 IP Camera Test

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By Rob Kilpatrick - almost 3 years ago | 15 Comments

No License, No Prevailing Wage - Verkada Partners Reliant on SHI For NJ School District

A $364,429.09 NJ contract for 300+ cameras is being installed with no evidence that contractors have the required license or are paying workers...

By IPVM - almost 3 years ago | 86 Comments

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