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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Alarm.com Suffers Outage

Alarm.com suffered a major outage this week, impacting its 5+ million customers. Inside, we examine what happened, what Alarm.com told IPVM and...

By IPVM Team - about 5 years ago | 7 Comments

Fujifilm Expanding Into Video Surveillance

While Sony continues to fade out of the video surveillance market and Canon continues to make huge investments into acquiring video surveillance...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 8 Comments

Giant Tyco Campaigns Against Startup Qumulex

One is a giant conglomerate that owns the world's largest security integrator. The other has no shipping products. But Tyco is campaigning...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 31 Comments

Australia Security Full Show Report

IPVM went to Australia attending the 3 days of the Australia Security Exhibition: This was held at the ICC Sydney, as shown below: In this...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago | 25 Comments

Siklu $400 Compact 60GHz Radio

Siklu first entered the video surveillance market with a $6,000 per link solution, is now aiming down market with their newest 60GHz wireless...

By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago | 6 Comments

Bosch Starlight 8000i Cameras Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - about 5 years ago | 6 Comments

Responsibility Split Selecting Locks - Statistics

A heated access debate surrounds who should pick and install the locks. While responsible for selecting the control systems, integrators often...

By Brian Rhodes - about 5 years ago | 9 Comments

Vivotek Trend Micro Cyber Security Camera App Tested

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By Ethan Ace - about 5 years ago | 8 Comments

Avigilon ACC7 VMS Tested

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By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago | 17 Comments

Mobile Access Usage Statistics 2019

The ability to use mobile phones as access credentials is one of the biggest trends in a market that historically has been slow in adopting new...

By Brian Rhodes - about 5 years ago | 4 Comments

New GDPR Guidelines for Video Surveillance Examined

The highest-level EU data protection authority has issued a new series of provisional video surveillance guidelines. While GDPR has been in...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago | 12 Comments

Anyvision Aims For 2022 Revenue of $1 Billion

Only 3 video surveillance manufacturers do a billion dollars or more in annual revenue - Hikvision, Dahua, and Axis. Now, Anyvision plans to join...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 48 Comments

HD Analog vs IP Cameras Guide

For yeras, IP cameras had advantages in resolution and single cable signal/power, but HD analog cameras (AHD, CVI, and TVI) now offer similar...

By IPVM Team - about 5 years ago | 40 Comments

ZeroEyes Gun Detection Startup

A gun detection video analytics startup, ZeroEyes, is being led by a group of 6 former Navy SEALs, aiming to "save lives" by using AI to assist...

By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago | 27 Comments

Motorola Acquires Watchguard, Adds to Vigilant And Avigilon

Two years ago, Motorola had no position nor relevancy to video surveillance. Now, they own major video surveillance, LPR and body camera providers...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 4 Comments

Beware African 50,000 IP Camera Contract Scam

A “Nigerian Prince” scam for the video surveillance market is going around. You, or at least we, could be lucky enough to be the single bidder for...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 18 Comments

Axis ARTPEC-7 P1375-E Camera Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - about 5 years ago | 33 Comments

Nortek Blue Pass Mobile Access Reader Tested

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By Brian Rhodes - about 5 years ago | 2 Comments

Hikvision's Government Owner Website Blocked To World

Hikvision's PRC government owner, CETHIK, has had its website blocked outside of China, hiding a major information source proving Hikvision's...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago | 17 Comments

Lens Focal Length Tutorial

Camera specifications often list focal lengths, e.g., 3mm, 6mm, 2.8 - 9mm, 5 - 50mm, but what do these specs really mean? These metrics are...

By IPVM Team - about 5 years ago | 15 Comments

Calipsa - UK AI Startup Profile

Analytic startups are a major industry trend. One UK company, Calipsa is aiming to use AI to filter out false positive alarms for live video...

By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago | 3 Comments

Poor OSDP Usage Statistics 2019

OSDP certainly offers advantages over decades-old Wiegand (see our OSDP Access Control Guide) but new IPVM statistics show that usage of OSDP, even...

By Brian Rhodes - about 5 years ago | 25 Comments

Avigilon President Henderson Is Out

Avigilon's President and COO James Henderson is out, abruptly, after a remarkable ascension over the past 8 years, Motorola VP Jack Molloy has...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 55 Comments

'CCTV' Is the Past, Cloud Video Surveillance Is the Future

A fundamental shift is happening. For decades, video surveillance was overwhelmingly 'closed' and off the Internet. This is changing. More and more...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 78 Comments

First Video Surveillance GDPR Fine In France

The French government has imposed a sizeable fine on a small business for violating the GDPR after it constantly filmed employees without informing...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago | 15 Comments

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