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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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VideoIQ Rialto R Series

After years of pushing their own analytics enabled cameras, VideoIQ has opened their platform up to third party IP cameras with the Rialto R series...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

Stop The Lying and Crazy Claims

The last few weeks have been an embarrassment for surveillance, with a small number of companies turning this into a despicable marketing campaign...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 22 Comments

Police Top Surveillance Pain Point

We recently interviewed surveillance experts from the International Association of Chiefs of Police about various issues, uses, and best practices...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 22 Comments

BRS Big Fund Raising: $27 Million + More To Come

Last year we obtained an email BRS Labs sent to investors asking for one last drive. The company said if investors increased their positions by two...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 22 Comments

ASMAG Security Top 50 Rankings

Recently, we have received questions about using the ASMAG Security Top 50 Rankings. These rankings order security manufacturers based on total...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

The Worst Security Twitter Feed

Security manufacturers are often clueless using social media but no one does it worse than NLSS, whose twitter feed is a case study of things not...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Veracity Coldstore Arcus

What if Milestone's new VMS platform, Arcus, could target large scale applications? Not just the 4 or 8 camera deployments typical considered...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago | 5 Comments

Automatic Location Based Camera Control

This is a very neat idea; One that we have not seen any IP camera / VMS provider offer before. Having a network / surveillance camera at home...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 8 Comments

Intransa Wind Down Investigated

While we have been reporting for more than a month about the failure of Intransa, there is still no official public announcement. Indeed, visitors...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 4 Comments

ipConfigure Google Search for Surveillance UI

One of the most interesting ads at ISC West featured a search for 'computer stolen from d' with autocompletion choices of 'stolen from desk', 'data...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments

Philly's Cameras Cost 20x More Than Planned

Last year, the City of Philadelphia commissioned a review of its multi-million dollar surveillance system. In the planning stages, the system's...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments

First ImmerVision Powered Minidome (Brickcom)

Nearly a year after ImmerVision announced the world's smallest panomorph lens, Brickcom has designed it into a new line of compact minidomes, the...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago | 6 Comments

Hirsch / Identive Gets Cost Competitive

One of the biggest legacy brands in high end access control was Hirsch, who merged [link no longer available] and was absorbed within Identive in...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 3 Comments

Sony's 6th Gen Low Light Demo

Sony's ISC West demo of their 6th generation network camera's low light performance drew a lot of attention. Normally, we ignore show demos as they...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 9 Comments

FAILED: Facial Recognition & Boston Bombing

Facial recognition vendors have been tripping over themselves to take credit, insert or claim the wonders of their offerings to identify the Boston...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 18 Comments

SIA NPS New Product Showcase Judging

"It's like a cute baby contest. If only 12 ugly babies enter, then only ugly babies are going to win," explained the SIA New Product Showcase (NPS)...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 4 Comments

Top Trends in Access Control 2013

All of a sudden, Access Control has momentum? After a long period of apparent stagnation and staleness, new technologies and devoted marketing...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments

Chinese Spammer Targets Boston Bombings

UPDATE: Cantonk, the spammer, says our article is illegal and demands it be removed immediately. That was fast... and disgusting. One of the...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 19 Comments

Intransa From the Ashes, Viakoo

If not from the ashes, at least from the same building. We broke news a few weeks ago that Intransa's employees were laid off. While the company...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 7 Comments

Reading Irises from Cars?

What happens when you want to use biometrics at vehicle gates? In the past, this has meant staffing entry points with guards, and bringing readers...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 6 Comments

Axis Q1 2013 Financial Results

Axis's growth rate appears to have settled into a slower growth rate range, as shown by just released Q1 2013 and 2012 financial results. In this...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Best and Worst ISC West 2013

Great attendance with a limited number of new products marked ISC West 2013. Brian, Carlton, Ethan and myself attended, putting together the...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 27 Comments


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