Arecont's QA and Reliability Examined
By John Honovich
While determining accurate failure rates for cameras is difficult, a number of signs point to ongoing issues with Arecont's cameras.The difficultly...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this note, we examine both ADT's and Tyco Security's financial results for the calendar quarter Q3 / fiscal quarter Q4 2010. For the second...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In the last year, numerous low cost HD domes have come to market putting intense pressure on SD offerings - both analog and IP. For aesthetic...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
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Sony's latest addition to its network camera portfolio, the X series, provides HD 720p and HD 1080p models at lower price points, smaller form...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this report, we review 4 recent real-world video surveillance Request for Proposals (RFPs). RFPs provide a good look into the needs, challenges...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this update, we examine a US town's video surveillance system RFP for their police department headquarters. Rather than issuing a performance or...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this note, we examine a current video surveillance RFP for a housing authority covering more than a dozen sites. The RFP is specified in extreme...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this note, we examine a County's RFP for school district video surveillance. This specification requests both access control and video...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
Milestone is one of the most well known companies in the industry yet neither its sales nor its technology is vastly superior to many other...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In our video analytic testing series, we observed 2 key advantages for smart cameras (cameras with built-in analytics) vs cameras that have an...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this note, we start a new series examining and critiquing published RFPs for surveillance systems. These are actual projects that are currently...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this update, we examine Flir's Color Night Vision cameras, a new offering from FLIR that leverages the EMCCD camera cores we reviewed in June...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
Video analytics manufacturer, Vidient, has gone out of business. This is the first prominent, well funded video analytics company to do so. [The...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In October, 2010, Motorola announced their Realtime Video Intelligence (RTVI) system [link no longer available]. The product is part of an overall...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this note, we overview the products and positioning of Audio Analytic, a UK based startup developing sound analytics for use in security...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
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Beyond cost, reducing crime is a major factor in generating Return on Investment from the purchase of a surveillance or security system. Reducing...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In November 2010, Envysion announced a partnership program called the Insight Marketplace [link no longer available]. While partner announcements...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
Frequently we are asked what is the best VMS for certain camera counts. For instance, if a project only needs 4 cameras, what are the most...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this update we examine Synology, a NAS manufacturer targeting the SMB market. Synology offers an NVR application add-on to their NAS appliances...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
Deploying IP cameras in environmentally demanding applications such as utilities, public safety, transportation, marine, manufacturing, railway,...
By Antony Look - almost 14 years ago
While Avigilon offered advanced integration and video management of their own IP cameras, limited 3rd party IP camera support has an important...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
The following 25 minute webinar shows how to find IP Cameras using our industry leading Camera Finder. We conduct dozen of searches showing you how...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
In this note, we examine the (1) global video surveillance market size and growth forecast, (2) breakdowns for Americas, Asia and EMEA, (3) IP...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
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