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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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Turing Vision VSaaS Tested 2021

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By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

Viakoo Raises $10 Million

Viakoo has raised $10 million, telling IPVM that they aim to expand to help security buyers ensure their equipment is up-to-date with the newest...

By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago

UK Home Office Rejects 'Human Rights Clause' In Surveillance Camera Code

The UK Home Office has rejected a 'human rights clause' in its revised Surveillance Camera Code that could have blocked Hikvision and Dahua's sales...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

Costco / Lorex Deceives With USA "Distributed", No Country of Origin On Box, Dahua Says "Error"

Many Lorex kits sold at Costco stores have a prominent "US" distribution address but no "Made In China" markings, which violates US law. Dahua,...

By Conor Healy - almost 3 years ago | 55 Comments

Motorola Acquires Envysion

Motorola has acquired Envysion, a 15-year old US VSaaS Provider, and now has 4 video surveillance companies (plus OpenPath acquired 4 months ago),...

By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 27 Comments

Hikvision Affirms PRC State-Owned Company In Latest Financials

Hikvision declared itself "state-owned" in a recent earnings call, reaffirming its PRC government control, contradicting its claims to the FCC and...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 5 Comments

Axis M30 Series Cameras Tested (2021)

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By Derek Ward - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

HTS LPR Sues Ex-Employees for Allegedly Stealing Trade Secrets, Including "Flux Capacitor"

Two LPR companies are in the midst of multi-year litigation, with HTS alleging RedLPR stole its trade secrets while RedLPR calling the lawsuit an...

By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago | 30 Comments

Corsight AI's Aggressive Claims Examined

Corsight AI aggressively claims that its facial recognition software works under extremely difficult conditions like below with a person in a crowd...

By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago | 11 Comments

US Senate Unanimously Passes FCC Ban Bill of Dahua / Hikvision

The US Senate unanimously passed the Secure Equipment Act yesterday, to "ensure" that the FCC "does not approve radio frequency devices that pose a...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 110 Comments

HiveWatch Next-Gen PSIM Raises $20 Million Led By Ex-Twitter Execs

PSIM failed a decade ago but with the cloud and SaaS becoming mainstream, can LA-based startup HiveWatch benefit from these trends in the...

By Robert Wren Gordon and John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 24 Comments

Cloud Video Surveillance Storage Usage 2021

With VSaaS' growing fast, have more integrators adopted cloud storage? In our 2018 survey, 96% of integrators said they rarely or never used it,...

By John Scanlan - almost 3 years ago | 2 Comments

Hikvision Requires Private Xinjiang Meeting With UK Camera Commissioner, Refused

Hikvision is requiring that a meeting on its Xinjiang operations with the UK government's top video surveillance official be kept private, a...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 19 Comments

New Products Show Oct. 2021 - 42 Videos On-Demand

The October 2021 New Products Show is complete. All videos may be watched on the Shows Page. Watch: What Makes IPVM Online Shows Different...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 13 Comments

Leica BLK247 LiDAR / Thermal / Video Surveillance System Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - almost 3 years ago | 20 Comments

How the PRC Blocked Out Foreign Tech Products Claiming Security Risks

Today, PRC manufacturers like Hikvision and Huawei regularly denounce Western efforts at restricting their technology for national security risks...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 14 Comments

AnyVision Rebrands To Oosto, Expands Beyond Security

AnyVision, which raised $235 million 3 months ago, is now rebranding to "Oosto" and declaring its ambitions beyond security. Inside this note,...

By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 23 Comments

Fired Verkada Sales Manager Was Told to "Burn Bridges, Ruin Future Partnerships and Torch Future Deals"

A fired Verkada sales manager has shed new light on internal problems at the company, sharing angry Slack messages and alleging that "revenue is...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 24 Comments

VMS / VSaaS Analytics Integration

This 21-page guide explains the fundamentals and challenges of VMS/VSaaS integration with video analytics. In this report, we examine the...

By Benros Emata - almost 3 years ago

Hikvision Argues Airgapping And Firewalling Negate FCC Concerns

Hikvision told the FCC that fears about its equipment are "unfounded" and "implausible" arguing for air gapping and firewalling them. However, this...

By Conor Healy and John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 30 Comments

Bosch EOLing Many Models, Citing Undisclosed NDAA Component Risks

Bosch is discontinuing multiple camera lines "in light of NDAA requirements", even though they do not use banned Huawei SoCs, Bosch confirmed to...

By Ethan Ace and Conor Healy - almost 3 years ago | 26 Comments

HID Suffering From Mass Shortages

HID, one of the leading vendors in the access and security industry, is out of stock on multiple core offerings with delays expected to last...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 14 Comments

Best Buy, Home Depot and Lowes Drop Dahua Lorex

Best Buy, Home Depot, and Lowe's dropped Lorex (Dahua) products after IPVM and TechCrunch reached out to the retailers about them selling products...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 11 Comments

VMS / VSaaS Live Monitoring Guide

This 28-page guide provides an in-depth explanation of live video and event monitoring in VMS/VSaaSes. In this guide, we cover: Video...

By Benros Emata - almost 3 years ago

Kisi Doubles Revenue, Opens Up

While Kisi is nearly a decade old, the Brooklyn-based access control company has remained relatively unknown. Now, the company's co-founder tells...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

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