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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Bain Sells Off Uniview / UNV, Sold to China Trans Info

Bain Capital has sold off Uniview to a Chinese company. Uniview is the self-proclaimed "#3" in China video surveillance behind Hikvision and...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 14 Comments

Milestone Hardware Accelerated VMD Tested

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By Ethan Ace - over 7 years ago | 19 Comments

Instant Cloud For Hikvision - Manything

One ISC West exhibitor had a very specific and clear pitch - cloud for Hikvision: In this note, we examine their offering, key differentiators,...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 5 Comments

Burglar Alarm Zoning Guide

The function of an alarm panel is to gather information from sensors and respond to this information by triggering actions. While it is possible to...

By Ari Erenthal - over 7 years ago | 13 Comments

Avigilon Discontinuing Rialto Analytics Line

Avigilon is informing dealers/partners that the legacy VideoIQ Rialto products have been discontinued, recommending the newer ACC ES Analytics...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 28 Comments

A Marketing Home Run For Knightscope - Man Attacks Robot

We criticize Knightscope regularly - their lack of revenue, their trying to fool mom 'n pop investors, their associating themselves with a clueless...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 19 Comments

Echo Look - The World's First Fashion IP Camera From Amazon

Some analytics cameras can tell you if a person is jumping a fence, or loitering in a secure area, but none of them can tell you if the person...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 20 Comments

Hikvision EZVIZ Amazon Scam Revealed

Hikvision is violating US Federal Trade Commission guidelines and Amazon rules with a "Honest" Review Program scheme that provides gift cards to...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 39 Comments

Anixter CEO Admits Price Deflation and Non-Exclusive Integrator Sales

Anixter's CEO has admitted to (1) price deflation impacting IP camera sales and (2) not always being 'exclusive' with security integrators. In...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 10 Comments

Xandem Next Gen Intrusion Tested

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By Brian Rhodes - over 7 years ago | 20 Comments

Tri-Ed Favorability Results

Tri-Ed, owned by Anixter, far outranked Anixter, the lowest ranked company in our distributor favorability series. Still, Anixter's ownership did...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago

Eagle Eye Exec On Mountain Of Servers - VSaaS Growth Analysis

Eagle Eye VP of Operations, Hans Kahler [link no longer available], posted a picture of himself sitting on top of a shipment of new servers, as a...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 13 Comments

Chinese 'Attacking Us From Every Direction', Says US FBI

"Chinese eating our lunch. Attacking us from every direction" said the US FBI's Deputy Director Andrew McCabe at the ASIS 2017 CSO Summit [link no...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 63 Comments

Axis Posts Strong Q1 2017 Financial Results

Axis posted strong numbers for Q1 2017, after having some challenges in 2016 (Q1 2016, Q3 2016). Inventory levels and overall spending show...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 4 Comments

Axis Lowest Cost Outdoor IR Camera M2025-LE Tested

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By John Scanlan - over 7 years ago | 14 Comments

IPVM First Dean's List W2017 - Thomas Atkinson, Matt Hurly and Fredrik Lundqvist

IPVM is happy to congratulate and celebrate our first "Dean's List", the top students in our courses. For the Winter 2017 IP Networking course...

By IPVM Team - over 7 years ago | 9 Comments

Splicing Alarm Circuits Guide

Alarm installers commonly connect multiple sensors to a single zone. They do this by splicing the wires together. In this report, we will explain...

By Ari Erenthal - over 7 years ago | 11 Comments

PureTech Video Analytics Examined

PureTech's analytics were chosen for a US border protection system (see related post), which the company claims no other analytics vendor was able...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 11 Comments

US Border RVSS / Video Analytics System Examined

US Customs and Border Protection has been rolling out a video analytics-based detection system along the US/Mexico border, with detection ranges...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 4 Comments

Beware The "Hit List" Ranking

The hit list. Kirschenbaum's recent newsletter complained about a 'hit list', bemoaning how a company took aim at ADT. Alas, that's the Google...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 30 Comments

Ring Floodlight Cam Tested

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By John Scanlan - over 7 years ago | 3 Comments

Lenel President Is Out (Now At ACRE)

Lenel's challenges continue. Now, Lenel's President is out, suddenly. This follows increasing challenges for the company who has broadly upset...

By IPVM Team - over 7 years ago | 41 Comments

Dell EMC Surveillance Division Profile

With revenue growth from traditional IT customers slowing, Dell has set a focus on the security industry as a market where the company can offer...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 2 Comments

PatriotOne Deep Neural / Radar Weapon Detection Examined

The bodyscanner/weapons detection sector has seen several new products, some using advanced approaches like metamaterials (Evolv) or terahertz...

By Donald Maye - over 7 years ago

Failing at Marketing, "ALL HIKVISION PRODUCTS" On Sale

The ballerinas are out. The price cuts are back. Hikvision is struggling to build a premium brand (i.e., 'The Art of Video Surveillance') so...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 54 Comments

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