12 Video Surveillance Poll Results 2016
By Brian Karas
IPVM has conducted more than 100 polls this year. Here are a selection of 12 of the most interesting results, receiving 4,500+ votes: Hikvision vs...
By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago
Chinese manufacturers stand to benefit from new funding that the Chinese government is giving to a South American country for a $100+ million...
By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 14 Comments
Deep learning interest is rising in video surveillance. 2016 saw: Hikvision's partnership with Nvidia Movidius launch a neural networks chip...
Hikvision's iVMS-4500 application will be discontinued in days, on December 30th, confirmed by multiple Hikvision technical support...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 37 Comments
40+ video surveillance distributors around the world told us what they see as the present and future of distribution. The key positive: solutions....
Is it 2007 or 2017? Because Axis Communications has just launched a blog. Are they 10 years too late or just right? In this post, we examine...
By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago | 18 Comments
Many think primarily about video surveillance in schools as primarily a security tool and unfortunately as part of a program to respond to school...
The one time key Milestone partner and the 2015 acquirer of VMS provider Seetec, OnSSI has navigated from its origins as a VMS re-seller into its...
Milestone challenges [link no longer available]: Are the glory days over? Or are we in a position as a Community to defy these ominous...
By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago | 40 Comments
A China State Owned Company, Hikvision products are listed as "Made In United States of America" and for sale to US government agencies, despite...
By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago | 57 Comments
2016 saw a lot of acquisitions, and more are expected in 2017, now PSIM vendor Fortem is hoping they can get in on this action, and are marketing...
The video surveillance manufacturer formerly known as Samsung; 100+ integrators told IPVM how they felt about Hanwha Techwin. The key...
While Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are key to 'open' platforms, they are frequently misunderstood and over-hyped in physical security....
To understand low light surveillance, appreciating the importance and role of the f-stop metric is critical. In this tutorial, we...
Bandwidth is one of the most fundamental, complex and overlooked aspects of video surveillance. Many simply assume it is a linear function of...
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2017 should be an active, if not rocky, year for the security industry, according to predictions from IPVM integrators. We surveyed integrators,...
Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tags have been used for decades to reduce theft with companies like Tyco's Sensormatic and Checkpoint being...
Hype for H.265 has been growing, but Milestone is recommending restraint, despite supporting H.265. In this note, we examine Milestone's position...
Mercury, Siemens Security, Vanderbilt, ACT and now ComNet. While other companies are trying to get out of security, emerging conglomerate ACRE...
FLIR has been buying companies one after the other, expanding from its foundations in thermal imaging into an end-to-end video surveillance...
Forget $100 MP cameras or even $50 MP cameras. ADI continues to build its white label W-Box product portfolio, now adding HD analog for incredibly...
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When it comes to connecting access control with other security systems, integrator survey results clearly show it is not common for most. However,...
Simplisafe, the upstart DIY intrusion alarm system, is increasingly Public Enemy Number One in the alarm business. Recently, Security Sales ran an...
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