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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The Siliconization of Surveillance Cameras

This is an insightful observation from Vicon's CEO Eric Fullerton [link no longer available]: “Over the past couple of years, we have seen the...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 13 Comments Info plus reports label

TVI Launches 3MP, 4MP, 5MP Analog Cameras

One key barrier to HD analog is about to fall. This is a live report from China's CPSE show in Shenzhen where the company behind TVI, Techpoint,...

By Ethan Ace - almost 9 years ago | 8 Comments Info plus reports label

Hikvision Pays For Trade Mag Editors China Trip

Hikvision paid for a group of 10 North American trade magazine 'editors' trip to Hikvision's China headquarters, showing the company's growing...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 31 Comments Info plus reports label

Large Video Surveillance Systems Guide

This 14 page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the large system surveillance market. A global group of 80...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 9 years ago Info plus reports label

EasyName Camera Calculations Added

Members are adding thousands of cameras a month using the IPVM Camera Calculator. Naming cameras are key to making high-quality professional...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago Info plus reports label

Anixter Security Sales Flat Q3 2015

Last year, Anixter's security business struggled. Seeking to turn it around and expand, Anixter bought trunk slammer specialist Tri-Ed in August...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago Info plus reports label

Securitas Buys Diebold Security NA for $350M

Securitas, one of the largest security guard companies in the world, with 300,000+ employees, has acquired one of the largest North American...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 18 Comments Info plus reports label

BestMatch Any Camera Manufacturer

BestMatch is IPVM's exclusive camera comparison algorithm, that shows what cameras have the closest specifications to any other camera. This lets...

By IPVM Team - almost 9 years ago | 15 Comments Info plus reports label

Pelco Head Out, Diesel Exec In as Pelco CEO

The head of Pelco is out. This is a major shakeup with a surprising replacement. In this note, we examine Pelco's issues and the concerns with...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 31 Comments Info plus reports label

Exacq Increases Enterprise VMS Prices 2015

Tyco / Exacq is bucking the trend. With rivals offering major discounts (see moves by Milestone, Video Insight and ipConfigure), not only is Exacq...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago Info plus reports label

Hikvision Massive China vs Overseas Sales Growth

Hikision's ~$2.6 billion USD revenue was 4 times as large as Axis for 2014, which is absolutely astounding considering how big Axis is and how both...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 22 Comments Info plus reports label

SD Analog is Finally Dead

Good news. For years, industry people have hoped for the demise of NTSC and PAL analog cameras. Now that day has come and, after years of steady...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 42 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis Q3 2015 Growth Rebounds

After an extremely bad Q2, where true sales actually declined, Axis has bounced back in Q3. Is this the beginning of a comeback for the former...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 13 Comments Info plus reports label

Unlimited Enterprise VMS License for Just $32,000

If you have 1,000 cameras and want enterprise VMS software, you would probably pay $150,000, maybe more, plus tens of thousands additional each...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 25 Comments Info plus reports label

Camera Calculator 2.0 Released

Our incredibly popular Google Maps Calculator has added floorplans and markups that enable full surveillance designs. Plus, it all ties into our...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 34 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis 360 Panoramic Released

Last year, Axis entered the multi-imager camera market but, unfortunately, the only way to get it was to mount it on top of an Axis PTZ. Now, 6...

By Ethan Ace - almost 9 years ago | 2 Comments Info plus reports label

Winners Losers Fall 2015

There's a lot of losing right now, unfortunately. The industry is moving into year 2 of sharp camera price declines. Combined with the maturation...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago | 15 Comments Info plus reports label


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