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Camera Size Search Engine

Small cameras are highly desirable. And manufacturers want to deliver them - minidomes, microdomes, nanodomes, etc. But figuring out which...

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

Siemens OEMs Milestone

Milestone has picked up one of the biggest companies in the world as an OEM. In this note, we examine how Siemens is using Milestone's VMS, how...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 21 Comments Info plus reports label

Avigilon Acquires 96 MORE Patents

Spending $80 million on patents last month was evidently just the start. Now, Avigilon has acquired 96 more patents from 4 different...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 33 Comments Info plus reports label

Bosch 4K Tested

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By Ethan Ace - over 9 years ago | 22 Comments Research service reports label

Electric Strike Installation Guide

Follow this guide and you will install a strike correctly everytime. As we detail in this post, installing electric strikes successfully is mostly...

By Brian Rhodes - over 9 years ago | 6 Comments Info plus reports label

Largest New Video Surveillance Projects 2015

140 video surveillance professionals, including integrators and manufacturers, shared the largest video surveillance projects that they have seen...

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

IP Cameras Inside Light Bulbs: A New Market?

Poor lighting is a common problem for video surveillance. To solve this, a big trend in the past few years is to add IR lighting inside the camera...

By Brian Rhodes - over 9 years ago | 29 Comments Info plus reports label

#1 Threat 2015 - China

Over 125 manufacturers shared with IPVM their outlook for 2015. We asked them: "Positive / Negative: Is your outlook for the 2015 video...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 48 Comments Info plus reports label

Access Control Management Software Guide

In access control, the locks, readers and credentials may be what most see but its the management software where everything is controlled. In this...

By Brian Rhodes - over 9 years ago | 33 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis Camera Down-Tilt Auto-Measurement

Tilting a camera too much can create problems. Most commonly, it undermines getting clear shots of faces and license plates. However, mounting...

By Ethan Ace - over 9 years ago | 5 Comments Info plus reports label

This Is Why You Cannot Trust Tri-Ed

Tri-Ed, now Anixter's security division, proves that they care far more about passing off manufacturer hype than supporting their...

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

Security Sales Forecast 2015

The biggest surveillance manufacturer marketing push in 2014 was 4K. And the pundits continue to say how the cloud will be the next big...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 6 Comments Info plus reports label

Surveillance End User Spending Outlook 2015

IPVM surveyed 75 end user members asking about their plans for spending on surveillance systems in 2015. The open ended question asked was: "In...

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

Dahua Attacks Hikvision

Things are getting ugly between the two biggest surveillance manufacturers in the world. Both companies have skyrocketed largely driven by monster...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 20 Comments Info plus reports label

New Daisy Chain IP Cameras (Vivotek)

Surveillance cameras have traditionally all required home run cabling, with each connected to a dedicated network switch or DVR port. Now, Vivotek...

By Ethan Ace - almost 10 years ago | 19 Comments Info plus reports label

Manufacturers Sound Off on Avigilon / OV Deal

$80 million cash for no products, just patents - one of the most unusual deals in the history of the video surveillance industry. IPVM did a...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 7 Comments Info plus reports label


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