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 RoboGuard: New Product

ASIS loves robots (apparently). First, the Vigilus patrol robot won an award in 2012, and now, Senstar's RoboGuard [link no longer available], an...

By Ethan Ace - almost 10 years ago | 8 Comments Info plus reports label

IP Camera Passwords - Axis, Dahua, Samsung

IP cameras are famous / infamous for weak default passwords that can lead to major problems. See our IP Cameras Default Passwords Directory for...

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

New 'Low Cost' Thermal Zoom Camera

Zoom thermal cameras have typically been feasible only to those with the largest budgets, requiring expensive cooled cameras with six figure price...

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

HID's SE Readers Examined

The HID card readers you may have used in the past are changing.  As old stocks of standards like R10 and R40 readers dwindle, new part numbers and...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 10 years ago | 3 Comments Info plus reports label

Winners Losers Fall 2014

We are all losers, IPVM included. The historically poor new releases for ASIS / Essen make 2014 the worst year for surveillance innovation in, at...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 16 Comments Info plus reports label

Startup: The Bublcam

Multi-imager fisheye cameras are not new, but a startup is releasing a camera that can see in any direction all at once. Bubl is more than a 360...

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

Beware Out of Date Knowledge

You know that guy. Confident, brilliant, tells you exactly how the world worked.... ten years ago. One of the biggest challenges in technology is...

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

New Ethernet over Coax - Altronix eBridge Plus

Altronix's original eBridge line pushed down prices of Ethernet over coax offering, useful for deploying IP cameras over existing coax / analog...

By Ethan Ace - almost 10 years ago | 17 Comments Info plus reports label

Why is Avigilon's Stock Falling Like a Knife?

A week ago, a prominent Avigilon investor admitted, "Nobody wants to hold [Avigilon stock]. Everybody wants to sell it." He then recommended buying...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 29 Comments Info plus reports label

Manufacturers Unhappy With ASIS 2014

An IPVM survey of 50+ manufacturers reveals that most were not happy with the ASIS 2014 Atlanta show, with a number of them quite upset,...

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

Why Avaya Has Entered Video Surveillance

Avaya is best known as a VoIP spin off of former telecom giant Lucent, but this year they came to ASIS with a booth twice as big as Sony claiming...

By Ethan Ace - almost 10 years ago | 13 Comments Info plus reports label

IPVM Member Orientation October 2014

We held a live call / webinar next Monday, Oct 13th, showing you how to get the most out of your IPVM membership, including: The quickest ways...

By Marty Major - almost 10 years ago | 6 Comments Info plus reports label

Stop Careless Mistakes

Careless mistakes are a big problem, especially among inexperienced people who naively scan, skip or assume. Whether you are reading a quote,...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 16 Comments Info plus reports label

Avigilon Tightens Channel

Avigilon is tightening their channel structure, according to multiple independent sources discussing this at ASIS 2014. In the note, we examine...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 12 Comments Info plus reports label

The Most Misleading Announcement of ASIS 2014

One magazine called it "the biggest news to come out of the first day of ASIS 2014." Another described it in biblical terms. What could get them...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 28 Comments Info plus reports label

ASIS 2014 Show Floor Review

What Happened to the New Products? Nothing major at all. Disappointing. Lots of new recorder boxes, for some reason. Axis is now in the box...

By IPVM Team - almost 10 years ago | 25 Comments Info plus reports label

Startup: Thermal Radar

Two years ago, we covered a thermal panoramic system that covered huge areas, but came with a huge pricetag of ~$250,000. Now a startup...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 5 Comments Info plus reports label

Vicon CEO Losing Strategy

They got the Milestone exec to be their CEO, but his strategy is shaping up to be no better than the failing ones of the previous Vicon /...

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

HID 'Twist and Go' Access Control

Credential giant HID Global is making it easier to use cell phones as credentials. Instead of pushing buttons to turn on an app, users need only to...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 10 years ago | 11 Comments Info plus reports label

ASIS 2014 - 17 Manufacturer Tech Review

This long post recaps key findings from IPVM team members meeting with manufacturers at ASIS 2014 including Hikvision, EMC, Pelco, Digital...

By IPVM Team - almost 10 years ago | 12 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis Multi-Imager Panoramic / PTZ Q6000-E

Axis has launched its first multi-imager panoramic, entering in to a promising market with limited suppliers, most notably Arecont. However, Axis...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 22 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis Launches NVRs

The PC is dead? Not in the surveillance word, where boxes are the big new innovation thing. Axis has joined the fray with their S10 series of...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago | 8 Comments Info plus reports label


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