IHS Sells Credibility To Manufacturer Sponsorships
By Brian Karas
| 6 CommentsA valuable manufacturer opportunity or a conflict of interest? Trade magazines have long offered promotional whitepapers and webinars to...
By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago | 6 Comments
Look at the two cameras side by side in the image below: This is inside an urban Shell gas station. The two cameras are Sensormatic and Lorex,...
By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago | 13 Comments
Security robots are getting a lot of attention. Unfortunately, this is often for wrong reasons, most spectacularly highlighted by the Knightscope...
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This note breaks down and contrasts the markups between two big access brands: Lenel (OnGuard) versus Software House (C-Cure). Our analysis of...
The video surveillance market is racing to the bottom, with 3MP IP cameras being sold for as low as ~$100 through distribution. Cisco is not...
Hikvision alleges that they receive no subsidies but their own financial records show $189 million of subsidies in 2015. Hikvision 'overseas' has...
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The founder of Mobotix, Dr. Ralf Hinkel, is out of Mobotix, just 7 months after the company was acquired by Konica-Minolta. With his departure,...
IPVM has seen many strange investments over the years. Who can forget how BRS Labs burned ~$100 million of mom and pop investments in their...
Now that Milestone has killed Go and made 8 Channel Essential free, they are launching another free offer to give more features away. In this...
Integrators told us their average door count of their access control projects, and their answers reveal key drivers in the market. In this note,...
Cameras are commodities, the money is in VMS. This is the new philosophy of IndigoVision, long known as a closed end-to-end systems provider. The...
The victim of the record-breaking botnet, Brian Krebs, is calling Dahua duplicitous in its statements about the Mirai botnet. He says Dahua should...
By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago | 18 Comments
Huge VMS file sizes increase installation size and can cause problems in the field. As VMSes become more mature and add features their file size...
Axis offered its employees a $100 bonus for beating out Avigilon's VMS, according to an Axis communication obtained by IPVM. Axis...
Hikvision continues to ramp up its direct-to-customer sales. And you can lead the team. In this note, we examine what Hikvision is seeking, what...
100 integrators told IPVM what their biggest problems were with low light images. The most commonly cited themes were: Limited IR Range Uneven...
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Manufacturers are increasingly trying to differentiate cameras with features to simplify / speed up installation. At ASIS 2016, Arecont showed an...
ONVIF Profile S does not support H.265. And Profile S is what literally every ONVIF device supports today for video. So what happens to H.265...
By Ethan Ace - almost 8 years ago | 10 Comments
Hikvision's CEO admitted that Hikvision is a China state-owned company, during a 2015 visit to Hikvision from Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of...
By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago | 111 Comments
New IPVM survey data reveals integrator's top 5 problems with electronic access control: High Cost Complex Doors and Hardware Lowball...
Despite Avigilon's stock price collapse, management turnover, decelerating growth and net losses, Avigilon CEO shows that he is optimistic as...
The physical security industry has been fairly indifferent to cyber security (e.g., see the Cyber Security For Video Surveillance Study). Here, we...
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