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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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Google / Nest is Destroying Dropcam

Wow. The most popular consumer camera has suddenly become one of the most hated. Just add Google. In this note, we examine the four main...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 29 Comments Info plus reports label

Favorite Large Scale VMSes 2015

If you have 100+ cameras in your system, what should you use for recording? What is used for recording?

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 27 Comments Info plus reports label

Lowest Priced Auto Focus Cameras

Auto-focus has historically been regarded as a high-end feature, found on expensive cameras. But with prices trending ever lower, is this still the...

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

Avigilon SVP Sales "Resigns"

Another Avigilon executive is out. This time it is the head of sales. Things are starting to get pretty bloody at Avigilon. In this note, we...

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

Mega-OEMs vs Micro-Relabelers

Manufacturers like Dahua are sold under dozens, if not hundreds, of aliases in the United States alone. Companies doing it range from two stoners...

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

Avigilon Weak Profits Continue - Q2 2015

After spending $39 million buying back their own stock, one would think (or hope) Avigilon would report great earnings. Alas, no. Avigilon's weak...

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

Favorite Large System Cameras

For large systems, with over 100 cameras, we identified the most preferred camera manufacturers selected from IPVM integrator survey results. Here...

By Brian Rhodes - about 9 years ago | 4 Comments Info plus reports label

"Future-Proofing" Access Control Guide

Its one of the most misused phrases around: "Future-proof". However, even without the crystal ball and wizards, designing access control to be...

By Brian Rhodes - about 9 years ago | 3 Comments Info plus reports label

The Company Behind AHD - Nextchip

They are the star of nearly every Chinese spam email now. Plus, they just picked up Samsung. We interviewed Nextchip, the company behind AHD, who...

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

First Integrator Face Off Opened

IPVM is starting a new series. A scenario will be presented and selected integrators can respond with their proposals / designs. Then those...

By Ethan Ace - about 9 years ago | 25 Comments Info plus reports label

Arecont Pulls End User Marketing Claims

Manufacturers, you have to get explicit permission from end users and only state factually true claims about them. Arecont struggles to understand...

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

Hospital Video Surveillance Guide

This 16-page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the Hospital Surveillance market.   A global group of 50 integrators and...

By Brian Rhodes - about 9 years ago | 16 Comments Info plus reports label

Gun Detecting Smartcam Startup

Wild claims are nothing new for security products, but one startup is claiming its home camera can detect guns. GunDetect claims it can stop gun...

By Brian Rhodes - about 9 years ago | 13 Comments Info plus reports label

RIP Frank De Fina

[link no longer available]Frank De Fina [link no longer available] has passed away. De Fina was a well known and respected industry executive,...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 14 Comments Info plus reports label

Arecont Accurately Predicts Its Own Fall

You have to give credit where credit is due. Three years ago, Arecont introduced the idiotic Pixels Per Dollar metric. On the one hand, it is...

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

BICSI Dumps Security Certification

Security people may love IT, but the feeling evidently is not mutual. Standards/certification group BICSI has terminated their Electronic Safety...

By Ethan Ace - about 9 years ago | 6 Comments Info plus reports label

Surveillance Design Training Class

In this webinar, we demonstrated how to better design video surveillance systems using the IPVM camera calculator. How to lay out cameras on Google...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 5 Comments Info plus reports label


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