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Intransa Wind Down Investigated

While we have been reporting for more than a month about the failure of Intransa, there is still no official public announcement. Indeed, visitors...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 4 Comments

ipConfigure Google Search for Surveillance UI

One of the most interesting ads at ISC West featured a search for 'computer stolen from d' with autocompletion choices of 'stolen from desk', 'data...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments

Philly's Cameras Cost 20x More Than Planned

Last year, the City of Philadelphia commissioned a review of its multi-million dollar surveillance system. In the planning stages, the system's...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments

First ImmerVision Powered Minidome (Brickcom)

Nearly a year after ImmerVision announced the world's smallest panomorph lens, Brickcom has designed it into a new line of compact minidomes, the...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago | 6 Comments

Hirsch / Identive Gets Cost Competitive

One of the biggest legacy brands in high end access control was Hirsch, who merged [link no longer available] and was absorbed within Identive in...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 3 Comments

Sony's 6th Gen Low Light Demo

Sony's ISC West demo of their 6th generation network camera's low light performance drew a lot of attention. Normally, we ignore show demos as they...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 9 Comments

FAILED: Facial Recognition & Boston Bombing

Facial recognition vendors have been tripping over themselves to take credit, insert or claim the wonders of their offerings to identify the Boston...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 18 Comments

SIA NPS New Product Showcase Judging

"It's like a cute baby contest. If only 12 ugly babies enter, then only ugly babies are going to win," explained the SIA New Product Showcase (NPS)...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 4 Comments

Top Trends in Access Control 2013

All of a sudden, Access Control has momentum? After a long period of apparent stagnation and staleness, new technologies and devoted marketing...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments

Chinese Spammer Targets Boston Bombings

UPDATE: Cantonk, the spammer, says our article is illegal and demands it be removed immediately. That was fast... and disgusting. One of the...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 19 Comments

Intransa From the Ashes, Viakoo

If not from the ashes, at least from the same building. We broke news a few weeks ago that Intransa's employees were laid off. While the company...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 7 Comments

Reading Irises from Cars?

What happens when you want to use biometrics at vehicle gates? In the past, this has meant staffing entry points with guards, and bringing readers...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 6 Comments

Axis Q1 2013 Financial Results

Axis's growth rate appears to have settled into a slower growth rate range, as shown by just released Q1 2013 and 2012 financial results. In this...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Best and Worst ISC West 2013

Great attendance with a limited number of new products marked ISC West 2013. Brian, Carlton, Ethan and myself attended, putting together the...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 27 Comments

Hijacking the #ISCW13 Hashtag

This year's ISC West witnessed a dramatic increase in tweeting about the show, though overwhelmingly from manufacturers and PR people. To track...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments

"Best" New Access Control Product?

It's 'award winning', but is it useful? With 3M Cogent's MiY-Touch fingerprint reader winning an ISC West 2013 "Judge's Choice" award, the #2...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 3 Comments

IPVM Live From ISC West 2013

In this post, we bring updates from the show floor, highlighting the great and not-so-great trends we see at the show. UPDATE: Our full roundup of...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 7 Comments

BRS Labs Ambulance Chases Mass Stabbing

BRS Labs is wasting no time responding to today's Texas Tragedy. Their PR agency is imploring 'security industry journalists' to understand how BRS...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 5 Comments

Milestone Arcus Hybrid DVR/NVR

Milestone new VMS platform, Arcus, has gained huge attention, but the big question is who would partner with Milestone? Now, the first of them has...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 8 Comments

Bosch Goes Ultra HD (4K/12MP)

Just a few years ago, Bosch was OEMing MJPEG cameras from Arecont. Now, they are the first to announce Ultra HD 4K surveillance cameras [link no...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago | 9 Comments

The SUPER RMR Padlock

Despite the dearth of new product announcements for the year's ISC West expo, padlock lovers can rejoice! Mul-T-Lock is introducing their Watchlock...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

New Products ISC West Spring 2013

Weakest season of product releases in a long time. Here is what we have covered so far: Best New Access Control Product? Fingerprint...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Sued For Not Having Enough Surveillance

When someone is attacked on private property, how responsible is the venue? In past US cases, decisions have varied. Sometimes the courts find...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 3 Comments


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