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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TVT Q2 2023 Financials Analyzed

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By Charles Rollet - 12 months ago

Bosch Considering Selling Security Business, Claims German Business News (Analyzed)

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By John Honovich - 12 months ago | 3 Comments

Verkada Sends Airport to Collections, But Still Wins Project

Unprecedented is Verkada's practice of sending prospects to debt collections. Even more atypical, Verkada sent an airport to collections and still...

By Conor Healy - 12 months ago | 10 Comments

Ex-HID Executive Becomes Shooter Detection Systems President, Interview

After six years as an executive at HID, Stephen Carney has become the President of Shooter Detection Systems, which Alarm.com acquired in...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 12 months ago

"Demand Has Shrunk Severely": RaySharp's Financial Problems Analyzed (Q2 2023)

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By Charles Rollet - 12 months ago

PSA Security CEO Speaks About Integrators Getting Acquired

No organization has been impacted directly as much as PSA Security, whose integrator owners are regularly acquired by mega-integrators. Most...

By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 12 months ago | 5 Comments

BCD Founder Is Out, New CEO Interview

In the last two years, BCD has received private equity investment and broke up with Genetec. Now, BCD's founder and CEO is out, and they have...

By Sean Patton - 12 months ago | 8 Comments

HID Patents And Sues Rivals For Vulnerable Multi-Frequency Readers

HID has sued competitors for producing readers that support both 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz frequencies, the device type at the core of downgrade...

By Brian Rhodes - 12 months ago | 2 Comments

US Drone Manufacturer Skydio Plans To Be The First In Fully Autonomous Operations

Skydio, a US drone company with a multi-billion dollar valuation, expects to be the first to reach the milestone of fully autonomous operations...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 12 months ago | 3 Comments

PDK Favorability Statistics 2023

PDK is a "mobile first" low-cost, cloud-access control provider (see how they fared in integrator's Favorite Access Control Manufacturers 2022)....

By IPVM Team - 12 months ago | 11 Comments

HID Should Stop Selling And Supporting 125 kHz

HID should stop selling and supporting 125 kHz credentials. Not only have such credentials been cracked for many, many years, but new devices...

By IPVM Team - 12 months ago | 27 Comments

Evolv "Deeply Regrets" Generalizing About Its Capabilities, Conflicts With FTC Rules

After years of false marketing issues at Evolv, the company has for the first time admitted that its statements may have "generalize[d] our...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 12 months ago

ZKTeco Planned USA "Factory" Examined

ZKTeco announced the US 'factory' in 2020, but a lack of credible details, changing its proposed location twice, reducing its initial planned...

By Charles Rollet - 12 months ago

Pelco Elevate AI "Camera Image Health" Cloud Service Examined

At GSX 2023, Pelco announced Elevate, a new cloud service that offers camera management and AI image health monitoring to any ONVIF-conformant VMS...

By Sean Patton - 12 months ago | 2 Comments

Axis A8207-VE Mk II Video Intercom + HID iClass Compatibility Tested

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By Jack Parkin and Brian Rhodes - 12 months ago

HID Standard Profile Makes 13.56 MHz SE / Seos As Vulnerable As Cracked 125 kHz For Downgrade Attack

While 13.56 MHz HID SE and Seos are marketed as high security and used in critical infrastructure, they are just as vulnerable as long-cracked 125...

By Mert Karakaya and Brian Rhodes - 12 months ago | 102 Comments

Verkada First Generation Cameras Analytics Performance Decline

How do cloud video surveillance customers know if their provider quietly reduces the performance of their products? New IPVM testing shows this...

By Mert Karakaya - 12 months ago | 5 Comments

i-PRO Active Guard People Attribute Search Tested

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By Katie Ferry - 12 months ago

Vivint Sales Manual Directs Reps To Deceive ADT Customers

IPVM has obtained a Vivint sales manual, via court records, that shows how Vivint's management directed its door-to-door sales reps to deceive ADT...

By Christie Smythe - 12 months ago | 4 Comments

The Remote Video Monitoring Market: View From Banker Alper Cetingok

Raymond James, one of a few bankers specializing in deals for physical security companies, is bullish about the future of remote video...

By Angelique Chen - 12 months ago | 2 Comments

Huawei Founded Uniview, Uniview Now Hides

For years, Uniview bragged about how Huawei founded it and its deep ties to Huawei, but, in the past few years, Uniview stopped and even hid such...

By IPVM Team - 12 months ago | 9 Comments

Eagle Eye Valuation, Comparative Analysis And 10-Year Financial Projections Analyzed

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By John Honovich and Mert Karakaya - almost 1 year ago

Criminally Indicted Aventura Moves To Disqualify Attorney of End User They Are Suing

Suing one's customer is rare enough in physical security, but Aventura has now taken the unusual step of moving to disqualify their end-user's...

By William Howard-Waddingham - almost 1 year ago

Las Vegas CIO Markets Verkada Despite City Ban on Endorsements

Las Vegas told IPVM that its attorney found no violations of the city's policy despite its CIO participating in Verkada's paid advertising, a...

By Christie Smythe - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

VC Firm Sapphire is Looking to Invest in Video Surveillance Startups

Over the past five years, VCs have invested over a billion dollars in video surveillance companies. Now, VC firm Sapphire Ventures, with ~$10...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago | 6 Comments

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