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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Turing Vision VSaaS Tested 2023

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By Ethan Ace - over 1 year ago

DMP App Secretly Communicates With Hikvision

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By bashis mcw and Sean Patton - over 1 year ago | 10 Comments

Wyze Settles Security Vulnerability Lawsuit

Wyze has settled a proposed consumer class action over security vulnerabilities that were uncovered by Bitdefender in March 2019 and not fully...

By Christie Smythe - over 1 year ago

Flock For Sale on eBay, Flock Sends Cease And Desist

While Flock Safety sells only direct to end-users, IPVM found numerous Flock devices for sale on eBay. Flock has refused to sell us products,...

By Donald Maye - over 1 year ago | 5 Comments

Security Window Films Tutorial

In the March 2023 Nashville school shooting, the perpetrator entered by shooting the glass window raising questions about using security windows...

By Nikita Ermolaev - over 1 year ago | 4 Comments

UK's Dedicated Micros Claims To Be Back And "Best"

UK's Dedicated Micros was once one of the largest manufacturers in the 2000s but collapsed in the 2010s. Now, it has declared it is "back"...

By Charles Rollet - over 1 year ago | 15 Comments

Camera Video Analytics Rankings 2023 - 21 Manufacturers, 40 Analytics

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By Rob Kilpatrick - over 1 year ago | 6 Comments

El Salvador's New Megaprison Uses Digifort, ZKTeco

El Salvadoran authorities are using Digifort and ZKTeco to run a high-profile new megaprison used to lock up thousands of alleged gang...

By Charles Rollet - over 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Evolv Terminates SVB $75 Million Debt Financing Analyzed

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By John Honovich - over 1 year ago

Wi-Charge Wireless Power Company Profile

Wireless power has been promoted for years now but skepticism is commonplace. Now an Israeli company, Wi-Charge, aims to change that with its...

By Nikita Ermolaev - over 1 year ago | 3 Comments

Strong ISC West 2023, Says Manufacturers

For the second year in a row, manufacturers have cheered ISC West results, following 2 years (2020 and 2021) marred by the Pandemic and repeatedly...

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago | 4 Comments

Verkada "Complete Win" Over Motorola In ITC Case

20 months after seeking to ban the import of Verkada cameras, the US ITC has denied Motorola / Avigilon's complaint, and terminated the...

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Hikvision USA Wins Huge Order From ADI

Embattled Hikvision USA has secured a huge order from ADI, the US's largest security distributor, as Hikvision fights to survive, amongst growing...

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago | 10 Comments

Dahua Closes State-Owned China Mobile $740 Million Stock Deal

Two years after a deal was announced, Dahua has successfully sold $740 million in new stock to state-owned enterprise China Mobile, sending its...

By Charles Rollet - over 1 year ago | 3 Comments

ISC West 2023 Show Final Report

IPVM has finished covering the entire show with our largest and most comprehensive show report ever. In our final entry, we cover: 5 major...

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago | 30 Comments

Alarm Fees Struck Down and Refunded But On A Technicality

A court ruling in an Ohio city has brought hope and excitement to the alarm industry that false alarm-related fees will be swept away but IPVM's...

By Christie Smythe - over 1 year ago | 4 Comments

Clearview Sued By Right Wing Activist, Disputed Cofounder

Clearview AI, its CEO Hoan Ton-That and President Richard Schwartz were sued by right-wing activist Charles Johnson over allegations that they...

By Christie Smythe - over 1 year ago | 7 Comments

BluB0X AI Controller Examined

BluB0X combines door access with video analytics in its AI Controller, showing off the board in the company's booth at ISC West 2023. In this...

By Brian Rhodes - over 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Hikvision Ordered To Pay Housing Funds to PRC China Employees

Hikvision is underpaying its PRC China employees' housing funds, a key social benefit used by staff to buy homes. This comes amid broader PRC...

By Charles Rollet - over 1 year ago

WiFi HaLow For IP Cameras Examined

Using WiFi for IP cameras is widely viewed negatively due to limited transmission range and problems working through walls. However, the WiFi...

By Nikita Ermolaev - over 1 year ago

Wesco / Anixter NA To Stop Selling Dahua and Hikvision

One of the world's biggest distributors will stop selling Dahua and Hikvision in North America, a move the company confirmed to IPVM, that deepens...

By Angelique Chen - over 1 year ago | 11 Comments

Alarm.com Noonlight Vs Central Stations

Alarm.com acquired Noonlight at the end of last year. Now, Noonlight's sales to security dealers are raising concerns about Alarm.com becoming a...

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago

ACRE Hires President Americas, CTO, And Feenics GM

Last year a new outside CEO joined ACRE with numerous long-term executives leaving but now ACRE has hired 3 industry veterans in leadership...

By Angelique Chen - over 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Avigilon Alta / Ava Flex Tested

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By Katie Ferry - over 1 year ago

Favorite And Worst Facial Recognition Manufacturers 2023

More and more manufacturers are offering facial recognition, but who are integrators' favorite, and who have they had the worst experience...

By Angelique Chen - over 1 year ago | 2 Comments

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