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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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

Vehicle Entrance Camera Selection Guide

When it comes to vehicle surveillance, the conversation regularly turns to license plate capture. But other information, such as identifying...

By Ethan Ace - about 9 years ago | 2 Comments Info plus reports label

Camera Calculation Presentations Released

Wow your customers with beautiful presentations of your video surveillance designs.  Now you can generate PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, Word...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 37 Comments Info plus reports label

You Cannot Trust the ONVIF Chairman

A fascinating question: Can you trust salesman? Posed SourceSecurity. Unfortunately and ironically, the ONVIF chairman [link no longer...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 22 Comments Info plus reports label

VMS vs CMS

VMS and CMS both refer to software that manages video surveillance recordings yet they are different. In this note, we explain the differences...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 16 Comments Info plus reports label

Police Station Video Surveillance Guide

This 18-page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the Police Station Surveillance market.   A global group of 50...

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

Avigilon Wastes $39 Million on Stock Buyback

Avigilon is investing - in their own stock. Over the past 2 months, Avigilon has spent nearly $40 million buying back their own stock. In this...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 10 Comments Info plus reports label

Tyco Security Layoffs

One of the biggest security manufacturers, Tyco Security Products, owner of brands like Exacq, Software House, American Dynamics, conducted a...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 7 Comments Info plus reports label

Pelco Criticizes Arecont's Multi-Imager

Pelco is rolling out their new multi-imager line and they are taking aim at Arecont. In their new promotion, here is the comparison they offer:

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 47 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis Financials From Bad To Worse (Q2 2015)

Things keep getting worse for Axis and now sales are actually shrinking. In this note, we break down: How revenue and profits are...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago | 18 Comments Info plus reports label

Disruputing Smoke Detectors: Nest vs. Roost

A startup has an idea that will make any smoke detector 'smart' - a WiFi connected battery. Instead of replacing existing units with a Nest...

By Brian Rhodes - about 9 years ago | 2 Comments Info plus reports label


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