The Laziest RFP Ever
By Ben Wood
| 11 CommentsBad RFPs - out of date, vague or just plain confusing - are common. But this RFP is on a whole other level. It is as if no one even looked at...
By Ben Wood - about 11 years ago | 11 Comments
Often businesses or homeowners want to put remote cameras at a distance from their buildings, to spot intruders or see who is entering. One common...
By IPVM Team - about 11 years ago | 6 Comments
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One of IPVM's most powerful features is to post undisclosed, enabling people to hide their name publicly while allowing IPVM to review and vet who...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 4 Comments
For almost all of you reading this, the tipping point from analog to IP cameras is no longer a concern. However, a recent market analyst report is...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 4 Comments
CompassPR [link no longer available], whose clients [link no longer available] include Tyco, Genetec, Siemens and Mobotix, is poised to become the...
By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 9 Comments
Continuing to buck the trends of the broader surveillance market, Avigilon's revenue was up 61% year over year for Q2 2013. Here is the full...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 13 Comments
Last year, Avigilon sued Hawk Technology Systems while Hawk sued Vicon and BJ Wholesale Club plus countersued Avigilon for patent infringement. Now...
By IPVM Team - about 11 years ago | 28 Comments
Salto's access control system, using credential based networking, claims to be at least 50% less expensive than traditional access control...
By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago | 13 Comments
A key Exacq competitive advantage has been their appliance lines, especially compared to Milestone, who essentially had none (i.e., the HP...
By Sarit Williams - about 11 years ago
It happens all the time... An IP camera, access control panel, etc. loses connectivity or hangs up and needs to be rebooted at a distant facility....
By John Grocke - about 11 years ago | 16 Comments
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Many times integrators are presented with complex applications, such as machine interface, mantraps, lighting control, or complex timing...
By John Grocke - about 11 years ago | 15 Comments
In the construction industry, the PDF file is king. Everything from RFPs to close-out documents are generated in PDF so they can be easily and...
By IPVM Team - about 11 years ago | 10 Comments
An email circulating around the surveillance industry accusing a sales manager of sexual harassment is a hoax, the U.S. Equal Employment...
By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 2 Comments
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Putting surveillance in the face of thieves. That's the aim of a new Public View Monitor (PVM). While other small surveillance PVMs are available...
By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago | 9 Comments
Grants seem to power almost every public surveillance system deployed in the past decade. Need a hundred thousand? No problem. Get a government...
By IPVM Team - about 11 years ago | 13 Comments
What's it like to be a surveillance operator? What problems do they face? How do they do their job? We interviewed one with extensive experience...
By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 13 Comments
What a bizarre pitch I just received. Even for a PR person, this is amazing: "I wanted to reach out to you for ... a story about how Security...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 20 Comments
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In our recent BRS Labs layoffs post, a member commented: "I think its very valuable to know about every company. Especially those that have red...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 5 Comments
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Fiber is a mainstay for networking cameras run far apart. The number of cameras seldom matches the fiber available, and having two strands to run...
By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago | 6 Comments
Manufacturers, like casinos, want whales - huge customers who will spend the big bucks. Getting them, of course, can be difficult. Now ASIS has a...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 16 Comments
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