Surveillance Cameras on Light Poles Tutorial
By Brian Rhodes
A growing trend makes putting surveillance cameras on the most logical choice in parking lots - light poles - very problematic. Increasingly, power...
By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago
A local US newspaper has questioned the need for a local school district to upgrade its VMS software just a few years after its initial install....
By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 17 Comments
"Boom Times Ahead for Wireless Video Surveillance," blares a trade magazine. Ironically, the underlying stats show the opposite - a bust for...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 4 Comments
Finally, a security trade magazine is taking a bold stand! Unfortunately, it is in favor of felicide, justified by austerity. UK firefighters...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 4 Comments
Once a DVR powerhouse, Dedicated Micros is rarely, if ever, heard from. Back in the mid 2000s, the company peaked at an impressive ~$135 million...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 18 Comments
Patent lawsuits continue to gain momentum throughout the world and in the surveillance industry. Though most of its suits were dismissed last fall,...
By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments
Shaky images can severely undermine image quality, strain operator eyesight and make monitoring more difficult. What can be done about the problem?...
By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 2 Comments
Anixter has been touting 5 Advantages of IP Video Surveillance [link no longer available]. Unfortunately, those benefits center around dubious...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 26 Comments
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Access control systems keep people and places safe, but sometimes have huge weaknesses that leave doors wide open to disaster. What are these...
By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 4 Comments
City surveillance systems often cost huge amounts of money - $10,000 per camera deployed is common. One Pennsylvania city took a different approach...
By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago | 30 Comments
This may be the future of manufacturer marketing. Each day, the once dominant manufacturer marketing machine is further drowned out by the rise of...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 14 Comments
Installing electronic access is never as simple as throwing in a mechanical lock. Not only do you need to install multiple devices, often from...
By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago
Is it a PSIM, a central station platform, or an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software? Well, according to DICE, their Matrix offering [link...
By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago
Who says there is no money to be made in physical security? Evidently, they do not know the executives at non-profit security organization ASIS....
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 19 Comments
All decisions have a price, but some cost more than others. Choosing which type of database for your access control system can impact cost greatly,...
By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago
ADI installers typically serve smaller cost conscious security customers. While Axis has become a major force in high end surveillance, it has...
By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago | 6 Comments
Desperate, shady PSIM marketing tactics continue. Last month, $50 million of diamonds were stolen from the Brussels airport. Now, a PSIM marketing...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 22 Comments
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Bucking an industry trend, Avigilon's massive growth continued in calendar Q4 2012, with revenue growing ~73% year over year, even higher than...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 13 Comments
PRO Members, with our new Easy Email feature, it is now simpler than ever to share excerpts of IPVM posts with your friends and colleagues. When...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Shutter speed and frame rate are frequently confused. They are certainly related and here's the key point - a camera's shutter speed can never be...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Last year, many were shocked and alarmed that HomeDepot took the #1 spot online in Google's powerful search rankings for video surveillance. Now, a...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 14 Comments
Many lament that encoders are so expensive. Indeed, a recent fascinating IPVM discussion examined why encoders typically are so much more expensive...
By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago | 7 Comments
Wasting money on unnecessary, gold plated equipment is a common risk, especially among deep pocketed customers. Vendors know this and realize that...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago | 17 Comments
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