2019 Mid-Year Video Surveillance Guide

IPVM's new 400+ page Mid-Year Industry Guide brings all of these issues and events together in a single resource to read and review. It can be requested inside.

All chapters come from reports published on IPVM. Below is a list of those reports, with links to the locations where they can be read immediately:

Startups

Startups are entering at a faster rate than any time in the past decade, raising the potential for innovation and increased competition:

• The Battle For The VSaaS Market Begins 2019 - Alarm.com, Arcules, Eagle Eye, OpenEye, Qumulex, Verkada, More
• Surging Wyze Raises $20 Million, Threat To Chinese Brands
• Solink Raises $12 Million - Company Profile
• Knightscope Adds Just 2 Total Customers In Past Year, Yet Raising Money at $300 Million Valuation
• The IP Camera Lock-In Trend: Meraki and Verkada
• The Fastest Growing Video Surveillance Sales Organization Ever - Verkada
• Verkada Salesman: IPVM "Stuck In A The Stone Age"
• Verkada Gets Half Billion Dollar Valuation
• Verkada False Allegations Against Avigilon Exposed
• Startup Rhombus Systems Says Twice the Features, Half the Price of Verkada
• Startup Vaion Launching End-to-End AI Solution Backed with $20 Million Funding

Acquisitions / Deals

A number of deals were made, with none more notable than the spinouts of 2 former industry leaders:

• Pelco Sold Off, Now Independent
• Panasonic Sells Off / Spins Out Security Business
• Alibaba Makes Major Investment Into Uniview
• Qognify Acquires OnSSI, CEO Pitches Exciting Future
• OnSSI Co-Founders Are Out
• Qognify Significantly Cuts OnSSI HQ
• Qognify Dropping Seetec and OnSSI Brands
• Motorola Acquires VaaS / Vigilant LPR
• OpenALPR Acquired By Mysterious Novume
• Failed Integrator Rollup, Securadyne Sells to Guard Giant Allied
• ACRE Acquires RS2, Explains Acquisition Strategy

China

China remains a critical issue for the global industry as the conflict between China and the US continues:

• "At Hikvision, We Build Trust"
• The False SCMP Story on Hikvision NYC AI
• NYPD Refutes False SCMP Hikvision Story
• Huawei: Hikvision / Dahua "Strategy Is Just To Provide Cheap Cameras"
• Dahua China Significant Job Cuts
• Bloomberg Warns Of Huawei Hisilicon IP Camera Usage
• US Senator Calls Hikvision and Dahua “Puppets of the Chinese Communist Party”, Urges Sanctions
• Milestone Drops Hikvision From Elite Partners
• Hikvision Chairman Praises United Front
• Hikvision 2018 Revenue Tops $7 Billion USD But Growth Slows To Low
• Massive Leak Of Chinese VMS Provider Exposes Xinjiang Surveillance
• Huawei Sues US Government Over NDAA Ban
• Congressional Letter Calls Out US Companies Supporting Dahua and Hikvision
• Goldman and Fidelity Funds Sell Off Hikvision, Dahua Stock Over Xinjiang
• Hikvision Conducts Military Training For New Employees
• Hikvision Admits USA Sales Falling
• Hikvision VP On Muslim Oppression
• Trump Signs 'Huawei Ban' - Executive Order Targeting Foreign Adversary Technology
• US Considers Sanctions Against Hikvision and Dahua
• Hikvision: In China, We Obey PRC Human Rights Law
• China / US Trade War Impact Splits Industry

Profiles And Events

IPVM has been covering more news than ever. We conclude our mid-year guide with a selection of profiles and events we have covered:

• DirectView Aims To Be A Video Surveillance Power Like Tyco
• Arecont Vision President Resigns, Ex-Pelco CTO Takes Over
• Axis Wins, Avigilon Tripwire Patent Annulled
• Turnover at Arcules
• Sales Turnover At Anyvision
• Sales Cuts At Rasilient
• Milestone Launches Marketplace Where Nothing Is For Sale
• Genetec Declares "Lead With Synergis" Access Control
• Axis Brags About "Whiskey Tasting" With Independent Consultants
• BCDVideo Expansion And Switch From HP To Dell Examined
• The Hanwha Techwin Million Dollar ISC West Booth
• The Embarrassing Story of ISC West's Best New IP Camera
• IBM Shuts Down Intelligent Video Analytics
• Top Hikvision Proponent Nelly's "GoSwift" Elsewhere
• San Francisco Face Recognition Ban And Surveillance Regulation Details Examined
• Amazon Ring Public Subsidy Program Aims To Dominate Residential Security
• Dahua USA Celebrates 5 Years of Errors
• Nortek Security CEO Out, Company Pivoting
• NSA Director Keynoting Dahua and Hikvision Sponsored Cybersecurity Conference [Canceled]
• Briefcam Buys Frost Award*

How To Get It

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