2020 Mid Year Video Surveillance Industry Guide
Published Jul 27, 2020 11:32 AM
The first half of 2020 has been shocking, for the world generally, and for the video surveillance industry, with temperature screening / fever cameras becoming the industry's hottest segment.
Now, we release the 595-page Mid-Year Guide aggregating 75 IPVM member reports into a single PDF emailed to group members on request. Below is a list of those reports, with links to the locations where they can be read immediately online:
Coronavirus Impact
- ADI Sales Down 21% in April
- Dahua Revenue Plunges, 3 Execs Resign
- Hikvision Global Revenue Falls, Hit By Coronavirus
- Convergint Outlook Turns Negative
- Integrators Hard Hit By Coronavirus
- Worsen: Integrators Hit Even Harder By Coronavirus
- Bottom: Integrators Start To Stand Vs Coronavirus
- Integrators Rising Against Coronavirus
- Worst Over But Integrators Still Dealing With Coronavirus Problems (June Statistics)
Fever Camera Boom
- The Booming Multi-Billion Coronavirus Fever Camera Market
- Fever Camera Sales From Integrators Surveyed
Medical Fever Controversy
- World IEC Fever Screening Standards Explained
- FDA Defines Correct Operation of "Fever Cameras"
- Fever Cameras Are Medical Devices, Per The FDA, Dahua, Feevr, Hikvision, InVid Contrary Claims Are False
- UK Government Says Fever Cameras "Unsuitable"
- Australia Dahua Faked Advertisement, Government Warns of 'Criminal Offense' for Not Registering As Medical Device
- ZKTeco SpeedFace+ Are Medical Devices, Per FDA Definition, Contrary Claims Are False
- Industry Study: 83% of US Temperature Screening Sellers Falsely Say Not Medical Devices
- ADT: 'Fever' Cameras Are Medical Devices
- Dahua USA Admits Thermal Solutions "Qualify As Medical Devices"
Bad Marketing
- Hikvision Illicitly Uses Back To The Future In Marketing
- Dahua Buenos Aires Bus Screening Violates IEC Standards and Dahua's Own Instructions
- UK Firm Markets False Fever Screening, Hikvision Disavows
- Temperature Screening From The Protection Bureau and ZKTeco Violate IEC Standards and FDA Correct Operation
- ISC News Fakes Fever Screening, Falsely Quotes FDA
- Colombia's President Promotes Bad Hikvision Fever Camera Setup
- Faked Convergint Fever Camera 'Expert' Marketing
- Dahua and Hikvision Fever Cameras Endanger French and Scottish Nursing Homes
- Hikvision Salespeople: We Don't Need A Blackbody
- Dahua Faked Coronavirus Camera Marketing
- Terrible Convergint Coronavirus Thermal Camera Recommendation
Fall of ISC West
- ISC West 2020 Removes China Pavilion, No Plans To Cancel Or Postpone
- Cancel or Not? Industry Split Over ISC West
- SIA Director Dismisses Coronavirus, Don't Cancel ISC West
- ISC West March 2020 Cancelled, Postponed to July 2020
- Manufacturers And Reed Speak on Planned July 2020 ISC West
- Disaster At ISC West: Reed And SIA Burn Manufacturers
- ISC West 2020 Cancelled Again, Rescheduled For October 2020
- Manufacturers Not Interested in October 2020 ISC West Show
- The SIA Board Strongly Supports ISC West October 2020
- Mass Exhibitor Dropouts Threaten ISC West October 2020
- ISC West 2020 Moves To The Basement
- ISC West 2020 Finally Cancelled
- Manufacturers on Virtual 'ISC West' 2020 and Potential ISC West 2021
News
- Where's Panasonic? Now Call It i-PRO
- "Beyond Reprehensible" Email Leads To Boycott of CPI Security
- Dahua Sues Ex-North American President, Says Legal Typo
- Genetec Drops Support for Dahua and Hikvision
- IBM Video Analytics Reborn
- Sony Exits Branded Video Surveillance Business
- Cisco Video Surveillance Is Dead, Long Live Cisco Meraki Video Surveillance
- Hikvision And Dahua Now Blocked From Conforming ONVIF Products
China
- US DoD Declares "Can No Longer Do Business" With Contractors Using Dahua, Hikvision, Huawei
- Hikvision Hides Xinjiang R&D Activities
- US Passes Uyghur Human Rights Law Condemning Mass Surveillance
- White House Trade Advisor Calls Hikvision "Very Evil Company"
- Hikvision Put on US DoD "Communist Chinese Military Companies" List, Faces Risk of Presidential Sanctions
- Hikvision AI Training In Xinjiang Paramilitary Base, Now Denies
Fund Raising
- Openpath Raises $36 Million
- Verkada Raises $80 Million, Triples Valuation To $1.6 Billion
- Proxy Raises $42 Million
- Startup Solink $17 Million USD Fund Raise Expands To Mass Market
- Wyze Raises $10 Million And Seeks Services Expansion
Acquisitions
- Cisco Acquiring Fluidmesh
- Motorola Acquires IndigoVision
- PRC Government Entity Now Controlling Shareholder of Infinova / March Networks
- Wesco Wins Anixter
- Apple Acquires XNOR.ai, Loss For The Industry
Layoffs
- JCI / Tyco Security Products Layoffs
- LenelS2 Coronavirus Cuts
- JCI Coronavirus Cuts
- Pivot3 Mass Layoffs
- Convergint Coronavirus Cuts
- Anyvision Layoffs
How To Get It
There are 3 ways to get the 2020 Guide PDF:
- Non-Members: Become a Group PRO Member for $749 USD and get the 2019 Video Surveillance Guide plus 1-year membership or buy the Guide alone for $499 USD.
- Personal PRO Members: Login and change plan to Group to get the PDF copy.
- Group PRO Members: Login, go to the post, and click the 'request to send' link to get a personalized copy emailed to you.
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