Geovision Launches Direct Cloud Offering

By: IPVM Team, Published on Jan 18, 2017

Add cloud, subtract integrator.

Geovision has launched myGVcloud [link no longer available], an offering that allows consumers to buy cameras and cloud services directly from Geovision. An image below from our testing:

This is certainly not the first professional manufacturer to offer a cloud service (e.g., Axis has had AVHS for more than a decade) but Geovision has made it that consumers buy directly off the Geovision myGVcloud website. Indeed, we bought a $50 720p camera and tested out the service.

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Financial ********

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Summary ****

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Integration *********** *****

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Camera *******

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Confusing ************ *****

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myGVcloud ****** ***

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Web ****** *********

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Web ****** *******

****** *** *****, **** viewing **** *** ***** via *** *** ******, there *** *-** ****** latency. *******, *** ****** app *** *** ******* latency ****** **** ****, with ***** **** ~*-* seconds *******.

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Image *******

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Comments (1)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

01/20/17 03:18pm

I like the built-in auto-reboot function of GV cams. Without that, you have to reset the camera manually every 2-3 days...

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