2020 Mid Year Video Surveillance Industry Guide

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.