Normalize Exposure Settings for IP Camera Comparisons
By John Honovich
We recommend all surveillance camera comparisons be performed with normalized exposure settings to ensure fairness and eliminate 'games'. Starting...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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I am shocked at how damn hard most Video Management software is to use. At first we thought it was just one or two but now that we have done...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
An extremely bullish but wildly misleading projection for the video analytics market has been made. V/B Research claims that video analytics will...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
The US military's embarrassing situation illuminates trade-offs and risks of video surveillance encryption. The Wall Street Journal released an...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
ASIS's Security Management magazine has profiled a company, StopLift, providing a video analytic managed service that aims to reduce losses from...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
A UK research firm, Key Note, estimates a significant fall in 2009 CCTV UK sales and an even steeper fall projected in 2010. In their Closed...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Canada's SP&T News examines weakening momentum for IT providers [link no longer available] in the physical security market. Referencing the...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Vicon's sales continue to fall with summer 2009 sales falling the hardest so far in 2009. In December 2009, Vicon announced their fiscal Q409...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
In the last few months, Exacq has announced a number of improvements to address short-comings in enterprise management. Examining these features...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
A US integrator has published a list and explanation of key IT concerns [link no longer available] to consider when deploying security systems....
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
What's the best video surveillance solution for a hotel chain? In the US alone, there are about 50,000 total hotel properties requiring safety and...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Mobotix has released a video overview of their Mx2Wire product offering that allows reuse of existing cabling for powering and transmission of...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
This guide references and analyzes publicly announced forecasts and sizing for the video surveillance market. It should provide extensive...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Cernium's home video offering, Archerfish Quattro, has been criticized by an on-line reviewer/tester of the system. Unlike a previous reviewer who...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
In the December 2009 Mobotix Installer magazine [link no longer available], Mobotix contends that their Q24 cameras can replace 4 channel DVRs. It...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
IQinVision has released a 2 page document with a list of objections and issues when using H.264 compression. Their claims summarized and our...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Megapixel is the fastest growth market segment in video surveillance. The recent entrance of dozens of manufacturers has grown the market and...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
With the market perception of video analytics severely weakened (see our polls and discussions), many question the long term growth potential of...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
OnSSI makes an appealing but questionable claim that they deliver "PSIM at a VMS price" in a Security Squared December 2009 survey article [link no...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
In perhaps the most over-stated marketing piece of the year, ADT's "Network Video Benefits and Guide" whitepaper provides a flawed case for moving...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Market research firm In-Stat has released a forecast for the semiconductor market for video surveillance applications [link no longer...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Cisco executives continue to advocate the core role of video in driving the networking business and the growth of their company. However, much of...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
The December 2009 Security Sales and Integration magazines includes an interview with 6 industry professionals discussing the future of the market...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
UL certification is increasingly being demanded by end users (View our LinkedIn discussion where various manufacturers and integrators verify this...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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