Significant Sales Decline Summer 2009
By John Honovich
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
Sagem Securite's Safran Group announced a new product that can significantly increase face finding and recognition performance. Called Face...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Intransa reports growing sales [link no longer available] of its appliances that pre-loads many of the leading VMS software packages (see our...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Revelations of problems and concerns with video analytics up-start BRS Labs is mounting. An investigative report by the Houston Chronicle on BRS...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
In November 2009, Mobotix reported Q3 2009 sales which were up only 2.8% (Mobotix noted that the comparison quarter from a year ago was...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
A comparative study of panoramic megapixel cameras has been released. This test compares and evaluates Oncam Halocam, the Mobotix Q24, the Arecont...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Genetec has announced that its products have been added to the US Government's General Services Administration (GSA) program [link no longer...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
IndigoVision has released a network based virtual matrix solution named the IP Video Wall [link no longer available]. In this implementation,...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Axis has released a whitepaper on 802.1x [link no longer available] and its use with Axis's IP cameras. Using 802.1x can prevent 'port hi-jacking'...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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