IPVM's Reports

IPVM's independent reporting is divided into 3 categories: (1) Public, (2) Info+: news, profiles, tutorials, etc. and (3) Research: tests, shootouts, competitive and financial analysis.

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3 UK MPs Call For Investigating Hikvision Over Xinjiang

3 UK members of Parliament, including 2 with direct comments to IPVM, have called for the UK government to investigate Hikvision's Xinjiang...

By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago | 18 Comments

Surging Wyze Raises $20 Million, Threat To Chinese Brands

The Seattle Startup that is disrupting consumer IP cameras with $20 pricing has just raised $20 million dollars (SEC Filing and company press...

By John Honovich - over 5 years ago | 15 Comments

PlateSmart LPR Profile

PlateSmart Technologies claims to "turn any conventional surveillance camera into a license plate recognition camera" We spoke with PlateSmart to...

By Sean Patton - over 5 years ago | 15 Comments

Hanwha Techwin Favorability Results 2019

Hanwha Techwin's favorability results surged, in IPVM's 2019 study, going from barely neutral in 2016 to strongly net positive, as the results...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 24 Comments

8MP HD Analog Tested (Dahua / Hikvision)

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By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 26 Comments

Designing Access Control Guide

Designing an access control solution requires decisions on 8 fundamental questions. This in-depth guide helps you understand the options and...

By Brian Rhodes - over 5 years ago | 19 Comments

Bloomberg Warns Of Huawei Hisilicon IP Camera Usage

Bloomberg has picked up IPVM's December exclusive - "Huawei Hisilicon Quietly Powering Tens of Millions of Western IoT Devices" and ran its own...

By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago | 12 Comments

ONVIF Video Surveillance Tutorial

ONVIF is well known within the surveillance industry as an interface to connect IP cameras and VMS systems. However, new users may find it...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 69 Comments

Vivotek Favorability Report 2019

Taiwanese video surveillance manufacturers, even relatively large ones like Vivotek, have lost ground in the PRC-China-driven race to the bottom....

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 29 Comments

Austria’s First GDPR Fine Is For Video Surveillance

Should EU businesses be concerned if police see a business' surveillance cameras filming public areas? This is what happened with Austria’s first...

By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago | 34 Comments

Access Control Turnstiles Guide

Turnstiles control pedestrian access to secured areas, essentially becoming moving portions of fences, walls, or barricades for physically stopping...

By Brian Rhodes - over 5 years ago | 5 Comments

Dahua China Significant Job Cuts

Dahua China has cut a significant number of jobs in the past few months, according to numerous sources. This is a significant shift from Dahua's...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 7 Comments

Genetec Favorability Report 2019

Genetec's favorability moderately strengthed, in new IPVM integrator statistics over their results from 2017, with 2019 results showing solid, but...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 6 Comments

Avigilon Hires Hikvision NA Head of Marketing As VP of Global Marketing

Avigilon has hired Alex Asnovich [link no longer available], who left Hikvision as Head of Marketing North America, to becomes Avigilon's Vice...

By John Honovich - over 5 years ago | 37 Comments

Turnover at Arcules

Canon / Milestone are putting tens of millions into Arcules - their bet on the future of the VMS market (see IPVM's Arcules test report). But over...

By John Honovich - over 5 years ago | 5 Comments

Huawei: Hikvision / Dahua "Strategy Is Just To Provide Cheap Cameras"

At the Intersec 2019 show in Dubai, IPVM spoke with the show's "exclusive artificial intelligence sponsor" Huawei who recently declared their...

By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago | 23 Comments

Testing Bandwidth vs. Frame Rate

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By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 9 Comments

Bosch Favorability Results 2019

Bosch's favorability moderately strengthed, in new IPVM integrator statistics over their results from 2017, with 2019 results showing strong net...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 10 Comments

Intersec 2019 Show Report

The 2019 Intersec show, held annually in Dubai, is now complete. IPVM attended for 3 days, interviewing numerous Chinese and Western video...

By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago | 55 Comments

Milesight Company Profile 2019

Milesight Technology, a PRC company building an International branded business, says they are slowly building their presence through a series of...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 12 Comments

Milestone Favorability Results 2019

Milestone's favorability moderately strengthed, in new IPVM integrator statistics over their results from 2016. While the industry has been...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 8 Comments

The IP Camera Lock-In Trend: Meraki and Verkada

Open systems and interoperability have become core features of video surveillance systems, as virtually all professional IP cameras integrate with...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 82 Comments

NYPD Refutes False SCMP Hikvision Story

The NYPD has refuted the SCMP Hikvision story, the Voice of America has reported. On January 11, 2018, the SCMP alleged that the NYPD was using...

By John Honovich - over 5 years ago | 7 Comments

Mobile Surveillance Trailers Guide

Putting cameras in a place for temporary surveillance where power and communications are not readily available can be complicated and expensive....

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 45 Comments

Exacq Favorability Results 2019

Exacq favorability amongst integrators has declined sharply, in new IPVM statistics, compared to 2017 IPVM statistics for Exacq. Now, over 5 since...

By IPVM Team - over 5 years ago | 14 Comments

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