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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The Xiongmai Botnet 'Recall' Will Not Work

The Xiongmai 'recall' has been the topic of global news, following the unprecedented bot net attacks that use their equipment, among...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 24 Comments

Favorite Access Control Manufacturers 2016

Integrators told us "What is your favorite access control management software/system? Why?", and the responses are interesting indeed. While no...

By Brian Rhodes - over 7 years ago | 18 Comments Info plus reports label

Mobile VMS Top Integrator Problems

In an IPVM survey, integrators report 4 problems most consistently with using mobile VMS applications: Network setup / cybersecurity...

By Ethan Ace - over 7 years ago | 14 Comments Info plus reports label

Sony and Samsung Breaking VBR

For years, users have known variable bitrate (VBR) as one thing only: bandwidth varies, compression stays the same. This is not an accident but an...

By Ethan Ace - over 7 years ago | 4 Comments Info plus reports label

Pelco Matrix End Of Life - End Of An Era

Pelco Matrix switchers, once the pinnacle of large SD analog installations, are now literally impossible to build. The Matrix products were not...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 17 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis Video Revenue Down (Q3 2016)

An important milestone. Axis revenue for video products is down year over year. But Axis is now focusing on 'diversification'. In this report, we...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 10 Comments Info plus reports label

Worst Access Control 2016

Two access control providers stood out as being the worst to work with for integrators. In this report, we analyze the answers to: "In the past...

By Brian Rhodes - over 7 years ago | 36 Comments Info plus reports label

Hacked DVRs Surge To 400,000

The global internet is under attack from record breaking botnets. And it is getting worse, Mirai doubled in size in the last month. Shamefully,...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 36 Comments

Longse Rips Off Hikvision

Longse is on the attack, and now they are targeting Hikvision. Evidently not content just to rip off Milestone and Video Insight, Longse has now...

By IPVM Team - over 7 years ago | 56 Comments

The Last Decade's Big Shift In One Image

Look at the two cameras side by side in the image below: This is inside an urban Shell gas station. The two cameras are Sensormatic and Lorex,...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 13 Comments

Sharp Security Robot Profile

Security robots are getting a lot of attention. Unfortunately, this is often for wrong reasons, most spectacularly highlighted by the Knightscope...

By IPVM Team - over 7 years ago | 28 Comments Info plus reports label

Lenel vs Software House Markups Analyzed

This note breaks down and contrasts the markups between two big access brands: Lenel (OnGuard) versus Software House (C-Cure). Our analysis of...

By Brian Rhodes - over 7 years ago | 7 Comments Info plus reports label


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