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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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External IR Illuminator Usage Statistics 2016

External IR illuminators have historically been favored by many to improve video surveillance performance. But with integrated IR camera usage now...

By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago | 33 Comments Info plus reports label

Bosch Intrusion Detection Profile

This is a first in a new IPVM series profiling intrusion detection / alarm offerings. In this series, starting with Bosch, we examine: Key...

By Brian Rhodes - over 7 years ago | 24 Comments Info plus reports label

Dahua Fakes Being American

Robbed from the Hikvision playbook, now Dahua takes it turn. Dahua, China's second largest manufacturer, is ramping up its marketing. Dahua...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 60 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis Hides Exploit Danger

Axis is hiding the severity and danger of the 'remote string format' vulnerability. We ask Axis to fully communicate the risks of the released...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago | 6 Comments

Milestone Wins Partial Damages Against OnSSI

Milestone wants OnSSI to pay up. A Danish court has issued damages against Milestone's former top partner. But OnSSI says they are going to come...

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

D-Link ONVIF-Enabled Security Switch Examined

D-Link has embedded ONVIF discovery software into a network switch, and are targeting security integrators with what they claim is a unique...

By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago | 9 Comments Info plus reports label

Fullerton Out At Vicon

One of the biggest names in the industry, Eric Fullerton [link no longer available], has resigned as Vicon CEO. Just shy of two years ago,...

By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago | 11 Comments Info plus reports label

Chinese Spam Access Control Is Here

Notorious spammers like Longse, Cantonk, and Wodsee have flooded the video market with nuisance emails touting ultra low cost cameras for years,...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 8 years ago | 13 Comments Info plus reports label

Milestone Launches Exacq NVR Take-Over

Last year, Milestone took aim at both Avigilon (Milestone Launches Avigilon Conversion Program) and OnSSI (Milestone 'Free' Takeover of OnSSI...

By IPVM Team - almost 8 years ago | 8 Comments Info plus reports label

A New Low In Embarrassing Security Awards (OSPA)

The trade show stunts continue, though this one purports to be 'credible' and 'respectable'. The Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs)...

By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago | 4 Comments

Ex-HID CEO Joins Feenics Cloud Access Startup

The CEO of access control's most well known manufacturer, HID, exited just over a year ago. Since that time, Denis Hébert [link no longer...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 8 years ago | 5 Comments Info plus reports label

Wireshark For Video Surveillance Tutorial

Want to snoop on the data going between your NVR and your IP camera?  Wireshark is the tool most commonly used to analyze network traffic and see...

By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago | 12 Comments Info plus reports label

Hikvision's Most Innovative Competitor - LTS

It should sound surprising. After all, as our recent LTS test shows, LTS products are Hikvision with very little changes. But LTS has an...

By John Honovich - almost 8 years ago | 31 Comments Info plus reports label


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