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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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Big Money Coming Into Access (ACRE)

A company with deep pockets is consolidating the access market, and has already showed they have the capital to pull off big buys. The recent...

By Brian Rhodes - over 9 years ago | 3 Comments Info plus reports label

Infinova Acquires Swann

3 years ago, a Chinese / US surveillance manufacturer, Infinova, raised $300 million cash in a billion dollar plus IPO. Later that year, they...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 3 Comments Info plus reports label

TWIC Access Credentials Under Fire

One of the biggest credential formats in the US is barely hanging on. With over 3 million TWIC cards issued, it is one of the most common ID...

By Brian Rhodes - over 9 years ago Info plus reports label

Axis Admits Access Control Expectations Low

Axis entrance into access control had been anticipated for years. Last year, Axis access control launch was the biggest news of the season. What...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 7 Comments Info plus reports label

Wireless Access Control Panels

One company claims they can connect access control panels wirelessly with ranges up to a mile, saving big bucks and thousands of feet of cable...

By Brian Rhodes - over 9 years ago | 3 Comments Info plus reports label

Axis In Denial, Q3 2014 Financial Report Bad

Axis Q3 2014 numbers are bad. But their outlook is still rosy. [Update: And Q4 2014 numbers are just as bad.] The company has struggled to...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 46 Comments Info plus reports label

The RoboGuard: New Product

ASIS loves robots (apparently). First, the Vigilus patrol robot won an award in 2012, and now, Senstar's RoboGuard [link no longer available], an...

By Ethan Ace - over 9 years ago | 8 Comments Info plus reports label

IP Camera Passwords - Axis, Dahua, Samsung

IP cameras are famous / infamous for weak default passwords that can lead to major problems. See our IP Cameras Default Passwords Directory for...

By Ethan Ace - over 9 years ago | 19 Comments Info plus reports label

New 'Low Cost' Thermal Zoom Camera

Zoom thermal cameras have typically been feasible only to those with the largest budgets, requiring expensive cooled cameras with six figure price...

By Ethan Ace - over 9 years ago Info plus reports label

HID's SE Readers Examined

The HID card readers you may have used in the past are changing.  As old stocks of standards like R10 and R40 readers dwindle, new part numbers and...

By Brian Rhodes - over 9 years ago | 3 Comments Info plus reports label

Winners Losers Fall 2014

We are all losers, IPVM included. The historically poor new releases for ASIS / Essen make 2014 the worst year for surveillance innovation in, at...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 16 Comments Info plus reports label

Startup: The Bublcam

Multi-imager fisheye cameras are not new, but a startup is releasing a camera that can see in any direction all at once. Bubl is more than a 360...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 7 Comments Info plus reports label

Beware Out of Date Knowledge

You know that guy. Confident, brilliant, tells you exactly how the world worked.... ten years ago. One of the biggest challenges in technology is...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 7 Comments Info plus reports label

New Ethernet over Coax - Altronix eBridge Plus

Altronix's original eBridge line pushed down prices of Ethernet over coax offering, useful for deploying IP cameras over existing coax / analog...

By Ethan Ace - over 9 years ago | 17 Comments Info plus reports label

Why is Avigilon's Stock Falling Like a Knife?

A week ago, a prominent Avigilon investor admitted, "Nobody wants to hold [Avigilon stock]. Everybody wants to sell it." He then recommended buying...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 29 Comments Info plus reports label

Manufacturers Unhappy With ASIS 2014

An IPVM survey of 50+ manufacturers reveals that most were not happy with the ASIS 2014 Atlanta show, with a number of them quite upset,...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 10 Comments Info plus reports label

Why Avaya Has Entered Video Surveillance

Avaya is best known as a VoIP spin off of former telecom giant Lucent, but this year they came to ASIS with a booth twice as big as Sony claiming...

By Ethan Ace - over 9 years ago | 13 Comments Info plus reports label

IPVM Member Orientation October 2014

We held a live call / webinar next Monday, Oct 13th, showing you how to get the most out of your IPVM membership, including: The quickest ways...

By Marty Major - over 9 years ago | 6 Comments Info plus reports label

Stop Careless Mistakes

Careless mistakes are a big problem, especially among inexperienced people who naively scan, skip or assume. Whether you are reading a quote,...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 16 Comments Info plus reports label

Avigilon Tightens Channel

Avigilon is tightening their channel structure, according to multiple independent sources discussing this at ASIS 2014. In the note, we examine...

By John Honovich - over 9 years ago | 12 Comments Info plus reports label


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