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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#1 IP Camera Problem

Cost was, far and away, the number #1 cited problem in going to IP cameras / video. We asked over 100 integrators to name the "3 biggest problems /...

By John Honovich - almost 11 years ago | 75 Comments

Focusing Panoramic Cameras

Focusing panoramic cameras is really important. Indeed, after testing 9 different panoramic cameras across many manufacturers, we believe this must...

By Ethan Ace - about 11 years ago | 3 Comments

New RFP: 10 Years Out of Date

Bad RFPs are an unfortunate fact of life in video surveillance - hurting end users and frustrating quality integrators. A new RFP from Oklahoma is...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 12 Comments

Future of Facial Recognition

The Boston Bombings reaffirmed how far facial recognition needs to develop to be an effective surveillance tool. Despite the PR spin jobs, facial...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 5 Comments

Kastle / Cernium CheckVideo Acquisition

Another video analytics manufacturer is gone, though no one should be surprised. Kastle Systems, a DC based managed services provider,...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 3 Comments

Smoke and CO Detector Combo

A new detector claims to do twice the work of its competitors. In response to growing legislation requiring carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in new...

By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago | 4 Comments

Dallas Airport: The Massive Cost of JPEG2000

The Love Field Modernization Program (LFMP) is an ongoing $519 million dollar project to upgrade Dallas Love Field Airport that has received...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 60 Comments

Interview With Law Enforcement On Surveillance

We recently interviewed International Association of Chiefs of Police experts about various issues, uses and best practices for police agencies...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 10 Comments

Pivot3 CEO Gone

When Pivot3 previewed their company plans for 2013, it did not include major changes in leadership. However, the company has confirmed today that...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 6 Comments

Stand Alone Access Control (Sargent)

Classroom safety is a key concern, especially with fears of school shooting. Door hardware plays a key role in keeping doors locked at critical...

By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago

VideoIQ Rialto R Series

After years of pushing their own analytics enabled cameras, VideoIQ has opened their platform up to third party IP cameras with the Rialto R series...

By Ethan Ace - about 11 years ago

Stop The Lying and Crazy Claims

The last few weeks have been an embarrassment for surveillance, with a small number of companies turning this into a despicable marketing campaign...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 22 Comments

Police Top Surveillance Pain Point

We recently interviewed surveillance experts from the International Association of Chiefs of Police about various issues, uses, and best practices...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 22 Comments

BRS Big Fund Raising: $27 Million + More To Come

Last year we obtained an email BRS Labs sent to investors asking for one last drive. The company said if investors increased their positions by two...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 22 Comments

ASMAG Security Top 50 Rankings

Recently, we have received questions about using the ASMAG Security Top 50 Rankings. These rankings order security manufacturers based on total...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago

The Worst Security Twitter Feed

Security manufacturers are often clueless using social media but no one does it worse than NLSS, whose twitter feed is a case study of things not...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago

Veracity Coldstore Arcus

What if Milestone's new VMS platform, Arcus, could target large scale applications? Not just the 4 or 8 camera deployments typical considered...

By Ethan Ace - about 11 years ago | 5 Comments

Automatic Location Based Camera Control

This is a very neat idea; One that we have not seen any IP camera / VMS provider offer before. Having a network / surveillance camera at home...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 8 Comments

Intransa Wind Down Investigated

While we have been reporting for more than a month about the failure of Intransa, there is still no official public announcement. Indeed, visitors...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 4 Comments

ipConfigure Google Search for Surveillance UI

One of the most interesting ads at ISC West featured a search for 'computer stolen from d' with autocompletion choices of 'stolen from desk', 'data...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 2 Comments

Philly's Cameras Cost 20x More Than Planned

Last year, the City of Philadelphia commissioned a review of its multi-million dollar surveillance system. In the planning stages, the system's...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 2 Comments


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