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.
Report Type:
Displaying reports 6,926 - 6,950 of 9,250 in total

Sony's 6th Gen Low Light Demo

Sony's ISC West demo of their 6th generation network camera's low light performance drew a lot of attention. Normally, we ignore show demos as they...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 9 Comments

FAILED: Facial Recognition & Boston Bombing

Facial recognition vendors have been tripping over themselves to take credit, insert or claim the wonders of their offerings to identify the Boston...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 18 Comments

SIA NPS New Product Showcase Judging

"It's like a cute baby contest. If only 12 ugly babies enter, then only ugly babies are going to win," explained the SIA New Product Showcase (NPS)...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 4 Comments

Top Trends in Access Control 2013

All of a sudden, Access Control has momentum? After a long period of apparent stagnation and staleness, new technologies and devoted marketing...

By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago | 2 Comments

Chinese Spammer Targets Boston Bombings

UPDATE: Cantonk, the spammer, says our article is illegal and demands it be removed immediately. That was fast... and disgusting. One of the...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 19 Comments

Intransa From the Ashes, Viakoo

If not from the ashes, at least from the same building. We broke news a few weeks ago that Intransa's employees were laid off. While the company...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 7 Comments

Reading Irises from Cars?

What happens when you want to use biometrics at vehicle gates? In the past, this has meant staffing entry points with guards, and bringing readers...

By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago | 6 Comments

Axis Q1 2013 Financial Results

Axis's growth rate appears to have settled into a slower growth rate range, as shown by just released Q1 2013 and 2012 financial results. In this...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago

Best and Worst ISC West 2013

Great attendance with a limited number of new products marked ISC West 2013. Brian, Carlton, Ethan and myself attended, putting together the...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 27 Comments

Hijacking the #ISCW13 Hashtag

This year's ISC West witnessed a dramatic increase in tweeting about the show, though overwhelmingly from manufacturers and PR people. To track...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 2 Comments

"Best" New Access Control Product?

It's 'award winning', but is it useful? With 3M Cogent's MiY-Touch fingerprint reader winning an ISC West 2013 "Judge's Choice" award, the #2...

By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago | 3 Comments

IPVM Live From ISC West 2013

In this post, we bring updates from the show floor, highlighting the great and not-so-great trends we see at the show. UPDATE: Our full roundup of...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 7 Comments

BRS Labs Ambulance Chases Mass Stabbing

BRS Labs is wasting no time responding to today's Texas Tragedy. Their PR agency is imploring 'security industry journalists' to understand how BRS...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 5 Comments

Milestone Arcus Hybrid DVR/NVR

Milestone new VMS platform, Arcus, has gained huge attention, but the big question is who would partner with Milestone? Now, the first of them has...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 8 Comments

Bosch Goes Ultra HD (4K/12MP)

Just a few years ago, Bosch was OEMing MJPEG cameras from Arecont. Now, they are the first to announce Ultra HD 4K surveillance cameras [link no...

By Ethan Ace - about 11 years ago | 9 Comments

The SUPER RMR Padlock

Despite the dearth of new product announcements for the year's ISC West expo, padlock lovers can rejoice! Mul-T-Lock is introducing their Watchlock...

By Brian Rhodes - about 11 years ago

New Products ISC West Spring 2013

Weakest season of product releases in a long time. Here is what we have covered so far: Best New Access Control Product? Fingerprint...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago

Sued For Not Having Enough Surveillance

When someone is attacked on private property, how responsible is the venue? In past US cases, decisions have varied. Sometimes the courts find...

By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago | 3 Comments

Megapixel Man of the Year

A brilliant marketing move or a bizarre waste of time? One manufacturer is sponsoring the 'Megapixel Man of the Year [link no longer available]'...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 24 Comments

Get Automatic Updates on New Releases

IPVM releases a number of new posts each day. One recent request was an option to get notified as soon as each one is released. We just added that...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago

5th Anniversary

In just 5 years, IPVM has become the most informative and influential source on video surveillance globally. This note recaps our achievements,...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 4 Comments

Pelco IL10 Value Line Reviewed

Pelco is getting into the IP budget market with its new IL10 Value Line [link no longer available], its lowest cost IP cameras ever. In this note,...

By John Honovich - about 11 years ago | 4 Comments


Displaying reports 6,926 - 6,950 of 9,250 in total