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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Everyone's Going 360

For more than a decade, panoramic cameras have been the next big thing (remember IPIX?). However, adoption struggled for year, but now new product...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

Documenting Camera Layout

Documenting camera layouts can be important: Ensuring that you have a realistic field of view that covers the area you want with the sufficient...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

Bad News for Face Recognition (FTC)

Cold water is being thrown on renewed dreams of using facial recognition and demographic analysis. This time it is coming from an unlikely source...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Axis Goes Panoramic (M3007-P)

While fisheye panoramic cameras have been around for more than a decade, over the last few years momentum has accelerated with a number of new...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

Axis vs Mobotix

Axis and Mobotix are two of the biggest and oldest IP camera manufacturers yet their approaches are nearly mirror opposites. Based on an integrator...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Logistical Challenges in Camera Layouts

The perfect spot for installing a camera may be infeasible or impossible to install. Lots of logistical challenges force cameras to be mounted in...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

4 Key Considerations for Camera Layouts

Even once you know what you to monitor - the front door, the safe, the parking lot, etc. - how to layout cameras can be tricky. In this note, we...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

360 / Panoramic Cameras Selection

A number of important considerations should be factored in when selecting Panoramic / 360 degree cameras. Key ones include: (1) limited VMS...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Depth of Field Tutorial

Ignore depth of field concerns for 95%+ of surveillance applications, despite what you hear. While this is a common consideration in digital...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Rodent Proof Cabling

The biggest risk to your surveillance systems can be from the smallest threats. Cabling that connects and powers cameras is quite vulnerable, but...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

PR Person Starved for Attention

I must admit I have a new favorite security blog. It's such a guilty pleasure but in an industry like ours that offers so few geniune public...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Weak Growth Resumes for Axis (Q3 2012)

Bad news for Axis alone or bad sign for the entire market? Now, for three of the last four quarters, Axis has turned in weak growth. In this note,...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

New: Mapping Line Tester (MapMaster 2.0)

A new cable testset delivers advanced features at a fractional cost of competitive offerings. However, while the set offers over 15 different...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Avigilon to be $500 Million Company in 2016?

Avigilon will be a $500 million company in 2016. So says their CEO. Can they do it? Can a company on pace for ~$100 million revenue this year,...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

The World's Smartest Smoke Detector?

False smoke alarms kill. When 'traditional' smoke alarms are tripped by false sources like steam or weather changed, many people resort to...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Alarm Sensor That Needs No Panel

A new alarm sensor claims to need no alarm panel. By integrating a common motion detector and a GSM dialer, Alpha Aresenal's Express GSM sensor...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

World's Best Alarm System Guarantees?

In the cut-throat intrusion alarms industry, guarantees can make or break deals. Few companies have guarantee policies as bold as ADT, who issue...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Arecont's Magical Marketing Exposed

Megapixel cameras are magical and if you don't believe it, let the fine folks at Arecont show you how. Some people say, "Megapixel cameras are...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

3VR Demographic Analytics (Gender / Age)

What if your recorder could automatically identify people as well as their gender and age? 3VR claims they can do this with their new demographics...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Sucker Punch Surveillance

A vicious, out of nowhere, attack on a Pennsylvania high school teacher demonstrates the power of surveillance while raising important social...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Arecont Tests Firmware

The tech gods must be smiling at the recent Arecont Vision 'news'. The brave journalists at Security Products traveled all the way to Germany to...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

PPF vs Lighting Variances

A major flaw in using Pixels Per Foot (PPF) to specify surveillance cameras is how easily the metric is undermined. Theoretically, you should...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Cable Installation Gun (LaserLine)

Not many think shooting a gun can reduce labor costs. However, that is exactly the claim made by LaserLine, a tool for shooting pull lines over...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago


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