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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Tri-Ed Roadshow: Worth Going to?

Single day, touring 'roadshows' promise an easy way to learn about new security technology without having to travel far. In the US, one of the most...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

The Future of VMS

10 years ago, video management software was a novelty. 5 years ago, it was a hot up and comer. Today, it is mainstream. In just a decade, VMS has...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Direct to Storage Tutorial

Edge storage is hot. While attention centers on SD cards, that is not the only way to eliminate VMS servers. Another powerful tool in recording...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Dotworkz Solar Surveillance Kits Examined

Dotworkz wants to make solar-powered surveillance easy. In what can be a daunting design challenge for even experienced integrators, Dotworkz...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Pan Tilt Positioner Tutorial

Why use Pan-Tilt positioners when speed dome PTZs are widely available? For many, these units are a thing of the past. However, they do play...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Startup Advice: Ignore Market Size, Focus on This

Startups and investors focus heavily on how big the market is - Is it $10 billion, $20 billion, $41 billion??? By contrast, both would be better...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

What Do Rubber Ducks Have to Do With Security?

"Well actually nothing," admits a security manufacturer who is giving away 3000 rubber ducks [link no longer available] at ASIS 2012. Indeed, there...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Ubiquiti Counterfeiting Crisis Deepens

It started off with a bizarre seemingly staged 'mob hit', got worse a few months later and now has become a major crisis. One of the most powerful...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

TimeSight Ceases Operations, For Sale

A few years ago, TimeSight burst on to the scenes with an NVR claiming to deliver massive storage savings up to 90%. Now, TimeSight is ceasing...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

How Do End Users Monitor Surveillance?

How actively are surveillance systems monitored? Do end users prefer to passively use surveillance for recording activity, or do they actively...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

The Next Big Thing 2012

In the past 5 years, megapixel IP cameras have sweeped the surveillance industry, changing the landscape and expectations of security users. While...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

NYC May Track Your Car's Activities for the Past 5 Years

Microsoft is empowering New York City to track you car's activities for the past 5 years, allowing near instantanous recall and mapping of...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Pelco's Shipping and Return Guarantees

Will making returns easy and guaranteeing stock draw integrators to Pelco? The company thinks so, and they have leveraged the idea into a recently...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Speco's IP Intensifier Examined

Color images in no light... impossible claim? Not according to Speco, who recently announced an IP version of their Intensifier series [link no...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

End User Video Analytic Adoption

While analytics have a bad reputation, are security operators using them? In a new end user survey, we asked "Do You Use any Intelligent Video...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Avigilon Growth Cools - Q2 2012

While still fast for the surveillance market, Avigilon's growth cooled notably in Q2 2012 while marketing expenditures skyrocketed. In this note,...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Energy Costs and Video Surveillance

Should you be concerned about the energy costs from your surveillance systems? Are these a hidden killer or can certain products deliver huge...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Selling Reprints is Unethical

One of the ugliest yet least known elements of the media business is publications selling article reprints to companies covered in those articles....

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Declining Margins 1 Hour Recorded Video

Declining margins are a huge issue for integrators. With pressure from Internet sales rising, a key driver of integrator profitability is being...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Wireless Surveillance Maintenance Guidelines

Maintenance for wireless surveillance is critical, far more so than for wired ones. If you install a wireless surveillance system and forget about...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Top 5 City Surveillance Concerns

City surveillance projects are hard, one of the hardest in all of surveillance. They need lots of outdoor cameras, generally distributed over large...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

IT vs Security: Surveillance 'Ownership' Stats

Who calls the shots when it comes to video surveillance? Given the close proximity of the system to several distinct departments, we were curious...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Idea: Virtual Neighborhood Watches

Neighborhood watches have become a hot topic. And while the press now is overwhelmingly bad, such watches, done right, can help keep neighborhood...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Should Smart Integrators Lead with Access Control?

Video gets all the hype but should savvy integrators lead with access control instead? Recently, some integrator members advocated this as a...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

No More Bucket Trucks? CamEvator

Servicing cameras mounted high in the air can be very problematic and costly. Renting a lift, transporting it to the site, and manoeuvring it in...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

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