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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Australian Security Corruption Scandal

A major scandal is rocking the Australian security industry. The government alleges corrupt awards [link no longer available] for multi-million...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Retail Webinar Recorded

Over 60 Members joined us live for a webinar on "What's New in Retail" where we discussed sweethering, ORC, public view monitors, new EAS tags,...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Ubiquiti ToughSwitch

Ubiquiti's lack of standard PoE compatibility has been one of few integrator complaints against them. Users have had to turn to lesser known lines...

By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago

Advertising Blows Up on SIW

Reading through today's hatchet job against Pelco, SecurityInfoWatch dumped two surprises. Not only is the article laughably and ignorantly a fluff...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Retailers on Migrating from Analog to IP

Migrating existing systems from analog to IP is important to many retailers. At the recent NRF-LP show, a well attended breakout session titled...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Super EAS Tags? Wave WG Reviewed

Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tags are big business. No other security measure is more widely used in retail than those ubiquitous...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Average Number of Camera Lines Integrators Carry

You have hundreds of camera manufacturers to pick from. Which one should you use? This is a tough but critical question impacting both integrators...

By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago

Genetec & Milestone vs Avigilon & Exacq

Over the past few years, the two most frequently cited names cited for professional VMS systems have been Milestone and Genetec. As two of the...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

An IP Cash Drawer?

If retail experts are correct about 'Mobile POS' taking off, where do you keep the cash? While mobile point-of-sale solutions provide freedom and...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Help for Video Surveillance Questions

You can now benefit from free, unlimited help on your surveillance questions. IPVM offers this to any IPVM PRO Member. Not only can you access the...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

The Most Attractive Mini Dome? (Pulse)

An excellent Member's discussion, with over 40 comments [link no longer available], discussed the best options for low profile, high aesthetic...

By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago

Lilin's NVR Touch Reviewed

Can you take the best of traditional DVRs and merge that with the best of megapixel IP video? That is the objective of a new recorder from Lilin...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Inexpensive Sweethearting Solution (ScanCam)

Sweethearting is one of the most difficult types of theft to detect on video. Sometimes due to cashier error, other times due to deliberate...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Manufacturers Failing at Customer Service

Historically, manufacturers reaped the benefits of abused customers powerless to fight back. Now, with the rise of social media, the tides are...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Pelco Sarix TI Thermal Cameras Review

The UK's favorite camera this year [link no longer available] is from an American subsidiary of a French conglomerate. So what makes Pelco's...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Best and Worst in Retail Surveillance - NRF 2012

Perhaps the biggest and most important conference in retail security just concluded last week. IPVM went down to New Orleans to see what was being...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Day/Night vs IR Cameras

When low light image quality is critical, Day/Night and IR cameras are two of the top choices. But how do these two differ and when should you...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Exacq Surging Revenue and Financials Reviewed

In the last year, revenue for VMS manufacturer Exacq has surged nearly 70% and in 2011, the company's total annual revenue surpassed $32 million...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Pixel Velocity Overview

High end video analytic systems that are still in business are few and far between. One company that we hear about from time to time is Pixel...

By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago

Veracity Coldstore Overview

What if you could reduce your costs for buying storage, powering that storage while eliminating RAID rebuild concerns? That's the basic pitch of...

By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago

Concealed Vertical Cable System

Nothing seems more tedious that adjusting door hardware, and adjusting concealed vertical rods is the biggest pain of them all. Every door access...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

Getting Coverage in Major Newspapers

Every so often video surveillance manufacturers are featured in major newspapers. Today, Avigilon is on the front page of the USA Today's Money...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Sued! Avigilon, Hikvision, Vivotek, UTC, More

Another major patent lawsuit has hit the video surveillance industry - now targeting manufacturers across the world including Avigilon, Hikvision,...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

Mobotix S14 Flexmount examined

Breaking a drought of new product releases, Mobotix has announced the FlexMount S14 series [link no longer available]. The new model departs from...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago

The (un)ethical Security Dealer Strikes

The alarm industry is in a bit of an uproar over aggressive sales tactics of one of their own. As an excellent SDM article explains, one monitoring...

By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago

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