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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Advocating '21st Century Safety and Security'

Cisco continues to advocate large scale integrated safety and security platforms for government and critical infrastructure. In a new brochure,...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Should Security Integrators Focus on Recurring Revenues?

While integrators have historically generated 90% or more of their revenues from projects, for years many have advocated a shift to more service...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Public Opinion on Surveillance and Security

The following update catalogs and analyzes 3 surveys on public opinion toward surveillance and security. The responses vary based significantly on...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Intergraph, ASIS and SAIC on Standards

Given Intergraph and SAIC's significant presence in large scale security systems, especially for government and military applications, they would...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

IMS on Video Surveillance Trends

IMS Research's Simon Harris offers a series of observations and recommendations on video surveillance trends in a recent interview with Milestone...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Small School Video Surveillance Recommendations

What's the best video surveillance solution for a small school? Schools are a fast growing market for video surveillance and one of the most...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Surveillance Recorder Standards Examined (PSIA / ONVIF)

Security managers suffer from no standards for surveillance recorders. Even large organizations with thousands of cameras and hundreds of sites...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Improvements You Requested for IP Video Market

This report lists over 20 improvements recommended by subscribers of the Video Surveillance Professional Service in a recent survey. Each request...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

US Survey of Security Brands

An on-line survey of integrators, dealers and installers has selected top choices for US security brands. The survey of 122 people conducted by SDM...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

The Ratio of False to Valid Alerts is Key

While false alerts rightfully receives the majority of attention in video analytic performance critiques, these systems must also pass another test...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Estimated Timetable for PSIA and ONVIF Adoption

With ASIS announcements demonstrating broad manufacturer commitment to IP camera specifications, the key questions now turn to timetable for actual...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Publicly Traded Video Surveillance Company Directory

This directory indexes publicly traded video surveillance companies, aggregating recent financial results and analyzing their impact. The directory...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

SIA Seeks to Make ISC Education Commercial Free

A common complaint for seminars at trade shows is that they tend to be too commercial and too vendor specific. Sometimes this occurs indirectly and...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Details Disclosed on Funding, Sales and Pricing

BRS Labs has disclosed a number of details on their sources of funding, sales levels and product pricing. BRS is a company we criticized for the...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

ACTi Jumps to 6th Globally for IP Camera Sales

The latest IMS report provides further evidence of ACTi's rapid growth in IP camera sales. ACTi is one of the most widely cited companies in the...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Axis Camera Application Platform (ACAP) Launched

Axis has announced an open application platform for video analytics. This allows customers to run a variety of 3rd party video analytics on Axis...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Pelco Sarix's Support of MATE Examined

Pelco announced that their Sarix IP/Megapixel cameras will now support MATE video analytics. This is especially interesting because earlier in...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Upcoming Reports for November and December 2009

Here is a list of upcoming video surveillance reports that will be released in November and December 2009. Let me know if you have questions or...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Axis Market Share Falls in IMS Rankings

Confirming the negative trend of Axis recent slowing growth and now shrinking sales, IMS latest report demonstrates that Axis market share in...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Axis Q3 2009 Financial Results Examined

Axis challenges continued in Q3 2009 with the company admitting for the first time the impact of "tougher competition." While Axis emphasized...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Burden of Proof Falling on Video Analytic Manufacturers

A public rejection of video analytics by an ADT systems designer is a good example of the decline in sentiment towards video analytics over the...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

IBM "Dumped" and US Public Surveillance Problems

Despite massive interest in public video surveillance projects in the United States, many of the projects since 9/11 have faced serious public...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Latin American Market Size Examined

The Security Industry Association has released a market sizing report for Latin America. The report provides breakdown by product category and...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

What Video Surveillance Company Should Cisco Buy?

Buying companies is at the core of Cisco's growth strategy. While Cisco has made two video surveillance purchases a few years ago, both were small...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

Covi Megapixel to Make a Comeback?

Covi, one of the most embarrassing failures in the video surveillance market over the last decade, may be making a return. In February 2008, Covi's...

By John Honovich - over 14 years ago

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