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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OV Patent Infringement Claims

In this note, we review the key patents cited by ObjectVideo in their litigation against Bosch, Samsung and Sony, focusing on the most fundamental...

By John Honovich - about 12 years ago

Digital Locks / eCylinder Tutorial

In some applications ‘traditional’ panel/controller based Electronic Access Control are difficult to justify the total cost. After the costs of...

By Brian Rhodes - about 12 years ago

Pivot3 Raises $23 million / Refocuses

Last year, we raised concerns that Pivot3 was pivoting away from the surveillance business. Now, Pivot3 has raised a major fundraising round of $23...

By John Honovich - about 12 years ago

Sony Folds to OV Lawsuit

Bad news for the overall industry and perhaps the best news for ObjectVideo since their global litigation campaign began last year. Sony has folded...

By John Honovich - about 12 years ago

ACTi New Low Cost HD Cameras (TCM)

In the past two years, ACTi has struggled. As we saw last year, their growth has not kept pace with the overall IP camera market. Recent product...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

Big Security Hole in Surveillance Cameras

The mainstream press has been abuzz with an IP camera vulnerability that allows people from anywhere on the Internet to directly and easily access...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

Wireless Surveillance Market Size and Growth

Our recent wireless surveillance usage statistics demonstrated that an extremely low percentage of cameras used wireless networks. This was...

By John Honovich - about 12 years ago

ONVIF Profile S Reviewed

More than 1500 products are now ONVIF compliant [link no longer available] but users cannot easily determine which features are supported by any...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

Favorite Surveillance Storage Type

When selecting storage for an IP surveillance system, there are four standard options: internal / direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

Milestone Shootout - Panasonic Best MP Camera

Panasonic is the winner of open platform VMS developer Milestone System's first camera shootout and the best all around HD/MP camera [link no...

By John Honovich - about 12 years ago

New IQeye 7 Series (76x)

IQinVision [link no longer available] has announced the latest release in the revamping of their camera line, with an update to the IQeye 7 Series...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

S2 Enters Surveillance Market

Convergence between access control and video is a growing trend. While historically, independent systems from different vendors would be...

By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago

100% Video Analytics Accuracy?

In January 2012, analytic provider SightLogix announced its SightSensor intrusion detection analytics had been validated by the Transportation...

By Ethan Ace - over 12 years ago

AD to Pay Patent "Protection Money" to OV

ObjectVideo has signed a global patent licensing agreement with American Dynamics. This falls in the midst of Object Video's ongoing global...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

Axis Slowing Growth - Q4 2011

The end of 2011 marked Axis's slowest growth quarter in more than 2 years plus the company offered pessimistic guidance for the short term. While...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

Samsung Slaps ObjectVideo

The video analytic legal fight is heating up. Now, approaching a year of litigation with no end in sight, Samsung sharply criticized ObjectVideo...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

Covert MP Strip Camera (Axis P85)

Reliably capturing identification video of subjects, even under baseball caps and hoods is one of the common challenges of the industry. Mounting...

By Ethan Ace - over 12 years ago

Cat 5e vs. Cat 6 for IP Cameras?

What cabling should you use for IP cameras? Cat 5e or Cat6? Spend any time talking to cabling professionals these days, and they'll tell you that...

By Ethan Ace - over 12 years ago

IndigoVision Takeover Talks Terminated

A wild two month period for IndigoVision may be at an end. Recently, we reported that IndigoVision's CEO 'resigned' and then led an effort to take...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

March Mobile Overview

In this update, we will examine the mobile recording offering of surveillance provider March Networks.Product OverviewThe March mobile [link no...

By Ethan Ace - over 12 years ago

Estimating IP Camera Cabling Costs

Cabling is a fundamental, yet often overlooked, component of any surveillance project. Indeed, often estimating cabling costs can be more difficult...

By Ethan Ace - over 12 years ago

Cooling Surveillance Systems

An IPVM survey and discussion addressed the topic of “How often, if ever, do you add additional cooling measures to rack/ equipment rooms?” The...

By Ben Wood - over 12 years ago

Louroe Audio Surveillance Review

When discussing audio for security applications, Louroe Electronics is normally the first name that comes up. In previous discussions [link no...

By Ethan Ace - over 12 years ago

Wireless Surveillance Usage Statistics 2012

How much wireless is being used in video surveillance? While wireless becomes more and more ubiquitous for smart phones and tablets, what is its...

By IPVM Team - over 12 years ago


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