How Should Video Management Software be Evaluated?
By John Honovich
In this report, we propose criteria to evaluate Video Management Software (VMS). Those selecting VMS software may find this useful. Moreover we...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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Video Insight, a US based VMS provider, has launched an interesting program to steal customers from larger rivals, including Milestone and OnSSI...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
With IP video expanding the use of video surveillance in the home, classic and controversial consumer marketing practices are arising, specifically...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Request for Proposal documents (RFPs) are common and important documents for specifying and bidding video surveillance systems. Video Insight has...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Samurai [link no longer available] is a UK based project to develop behavioral / advanced video analytics to detect suspicious or high risk...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Equipment distributor Anixter's deeply flawed H.264 study reveals key issue in the use and marketing of H.264 IP cameras. In their Lab Report on...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
The December 2009 uproar over 'racist' facial recognition from HP demonstrates an important risk for real world video analytic deployments. For...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
The reaction to our December 2009 criticism of VMS software poor usability has been surprisingly strong and positive. With over 1500 reads in the...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
We recommend all surveillance camera comparisons be performed with normalized exposure settings to ensure fairness and eliminate 'games'. Starting...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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I am shocked at how damn hard most Video Management software is to use. At first we thought it was just one or two but now that we have done...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
An extremely bullish but wildly misleading projection for the video analytics market has been made. V/B Research claims that video analytics will...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
The US military's embarrassing situation illuminates trade-offs and risks of video surveillance encryption. The Wall Street Journal released an...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
ASIS's Security Management magazine has profiled a company, StopLift, providing a video analytic managed service that aims to reduce losses from...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
A UK research firm, Key Note, estimates a significant fall in 2009 CCTV UK sales and an even steeper fall projected in 2010. In their Closed...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Canada's SP&T News examines weakening momentum for IT providers [link no longer available] in the physical security market. Referencing the...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Vicon's sales continue to fall with summer 2009 sales falling the hardest so far in 2009. In December 2009, Vicon announced their fiscal Q409...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
In the last few months, Exacq has announced a number of improvements to address short-comings in enterprise management. Examining these features...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
A US integrator has published a list and explanation of key IT concerns [link no longer available] to consider when deploying security systems....
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
What's the best video surveillance solution for a hotel chain? In the US alone, there are about 50,000 total hotel properties requiring safety and...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Mobotix has released a video overview of their Mx2Wire product offering that allows reuse of existing cabling for powering and transmission of...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
This guide references and analyzes publicly announced forecasts and sizing for the video surveillance market. It should provide extensive...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Cernium's home video offering, Archerfish Quattro, has been criticized by an on-line reviewer/tester of the system. Unlike a previous reviewer who...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
In the December 2009 Mobotix Installer magazine [link no longer available], Mobotix contends that their Q24 cameras can replace 4 channel DVRs. It...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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