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The Battle For The VSaaS Market Begins 2019 - Alarm.com, Arcules, Eagle Eye, OpenEye, Qumulex, Verkada, More (PRO Only)

2019 will be the year that VSaaS finally becomes a real factor for professional video surveillance. While Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) h...

By John Honovich - about 2 months ago | 35 Comments

ASCMA / Moni Problems Deepen, Lenders Terminate Support Agreement (PRO Only)

Ascent Capital Group, aka ASCMA, currently branded Brinks Home Security, formerly known as Moni and Monitronics faces a troubling end to a rocky 20...

By Dan Gelinas - about 2 months ago | 2 Comments

US Gov China Ban Rules Process, SIA Lobbies Against 'Blacklisting', For 'Risk-Based Protocol' (PRO Only)

Details have emerged about when the rules implementing the federal ban on Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei and others will be made public for official comm...

By Charles Rollet - about 2 months ago | 17 Comments

Arecont Vision President Resigns, Ex-Pelco CTO Takes Over (PRO Only)

Arecont Vision's President and long-term executive Raul Calderon is exiting the company being replaced by ex-Pelco CTO Shane Compton. In this no...

By John Honovich - 2 months ago | 14 Comments

Qognify Acquires OnSSI, CEO Pitches Exciting Future (PRO Only)

Qognify is a VMS / PSIM company, with a tumultuous 2018, that has just acquired a VMS company (OnSSI) who itself acquired a VMS company in 2015 (Se...

By John Honovich - 2 months ago | 22 Comments

Combating Vaping Epidemic - Halo Smart Sensor Profile (PRO Only)

Youth vaping has become an epidemic, according to the US Surgeon General, while the market leader, Juul, just received a $12.8 billion investment f...

By Dan Gelinas - 2 months ago | 63 Comments

ONVIF Profile T Examined (PRO Only)

Despite ONVIF's overall success (11,000+ devices supported), ONVIF has been criticized for its limitations and problems, including VMD and video an...

By Ethan Ace - 2 months ago | 13 Comments

Bosch VDOO 2018 Vulnerability (PRO Only)

Security research firm VDOO has discovered a critical vulnerability in Bosch IP cameras. Inside, we cover the available details of this new vulnera...

By IPVM Team - 2 months ago | 6 Comments

Dahua Lorex White Light Camera Tested (PRO Only)

IP cameras with integrated white light LEDs are a growing trend, led by most notably Hikvision ColorVu. While the Hikvision models are not availabl...

By Rob Kilpatrick - 2 months ago | 6 Comments

Genetec UL Cybersecurity Certificate (2900-2-3) Examined (PRO Only)

Proving a company is cybersecure has become a major concern for security companies. But how trustworthy are these certificates? Earlier in 2018, a...

By Dan Gelinas - 2 months ago | 14 Comments

Scam Research And The $86 Billion IP Camera Market

Scam. The most widely cited research numbers in many, if not most, industries come from a growing number of Indian 'market research firms'. We fir...

By John Honovich - 2 months ago | 20 Comments

Dahua USA Sales Team Cuts - 'Strategic Right Sizing' (PRO Only)

Dahua USA finishes a tumultuous year in which it acquired the Flir SMB business, was subject to the US government ban, terminated and restructured ...

By IPVM Team - 2 months ago | 14 Comments

This Brooklyn Storefont Sells Millions In Uniview And Hikvision (PRO Only)

Looking at their Brooklyn headquarters for this "CCTV Manufacturer", it is not much: Inside, it is not better: However, this company is one o...

By Robert Shih - 2 months ago | 91 Comments

ACRE-Acquired Open Options Access Company Profile (PRO Only)

Who is the company ACRE is acquiring? In this note, we examine Open Options line for best customer fit, key features, pricing, and main weaknesses....

By Brian Rhodes - 2 months ago | 12 Comments

Open Options Acquired By ACRE (PRO Only)

ACRE is doing deals again. A year after they sold Mercury, they are buying another access control company - Open Options. In this note, we exami...

By Brian Rhodes - 2 months ago

8MP / 4K Fixed Lens Camera Shootout - Dahua, Hikvision, TVT, Uniview (PRO Only)

8MP / 4K fixed lens models are now common in lower cost lines, with nearly every Chinese brand and their OEMs now offering multiple options. To se...

By IPVM Team - 2 months ago | 26 Comments

Network Cable Shootout - Belden, Commscope, Hikvision, Honeywell, NavePoint CCA, Windy City Wire (PRO Only)

Every IP camera install needs UTP cabling. But how much of a difference is there between dirt cheap generic cables found online and the bigger, bet...

By IPVM Team - 2 months ago | 59 Comments

Hikvision Government Parent Holds Communist Party Congress

The Communist Party committee of Hikvision’s government parent, CETHIK, held a Party Congress earlier this month where senior executives, including...

By Charles Rollet - 2 months ago | 2 Comments

Imperial Capital Security Investor Conference 2018 Review - ADT, Resideo, Alarm.com, Arlo, Eagle Eye, ACRE, More (PRO Only)

Imperial Capital Security Investor Conference is an event matching industry executives with financiers that frequently leads to future funding an...

By John Honovich - 2 months ago | 7 Comments

Cisco Meraki New Cameras and AI Analytics (PRO Only)

Meraki has released their second generation of video surveillance with 3 new cameras, AI-based video analytics, and 2 cloud-based storage options. ...

By Sean Patton - 2 months ago | 15 Comments

Foolish Strategy: OEMing Facial Recognition (PRO Only)

Almost as 'hot' as face recognition marketing right now is OEMing facial recognition. Last year, they were a who's who of company's with backdoors...

By John Honovich - 2 months ago | 21 Comments

DVR Examiner - Recorder Hard Drive Recovery Tested (PRO Only)

Bypassing passwords and long download times on-site, DVR Examiner collects and organizes video evidence directly from a hard drive extracted from e...

By Robert Shih - 2 months ago

2019 Access Control Book Released (PRO Only)

This is the best, most comprehensive access control book in the world, based on our unprecedented research and testing has been significantly updat...

By Brian Rhodes - 2 months ago | 2 Comments

Huawei Hisilicon Quietly Powering Tens of Millions of Western IoT Devices

Huawei Hisilicon chips are powering, at least, tens of millions of Western IoT devices, such as IP cameras and surveillance recorders, a fact that ...

By IPVM Team - 2 months ago | 26 Comments

FLIR Launches Body Cameras Unified With VMS (TruWitness) (PRO Only)

While FLIR is best known for their thermal cameras, now they have expanded into body cameras, launching TruWITNESS, a public safety focused body we...

By Sean Patton - 2 months ago

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