Door Swing Tutorial (Member Only)
By Brian Rhodes
The direction doors open might seem minor, but it can greatly impact access lock selection. There are four basic ways a door can swing, and kn...
By Brian Rhodes - about 16 hours ago
Q-See is going out of business effective January 31st, 2021. The once mega-budget surveillance provider may cause significant problems in how it is...
By Isabella Cheng - about 17 hours ago | 6 Comments
IFSEC, best known for its struggling UK trade show, is expanding its 'influencer' rankings. Ranking 'influence' is inherently dubious but IFSEC's r...
By John Honovich - about 19 hours ago | 22 Comments
For decades, Gallagher has been one of New Zealand's most famous companies. Now, they are aggressively expanding into North America and, if they fu...
By Brian Rhodes - 1 day ago
Ava has released their new direct-to-cloud IP cameras competing with Verkada in the growing cloud connected camera space. But how well do these new...
By Derek Ward - 1 day ago
Smart codec usage has dropped moderately since 2019 despite nearly ubiquitous support for several years and, confusion around what constitutes a sm...
By Zach Segal - 2 days ago
Choosing the right frame rate for your application is important but understandind when you should use 10 or 15 or 20 or 30 or even 60 frames per se...
By IPVM Team - 2 days ago | 40 Comments
This is the only independent surveillance camera course, based on in-depth product and technology testing. Register now. Lots of manufacturer ...
By IPVM Team - 2 days ago | 22 Comments
Pressure against facial recognition is building, with an FTC commissioner saying he supports a moratorium or severe restrictions on facial recognit...
By Zach Segal - 5 days ago
The CES show has added an Orwellian disclaimer that it does not 'endorse' the products it gives awards to, following IPVM criticizing CES for givin...
By John Honovich and Zach Segal - 5 days ago | 8 Comments
IPVM found a filing from the US Department of Veterans Affairs that replaced Genetec with Avigilon. In this note, we examine the VA's approval...
By Sean Patton - 6 days ago | 14 Comments
Dahua has lost a controversial $20+ million USD deal for 1,000+ cameras in which it bid directly to the Brazilian state of EspĂrito Santo. Ins...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 6 days ago
Fever detection was a booming, comical, and dangerous market in 2020. While the market has now mostly busted, a new entrant has won a CES award for...
By John Honovich and Zach Segal - 6 days ago | 12 Comments
A key weakness of mobile credentials is eliminating credential cards that served as physical badges identifying employees. Now, Openpath is introdu...
By Brian Rhodes - 7 days ago | 7 Comments
Hikvision launched a new commercial-focused VSaaS, Hik-ProConnect, but what does it add to the existing Hik-Connect? In this note, we examine ...
By Sean Patton - 7 days ago | 2 Comments
Cloudvue is touting "Never Buy Another New Camera", offering hardware along with their cloud VMS for one annual subscription. We tested Cloudv...
By Sean Patton and Derek Ward - 7 days ago | 4 Comments
A patent application authored by Huawei and the PRC government includes Uyghur-detection analytics, in the latest proof that the China tech giant u...
By IPVM Team - 7 days ago | 4 Comments
H.265 has been widely available in IP cameras for many years but new IPVM statistics show that a significant percentage of cameras still are not us...
By Zach Segal - 8 days ago | 2 Comments
Hikvision has released Motion Detection 2.0 claiming it "supports detection of real security threats faster", embedding their AcuSense technology i...
By Rob Kilpatrick - 8 days ago | 5 Comments
VSaaS enters 2021 in a much stronger state than a year ago, driven by COVID-19, VC funding, and much broader availability. The 1-minute video below...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 9 days ago | 22 Comments
Verkada is expanding into access control. We tested Verkada's controller and system software a few months ago. Now, Verkada has its first reader mo...
By Brian Rhodes - 9 days ago
Hanwha has become a major competitor in the US but its Brazilian business faces much greater challenges. IPVM has been in Brazil the past few ...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 9 days ago | 2 Comments
Pelco, known for decades for its broad use of manufacturer rep firms, has ceased to do so, confirmed by Pelco's new owner Motorola to IPVM. In...
By John Honovich - 12 days ago | 28 Comments
The average frame rate doubled between 2011 and 2019 but, new IPVM statistics, show it has stagnated since. Inside, IPVM examines the average ...
By Zach Segal - 12 days ago | 18 Comments
Audio usage in video surveillance remains rare but growing, new IPVM statistics show. 175+ integrators answered IPVM: "In the past year, what ...
By Zach Segal - 13 days ago | 12 Comments
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