Who is ISS? In the past few months, they had one of the craziest ISC West promo items in years. Then, they hired industry veteran and ex-Dahua Director Janet Fenner as CMO, who promptly took over Hikvision's abandoned GSX 2018 booth in the middl...
By Sean Patton - 1 day ago
Dahua has responded to the US Congress passing a US government ban on Dahua and Hikvision's products. While Dahua offered the now standard cybersecurity defense, it led with an interesting and direct assertion, that Dahua is "not a government-owne...
By John Honovich - 9 days ago
Hikvision has admitted they expect the US government ban to become law as soon as this month. In a new 'Special Bulletin' to dealers, Hikvision declares: Indeed, Hikvision acknowledges that the ban may extend further than just US government ...
By John Honovich - 14 days ago
The fallout of the Ban Bill has begun and it is hurting the already beleaguered ASIS GSX show next month. Mega-exhibitor Hikvision has now decided not to exhibit at ASIS GSX, dropping their 3,600 sqft booth, putting a big hole in the center of ...
By John Honovich - 15 days ago
The bill banning US government use of Dahua and Hikvision products has been passed by both chambers of Congress (House vote, Senate vote). The US President has voiced support of this bill and is expected to be signed into law. UPDATE: The Bill an...
By IPVM Team - 15 days ago
Creating an international controversy, MGM Resorts has sued shooting victims, despite or perhaps because the Las Vegas gunman used the MGM-owned Mandalay Bay to kill 58 people. Unsurprisingly, this has engendered significant opposition and mocker...
By Dan Gelinas - 23 days ago
Anyvision is the most ambitious heavy-spending video surveillance startup in many years. And, now, the startup has raised $28 million led by Bosch to, as they humbly declare, "Lead the Global AI Industry". Who is Anyvision? What is Bosch doing...
By John Honovich - 28 days ago
IFSEC is facing competition. Led by an ex-IFSEC head, partnered with mega-exhibitor Essen and hosted in IFSEC's old city, Birmingham, "The Security Event" in UK will launch in April 2019, the same week as ISC West. In this note, based on a c...
By John Honovich - about 2 months ago
The show formerly known as ASIS, now GSX, is less than 3 months away. And it is struggling to get exhibitors to go back to Las Vegas, just months after ISC West, in a show with far lower attendance. In this note, we examine the most notable ab...
By John Honovich - about 2 months ago
IPVM attended the IFSEC show for the first time this year. The Chinese took over the show, centered on Hikvision, flanked by Dahua, Huawei and a legion of other Chinese manufacturers. IFSEC is much smaller than ISC West, with about 50% fewer e...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Manufacturers say ISC West 2018 was strong, continuing the trend we have seen in 2017 results and 2016 results. However, those same 100 manufacturers expressed a much more concerned outlook on the upcoming ASIS, now GSX show. In this note, we exa...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
ISC West 2018 had strong attendance, modest overall new products, and a surge in Artificial Intelligence marketing. First, here are 20+ manufacturer booth videos, to give you a feel for the show's displays: Inside this report, we examine the b...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Hikvision USA is conducting a false advertising marketing campaign for their deep learning system. Hikvision USA's claim violates US FTC Truth In Advertising regulations, contradicts Hikvision's corporate's test results and raises further concerns...
By John Honovich - 6 months ago
There is a new integrator favorite VMS. In 2016, 2 VMSes were effectively tied for top choice. One of those VMSes favorability was stable while the other was trending down. Now, in 2018, significant separation has emerged. From 200+ integrator...
By IPVM Team - 6 months ago
ISC West spending frequently signals market expansion and trend shifts. In 2016, the surge of Chinese exhibitors underscored the race to the bottom. In 2017, deep learning marketing signaled its expansion, at least in terms of hype. Now, in 2018, ...
By IPVM Team - 7 months ago
After 60+ years, ASIS is dumping its eponymous show name and replacing it with 'GSX'. This is a classic marketing mistake. For a show struggling for years, this only makes things worse. In this note, we examine the issues, compare to a histori...
By John Honovich - 8 months ago
The race to the bottom in video surveillance is over. After 3 years of aggressive price cuts and heavy sales and marketing expenditures, the Chinese manufacturer driven race to the bottom is done. Evidence IPVM sees this pattern across the bo...
By John Honovich - 9 months ago
Panasonic is now a "Unified Surveillance" offering, as their ASIS 2017 booth proclaimed: Looking to make a comeback in the security industry, Panasonic is positioning themselves as a "technology solutions provider". IPVM spoke to Panasonic exe...
By Brian Karas - 9 months ago
ASIS is being deceptive with its conference reporting, effectively inflating the event's real actual attendance. What they try, but struggle to do, is report 'registrants' but, as our examples below show, they clearly are misrepresenting it as ac...
By John Honovich - 11 months ago
ASIS has reversed a trend of declining satisfaction from manufacturers, based on results of our survey of 80 manufacturers. However, exhibitors faced some significant problems with the show, and while opinions are up, ASIS is still not seen as a ...
By Brian Karas - 11 months ago
ASIS is in Dallas for 2017 and this is our final show report (compare to our 2016 ASIS show report). When walking in, one is greeted with Dahua's advertising: Fitting, given the big news of the week is Dahua (and their OEMs) recorders hit with...
By IPVM Team - 11 months ago
Weeks before a show, vendors are typically gearing up for their booths. But UTC / Lenel / Interlogix is joining FLIR in a last minute dumping of their ASIS 2017 booths. Inside this note, we examine what is happening with these companies, pressur...
By IPVM Team - 11 months ago
FLIR's security division is an ambitious mix of FLIR's core thermal business plus multiple acquisitions, including of retail / consumer offering Lorex, enterprise DVTel and camera startup ISD. Right now, it is struggling. In this note, we examin...
By Brian Karas - about 1 year ago
The 3rd day of major trade shows are always the worst attended. And with shows with poor traffic, like ASIS over the past few years, day 3 has been fairly silent, with sparse attendees and exhibitors checking their phones or talking to each other...
By John Honovich - about 1 year ago
"Chinese eating our lunch. Attacking us from every direction" said the US FBI's Deputy Director Andrew McCabe at the ASIS 2017 CSO Summit. .@FBI Deputy Director Andrew MCabe provides a State of FBI at #csosummit17 "we focus on facts and law". p...
By John Honovich - over 1 year ago
