Both the UK and Scottish governments have banned Hikvision plus other PRC providers from certain government usage for national security reasons, in...
By Charles Rollet - 13 days ago (Info+)
Two Taipei distributors sold relabelled Hikvision cameras for use in Taiwan government projects, a direct violation of Taiwan's ban on government...
By Joyce Ho - 17 days ago (Info+)
Motorola told IPVM they're "bringing Pelco back." But with 10 recent acquisitions, where does historic Pelco fit in their plans? In this...
By Sean Patton - 29 days ago (Info+)
With product shortages and price increases a top concern, which surveillance distributors are integrators choosing? 170+ integrators told us their...
By Sean Patton - 3 months ago (Info+)
Dahua is pushing ahead with its FCC proposal to add product warning labels and other "guardrails" against illegal US sales. With the November 2022...
By Conor Healy - 3 months ago (Info+)
Despite being a basic component of access control, there is a wide variety of doors and how they integrate into electronic access...
By Aiden Gonzalez and Brian Rhodes - 4 months ago (Info+)
Dahua told the FCC it would consider labeling and contract provisions to stop sales violating US bans. Three years in, these illegal sales have...
By Conor Healy - 5 months ago (Info+)
Two sales executives left Platinum Tools three years ago to found Go Simply Connect, manufacturers of Simply45 passthrough RJ45...
By John Scanlan - 7 months ago (Info+)
WDC Networks, the largest Brazil-based video surveillance distributor, spoke with IPVM about its business, including Latin America expansion plans...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 10 months ago (Info+)
A trio of major distributors, Ingram Micro, PSA Security Network, and ScanSource, have recently dropped Hikvision, the NDAA-banned, and impending...
By Ilya Ignatenko - 10 months ago (Info+)
Access control systems are typically high security, but a serious, "industry wide" flaw —enclosures secured by default locks opened with common...
By Brian Rhodes - about 1 year ago (Info+)
100 Hikvision partners have submitted comments to the US government, urging the FCC not to ban the PRC China government-controlled...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago
Milestone still faces difficult challenges 15 years after launching its Mexican operations. But, after using Mexico as a springboard into Latin...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Secretly-relabelled Hikvision and Dahua (Hikua) products are being sold to various Federal and military agencies, violating the NDAA ban. Sellers...
By Conor Healy - over 1 year ago
Snap One, aka Snap AV is going public, disclosing extremely high revenue for the AV / security revenue and even more ambitious plans.
By Haris Khurshid and Zach Segal - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Inalarm, once one of Dahua's biggest Mexico distributors, has sued the Hangzhou-based company in Mexican court, IPVM has confirmed. This is...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Axis has a significant presence in the United States but how well does Axis do next door, in Mexico? And how is Axis Mexican manufacturing...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
TVC en Línea, Dahua's biggest Mexican distributor, candidly spoke with IPVM about the challenges of distributing in Mexico, the largest Latin...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Syscom is a major Mexican distributor but how do they compare to ADI and Anixter, two rival distributors that have a major presence in Mexico's...
By IPVM - over 1 year ago (Info+)
The EU has released a proposal for how it plans to regulate AI, directly impacting certain video surveillance technologies but exempting many...
By Zach Segal - over 1 year ago (Info+)
While Avigilon is one of North America's most widely used manufacturer, they are relatively weak in Brazil, even compared to other Western...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
In China, Dahua and Hikvision routinely sell direct but outside, it is less common. However, this is a growing trend in Brazil. IPVM...
By Isabella Cheng and Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Alarm.com, one of security's largest cloud companies, is adding support for new HID Aero panels in its access system, one of the first companies to...
By Brian Rhodes - over 1 year ago (Info+)
While Axis has been helped in the United States due to bans and sanctions against Hikvision and Dahua, how is Axis competing with them in Brazil?...
By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 2 years ago (Info+)
Genetec is strong in its home North American market but how well can Genetec do in Brazil? In particular, Genetec has dropped support for...
By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 2 years ago (Info+)
