Video Surveillance History
The video surveillance market has changed significantly since 2000, going from VCRs to now AI and the cloud. The goal of this history is to...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
The video surveillance market has changed significantly since 2000, going from VCRs to now AI and the cloud. The goal of this history is to...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
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By Rob Kilpatrick - over 1 year ago (Research)
Understand the trends, terms, and technology for VMS and VSaaS. Based on the latest reporting at IPVM, analyzing and testing products to determine...
By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago
This guide teaches the fundamentals of video surveillance storage. Inside we cover: Surveillance Storage NVR / Recorder Storage Camera /...
By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago (Info+)
Cameras come in many shapes, sizes and specifications. This 101 examines the basics of cameras and features used in 2023. In this report, we...
By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago (Info+)
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By Ethan Ace - over 6 years ago (Research)
Avigilon has a revolutionary announcement, according to Avigilon. Have they solved terrorism as their CEO explained? No, not yet at...
By John Honovich - almost 7 years ago (Info+)
Over 230 integrators and manufacturers told us what they believe will be the next big thing in video surveillance 5 years from now, in 2020. The...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
'Everyone' knew Cisco would dominate video surveillance back in 2008. They failed. But, they have not given up. Recently the company touted a...
By Brian Rhodes - over 7 years ago (Info+)
~70% of IP cameras allow storing video onboard, at the 'edge', typically through the use of SD cards. The big question is whether and when it...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
Milestone's recent announcement has brought attention to improved VMS support for storage on-board cameras. However, as our note on Milestone's...
By John Honovich - over 8 years ago (Info+)
Lack of VMS support for IP cameras with on-board storage has been a key barrier in restricting adoption. Now, Milestone has released 'ONVIF Edge...
By John Honovich - over 8 years ago (Info+)
This year, IPVM members have repeatedly identified edge recording problems with Axis cameras / software, first in a discussion, "Axis Edge Storage...
By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago (Info+)
Most IP camera models now support on-board storage. Even more promising, on-board storage has the potential to eliminate NVRs / centralized VMSes...
By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago (Info+)
In the 4 years since DVTel Acquired ioimage, they have gone quiet but upcoming new products combined with the VideoIQ acquistion could be giving a...
By Ethan Ace - about 9 years ago (Info+)
"Boom Times Ahead for Wireless Video Surveillance," blares a trade magazine. Ironically, the underlying stats show the opposite - a bust for...
By John Honovich - about 10 years ago
A common complaint and weakness of edge storage is that most systems only support one or two camera manufacturers. However, over the last year,...
By Ethan Ace - over 10 years ago
Lots of interesting moves this month but here are the 5 we see as having the most impact on the surveillance business, listed in alphabetical...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
The last still strongly analog segment is the consumer market. Cost is king for home use and the marginal increase in value with IP for their needs...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
Would it be a good idea to embed SD cars inside IP cameras? With edge storage becoming a hot trend, could this help drive adoption and increase...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
While edge recording has quickly become one of the top trends in the industry, one of the biggest limitations is the maximum size of SD card...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
Genetec is making a big bet on the cloud. Indeed, it is the biggest bet any VMS vendor has yet made for VSaaS and the most significant move in the...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
Hosted video gets a lot of vendor hype but is on the verge of being wiped out in surveillance. Ironically, while it aimed to disrupt the...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
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By Ethan Ace - over 10 years ago (Research)
Not even 6 months ago, Axis shook up the industry with a new offering that elimated VMS server software when using less than 16 Axis cameras. Now,...
By Ethan Ace - over 10 years ago
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