VSaaS will hurt integrators, there is no question about that. How much integrators will be hurt is an important question. In this post, we examine the role of integrators, how that role has changed in the past 20 years, and how VSaaS will impac...
By John Honovich - 8 days ago
Industry broker Ron Davis of the "Greybeards" says that the integrator and alarms market is doing well despite the Coronavirus market. We examine his confident claims on "sophisticated" integrators and his assumptions for deals in 2020 and be...
By Joey Walter - 17 days ago
The first half of 2020 has been shocking, for the world generally, and for the video surveillance industry, with temperature screening / fever cameras becoming the industry's hottest segment. Now, we release the 595-page Mid-Year Guide aggreg...
By IPVM Team - 18 days ago
In the wake of national protests against US police abuses, big tech firms like Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM announced they would halt working with police on facial recognition. But Israel's AnyVision, the world's most well funded non-China facial r...
By Charles Rollet and Zach Segal - 28 days ago
65+ security industry companies have taken more than $40 million in PPP funds, IPVM has confirmed from US government records. Inside this report, we list each company, the amounts obtained, the jobs saved, analyzing the impact on the industry...
By Joey Walter - 30 days ago
The US government has released the rules implementing the "Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Using" Dahua, Hikvision, and Huawei based products. This is the so-called 'blacklisting' clause and follows the GSA ordering government contra...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 month ago
While facial recognition has gained greater prominence, a new IPVM study of security systems integrators shows weak sales, opposition to regulation, and no clear favorite provider. Inside this report, based on 200+ integrator responses, we ex...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
It is difficult to make your way in this industry as there is little formal schooling. However, one person, Blake Urmos, the Founder of Low Voltage Nation (LVN), wants to "help you carve out a fulfilling career path in low voltage and technology"....
By John Scanlan - about 1 month ago
While numbers of integrators very impacted by Coronavirus continue to drop, most are still moderately dealing with the pandemic's problems, June IPVM statistics show. Compare to our May results: Integrators Rising Against Coronavirus, April r...
By Brian Rhodes - about 1 month ago
Fever cameras are the hottest trend in video surveillance currently but how much are integrators selling them? 220 integrators answered the questions: If you are selling thermal/fever/temperature cameras, how are sales doing? If you are not ...
By Sean Patton - 2 months ago
IPVM asked integrators if air travel is part of their 2020 plans to see how significantly Coronavirus will impact future operations. Considering many use air travel to meet with important customers and attend shows, air travel has long been a...
By Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago
Videoloft presented offsite cloud storage at the May 2020 IPVM Startups show. A 30-minute video from Videoloft including IPVM Q&A Background on the company Key Positive factors to consider Key Negative factors to consider
By Joey Walter - 3 months ago
IPVM integrator statistics make it clear - Coronavirus's impact on business is lessening and many are anticipating even better news in weeks ahead. Compare to our April report, Bottom: Integrators Start To Stand Vs Coronavirus and March report ...
By Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago
Which camera manufacturer have integrators had the worst experience with in the past year? 200+ integrators told us. 200+ integrators answered, and there were minimal changes in the negative responses from our 2018 survey, the 2nd and 3rd wor...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
The video surveillance market has changed significantly since 2000, going from VCRs to an emerging AI cloud era and now impacted by coronavirus. The goal of this history is to help professionals newer to the industry understand the important ...
By John Honovich - 3 months ago
Coronavirus impacts are not hitting manufacturers as badly as they feared, and the situation is modestly improving for many, new IPVM survey results show. Inside this report, we share statistics and dozens of manufacturer comments to show wha...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago
The market for elevated body temperature detection cameras, aka 'coronavirus cameras' aka 'fever detectors', may be worth billions of dollars this year and is certainly, by far, the fastest-growing market segment in the industry. Moreover, wi...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 4 months ago
Good news - IPVM integrator statistics show that while coronavirus has hit integrators hard, it is now bottoming out and starting to improve. Inside this report, we share these statistics and dozens of integrator comments to show what is going ...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 4 months ago
VSaaS is starting to become mainstream but who are integrator's favorite? 200+ integrators told us their choices. The top choice? No one. But 4 North American companies are fairly close together. Inside this report, we review the rankings and ...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Access control users have included capabilities that are not commonly used that can help zero-in and discover potential Coronavirus hotspots in a facility: system activity logs. Getting this data requires tight access system configurations, whi...
By Brian Rhodes - 4 months ago
Convergint has $1+ billion in junk debt putting significant pressure on the company. While the rapid debt buildup enabled the company to go on an unprecedented acquisition spree, the company is now facing a coronavirus crisis. Inside this note,...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
Verkada has built a reputation on giving away things for free - free Yeti Tumblers, free trial cameras and now free temporary systems for government and health care users during coronavirus. Inside this note, we examine: How the program work...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 4 months ago
Coronavirus is hitting security manufacturers, though overall modestly for now, with worse expected to come, new IPVM survey results show. However, manufacturers are still doing better than integrators who have been hit much harder. Inside thi...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 4 months ago
This report examines major industry factors and how they could impact video surveillance in the next 5 - 10 years. This is part of our Video Surveillance 101 course. In this report, we examine the following: How will AI impact the surveilla...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
IPVM recommends that integrators advocate and end-users consider adding door operators to fight the spread of coronavirus. This delivers mutual benefits - providing business to integrators in a slowdown and improving the attractiveness and heal...
By Brian Rhodes - 5 months ago
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