Awards Benefit Manufacturers -- Not Users
Awards assist manufacturers in selling products rather than identifying the best solutions for user's needs. This is a growing concern as the...
By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago
Awards assist manufacturers in selling products rather than identifying the best solutions for user's needs. This is a growing concern as the...
By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago
While there are many startups in video surveillance, many of them have under-achieved, especially the most prominent, VC backed companies in the...
By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago
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By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago (Research)
Megapixel was the most dominant trend in IP cameras over the first half of 2009. So dominant was megapixel, that not only did most manufacturers...
By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago
Over the first half of 2009, improvements in deployment simplicity was the strongest theme for video management systems. While few to no...
By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago
The last six months were rough for video analytics. Little good news and lots of public recognition of video analytic troubles. In our own recent...
By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago
So much for green shoots - at least for Axis. In their just released Q2 financial report [link no longer available], Axis leads with "No Change in...
By John Honovich - almost 13 years ago
Cisco is making a major push into the small business market. As part of this, Cisco is increasing both their product offerings and marketing of...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
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By John Honovich - about 13 years ago (Research)
What's interesting is that when I talk to industry people, BRS Labs now is consistently listed among the top video analytics companies. This has to...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
Recently, results from a facial recognition test for the Korean National Police were reported [link no longer available] widely by 3VR of...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
Figuring out how video surveillance products are different is a challenging task. While some products are literally the same, most of them are...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
Cameras, software and recorders are all becoming more powerful and complex. Higher resolution, multiple streams, multiple analytics and more...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
Despite the great hype for Cisco's entrance into video surveillance, Cisco has not demonstrated significant success in the market. They have won...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
This is no ordinary recession. Dramatic and permanent changes have already begun. In conversations with over 30 end users, integrators and...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
While 2009 was the year of megapixel surveillance cameras, it was also the year where confusion between HD and megapixel cameras began....
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
The recession is forcing broad reductions. Worse, the era of excess consumer spending is over. In response, most business around the world, whether...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Internet economics and the recession pose a significant risk to the future of trade shows. A broad trend facing all technology industries, we may...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
10-20% of all spending on video surveillance goes to sales and marketing costs yet customers find great difficulty determining the best solution...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
What's really interesting about "convergence" is using video for marketing and operation purposes rather than security - IT integration. Today, I...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
Almost all IP video info is vendor marketing. Good decision making requires critically reading and analyzing this material. At first, I did not...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
Most new technology fails but when it is successful, the business benefits can be enormous. The challenge then is how to efficiently determine...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
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