Hikvision originated from a Chinese government research institute. This is uncommon in the West but frequent in China (though Hikvision is the Chinese government's only controlled video surveillance manufacturer). Hikvision was founded from the C...
By John Honovich - about 3 years ago
While Axis celebrates their end to end system win at top 50 global retailer H&M, their Canon sister company Milestone is proclaiming that end-to-end solutions like Axis' are a "dead end". Times have certainly changed. Axis and Milestone were ...
By Brian Karas - about 3 years ago
Days after celebrating the Chinese government's commitment of up to $3 billion USD more in funding, Hikvision USA is now launching up to 20% across the board price cuts on all products for the second time in less than a month. In this note, we ex...
By John Honovich - about 3 years ago
When you think of VMSes, who do you think of first? Well, Axis, the camera manufacturer, thinks of itself. Axis declared: There are a variety of VMS developers including Axis, Milestone, Genetec, Exacq, IpConfigure and others that develop soft...
By John Honovich - about 3 years ago
Robbed from the Hikvision playbook, now Dahua takes it turn. Dahua, China's second largest manufacturer, is ramping up its marketing. Dahua announced a new ad campaign calling themselves a 'California treasure' comparable to the California Gold ...
By John Honovich - about 3 years ago
IPVM.com now serves all pages over HTTPS to improve security and privacy. However, a number of video surveillance manufacturers do not, including the largest 3. We review both of these items, including notable manufacturers lack of support in this...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
No, this is not about Hanwha / Techwin. This is about the real / original Samsung group. After selling Techwin, which included their video surveillance offering, to Hanwha, Samsung is getting back into security and they are claiming a suite or g...
By Brian Karas - over 3 years ago
After a 'revolutionary' edge storage release this Spring, Avigilon is now aiming to 'transform video surveillance' with its upcoming appearance search. We spoke with Avigilon about the offering, and examine it in detail inside, comparing to compe...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
Are robots the next big thing in security? A new alliance and a large security cooperative thinks so. In this note, we examine the 'Roboliiance', its backers, its outlook, analyzing what may or may not work.
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
Are robots the next big thing in security? A new alliance and a large security cooperative thinks so. In this note, we examine the 'Roboliiance', its backers, its outlook, analyzing what may or may not work.
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
Are robots the next big thing in security? A new alliance and a large security cooperative thinks so. In this note, we examine the 'Roboliiance', its backers, its outlook, analyzing what may or may not work.
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
On the one hand, yet another Avigilon executive is out. On the other, this may mark a change in Avigilon's communications strategy and ability to persuade investors and the public. In this note, we share feedback from our conversation with Avigi...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
LinkedIn has become one of the most powerful marketing sources for both integrators and manufacturers, surpassing trade magazines, banner ads, Twitter and other online advertising options. In this note, we share data from our own campaigns as wel...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
Canon spent $2.8B to acquire Axis, and in doing so created one of the industries largest product line conflicts. Despite obvious benefits of merging the strengths of each company, the two companies remain independent, battling each other. We rev...
By Brian Karas - over 3 years ago
Both Pelco's VP of Sales and VP of Marketing are out of Pelco. In this note, we examine what Pelco is doing, based on a conversation with Pelco's CEO.
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
Just 2 years ago, Avigilon revenue grew an astounding 74%. Now, that feels like 20 years ago. Avigilon's growth rate continues to fall, while struggling with profitability. In this note, we examine the results, the CEO's error and what this mean...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
In early 2015 Mark Cuban has funded a video analytics company, Netra, after the founder cold-emailed him. Now the company has shifted away from security. We look at the reason for this shift in this updated report.
By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago
ADT is special. Pricing for HD video has gone down sharply, but not for ADT whose "less than $2 a day offer" is quite impressive.
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
IDIS has been spending large to gain awareness, something we criticized early on: How to Blow $200,000 On A Booth (IDIS). This trend is continuing into 2016, and expected to continue through 2018.. We spoke with IDIS, and examine their market ap...
By Brian Karas - over 3 years ago
Storage vendor Quantum is bringing their multi-tier storage architecture to the security industry, claiming cost-effective long-term data storage. And they have been spending heavy building a sales team and marketing program focused on the video ...
By Brian Karas - over 3 years ago
There is nothing quite like a really rich guy using charity to sell surveillance systems. The children may be the future, but for Eagle Eye Networks, the present is a PR campaign and schools paying them in a year or having their systems ripped ou...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
In business for 20 years but only recently doing any significant marketing, 3xLogic has moved from a VMS developer to an end-to-end solution provider. The company has made acquisitions, attracted an industry veteran as CEO, and is raising money f...
By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago
Hikvision promoted the security of their directly sold Ezviz consumer line to Americans in a March 9, 2016 release. False It featured this false statement: "One critical element that distinguishes EZVIZ's security measures from others is that t...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
A decade ago, Intransa and Pivot3 both hit the video surveillance market hard with big money and big claims for advanced storage offerings. Intransa died a few years ago and Pivot3 has gone back and forth with their focus. Now, Pivot3, with a si...
By Brian Karas - over 3 years ago
Samsung's video surveillance division told everyone that nothing was going to change. They were wrong, if not lying. They are losing the Samsung name and, in the process, their integrity. Samsung False Assurances
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
