Register now to attend the December VSaaS Show, featuring 25+ companies presenting exclusively to IPVM subscribers. Watch: What Makes IPVM Online Shows Different Than Trade Shows? Schedule & Agenda: Day 1 - December 7th 10:00am: IPVM...
By IPVM Team - 13 days ago
This 24-page guide provides an in-depth explanation of mobile apps in VMS/VSaaSes. In this guide, we cover: Mobile Monitoring Mobile App vs Web Client VMS vs VSaaS Mobile Apps Viewing Live Video Search/Playback Limits PTZ Control...
By Sean Patton - 13 days ago
Viakoo has raised $10 million, telling IPVM that they aim to expand to help security buyers ensure their equipment is up-to-date with the newest and most advanced features. We spoke with Viakoo's CEO to understand how they plan to use their...
By Sean Patton - 25 days ago
This 28-page guide provides an in-depth explanation of live video and event monitoring in VMS/VSaaSes. In this guide, we cover: Video Monitoring Monitoring Devices VMS/VSaaS Software Clients View Tiles / Layouts Camera Lists Common...
By Sean Patton - about 1 month ago
Flock Safety is expanding from its core market of LPR into "audio evidence capture" and most notably gunshot detection, just months after raising $150 million from A16Z. Flock announced "Raven", an audio analytic offering that complements its...
By Isabella Cheng - about 1 month ago
Evolon, formerly Jemez Technology, recently raised $16 million, giving the veteran video analytics provider an opportunity for expansion. But how much can they grow versus a crowded field of analytic competitors? In this report, we share...
By John Honovich - about 1 month ago
Today, Axis' PRC China sales are tiny, but for years Axis considered the PRC the "market with the greatest potential" due to its strong growth and supplied many high-profile PRC enterprise projects, including police. This all ended in the...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 month ago
ADT sent video recordings of a woman from her DIY Blue by ADT system to a stranger across the country, prompting the victim to file a negligence lawsuit against ADT. However, ADT recently settled this case for an undisclosed amount. This...
By Isabella Cheng - about 2 months ago
Three years ago we tested Eagle Eye Cloud VMS/VSaaS and found many fundamental features missing and UX limitations. Since then the company's revenue has rocketed and the company has raised $40 million. How much better has the product...
By Ilya Ignatenko and Sean Patton - about 2 months ago
This guide explains the fundamentals and challenges of VMS/VSaaS integration with point-of-sale (POS) systems. In this report, we examine the pros, cons, and common challenges including: Point of Sale Overview Investigation and...
By Sean Patton - about 2 months ago
Mobile app usage continues to grow, but how quickly? And what is driving it? In this note, we examine statistics from ~200 integrator responses and examine the trends they reveal, compared to 2016 results and 2012 results.
By Ethan Ace - about 2 months ago
This 11-page guide explains the fundamentals and challenges of VMS/VSaaS integration with access and intrusion systems. In this report, we examine the pros, cons, and common challenges including: Unified Single Vendor vs 3rd Party...
By Sean Patton - 2 months ago
20 Dahua partners have submitted comments to the US government, urging the FCC not to ban Dahua despite Dahua admitting 2 more major vulnerabilities this month. Dahua dealers join Hikvision ones petitioning the US government, though 50+...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 3 months ago
Agent Vi, one of the oldest video surveillance analytics developers, has been acquired by Irisity, a publicly-traded, though mostly unknown, Swedish company. Inside this note, based on feedback from Irisity CEO Marcus Bäcklund, we examine the...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 3 months ago
Understand the trends, terms, and technology for VMS and VSaaS. Based on the latest reporting at IPVM, analyzing and testing products to determine which are best and worst at various capabilities, and what companies are emerging. Register now and...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
100 Hikvision partners have submitted comments to the US government, urging the FCC not to ban the PRC China government-controlled manufacturer. This comes shortly after Hikvision mass emailed partners urging them to submit comments to the...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 3 months ago
Despite being one of the most common access control components, specifying the right electric strike can be deceptively complex. Understanding the particulars of each device can be overwhelming. In this note, we examine how strikes work, the...
By Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago
While VMS and NVRs are the most common choice for new surveillance projects, VSaaSes are growing. Understanding their architecture and related strengths and weaknesses is critical to making surveillance decisions. In this 19-page guide, we...
By Sean Patton - 3 months ago
Vivint's new CEO emphasized 'a few bad apples' and that 'no company' is 'perfect' responding to questions about US government actions against his company's unethical and illegal actions. In this report, IPVM examines the Vivint CEO's...
By Isabella Cheng - 3 months ago
'Passback' -- the practice of using someone else's credentials to gain entry, is a troubling access control vulnerability. In this report, look at the problem and how designers can minimize vulnerabilities, including: Passback vs...
By Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago
This directory provides definitions and explanations for over 90 common video surveillance industry terms, including links to related IPVM tutorials and guides. This directory will be continuously updated. If there is a term you want to be...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Acoem's Acoutstic Threat Detection claims to "protect public spaces with its ability to detect gunshots" and "when a gunshot is heard, our cutting edge technology locates and tracks the threat". But how well did it perform in real world...
By Zach Segal and Derek Ward - 4 months ago
RapidSOS cut the 911 queue, sending security alarms that looked like citizen 911 calls, resulting in the TMA speaking out against this while RapidSOS' CEO alleged to IPVM that authorities asked them to do this but refused to provide any...
By Zach Segal - 4 months ago
What is the 'biggest' access control security vulnerability? One security consultant argues that, for most installations, it is tailgating. In this report, we share: A security consultant's analysis that tailgating is the biggest access...
By Brian Rhodes - 4 months ago
This 30-page guide provides an in-depth explanation of managing VMS and VSaaS systems. This is part 3 of our upcoming VMS / VSaaS Course, starting in the fall. VMS / VSaaS Management Overview The function of a VMS / VSaaS is to manage the...
By Sean Patton - 5 months ago
