Australia's SenSen is a publicly-traded company that has made 2 acquisitions in the past year and aims to be the SAP of video, but what does that mean and how is the company positioned? IPVM analyzes the public company's financials and speaks...
By Zach Segal - 3 days ago
The arrival of the GDPR three years ago raised fears in European video surveillance of stringent enforcement and high fines, but an IPVM review shows overall enforcement is inconsistent and limited. While the median fine was low, the largest...
By Charles Rollet - 6 days ago
A jewelry store alleges it was "robbed and destroyed" after its ADT silent alarm failed to go off during a break-in, the second failure in 7 months. The store is now suing ADT for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and negligence. In this...
By Isabella Cheng - 9 days ago
SureView, one of the last independent PSIMs, split from their central monitoring station business, Immix. IPVM examines the split, Immix's sale to a PE firm, both companies, and speaks with SureView's CTO.
By Zach Segal - 17 days ago
Hikvision has partnered with the PRC's military, earning top PLA supplier status, collaborating on PLA research, and more, an IPVM investigation reveals. This contradicts Hikvision's "strong protest" that the US Defense Department putting...
By IPVM Team - 19 days ago
Traces AI says they have developed a Face Recognition alternative for forensic search and reidentification without using faces and backed by Y Combinator. IPVM spoke with one of the co-founders to learn more about the company and its...
By Zach Segal - 26 days ago
YourSix is a US VSaaS startup, most known for its ongoing partnership with Axis, that touts substantial growth and an anti-lock-in approach. With Axis ending its Guardian VSaaS offering, Axis has been recommending YourSix to US...
By Zach Segal - about 1 month ago
Visitor management systems are becoming more commonplace, driven by increased SaaS offerings and challenges of managing visitors amidst COVID-19. With so many options, what are the major differences and positioning of these suppliers? We...
By Brian Rhodes - about 1 month ago
This directory provides a list of video surveillance startups to help you see and research what companies are new or not yet broadly known. 2021 State of Video Surveillance Startups In the past year, the number and funding of video...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
A new 2021 academic study on the global expansion of CCTV has found a 10% decrease in crime in areas using video surveillance vs those that do not. But how trustworthy is that number? Inside this note, IPVM examines the study published...
By Robert Wren Gordon - about 1 month ago
Actuate has raised $8 million, increasing customers by 10x in 2020, and aims to be a Unicorn, the company's founders told IPVM. In this note, we share feedback from the company's founders looking at where the company is growing, what it aims...
By John Honovich - about 1 month ago
San Francisco admits it asked and received a link for remote, real-time access but denies it ever clicked the link. However, an SFPD email suggests otherwise. Is San Francisco telling the truth or not? However, the city ordinance allows using...
By Isabella Cheng - about 1 month ago
The April 2021 New Products show is complete. All videos may be watched on the Shows Page. 40+ Companies Presented 1702ai: Presents SAMSON gun detection Airship: Outpost video recorders applications for remote sites, mobile video...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Simplisafe has raised $130 million and IPVM estimates Simplisafe is on pace to have more total monitoring customers than ADT in 5 years. Inside this note, we examine Simplisafe's past 5 years of growth, its projected growth, comparisons to...
By Isabella Cheng and John Honovich - about 2 months ago
Hosted access control has gained significantly in the past 5 years since IPVM first tested Feenics. How much has Feenics improved and how well do they compete now in 2021? IPVM bought and tested their cloud-based access platform to see how it...
By Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago
Few academic researchers study video surveillance / CCTV. One of the most notable is John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York associate professor Dr. Eric Piza who we interviewed. Inside this interview, Dr. Piza...
By Robert Wren Gordon and Charles Rollet - 3 months ago
SecuriThings has raised $14 million, aiming to deliver a platform for securing and managing IoT devices, such as IP cameras. But how likely are they to be successful and what are they competing against? Inside this report A 30-minute video...
By Zach Segal - 4 months ago
Video analytics can be run in a variety of ways that have significantly different pros and cons. IPVM has identified 9 fundamental architectures, explaining the tradeoffs of each one herein. These architectures are: Run entirely on the...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
The home security monitoring market just got more competitive with Amazon launching Alexa Guard Plus, which for just $4.99 a month provides professional emergency response and a suite of monitoring capabilities. However, Amazon emphasizes...
By John Honovich - 5 months ago
This directory provides a list of "Fever" scanning providers to help you see and research what options are available. While the once-booming market is now busting, a vast array of companies are offering these products (mostly relabelling)....
By IPVM Team - 5 months ago
Dahua has lost a controversial $20+ million USD deal for 1,000+ cameras in which it bid directly to the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Inside this note, we review the background of the deal as well as the controversy surrounding it.
By Robert Wren Gordon - 5 months ago
Hikvision launched a new commercial-focused VSaaS, Hik-ProConnect, but what does it add to the existing Hik-Connect? In this note, we examine Hik-ProConnect's positioning and how it relates to HikConnect.
By Sean Patton - 5 months ago
Cloudvue is touting "Never Buy Another New Camera", offering hardware along with their cloud VMS for one annual subscription. We tested Cloudvue VMS and cameras, and in this report, we examine Cloudvue SaaS strengths and weaknesses,...
By Sean Patton and Derek Ward - 5 months ago
While numerous publications reported Capella Space satellites can see through walls, the company flatly denies this. IPVM investigates the controversy, Capella Space, and the technology they use.
By Zach Segal - 6 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...
By IPVM Team - 6 months ago
