Tomorrow, Thursday, August 17th is the last day to save $50 on the September IP Networking Course. This is the only networking course designed specifically for video surveillance professionals plus it includes live training, personal help and cer...
By Brian Rhodes - about 12 hours ago
IPVM is happy to congratulate and celebrate our first "Dean's List", the top students in our courses. For the Winter 2017 IP Networking course of Winter 2017, they were: Thomas Atkinson, USA Matt Hurly, Canada Fredrik Lundqvist, Sweden ...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Cyber security concerns are escalating, even in the video surveillance industry which has historically lagged in its attention here. A key element of cyber security is what remote access technologies is used. In particular, DDNS has come into p...
By John Honovich - 5 months ago
100+ North American security integrators told us what trade shows they attend and why. The most well known shows are ISC West and ASIS but there are also a host of local and regional shows. In this post, we examine how attendance broke down amo...
By John Honovich - 5 months ago
In our IPVM IP Networking course, Power Over Ethernet (PoE) is a core component that students show significant interest in. The top ones are: Can I accidentally double PoE wattage by using midspans & switches together? Does each port pro...
By Brian Rhodes - 6 months ago
Cisco is the big name in networking, but they have not been able to leverage their brand and sizable sales channel in the security industry to the same effect. Over the years the company has come and gone in terms of being highly active in the sec...
By Brian Karas - 7 months ago
Ubiqiuti has become a significant force in wireless video surveillance applications but they have never done mesh. Historically, mesh has been associated with larger scale systems and larger scale costs (thousands instead of the hundreds for Ubiq...
By Brian Karas - 7 months ago
The new IP Networking Book 2017 is a 197 page in-depth guide that teaches you how IT and telecom technologies impact modern security systems. The book will give you the knowledge and the confidence to make the right decisions when designing and d...
By Brian Rhodes - 8 months ago
Cisco is a common choice for network switches, including in our Favorite Network Switches survey, but now Axis is releasing a 16 port PoE+ switch specifically targeted to the security market. They say this switch has features that make it more su...
By Brian Karas - 10 months ago
Many people confidently say to 'use VLANs' as an answer to IP video networking problems and as a way to signal expertise. But how should VLANs be used? What benefits do they really deliver or not? In the note, we examine: Segmentation of appl...
By John Scanlan - 11 months ago
Electricians often steal security business, causing problems for themselves, users and security integrators. Now, an emerging technology could flip things by allowing integrators to install lights, with the end result looking just like convention...
By Brian Rhodes - 12 months ago
Ex Avigilon VP of Engineering Danny Kam is putting his support behind networking startup Optigo. Networking monitoring and analytics tools that can plot trends or send alerts on failed devices have been around for decades. Optigo Networks is bui...
By Brian Karas - over 1 year ago
Following up on our 2014 survey for Integrator's Favorite Wireless Products, here are the new results. The top spot may not surprise you, but the changes among the other players have some interesting trends.
By Brian Karas - over 1 year ago
Run with scissors? Play in traffic? Trust ADI for networking advice? The last we checked with ADI, they were promoting bogus numbers from a shady research firm. Now, ADI has turned back to the technical side, with bad advice on network switch ...
By Brian Karas - over 1 year ago
IP scanners, tools like Advanced IP Scanner, Angry IP Scanner and Fing, can be useful for setting up and managing video surveillance systems. In this tutorial, we explain their uses, limitations, comparisons to vendor specific ones and conclude wi...
By Ethan Ace - over 1 year ago
Network ports are critical for remote video viewing and recording and without proper configuration, IP video will not work. In this tutorial, we examine: Why ports are used The format for ports How ports are assigned Well-Known ports for v...
By Brian Rhodes - over 1 year ago
Fewer installation tasks are as nuanced as terminating cables and attaching connectors. Fortunately, this task is easy to manage and get right if the proper components and tools are understood. In this note, we explain: Connector Type vs Cable...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 2 years ago
In this 14 page guide, we teach the fundamentals of network cabling for video surveillance networks, how they should be installed, and the differences in testing them for production networks. Specifically, we examine: Cat 5e vs. Cat 6a vs Cat ...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 2 years ago
This is the only networking course designed specifically for video surveillance professionals. The next IP Networking for Video Surveillance Course starts next Tuesday, October 13th. Lots of general network training exists but none of it focuses...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 2 years ago
This 31-page guide explains the key uses, design factors, and players in the City Surveillance market. A global group of 60 integrators responded, each offering insights in selling, implementing, and maintaining metropolitan video surveillance ...
By Brian Rhodes - about 2 years ago
In this guide, we teach the fundamentals of setting up an IP video surveillance network, taking factory default cameras through to a fully configured and ready to run network. We explain these topics: Discovering IP cameras on your network Ass...
By Ethan Ace - over 2 years ago
5 manufacturers stood out as integrator favorites for network switches from more than 140 votes / explanations submitted. These 2015 statistics replace our 2012 network switch favorite results. In this note, we break down: favorite 5 switch manu...
By Ethan Ace - over 2 years ago
Where do integrators and manufacturers get leads for new customers? We asked 100 sales people this question. The short answer: 'old school' techniques, though the methods / sources of integrators were the opposite of manufacturers. In this note...
By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
TCP or UDP? What should you use for video surveillance? TCP and UDP are both in use in the video industry today, each with strengths and weaknesses when it comes to live viewing, playback, error correction, artifacting, and more, though many use...
By Ethan Ace - over 2 years ago
Bandwidth is the most fundamental element of computer networking for video surveillance systems. Because video surveillance can consume an immense amount of bandwidth and because variations in bandwidth load of surveillance cameras can be so signi...
By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
