The first wave of the booming fever detecting market was $10,000+ cameras, now interest for ~$2,000 tablets is high and the next big thing may be $100 wall-mounted units. We have tested 18 "fever" / temperature screening devices including now...
By John Honovich - about 17 hours ago
Vintra presented its FulcrumAI face recognition and mask detection offering at the May 2020 IPVM Startups show. Inside this report: A 30-minute video from Vintra including IPVM Q&A Background on the company and the new product Key Po...
By Joey Walter - 5 days ago
While numbers of integrators very impacted by Coronavirus continue to drop, most are still moderately dealing with the pandemic's problems, June IPVM statistics show. Compare to our May results: Integrators Rising Against Coronavirus, April r...
By Brian Rhodes - 6 days ago
83% of US companies selling temperature screening devices, aka 'fever' detectors, claim they are not medical devices, contrary to FDA definition, showing widespread abuse and undue public risk. Executive Summary – FDA Positions, Seller Respon...
By Joey Walter - 8 days ago
Solink has raised ~$17 million USD, a sizeable round for the company that raised $12 million last year. How fast have they grown? What do they aim to do with it and to the market? We spoke with Solink's Founder and CEO and examine these quest...
By Joey Walter - 13 days ago
This global directory tracks 400+ articles about thermal cameras used to detect fevers in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Articles are grouped into nine categories. Global USA Canada Africa Asia Europe Latin America Middle Eas...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 15 days ago
Verkada's false claims continue, this time to be the first native cloud-based access and video solution. There are a number of manufacturers that already offer native cloud-based access control and video systems, so why make this claim? Verk...
By Sean Patton - 19 days ago
Dahua's former North American President Frank Zhang claims he is owed almost $11 million but Dahua counter-claims it is just a "scrivener's error", i.e., a legal typo. The two sides have been in court for over a year with Dahua saying they have sp...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 month ago
German manufacturer Optris has been building temperature measuring instruments for industrial manufacturing for over 15 years, and thermal cameras for over 10 years. We spoke to Optris and in this report, we look at their temperature measurem...
By Sean Patton - about 1 month ago
Fever cameras are the hottest trend in video surveillance currently but how much are integrators selling them? 220 integrators answered the questions: If you are selling thermal/fever/temperature cameras, how are sales doing? If you are not ...
By Sean Patton - about 1 month ago
IPVM asked integrators if air travel is part of their 2020 plans to see how significantly Coronavirus will impact future operations. Considering many use air travel to meet with important customers and attend shows, air travel has long been a...
By Brian Rhodes - about 1 month ago
Wyze has raised $10 million, the company's first disclosed raise since the $20 million announced at the beginning of 2019. Inside this note, we: Explain Wyze's disruptive plan for pricing, integration and analytics Review expanded service...
By John Honovich and Joey Walter - about 1 month ago
IPVM integrator statistics make it clear - Coronavirus's impact on business is lessening and many are anticipating even better news in weeks ahead. Compare to our April report, Bottom: Integrators Start To Stand Vs Coronavirus and March report ...
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. 2020 State of Video Surveillance Startups In the past year, the number and funding of video surveilla...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
NetPosa is fighting for its existence as the situation worsens for what was once the PRC's largest VMS provider. The firm is being investigated by Chinese securities regulators, has suffered another 90% sales drop, and has seen its embattled and d...
By Charles Rollet - about 2 months ago
Sunell is far less well known than its gargantuan domestic competitors Dahua and Hikvision but the company's 'Panda Cam' is going head to head against them worldwide in the booming coronavirus fever camera market. However, the name Sunell is ...
By Ethan Ace - about 2 months ago
ADI sales were down 21% in April, the company disclosed, as the pandemic hits the security industry. Inside this note, we examine: ADI Sales in Q1 2020 vs April (Q2) What the drop signals about the security industry How ADI is doing much...
By John Honovich - about 2 months ago
The video surveillance market has changed significantly since 2000, going from VCRs to an emerging AI cloud era and now impacted by coronavirus. The goal of this history is to help professionals newer to the industry understand the important ...
By John Honovich - 2 months ago
Coronavirus impacts are not hitting manufacturers as badly as they feared, and the situation is modestly improving for many, new IPVM survey results show. Inside this report, we share statistics and dozens of manufacturer comments to show wha...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 2 months ago
Dahua's sales dropped by 19.47% in the first quarter of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, while three senior executives resigned, including its CFO. The drop is far worse than crosstown rival Hikvision, whose sales fell ~5%. Plus, the Dahua...
By Charles Rollet - 2 months ago
Hikvision's global revenue fell in the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus, with Hikvision stating uncertainty for 2020 "is greater than in any previous year" and dropping sales projections. However, Hikvision said better years were still...
By Charles Rollet - 2 months ago
The market for elevated body temperature detection cameras, aka 'coronavirus cameras' aka 'fever detectors', may be worth billions of dollars this year and is certainly, by far, the fastest-growing market segment in the industry. Moreover, wi...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 3 months ago
Good news - IPVM integrator statistics show that while coronavirus has hit integrators hard, it is now bottoming out and starting to improve. Inside this report, we share these statistics and dozens of integrator comments to show what is going ...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 3 months ago
VSaaS is starting to become mainstream but who are integrator's favorite? 200+ integrators told us their choices. The top choice? No one. But 4 North American companies are fairly close together. Inside this report, we review the rankings and ...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
Verkada has built a reputation on giving away things for free - free Yeti Tumblers, free trial cameras and now free temporary systems for government and health care users during coronavirus. Inside this note, we examine: How the program work...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 3 months ago
