Hikvision's USA subsidiary is fighting with LTS, having recently quietly dropped LTS as an authorized distributor amidst ongoing face-offs between Hikision's USA and LTS salespeople. In this note, we examine the problems between the two organiz...
By John Honovich - 9 days ago
Axis has stepped up efforts to crack down on illicit channel sales according to various industry sources, though, Axis denies this. Online sales and poor margins have long been top Axis integrator complaints. This came to the forefront when we ...
By John Honovich - 13 days ago
Canon / Milestone spinout Arcules has struggled, now changing their Chief Revenue Officer, just a year after he came on board. The issue is not Arcules alone, as we argued this summer - Milestone Has Problems - the biggest of which is Arcules.
By John Honovich - 16 days ago
nFlux, an Amazon, Google, and Microsoft funded AI startup told IPVM their mission is to build the most intelligent video analytics platform in the industry. We spoke with nFlux, to better understand their video analytics offerings, go-to-market...
By Sean Patton - 17 days ago
For the first half of 2019, US government records show that Knightscope has sold just 1 net new robots ('machines-in-network'), inching up from 52 to 53 total. Inside this note, we examine the financials, the challenges Knightscope faces and Kn...
By John Honovich - about 1 month ago
The Carnegie Endowment has issued an ambitious paper on the Global Expansion of AI Surveillance. While its aim is applaudable, the paper has significant problems in actually understanding what 'AI surveillance' is and what is being used where. ...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - about 2 months ago
RealNetworks entered the surveillance market by giving away their analytics to schools for free, and is now targeting large commercial users with their live face recognition analytics, SAFR. We spoke with SAFR, to better understand their offeri...
By Sean Patton - about 2 months 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. 2019 State of Video Surveillance Startups In the past year, the number and funding of video surveillanc...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
One of the most influential and controversial executives in the past decade is back. Bryan Schmode ascended and drove the hypergrowth of Avigilon in the first half of the decade. After 4 years of 'relaxing', he is now back, becoming CEO of Boulder...
By John Honovich - about 2 months ago
IPVM went to Chicago for ASIS GSX 2019, with many exhibitors disappointed about traffic and the exhibitor schedule changing next year. However, there were startups making progress, growing interest in gunshot detection, the return of a weakened...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
The 'prohibition on use or procurement' of Dahua, Hikvision and Huawei products and 'essential components' take effect today, August 13, 2019, one year after the law was passed. While the ban is unprecedented in the US industry, China has effec...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
Proactive CCTV is claiming to offer "the only affordable video archiving solution on the market", reducing the storage typically required for H.265 by 89%. Where did Proactive come from? What are they providing, and how affordable is it? We spo...
By Sean Patton - 3 months ago
Just days from the US government ban going into effect, US mega-corporation Stanley has dramatically increased its imports of banned Hikvision products. They are touting online: Indeed, Stanley is encouraging US government buyers to continue...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 3 months ago
Vivotek's revenue has soared so far in 2019, growing 45%. Inside this note, we examine import records and see who is driving Vivotek's growth and what newest Vivotek customer is just about to come online. We also contrast Vivotek's growth to o...
By John Honovich - 3 months ago
IPVM has uncovered the key trends and top options being offered across commonly used surveillance sellers. How has the market shifted since we originally conducted this in 2015? Where is IP vs analog? How about 1080p vs 4MP vs 4K? How many woul...
By Derek Ward - 4 months ago
What happened to Ionodes? With seasoned leadership from Jean-Paul Saindon founder of SmartSight and Dr. Michael Gilge, founder of VCS, back in 2007, they launched a Hybrid NVR appliance, supporting Gentec, and their own cameras (since abandoned). ...
By Sean Patton - 4 months ago
While Sony continues to fade out of the video surveillance market and Canon continues to make huge investments into acquiring video surveillance companies, yet another mega-Japanese manufacturer is making a move in the market. Fujifilm has not ...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
IPVM went to Australia attending the 3 days of the Australia Security Exhibition: This was held at the ICC Sydney, as shown below: In this report, we give our impressions and insights from major exhibitors, including: Low Advertising Str...
By Charles Rollet - 4 months ago
The video surveillance market has changed significantly since 2000, going from VCRs to ab emerging AI cloud era. The goal of this history is to help professionals newer to the industry understand the important business and technology shifts th...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
Only 3 video surveillance manufacturers do a billion dollars or more in annual revenue - Hikvision, Dahua, and Axis. Now, Anyvision plans to join that group in just 3 years. Can a company who only started to ship product last year so quickly ca...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
Avigilon's President and COO James Henderson [link no longer available] is out, abruptly, after a remarkable ascension over the past 8 years, Motorola VP Jack Molloy has informed. Inside this note, we examine the move, questions about Avigilon'...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
What is the future of Sony in video surveillance? In 2016, Bosch and Sony announced an atypical 'partnership'. Now, Bosch tells IPVM that they are integrating Sony's sales and marketing teams. Inside this note, we examine Bosch's statement, So...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
RaySharp is mostly unknown, even among people in the video surveillance industry, though it is a major supplier of OEM surveillance equipment such as the camera/recorder kits sold in big box retailers like Costco. The company does this by OEMing f...
By Charles Rollet - 4 months ago
IPVM's new 400+ page Mid-Year Industry Guide brings all of these issues and events together in a single resource to read and review. It can be requested inside. All chapters come from reports published on IPVM. Below is a list of those reports,...
By IPVM Team - 5 months ago
Ivideon was an early VSaaS entrant, initially focusing on the consumer market, claiming massive growth to IPVM in 2014. We spoke to Ivideon, to discuss their status in 2019, their current offerings, and expansion plans in the US and Europe, inc...
By Sean Patton - 5 months ago
