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 - 2 days ago
Both have been federally banned, both sanctioned for human rights abuses but only one - Dahua - is taking aim at the booming "coronavirus cameras" market in the USA. Is Dahua bold or self-destructive? Will Dahua finally overtake Hikvision in th...
By John Honovich - 2 days ago
Coronavirus is hitting security manufacturers, though overall modestly for now, with worse expected to come, new IPVM survey results show. However, manufacturers are still doing better than integrators who have been hit much harder. Inside thi...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 3 days 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 surveilla...
By IPVM Team - 8 days ago
This report explains the fundamental elements of the video surveillance business for those new to the industry. This is part of our Video Surveillance 101 course. In this report, we cover the roles of: Brands Manufacturers OEMs 'The Ch...
By IPVM Team - 10 days ago
Integrator's problems have worsened over the past 2 weeks, according to new IPVM survey results. Inside this report, we share statistics and dozens of integrator comments to show what is going on right now in the industry. NOTE: US integrators...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 10 days ago
While Hikvision initially downplayed being sanctioned for human rights abuses, the company is now admitting a significant impact in a new PRC government filing that IPVM has reviewed. Inside this note, we examine Hikvision's previous claims, wh...
By Charles Rollet - 13 days ago
Coronavirus has another victim - this time, alarm giant ADT has stopped all door to door sales. Door knockers are a critical but controversial element for home security sales. Even in the best of times, door knocking has been faced with critici...
By Brian Rhodes - 14 days ago
Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) is the common industry term for cloud video. But what does it mean? How does it all work? Inside this guide, we explain the fundamentals step by step including: SaaS vs VSaaS Hosted vs Managed by Hy...
By IPVM Team - 15 days ago
Dahua has started a new "intelligent" car subsidiary, even as its current electric vehicle startup struggles with lower-than-expected sales, negative media coverage, and a crashing PRC car market. Dahua's first move into electric cars was in 20...
By Charles Rollet - 21 days ago
Integrators are already being hard hit by Coronavirus as brand new IPVM survey results show. Inside this report, we share statistics and dozens of integrator comments to show what is going on right now, in the industry.
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 22 days ago
Startup Proxy has raised $42 million, an astounding amount for the access control market. For background, see our Proxy access control test. How did they get much funding? What do they aim to do with it and to the market? We spoke with Proxy e...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 23 days ago
The end has finally come for CNL. Despite for years saying they would revolutionize the industry, they have been taken over in a footnote of a financial filing for Everbridge. But it still is a modest outcome for the company, though far less th...
By John Honovich - about 1 month ago
NetApp is increasing its efforts in video surveillance and told IPVM surveillance storage is the fastest-growing segment of its $6+ billion business. In this note, based on a discussion with NetApp about their product offerings, go-to-market, a...
By Sean Patton - about 1 month ago
You trust and use IPVM for reporting and research and you can also have your team trained by our experts. One of the most common requests our support team gets is how members can get their co-workers or employees trained. This explains how and ...
By Donald Maye - about 1 month ago
Dahua CEO Li Ke has resigned less than 3 years after he was brought in from Huawei to professionalize management. Inside this note, we examine what happened, Dahua's most recent financials and the future for Dahua.
By Charles Rollet - about 1 month ago
Sony's fall in video surveillance has been severe over the past decade. Now, they may be done. In this note, we examine Bosch's new announcement, Sony's manufacturing challenges and the bleak future for Sony video surveillance.
By John Honovich - about 1 month ago
ISC West plans to go on next month, amidst concerns over coronavirus. However, the Asia / China Pavilion has been removed, show organizers confirmed to IPVM. Inside this note, we examine: ISC West input on how the show is handling concerns o...
By John Honovich - about 2 months ago
The man behind Verkada’s stunning $1.6 billion valuation, Aydin Senkut, has been talking up many fundamental errors he made in the investment. From fundamentally misunderstanding Honeywell and Hikvision to even Verkada itself, he has made one d...
By John Honovich - 2 months ago
Axis will be fully NDAA compliant, as the company has confirmed to IPVM it is discontinuing its Companion hardware that used Huawei Hisilicon chips. This has notable implications both as a response to the US government ban of Dahua, Hikvision, ...
By John Honovich - 2 months ago
Verkada's rocketing valuation continues. 9 months ago, they got a half-billion valuation and now they have announced more than triple that, at $1.6 billion, raising $80 million more. The most amazing thing? Verkada's next big thing is physical ...
By John Honovich - 2 months ago
Brivo has been doing cloud access for more than 20 years. Is the 2020s the decade that cloud access becomes the norm? CEO Steve Van Till recently briefed the Imperial Capital Security Investor Conference and talked to us about Brivo's positive gr...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 2 months ago
A PRC government entity is now the controlling shareholder of US security manufacturer Infinova as well as its wholly-owned subsidiary March Networks, IPVM has confirmed. This means Infinova, a New Jersey-headquartered company, has the same ult...
By Charles Rollet - 3 months ago
Despite Anixter earlier arguing that Wesco's bid was inferior to CD&R's by nearly 10%, Anixter confirmed that they are taking Wesco's 3.1% nominal share price higher offer. In this note, we examine the merger acquisition financial details, ...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 3 months ago
While VSaaS suffered from inflated expectations in the 2010s, 2020 marks a new decade and a much stronger competitive position for VSaaS vs VMS. We examined the Battle for the VMS Market Begins in 2019. Now, a year later, and with significant p...
By John Honovich - 3 months ago
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