As part of our expanded Latin America coverage, IPVM is profiling regional industry players. While Multilaser is not well known globally, they are a notable Brazil-based security provider. In July, we profiled Brazil’s biggest CCTV camera...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 6 months ago
Ava (formerly Vaion) announced its new direct-to-cloud AVA Aware IP cameras at the 2020 IPVM Fall New Products Show, making it a competitor to Verkada in the growing cloud connected camera space. However, Ava is taking a different approach...
By Sean Patton - 7 months ago
Startup ButterflyMX has raised $35 million for its smartphone based intercom systems, planning to add 80 employees and expand its product line with the funding. What will they do with the funding to keep growing? How do they compare with...
By Joey Walter - 7 months ago
A pain point for many homeowners to use consumer security and surveillance is installing and maintaining it. Google (Nest) and Amazon (Ring) have partnered with DISH Network's OnTech Smart Services to attempt to solve that. We spoke to OnTech...
By Joey Walter - 7 months ago
FLIR's CEO joins a growing number calling out risks with fever / screening systems. Last month, IPVM reviewed how Temperature Screening Is Ineffective, Says US, UK, Canada, Israel, And Ireland Health Leaders. Now, the CEO of FLIR, a company...
By IPVM Team - 7 months ago
Axis Communications and other EU surveillance providers are under fire from Amnesty International over sales to police in China (PRC) that Amnesty says contributes to "indiscriminate mass surveillance" in the country. While China's vast...
By IPVM Team - 7 months ago
Costar's financial results have been hit by the coronavirus with the company telling IPVM they are focused on "turning around" Arecont and plans for 2021. Costar made a splash acquiring Arecont in 2018, formerly one of the largest megapixel...
By Isabella Cheng and Joey Walter - 7 months ago
Zhejiang Dali, one of China's original thermal technology developers, has seen significant growth in the last half-year due to booming fever camera sales overseas. In this report, based on speaking on Dali, we examine the...
By Isabella Cheng - 7 months ago
While Dahua and Hikvision, helped by fever camera sales, are recovering from COVID-19 shocks, Uniview is still experiencing a sales and profit slow down. Uniview, the self-proclaimed "#3" in China video surveillance behind Dahua and...
By Isabella Cheng - 7 months ago
While Dahua and Hikvision, helped by fever camera sales, are recovering from COVID-19 shocks, Infinova, is still experiencing significant decreases in sales and profits. However, Infinova's results are mixed. The US/China video surveillance...
By Isabella Cheng - 8 months ago
Verkada's fast growth has taken the industry by storm and their enterprise sales leader, Ryan Young, who popularized that the industry is full of 'dinosaurs' delivered a presentation this week that gave rare insights into how Verkada has been...
By John Honovich - 8 months ago
While Dahua's overall revenue is down, driven by challenges within China, the company's overall profitability is up more than 10%, driven by a successful sales expansion into fever cameras. Although revenue has recovered somewhat since...
By Isabella Cheng - 8 months ago
Hikvision and Dahua are ramping up offerings in response to a PRC State Council directive aimed at renovating old neighborhoods. Renovations are projected to lead to $5-10 Billion USD in sales over the next 5 years. In this report, we...
By Isabella Cheng - 8 months ago
While Hikvision faces global scrutiny over its connections to the PRC government, the world's largest security camera manufacturer bought the Baltic region's largest distributor, BK Group. Inside this note, we examine the details of the...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 8 months ago
For the first time in 20 years, Milestone Systems has a new CEO and, notably, the incoming executive comes off a term as an EVP of a $5+ billion revenue IT systems integrator. We spoke with the new CEO, Thomas Jensen, and share our...
By John Honovich - 8 months ago
The word "Pelco" and "grand slam" have not been said together for many years. But the PE Firm, Transom, who flipped Pelco to Motorola is celebrating just such a moment. At the same time, Motorola's CEO has disclosed more financial details...
By John Honovich - 8 months ago
Is the boom going to bust for temperature screening? FLIR disappointed investors with their Q2 results acknowledging decelerating demand for temperature screening. In this report, we examine why FLIR is already on the downswing of its...
By Joey Walter - 8 months ago
While ADI was hit hard in April, with revenue declining 21%, the company's executives said on an investor relations call that ADI has returned to growth. Inside this note, we examine a positive turnaround and look to what this means for ADI...
By Joey Walter - 9 months ago
Verkada falsely declared to “3,000+ customers”, “300 school districts”, and “400 partners” that, with their NVR competitors, "If You Want To Remote View Your Cameras You Need To Punch Holes In Your Firewall". The statement is so obviously...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 9 months ago
While Hikvision's revenue fell in Q1 2020, it rebounded in Q2 attributed to Hikvision's overseas revenue growth as domestic sales remained down. The company acknowledged that 'fever camera' sales were improving its profits but did not...
By Charles Rollet - 9 months ago
While Intelbras is not widely known outside of Latin America, Intelbras is a major player in Brazil, backed by Dahua, with nearly $500 million USD annual revenue. We spoke with Intelbras to better understand their positioning and approach. In...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 9 months ago
While Wyze failed to deliver their own onboard analytics to replace the removed XNOR.ai ones, Wyze has now launched a novel to the security industry, name your own price service for its new cloud analytics. Inside this note, we examine what...
By Zach Segal - 9 months ago
While you have likely seen marketing for various temperature tablets, you most likely do not know the actual manufacturer behind more than a dozen of these. We spoke to the company, Guangzhou Bems, and in this report, we examine: The Bems...
By Isabella Cheng - 9 months 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...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 9 months ago
The crosstown vape detection rivals are now in a legal battle. While IPVideo Corp is far better known, Soter says they pioneered this space and are suing IPVideo Corp alleging unfair competition, product disparagement, trademark infringement, and...
By IPVM Team - 9 months ago
