Openpath has raised $36 million as 2020 has become a boom year for access control investments, with $42 million to Proxy and $80 million to Verkada expanding into access control. For background, see IPVM's Openpath test. Inside this note,...
By Brian Rhodes - 9 months ago
Just 2 years after Motorola acquired Avigilon, concerns are growing among integrators about Motorola competing with them, as a recent Motorola / Avigilon deal to a North Carolina Utility shows. Inside this note, we examine the project, share...
By John Honovich - 9 months ago
The "Kakon Brothers", William and Nathan, are self-described "south Florida Power Agents specializing in Luxury Real Estate" who "have closed over $2 Billions in sales". Now, the brothers, through their new endeavor, "SafeCheck USA" have sold...
By John Honovich and Joey Walter - 9 months ago
While facial recognition has gained greater prominence, a new IPVM study of security systems integrators shows weak sales, opposition to regulation, and no clear favorite provider. Inside this report, based on 200+ integrator responses, we...
By IPVM Team - 9 months ago
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 - 10 months ago
Vintra presented its FulcrumAI object 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...
By Joey Walter - 10 months 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...
By Brian Rhodes - 10 months 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...
By Joey Walter - 10 months 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...
By Joey Walter - 10 months 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...
By Sean Patton - 10 months 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...
By Charles Rollet - 11 months 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...
By Sean Patton - 11 months 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 - 11 months 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 - 11 months ago
Wyze has raised $10 million, the company's first disclosed raise since the $20 million announced at the beginning of 2019. Update: July 25, 2020, new public records show fundraising has increased to $15 million. Inside this note,...
By John Honovich and Joey Walter - 11 months 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 - 11 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. 2020 State of Video Surveillance Startups In the past year, the number and funding of video...
By IPVM Team - 11 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...
By Charles Rollet - 11 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 - 11 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 - 11 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...
By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 12 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 - 12 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 - 12 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,...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 12 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 - 12 months ago
