Hikvision favorability results declined significantly in IPVM's 2019 study of 200+ integrators. While in 2017 Hikvision's favorability was polarized, now Hikvision's net unfavorability is clear, as the summary results below show: In this note, ...
By IPVM Team - about 21 hours ago
In the past decade, ONVIF has grown from a reaction to the outside Cisco-lead PSIA challenge, to being the de facto video surveillance standard officially supported by 11,000 products and thousands of more illicitly. Integrators have responded p...
By IPVM Team - 4 days ago
While winning projects typically gets the most attention, how profitable those jobs turn out to be is key to the long-term success of integrators. In IPVM's ongoing profitability series, 100+ integrators told us how they reward their employees for...
By IPVM Team - 6 days ago
Network Optix is arguably the last new VMS. Founded in 2010, more than a decade after most client/server VMS offerings, the company has become a factor in the VMS market. However, this has largely been through other brands, as they are better know...
By John Honovich - 8 days ago
Arcules has amazing advantages. Tens of millions of funding from Canon. Unlimited access to Milestone's source code (see our test results). But most integrators have no idea who they are or care about them, as new IPVM statistics show: And the...
By IPVM Team - 11 days ago
A company can be highly profitable but if it is small, they will still not make much money. By contrast, a company can generate lots revenue, but if they have no profits, they do not 'take home' any money. Whereas startup manufacturers and develo...
By IPVM Team - 18 days ago
Despite more product shortages, but strengthened by increasing cybersecurity and China concerns, Axis' favorability, amongst 200+ integrators in our new study, improved: Inside this note, we examine the main reasons integrators are positive tow...
By IPVM Team - 21 days ago
HID favorability results were strong, in the 2019 IPVM integrator study of 200+ integrators, with a net +62% and low negativity as the table below shows: Inside this report, we examine the main themes why integrators felt the way they did, shar...
By IPVM Team - 26 days ago
Ubiquiti has quietly grown into a $1+ billion annual revenue company, with offerings across wireless, wireline network and video surveillance (see our profile). While the company does little to no marketing, in IPVM's integrator study, they receiv...
By IPVM Team - 29 days ago
Uniview / UNV, the self-proclaimed #3 China manufacturer, while starting late, has been working to make inroads internationally. In IPVM's 2019 favorability results, Univew / UNV had moderately net positive favorability though with very high neutr...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
FLIR has had a challenging past few years including FLIR Security business struggling, FLIR restructuring their security division and FLIR selling their SMB OEM Business to Dahua. New IPVM statistics show mixed status for FLIR. On the positive si...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
Sony Favorability amongst integrators improved moderately compared to their 2017 favorability results, with a modest net positive favorability: However, the company, now over 2 years since their partnership with 'Bosch', has yet to show meaning...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
Taiwanese video surveillance manufacturers, even relatively large ones like Vivotek, have lost ground in the PRC-China-driven race to the bottom. With market dynamics shifting, how would this impact Vivotek? Vivotek favorability results improved ...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Verkada is arguably the most ambitious video surveillance startup in many years. The company is developing their own cameras, their own VMS, their own cloud management software and their own video analytics, offering what they describe as the "Sec...
By Sean Patton - about 2 months ago
Genetec's favorability moderately strengthed, in new IPVM integrator statistics over their results from 2017, with 2019 results showing solid, but not exceptional, net positive favorability: In the past 2 years, Genetec has inserted itself into...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Bosch's favorability moderately strengthed, in new IPVM integrator statistics over their results from 2017, with 2019 results showing strong net positive favorability: By contrast, in 2017, integrators main complaints were for support and prici...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Milestone's favorability moderately strengthed, in new IPVM integrator statistics over their results from 2016. While the industry has been engulfed in a trade war and key rival Exacq's favorability has declined sharply, Milestone has strengthene...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Exacq favorability amongst integrators has declined sharply, in new IPVM statistics, compared to 2017 IPVM statistics for Exacq. Now, over 5 since Tyco acquired Exacq, 2 years since Exacq co-founders exited and just months after the ex-Exacq foun...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
Since IPVM's 2017 Avigilon favorability results, the company was acquired by Motorola and has shifted from being an aggressive startup to a more mature subsidiary of a large corporation. So far, integrators have responded positively with Avigilon...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
Pelco had a significant favorability problem amongst integrators in our previous study (see 2016 Pelco results). Now, in the first edition of our 2019 series, Pelco's favorability has not worsened but it has not strengthened either: Inside thi...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
Youth vaping has become an epidemic, according to the US Surgeon General, while the market leader, Juul, just received a $12.8 billion investment from the largest cigarette manufacturer, with the WSJ saying that "Teen Vaping Has Created Addicts Wi...
By Dan Gelinas - 3 months ago
Integrators are bullish for 2019, with nearly 80% showing a positive outlook in our integrator results from 160+ respondents: This is almost exactly in-line with the 2018 outlook we reported last year. Business Health and Strong Pipelines Lead...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
What is the most common hard drive size for video surveillance? 150+ integrators answered: What size hard drive do you most commonly use? What limits you from using larger sizes? In this report, we share detailed findings, including trends ...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Who is the favorite hard drive for video surveillance use? 150+ integrators answered: What is your preferred brand/model of hard drive for video recording? Why do you prefer this drive? In this report, we share detailed findings, including ...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Security integrators periodically report on their favorite and worst products to IPVM. These are known integrators who IPVM pays to answer surveys. Integrators respond with detailed comments on their selections. IPVM incorporates integrator feedba...
By IPVM Team - 5 months ago
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