Australia's SenSen is a publicly-traded company that has made 2 acquisitions in the past year and aims to be the SAP of video, but what does that mean and how is the company positioned? IPVM analyzes the public company's financials and speaks...
By Zach Segal - 3 days ago
IPVM is proud to release its 5th book. This new 220-page video analytics book joins our existing Video Surveillance 101 Book, Camera Book, and Access Control Book. All 5 books, a total of 1,300+ pages, are included with IPVM membership. The...
By IPVM Team - 11 days ago
Eagle Eye Networks claims to be "#1 In Cloud Video Surveillance Worldwide", with a $40 million investment in 2020. But what do integrators think of them? Inside this report, we examine statistics and commentary from 200+ security integrators...
By Ethan Ace - 25 days ago
This directory provides a list of VSaaS / cloud video surveillance providers to help you see and research what options are available. State of VSaaS Market While most of the 2010s saw significant opposition to VSaaS, now VSaaS offerings and...
By IPVM Team - 27 days ago
RealNetworks' SAFR entered the security market giving away their analytics to schools for free. But how does their face rec compare to enterprise-focused competitors like Anyvision or BriefCam? We tested SAFR Inside on Axis' deep learning...
By Rob Kilpatrick - about 1 month 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. 2021 State of Video Surveillance Startups In the past year, the number and funding of video...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
The EU has released a proposal for how it plans to regulate AI, directly impacting certain video surveillance technologies but exempting many products through a major loophole. "High-risk" AI like facial recognition will require numerous...
By Zach Segal - about 1 month ago
This 25-page guide provides a reference for video surveillance analytic performance. Video surveillance has a wide range of hardware and software analytic offerings, which is complex to determine which are strong performers or have issues. In...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
Axis has divested Citilog, a video analytics company it acquired in 2016, and also discontinued its Demographic Identifier, a product from Cognimatics, a video analytics company also acquired in 2016. With video analytics increasingly...
By John Honovich - about 2 months ago
Quanergy has raised over $130M USD and is a well-known LIDAR provider. Now, they are moving into surveillance with AI LIDAR. But how well does it work? We tested Quanergy for over 3 weeks and in this report we examine: How hard or easy was...
By Ethan Ace and Rob Kilpatrick - about 2 months ago
AxxonSoft tells IPVM that they plan to IPO in the US within 3–5 years; however, today, AxxonSoft is not widely known in the Americas. IPVM spoke with AxxonSoft CEO Alan Ataev, who moved to the US three years ago to lead business development...
By Robert Wren Gordon - about 2 months ago
The April 2021 New Products show is complete. All videos may be watched on the Shows Page. 40+ Companies Presented 1702ai: Presents SAMSON gun detection Airship: Outpost video recorders applications for remote sites, mobile video...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
One of the biggest barriers to video analytics is having sufficient computational resources. An alternative to increasing hardware performance for video analytics is improving algorithm efficiency.
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
This 21-page guide examines the fundamentals of common person demographic analytics. Inside we cover: Machine and Deep Learning Demographics Clothing - Easiest / Least Controversial Clothing Object Detection vs Simple Methods Video...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
Video surveillance manufacturers often tout "high accuracy" analytics as a key marketing focus, typically with 90%+ values. But how do they reach those figures? In this report we break down and examine each of the following: Ground Truth...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
This 16-page guide explains the fundamentals of license plate recognize / automatic number plate recognition. Inside we cover: Traditional OCR LPR OCR Visually Equivalent Characters Deep Learning LPR Plate Datasets Accuracy Claim...
By Sean Patton - 3 months ago
This guide examines complex offerings of advanced object classification and behavior recognition algorithms. Inside we cover: Machine and Deep Learning Advanced Object Detection Gun Detection / Challenges Simplistic Machine Learning Mask...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
This is, by far, the best training on video analytics in video surveillance, based on IPVM's current 2021 testing and research. If you want to understand how AI and video analytics work in video surveillance, this course is a must. The course...
By Donald Maye - 3 months ago
AI is improving analytics, but which cameras are the best and worst? In this report, we compare and contrast 30 different camera analytics from 14 manufacturers from our tests: Ava Aware Avigilon H5A Analytic Cameras Avigilon H4A Analytic...
By Ethan Ace, Rob Kilpatrick, and Sean Patton - 3 months ago
This guide explains the fundamentals of facial recognition. Inside we cover: The Use of Datasets in Facial Recognition Dataset Creation Methods Common Dataset Problems Prominent Public Datasets Changes in Public Datasets Architectures...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
Video analytics is a major differentiator in video surveillance, but because of the different marketing terms, names, and features, understanding how they work and differ is difficult. In this 30+ page guide, we teach the...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
Person, face, and vehicle detection are the most commonly offered video analytics, but understanding how they work and what challenges can break them is not easy. In this guide we examine: How to tell how well an analytics provider's...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Bosch is a giant conglomerate doing over $70 billion in annual revenue but how well respected is Bosch within the physical security market? Inside this report, we examine statistics and commentary from 200 security integrators on Bosch's...
By Ethan Ace - 4 months ago
Video analytics can be supported on different hardware types and programming frameworks, impacting cost, efficiency, and accuracy. The primary factors reviewed in this report are: CPU including Intel GPU including NVIDIA, CUDA and Tensor...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
VSaaS startup Ava says they offer "simpler video security and powerful intelligence for everyone", but how well does the platform work? We purchased an Ava system, and in this report, we examine Ava's strengths and weaknesses with 4...
By Rob Kilpatrick and Sean Patton - 4 months ago
