ISC West 2018 had strong attendance, modest overall new products, and a surge in Artificial Intelligence marketing. First, here are 20+ manufacturer booth videos, to give you a feel for the show's displays: Inside this report, we examine the b...
By IPVM Team - 7 days ago
Eocortex is the international brand of Russian VMS manufacturer Macroscop. Macroscop was founded in 2008, and the Eocortex name created in 2013. We spoke to them about their open-platform VMS which focuses on their in-house developed video analyti...
By Sean Patton - 14 days ago
What's new with VMS software? In this report, we examine new features and releases for Spring 2018 to track different areas of potential improvements, including: Video analytics/deep learning Cybersecurity Privacy improvements Improved mobil...
By Sean Patton - 19 days ago
Video analytics is one of the biggest trends in 2018, driven by marketing for Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning. But what do integrators actually use right now? In our 4th edition of this series (see 2011, 2014 and 2016 results), IPVM ...
By John Honovich - 21 days ago
It is not just Hikvision's false advertising campaign. With marketing money being pumped into deep learning, we are returning to the bad old days of the 2000s where irresponsible hype aims to leave customers disappointed and frustrated with unr...
By John Honovich - 27 days ago
An Australian startup, Image Intelligence, is targeting the biggest problem of video analytics, poor accuracy, with quite a claim: Is this legitimate or a stunt? What does Image Intelligence aim to do? We spoke with Image Intelligence's founder...
By Sean Patton - 28 days ago
Z-Wave is drawing notable interest for video surveillance use. In IPVM's initial coverage, 84% expressed interest in it, with nearly half being very interested. As integrator John Bazyk astutely noted: Integrating inputs/outputs with cameras ha...
By John Scanlan - about 1 month ago
Video analytics is hot again (one of the top 2 trends going into this year), this time driven by deep learning and artificial intelligence. But, how much of video analytics are actually being used today? 200+ integrators told IPVM how often they...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
License Plate Recognition / Automatic Number Plate Recognition are a type of video analytics software that can identify and match license / number plates, without needing a human operator to read or lookup the plate. There are a number of provide...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
While Hikvision is heavily marketing deep learning and 'AI' as their next big thing, new IPVM test results of their DeepInMind NVR shows their deep learning works terribly. We bought (via authorized Hikvision distributor ADI) and tested the iDS-9...
By Ethan Ace - 2 months ago
Motorola joins the growing list of companies taking aim at Chinese manufacturers. Recall, last week it was Hanwha: Chinese Products Damaged Industry and the week prior it was Axis: "It’s A Question Of Trust And Who You Want To Be Associated With"....
By John Honovich - 2 months ago
This directory provides a list of video analytics providers to help you see and research what options are available. Video Analytics Warning Many video analytics have serious false alarm issues, time-consuming setup processes, and general lack ...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
130+ integrators answered: This is a key question, especially for manufacturers, as it impacts what areas to focus more on and what opportunities they may target. In this report, we break out the 4 key areas selected, share detailed commentary...
By Brian Karas - 4 months ago
Most manufacturers in this industry try hard to cover up failure. But an industry startup backed by Silicon Valley's most prestigious accelerator has provided an in-depth account of the causes of their demise. Inside this note, we review and anal...
By Brian Karas - 4 months ago
Axis is expanding into a new market - radar. The company has released their D2050-VE Network Radar Detector, claiming to minimize false alarms, in any weather, day or night. We bought and tested the D2050-VE to see how it performed, testing: ...
By Ethan Ace - 4 months ago
This report concisely explains the developments for surveillance cameras offered in 2017 and the state of offerings going into 2018, including cybersecurity, multi-imagers, resolution, H.265, HD analog, image quality, video analytics and cost. ...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
The 2 clear top 2017 trends, according to IPVM integrator statistics are: Cyber Security Video Analytics This is a change from 2016 integrator responses where the race to the bottom dominated trends. In this report, we share detailed respo...
By Brian Karas - 6 months ago
Deep learning is a growing buzzword within physical security and video surveillance. But what is 'deep learning'? In this tutorial, we explain deep learning specifically for video surveillance covering: Traditional video analytic approaches ...
By Brian Karas - 6 months ago
If security robots can not replace guards, perhaps the next best thing is a robot the guard can actually ride. Turing Video has raised $5 million, and is bringing to market a robot security guard that can not only detect security violations, usi...
By Brian Karas - 7 months ago
The UK's largest broadcaster, BBC, recently featured Digital Barriers (also based in the UK) on a segment highlighting face recognition technology. The TV segment showed Digital Barriers' SmartVis Face being used to monitor public spaces for appea...
By Brian Karas - 8 months ago
Nvidia is making a big push into the security market, claiming more than 50 partners, investing heavily in industry events, positioning their GPUs as the workhorses of deep learning applications. However, Nvidia offers multiple product platforms...
By Brian Karas - 8 months ago
The hype for deep learning in video surveillance is accelerating. Between the race to the bottom and dearth of a 'next big thing', certainly pent up demand exists. But now is the time for a healthy skepticism about when and what deep learning ca...
By John Honovich - 9 months ago
Hikvision has become a common choice for super low cost NVRs. Now, Hikvision is aiming to move up market, with deep learning NVRs that claim far greater intelligence and accuracy. In this note, we examine the line, share feedback from Hikvision a...
By John Honovich - 9 months ago
Microsoft has released one of the most amazing video analytics marketing videos ever. In it, they detect oil spills, track individual people giving them specific directions to avoid oil spills, send alerts if patients have engaged in too much acti...
By Brian Karas - 9 months ago
The undeniably good news for the video surveillance market is that we are seeing the rise of more startups than in many years. The cause of this is clear - deep learning / 'artificial intelligence' / the next wave of video analytics. While video ...
By John Honovich - 10 months ago
