This directory provides a list of video surveillance startups to help you see and research what companies are new or not yet broadly known. 2019 State of Video Surveillance Startups In the past year, the number and funding of video surveillanc...
By IPVM Team - about 10 hours ago
Repositionable multi-imager cameras are one of the fastest growing segments in video surveillance, with a slew of new offerings being recently released but who is the best and worst? To see who stands out, we bought and tested 10 repositionable...
By Ethan Ace and Rob Kilpatrick - 6 days ago
An EU / USA video surveillance startup, Vaion, founded by ex-Cisco Senior Directors is launching an end-to-end VSaaS platform with $20 million in funding. We spoke with Vaion to understand why they started a surveillance company, their offering...
By Sean Patton - 8 days ago
Sighthound is now rapidly expanding its R&D team, building an enterprise AI service. This may come as a surprise given their origins 6 years ago acquiring a small residential analytics offering (Vitamin D). Why the change? We spoke with Si...
By Sean Patton - 11 days ago
An embattled 12,000 camera surveillance system project that will cost ~$400 million will proceed. The project contract was awarded, had its funding blocked by the Senate and that block subsequently vetoed by the president. In this note, based...
By Dan Gelinas - 12 days ago
Zensors is a startup formed by Carnegie Mellon graduates from a Carnegie Mellon research project, offering customized models per camera that they claim delivers significantly higher accuracy. We spoke with Zensors to better understand their app...
By Sean Patton - 14 days ago
This directory provides a list of VSaaS / cloud video surveillance providers to help you see and research what options are available. 2019 State of VSaaS Market While overwhelmingly video surveillance is recorded on-premise, cloud recording is...
By IPVM Team - 18 days ago
In 2018, Hikvision's DeepinMind AI NVR performed terribly, recognizing vehicles, animals, and other objects as humans, misclassifying demographics, completely missing humans in the scene and more issues. Now, after a year of firmware updates, H...
By Rob Kilpatrick - 19 days ago
Closed cloud systems may be the fastest growing segment of video surveillance with Meraki and Verkada. Now another California company is joining the market, startup Rhombus Systems who says they offer twice the features and half the price of Verka...
By Sean Patton - 21 days ago
OWAL, a NYC-based startup developing AI video analytics, is aiming to "improve the quality of life" within high-rise apartments, and commercial property management markets. We spoke to OWAL (pronounced like the bird), to better understand their...
By Sean Patton - 27 days ago
Bank security contends with many significant threats - from fraudsters to robbers and more. In this interview, IPVM spoke with bank security manager Damon Hood, who served in the Navy military police and in the private sector examining: Who ...
By Dan Gelinas - about 1 month ago
Hikvision is expanding its 'deep learning' offerings with a new camera series called 'DeepinView' claiming false alarm reduction and improved accuracy. We bought a DeepinView 1080p bullet camera (DS-2CD7A26G0-IZHS) and tested in multiple scenes...
By Ethan Ace and Rob Kilpatrick - about 2 months ago
Gun detection analytic startups are increasing as the promise of AI and the threats of active shooters grow. One company, Aegis AI, is being led by a Marine Corps Veteran Sonny Tai, who aims to use his experience in the military to help solve th...
By Sean Patton - about 2 months ago
Abruptly, IBM has discontinued its Intelligent Video Analytics solution, it confirmed to IPVM. IBM's video analytics have faced recent media scrutiny over human rights concerns. Moreover, it has not sold well, based on our market research. "IB...
By Charles Rollet - about 2 months ago
For years, S2's video management platform, the NetVR, was based on Exacq. Now, after years of internal development, S2 has launched its own internally developed VMS that the company says is 'pushing the boundaries of video management': Insid...
By Sean Patton - about 2 months ago
Face detection in a $31 DVR? That is what "HIVIDEO" (not to be confused with Hikvision, even if the company intends to do that) was promoting at ISC West 2019. We bought the Hivideo HI-8004A to see how it works, examining what is being offered ...
By Rob Kilpatrick - 2 months ago
Verint, which is best known in the physical security industry for video surveillance but has built a sizeable cybersecurity business as well, was infected with malware, the company confirmed to IPVM. In this note, based on our research and disc...
By Dan Gelinas - 2 months ago
The IPVM team has finished at the Sands looking at what companies are offering and how they are changing their positioning. See below for 50+ manufacturer booth videos: Coverage includes: Top Trends In and Out of the Show Biggest Develop...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago
Bosch is releasing a highly unusual new AI feature - 'Camera Trainer'. Now, coming as a standard feature in Bosch IVA/EVA analytics, one can train the camera to detect custom objects one wants. While detecting a face or a person or a car is inc...
By IPVM Team - 3 months ago
Airship has been developing VMS software for over 10 years, however, with no outside investment, and minimal marketing, the company is not well known. But who is Airship? We spoke to them about their VMS, why they stopped OEMing Hikvision in 2017...
By Sean Patton - 3 months ago
A lengthy investigation into an IBM video surveillance project in the Philippines, raising concerns IBM helped local police conduct a bloody campaign of extrajudicial killings, has been published by The Intercept, a high-profile news publication b...
By Charles Rollet - 3 months ago
This large single-state healthcare system consists of many hospitals, and hundreds of health parks, private practices, urgent care facilities, and medical offices. IPVM conducted an end user interview with the company and asked about operations...
By Dan Gelinas - 3 months ago
BCDVideo says they have more than tripled revenue in the past 5 years and are continuing to grow, powered most recently by switching their lead provider from HP to Dell. In this note, based on our talks with CEO Jeff Burgess and CTO and Co-Foun...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
With 40+ years of experience in IT from a wide array of verticals, including US and foreign military, and large corporate and industrial settings, retired IT professional Richard Buckmaster now applies his years of experience in security and IT to...
By Dan Gelinas - 4 months ago
Former Memphis PD Surveillance Manager, Lt. Joseph Patty retired months ago, but kept busy during his decades on the force, working to build up the city's surveillance infrastructure from a couple dozen to thousands of cameras to help fight the ...
By Dan Gelinas - 4 months ago
