Ralph Jensen Defends Lots of Gifts From Manufacturers
Some trade magazine editors quietly take gifts from manufacturers. Others flaunt it. Ralph Jensen [link no longer available] is the...
Some trade magazine editors quietly take gifts from manufacturers. Others flaunt it. Ralph Jensen [link no longer available] is the...
You have to give credit where credit is due. Three years ago, Arecont introduced the idiotic Pixels Per Dollar metric. On the one hand, it is...
A fascinating question: Can you trust salesman? Posed SourceSecurity. Unfortunately and ironically, the ONVIF chairman [link no longer...
Pelco is rolling out their new multi-imager line and they are taking aim at Arecont. In their new promotion, here is the comparison they offer:
What Avigilon is to intimidation and Arecont is to customer abuse, VideoSurveillance.com is to SEO Spam. Put ethics and integrity aside for a...
This company, according to the company, "wowed the industry-at-large, created a hunger amongst resellers." Best known as another Dahua OEM, IC...
ONVIF won "Worst ISC West 2015" showing for their Austin Powers and Dr. Evil exhibition. But ONVIF is defending the legitimacy of their...
Here are the top 4 candidates: Arecont IDIS Milestone ONVIF Let's break down the cases for and against each organization's ISC West...
Sigh. After Milestone boasted of adding more storage to their boxes, it could not get any sadder. Yet it has.
The industry has more than doubled in size in the past 10 years yet trade shows are struggling to get the attendance numbers they once achieved a...
If you can't beat 'em, join em. Many lament that security is a cost center. Now, a tech startup and major retailers have partnered to make money...
Now wholly owned by Canon, Milestone's CEO admitted that they lied about not planning an IPO in 2014, as we reported at the time. The Claim To...
Canon has gone from nothing to arguably the most powerful video surveillance manufacturer in 8 months. All they had to do was spend $3+ billion...
Tri-Ed, now Anixter's security division, proves that they care far more about passing off manufacturer hype than supporting their...
With the best manufacturer support selected, we now turn to the worse. The two key issues integrators raised were: Screwing up / delaying...
Companies tend to put their head in the sand when criticized, hoping it will go away and bitterly bemoaning that anyone would actually speak their...
Industry experts? It's a marketing scam. Trade mags, SIA and manufacturers all love to tout their 'industry experts'. That and their equally...
By John Honovich - about 10 years ago
Given Arecont's horrendous reputation for quality and reliability, you would think they would make it easy to troubleshoot their cameras. Well, you...
By Derek Ward - over 10 years ago
Samsung wants you to know that their plastic domes are fragile. We are here to help. In a recent promotion, Samsung shared [link no longer...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
Many complain about local governments picking cheap surveillance solutions. Well, it does not get any cheaper than this. Used iPhones, iPods...
By IPVM Team - over 10 years ago
The last few weeks have been an embarrassment for surveillance, with a small number of companies turning this into a despicable marketing campaign...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
This year's ISC West witnessed a dramatic increase in tweeting about the show, though overwhelmingly from manufacturers and PR people. To track...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
BRS Labs is wasting no time responding to today's Texas Tragedy. Their PR agency is imploring 'security industry journalists' to understand how BRS...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
A major tradeshow is coming up and, with that, marketing gimmicks abound. Some are goofy, but others raise serious concerns about creating an...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
Anixter declares, "The biggest business driver is that an IP based solution is less expensive than an analog solution." Not only is this factually...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
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