Soft on Manufacturers, Tough on Kittens
Finally, a security trade magazine is taking a bold stand! Unfortunately, it is in favor of felicide, justified by austerity. UK firefighters...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
Finally, a security trade magazine is taking a bold stand! Unfortunately, it is in favor of felicide, justified by austerity. UK firefighters...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
Anixter has been touting 5 Advantages of IP Video Surveillance [link no longer available]. Unfortunately, those benefits center around dubious...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
This may be the future of manufacturer marketing. Each day, the once dominant manufacturer marketing machine is further drowned out by the rise of...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
Who says there is no money to be made in physical security? Evidently, they do not know the executives at non-profit security organization ASIS....
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
Desperate, shady PSIM marketing tactics continue. Last month, $50 million of diamonds were stolen from the Brussels airport. Now, a PSIM marketing...
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
Avigilon has responded to IPVM's "Avigilon's Dirty Tricks" post, justifying their home page advertisement comparing analog to Avigilon's quality....
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
How excited would you be spending an hour listening to a sales guy with only a few months at a company talk about technology he has no previous...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Over the years, we have seen many clueless marketing people and their wacky ideas - replacing 95 cameras at once, averting school shootings,...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Security sales people often find it hard to resist seizing on headlines to spur equipment sales. Nothing motivates budget conscious end users to...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Just when you think awards couldn't get any stupider, a US trade magazine, GSN, steps up the plate with the most dumbfounding video...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
File this under shocking not surprising in the least. A security blogger has caught Arecont in an obvious lie with their recent advertisement. In...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Security behemoth ADT is struggling to make the transition to social media and a world where customers can freely and publicly say what they...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
The least respected award in all of surveillance - BRS Labs has now bought won it. When struggling manufacturers need a shot of fake authenticity,...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Just when manufacturer marketing seemingly could not become any more irresponsible and ignorant, Avigilon steps up to the plate with a 'whitepaper'...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Avigilon will be a $500 million company in 2016. So says their CEO. Can they do it? Can a company on pace for ~$100 million revenue this year,...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Megapixel cameras are magical and if you don't believe it, let the fine folks at Arecont show you how. Some people say, "Megapixel cameras are...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
The tech gods must be smiling at the recent Arecont Vision 'news'. The brave journalists at Security Products traveled all the way to Germany to...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Nonprofit ASIS International has richly compensated executives, driven primarily by promotional payments from vendors, and supported by numerous...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Who's #1 online for video surveillance? You'll never guess. I can pretty much guarantee that. Are you thinking old school? Pelco? No. How about...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Big Brother - A selling point, human rights violation or both? Controversial video analytic supplier BRS Labs is pushing forward with its most...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Surveillance cameras are putting human rights at risk, blares a UK government official, a UK newspaper and the venerable BBC, creating an uproar of...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Spinning is an art form. And doing so when faced with bad news is the pinnacle of the art. With show traffic so poor at ASIS 2012, this demanded...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Most trade magazine 'articles' simply cut and paste press releases. Few are generic survey pieces. But every once in a while, an article is so...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
At ASIS, sponsors get top billing. Literally. The organization that makes $10+ million each year from manufacturer sponsors now readily admits this...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Interviews with manufacturers are typically boring, filled with platitudes and thinly veiled promotions. But are they actually bought and paid for?...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
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