Security Consultant Conflict of Interest
While security consultants should be totally committed to the needs of their customers, many fear that manufacturers have undue influence on...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
Criticism (679)
Displaying 'Criticism' tags 651 - 675 of 679 in totalIs the HDcctv Alliance Shooting Itself in the Foot?
We believe that the HDcctv Alliance's uniquely combative PR strategy is hurting their cause. The Alliance is the first industry group...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Is Cisco's TV Promotion Unethical?
In April 2010, an American TV show included a paid promotion that featured a demonstration of Cisco's video surveillance manager [link no longer...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
Debunking V/B Research's Absurd Analytic Projections
In December 2010, V/B Research caused a stir by issuing extremely bullish video analytic projections of a $1 Billion market by 2012. Now, we have...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
Readers Respond: 134 Votes, 25 Comments Examined
Over 100 people voted and more than 25 left detailed comments to our recent question/discussion. In this post, we review and respond to the...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
Is ADT Over-Selling IP Video?
In perhaps the most over-stated marketing piece of the year, ADT's "Network Video Benefits and Guide" whitepaper provides a flawed case for moving...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
2010 Predictions by Video Surveillance Industry Professionals
The December 2009 Security Sales and Integration magazines includes an interview with 6 industry professionals discussing the future of the market...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Concealed Bomb Detection Criticism Examined
Detecting concealed bombs with video surveillance or analytics is fairly infeasible as video can only detect what it can see. As such, various bomb...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Burden of Proof Falling on Video Analytic Manufacturers
A public rejection of video analytics by an ADT systems designer is a good example of the decline in sentiment towards video analytics over the...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Archerfish on CNN
Cernium's impressive mass market campaign of their Archerfish residential video analytics systems continues with a spot on CNN's Headline news. The...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Cisco Targets Customers Who Will Buy Anything From Them
2009 Classic: Kudos to Cisco for finally coming out and being honest about their video surveillance strategy. It's basically about extracting as...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Is Cisco the Lindsay Lohan of Video Surveillance?
To get a sense of the widespread disrespect for Cisco in the security industry, consider the Editor of Security Systems News [link no longer...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Frustrates Competitors and Press in Other Markets
Here's evidence that Cisco's aberrant strategy is widespread and may ultimately result in a major IP video surveillance purchase. Prior to Cisco's...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Johnson Controls Unsubstantiated Claims of Massive Growth
Johnson Controls makes unsubstantiated claims to massive growth for its security integration business. They claim that their market share has...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Will Manufacturers Always Overstate their Product's Claims?
Integrators frequently lament the problem of over-stating performance claims. It is a fundamental issue in new technology deployments. In a survey...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Does GE Security's Profitability Make it a Good Company?
At ASIS, the GM of GE Security reported that the division is double digit profitable. However, does that make it a good company or a good...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Examining Cisco's Defense of their Video Surveillance Strategy
Let's examine the validity of Cisco's numerous responses and public statements defending the Pelco deal and their general video surveillance...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Examining Video Analytic Management Test
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By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Evaluation Metrics for Storage Savings
Properly evaluating TimeSight's extreme storage savings claims depend on carefully analyzing TimeSight's assumptions and contrasting that to...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
More Over the Top Marketing Claims
BRS Labs continues to be more brazen in their over the top marketing claims. With yet another group providing them an award [link no longer...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Awards Benefit Manufacturers -- Not Users
Awards assist manufacturers in selling products rather than identifying the best solutions for user's needs. This is a growing concern as the...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Beware of Manufacturers Claims of Support
One trick that manufacturers consistently use is to say they are "in talks with" and then list major integrators, end-users and other...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Social Media Not Embraced by Security Market
While social media (twitter, facebook, etc.) receives a lot of mainstream media attention, social media is essentially irrelevant to the security...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
The Biggest Market Forecast for the Video Surveillance Industry
Business people love market sizing numbers and the bigger the market size, regardless of the accuracy, the better. To that end, in an IBD survey of...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Examining Arecont Vision's Performance Claims
SecuritySquared has an interview with Arecont's VP of Sales NA [link no longer available]. Arecont provides a straightforward sales pitch on the...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
