Beset by legal issues including a recent $190 million judgment, Vivint's problems are growing, with its new owner NRG under pressure from investor...
By Christie Smythe - about 1 year ago
Australia's largest security distributor is expanding its security segment by doubling down on Dahua, even as the Australian government rips out...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
Eagle Eye CEO Dean Drako touted dining with President Biden after donating to the Democrats, IPVM has confirmed, as Biden gears up for his...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
While Axon CEO's touts acquiring significant long-term government contracts, at ISC West the company had an NDAA-banned DJI drone on...
By Jermaine Wilson - about 1 year ago
Ecuador's capital paid $1.787 million to build a facial recognition system with 203 Hikvision cameras, but never connected it to a database of...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
While Axis product shortages have now entered year 3 (and 5 out of the last 7 years), Axis says its product shortages are shrinking and will soon...
By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago
Dahua is deceiving about its ownership of AI / cloud consumer provider Imou, despite launching it in 2018 as Dahua's "consumer IoT...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
Having acquired 5 more companies in the last 2 years, Motorola is now consolidating its brands and platforms, but what do integrators think about...
By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago
Hikvision relabeling may compromise US military networks, according to a leaked secret US intelligence cable which described Hikvision as a...
By IPVM Team - about 1 year ago
While Hikvision has kept its human rights investigation report secret for 2 years, IPVM has obtained speeches from a Hikvision partner event where...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
Dahua USA is removing more than 30 words from its marketing that the company describes are "banned words" in internal correspondence obtained by...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
Cisco has been expanding its Meraki offering into the video surveillance market but how well-known and liked is it among security...
By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago
ShotSpotter, used widely by law enforcement, has long been at the center of controversies. Now the acoustic gunshot detection company is changing...
By Christie Smythe - about 1 year ago
Evolv is facing growing public scrutiny with multiple local news outlets questioning the company's ethics and performance of a "controversial...
By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago
While Flock Safety sells only direct to end-users, IPVM found numerous Flock devices for sale on eBay. Flock has refused to sell us products,...
By Donald Maye - about 1 year ago
Embattled Hikvision USA has secured a huge order from ADI, the US's largest security distributor, as Hikvision fights to survive, amongst growing...
By John Honovich - about 1 year ago
Clearview AI, its CEO Hoan Ton-That and President Richard Schwartz were sued by right-wing activist Charles Johnson over allegations that they...
By Christie Smythe - about 1 year ago
One of the world's biggest distributors will stop selling Dahua and Hikvision in North America, a move the company confirmed to IPVM, that deepens...
By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago
Hikvision has received the most global news reporting of any video surveillance company, ever, ranging from the WSJ, the Financial Times, Reuters,...
By IPVM Team - about 1 year ago
Security robot company Knightscope went public in early 2022 but its stock price plummeted 95% since listed. But what do integrators think of the...
By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago
Evolv is actively deceiving parents, a new step in the company's campaign to block the truth from being told about its various...
By Donald Maye - about 1 year ago
An AI-generated news website threatened a facial recognition company to reveal information about its finances. The facial recognition...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, has publicly banned Dahua and Hikvision cameras over human rights concerns and is working on replacing...
By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago
Huawei is PRC China's largest technology company. While most known for its telecommunication products, Huawei aims to be a major video...
By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago
While Evolv emphasizes the number of guns stopped from entering locations using Evolv Express, this self-selected success metric is not easy to...
By Donald Maye - about 1 year ago
