Debunking Anixter's IP Video Advantages
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
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
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
A Taiwanese manufacturer, far behind market leaders, captured mass media attention recently with a cunning marketing campaign against megapixels....
By John Honovich - about 11 years ago
LinkedIn's descent into a cyber cesspool continues with unscrupulous marketers stepping up their spam campaigns. Today, we have a PSIM marketer,...
By John Honovich - over 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
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
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
After turning in a 'weak' quarter of 'only' 52% growth in Q2, Avigilon's growth jumped back up to 69% for Q3 2012. Plus, profitability soared,...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Cold water is being thrown on renewed dreams of using facial recognition and demographic analysis. This time it is coming from an unlikely source...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
I must admit I have a new favorite security blog. It's such a guilty pleasure but in an industry like ours that offers so few geniune public...
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
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
Recently, surveillance innovation has been underwhelming. Indeed, this Spring, it hit a low point, with incremental advances in video quality and a...
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
Definitely the most eventful and colorful ASIS show in a long long time; While it certainly was not particularly successful in a conventional sense...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
The security industry is not showing much love to the City of Brotherly Love. A small show floor hosted clearly lighter traffic than recent past...
By IPVM Team - over 11 years ago
The message still remains: Want to know who the savvy marketers are? Check who announces products and moves before the show. For example, in the...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
When we last checked in with Interlogix, they were unveiling their big announcement for ISC West 2012: a cake. While some were excited to see the...
By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago
While still fast for the surveillance market, Avigilon's growth cooled notably in Q2 2012 while marketing expenditures skyrocketed. In this note,...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
I've said it before and I'll say it again, PR people are worthless. Not all, of course, but an amazing number of them. In today's episode, we have...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
Terrible best describes most integrator websites. Antiquated, wacky or generic are common descriptions that come to mind. Fortunately, it does not...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
One of our industry's most ridiculous marketing claims is Avigilon statement that their 29MP camera "can replace up to 95 conventional cameras...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
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