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Cisco Meraki Speaks On its Video Surveillance Business

For years, Cisco struggled to expand in video surveillance, but with its highly successful 2012 acquisition of Meraki and subsequent expansion of...

By Jermaine Wilson - 4 days ago

Silicon Valley Startup Lumana Raises $24 Million Profile

While Silicon Valley startups, such as Ambient, Rhombus, Spot, and Verkada, have made traction over the last few years in video surveillance,...

By Jermaine Wilson - 22 days ago

Genetec Focused On Sustainable Independent Future (CEO Interview)

Virtually every new entrant from the 1990s and 2000s has been acquired (Avigilon, Axis, Exacq, Milestone, etc.) but not Genetec. In the...

By John Honovich and Jermaine Wilson - about 1 month ago

Axis And The Pros And Cons Of Long Tenured Employees

While new employees can bring new ideas and skills, long-tenured ones often have deep institutional knowledge. Axis is one of the most vocal...

By John Honovich and Jermaine Wilson - about 1 month ago

NSCA Profile: CEO Speaks On How A/V And Security Are Converging

The NSCA (or National Systems Contractor Association) is one of a few associations that represent systems integrators, with NSCA being especially...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago

DroneShield Targets $190+ Million Revenue

Drones are becoming an increasing concern for militaries and enterprise customers worldwide, and a drone defense specialist, DroneShield, aims to...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 2 months ago

YourSix CEO Speaks on Axis and VSaaS

While independent, YourSix has built its business around partnering with Axis. Why and where does the company want to go? IPVM spoke with...

By Angelique Chen - 3 months ago

Turing AI President Speaks About Future And Financials

Turing AI emphasizes being a US company and is actively raising capital to grow, but with many product strategy shifts throughout its history,...

By Angelique Chen - 3 months ago

Why Sage Integration Focuses Only On Mega-End Users

Almost all integrators are happy to accept a broad range of clients, especially if the projects are $100,000 or more. Indeed, for many large...

By Angelique Chen - 4 months ago

NXP For Access Control Profile

The most common alternative to HID and its iClass/Seos credentials is European NXP Semiconductors and its MIFARE protocols. But what is known...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 4 months ago

Roy Cooper Speaks About The UK Security Market

Roy Cooper is easily one of the most well-known UK security industry professionals, starting over 50 years ago, running one of the UK's most...

By Angelique Chen - 5 months ago

IAPSC Security Consultants Organization Profile + President Interview

For many large projects, security consultants are important in determining what manufacturers and integrators win the deal. The International...

By Angelique Chen - 5 months ago

Access Manufacturer iLOQ Aims For $500 Million Annual Revenue

iLOQ is a European manufacturer expanding into the US, aiming for $500 million annual revenue in three years, but what do they do, and how do they...

By Mert Karakaya - 5 months ago

How Axis Experience Centers Are A Competitive Advantage

With over 30 (and rising) "Experience Centers," Axis has, by far, the industry's largest global network of local sites, putting them literally...

By Angelique Chen and Jermaine Wilson - 5 months ago

Motorola Speaks On Avigilon Unity Video 8

As Motorola consolidated its security brands and platforms and unified its products and solutions, it has now released Avigilon Unity Video 8,...

By Jermaine Wilson - 5 months ago

Geovision Executive Speaks About Cloud And Its Future

While Geovision is commonly considered a camera / recorder manufacturer, the company tells IPVM it is a "software company" and believes the market...

By Angelique Chen - 6 months ago

Ajax Systems: Large, Fast Growing, And Independent: Founder Interview

While most technology companies are run or ultimately controlled by financiers, Ukrainian-based Ajax Systems is founded and still controlled by an...

By Angelique Chen - 6 months ago

Security 101 New CEO Speaks About Franchising And Future

Security 101 is best known for its highly atypical franchising business model but now has a new CEO, Greg Daly, who left ADT for Security...

By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 6 months ago

Vivotek Executives Speak On Future

Nearly doubling its revenue in 2022, the Taiwan camera manufacturer remains heavily dependent on ODM/OEM partnerships, and its brand recognition...

By Angelique Chen - 6 months ago

Red Team Alliance / CORE Group Profile - Babak Javadi Interview

Babak Javadi is one of the foremost researchers in physical security and red teaming, that is, pretending to be an enemy so they can discover...

By Mert Karakaya - 7 months ago

Software House (C-Cure) Favorability Statistics 2023

Software House is part of mega manufacturer JCI/ Tyco's access control offerings along with sibling Kantech. While integrators were positive...

By IPVM Team - 7 months ago

IDIS Speaks On Completing Costar / Arecont Deal

Korea manufacturer IDIS has struggled to expand into North America, while Costar (who acquired Arecont in 2018) has struggled to grow. Now IDIS's...

By Angelique Chen - 7 months ago

BCD Founder Is Out, New CEO Interview

In the last two years, BCD has received private equity investment and broke up with Genetec. Now, BCD's founder and CEO is out, and they have...

By Sean Patton - 7 months ago

Liberty Defense CEO Interview, 2023 Profile

A US-based startup, Liberty Defense, released its Hexwave, which, unlike Evolv and other competitors, detects both metallic and non-metallic...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 8 months ago

ASIS GSX 2023 Final Report

IPVM has finished covering the entire show, ASIS GSX 2023, examining the companies presenting by segment, products, attendance and...

By IPVM Team - 8 months ago

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