A Cisco-backed startup, N3N, claims to deliver "the world’s first and only truly open visualization platform for physical security." The company...
By Sean Patton - almost 6 years ago
Anixter Security has made a bold move, acquiring what it calls a PSIM platform as part of a $150 million deal, with Anixter's CEO Bob Eck...
By John Honovich - about 6 years ago
A big industry debate is whether VMS software is now a commodity. However, Genetec believes it can charge a substantial premium for higher-end...
By IPVM Team - over 6 years ago
ASIS is in Dallas for 2017 and this is our final show report (compare to our 2016 ASIS show report). When walking in, one is greeted with Dahua's...
By IPVM Team - over 6 years ago
CNL has been one of the strongest advocates for PSIM, as one of the earliest entrants into the market releasing their command and control software...
By Brian Karas - over 6 years ago
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By Ethan Ace - almost 7 years ago
Increasingly, large enterprises are using Twitter's datastream as a source of threat intelligence. While Twitter is filled with the noise of...
By Brian Karas - about 7 years ago
The end of life for Tyco's PSIM Proximex is here, with no more product releases coming and 3 years of remaining support. Inside this post, we...
By John Honovich - about 7 years ago
Milestone has many features in their VMS, but it is not a PSIM. Italian PSIM developer Alesys thinks sensor integrations and alarm management can...
By Brian Karas - about 7 years ago
Hitachi, bigger than Sony and Panasonic overall, with $89 billion USD 2016 total revenue, is expanding into the security industry. They are...
By Brian Karas - about 7 years ago
This may be the biggest deal for a PSIM developer ever. In a segment that has disappointed for more than a decade, a recent IPOed company has...
By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago
Most well-known for their Ethernet extenders, with their own video surveillance storage offering, Veracity has now acquired a PSIM. UK-based...
By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago
2016 saw a lot of acquisitions, and more are expected in 2017, now PSIM vendor Fortem is hoping they can get in on this action, and are marketing...
By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago
While Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are key to 'open' platforms, they are frequently misunderstood and over-hyped in physical security....
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago
An IPVM member asked about Agora Systems in a discussion, a company we knew little about, prompting us to reach out to answer our member's...
By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago
The founder of Vidsys claims to have invented the term "PSIM" in 2005, and for some time, many thought that PSIM was going to be the new VMS. Over...
By Brian Karas - almost 8 years ago
ISC West 2016 had very strong attendance and moderately strong new products, following a year of unprecedented acquisitions. Traffic was almost...
By IPVM Team - about 8 years ago
One of the bigger players of the prior era is exiting the video surveillance market. NICE is selling off its 'physical security business unit' to...
By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago
How do you like this vehicle? Big, ugly, hard to drive, terrible gas mileage, death trap - there's lots of negatives. Now, what if you were...
By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago
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By John Honovich - over 9 years ago
Three years ago, Vidsys, one of the last independent PSIMs, named a prestigious CEO. Now he is out. In this note, we look at the move and the...
By John Honovich - over 9 years ago
What Happened to the New Products? Nothing major at all. Disappointing. Lots of new recorder boxes, for some reason. Axis is now in the box...
By IPVM Team - over 9 years ago
$21,000 per bus surveillance system. This is, by far, the most expensive implementation we have ever seen. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority...
By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago
Lots of ends users get duped by fancy PSIM presentations. But one big city is rejecting the hype, lead by a former systems integrator now in charge...
By Carlton Purvis - over 10 years ago
Cities are huge users of surveillance, with controversial systems of hundreds and thousands of cameras commonplace. One U.S. show, Secured...
By Ben Wood - over 10 years ago
