Deceptive ASIS Attendance
ASIS is being deceptive with its conference reporting, effectively inflating the event's real actual attendance. What they try, but struggle to...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago
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The 3 Most Outstanding Security Manufacturers (OSPAs) Make No Sense
The Outstanding Security Manufacturer finalists (US edition) are here: And if you are wondering, "How did those 3 get chosen?" then you are...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago
UTC / Lenel Joins FLIR Dropping ASIS
Weeks before a show, vendors are typically gearing up for their booths. But UTC / Lenel / Interlogix is joining FLIR in a last minute dumping of...
By IPVM Team - over 6 years ago
NCS4 Sports Security Show Report
The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security Show, or NCS4, is put on by The University of Southern Mississippi as a forum to...
By Brian Karas - almost 7 years ago
NRF 2017 Exhibits Traffic Weak
The 'retail apocalypse' is not sparing the security industry. The National Retail Federation's Protect 2017's exhibit traffic is weak, notably...
By IPVM Team - almost 7 years ago
ESX 2017 Final Show Report
The ESX (Electronic Security Expo) day 3 / Thursday is done and the exhibits are over. IPVM was in Nashville covering it in-depth. Below covers...
By IPVM Team - almost 7 years ago
ASIS 2017 Cuts Day 3 Exhibits to 3 Hours
The 3rd day of major trade shows are always the worst attended. And with shows with poor traffic, like ASIS over the past few years, day 3 has...
By John Honovich - almost 7 years ago
The Sleaziest Booth Of ISC West
The use of 'booth babes' is way down overall, but one company, Rapid Response, continues to treat ISC West like it is an HBO brothel documentary...
By John Honovich - about 7 years ago
ISC West 2017 Best and Worst
IPVM went to Las Vegas, examining what vendors are showcasing and what is new. Attendance was up, according to the show, and was certainly well...
By IPVM Team - about 7 years ago
Top Trade Shows For Security Integrators
100+ North American security integrators told us what trade shows they attend and why. The most well known shows are ISC West and ASIS but there...
By John Honovich - about 7 years ago
Advertising Like Avigilon at the ISC West Airport
Avigilon has grabbed a lot of attention over the last few years advertising at the Las Vegas airport when attendees fly in. But how does that...
By Brian Karas - about 7 years ago
ASIS Misrepresents Show Numbers
With years of struggling attendance and exhibitors increasingly frustrated, ASIS is gearing up for their 2017 show. Unfortunately, their 2017...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago
China Hot For Intelligent Video
The clear top theme at the 2016 Security China show has been intelligent video. This is a big shift from past years, and China's historical focus...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago
ASIS Hurting, Fills Empty Space Pushing Attendees to Show Floor
ASIS depends on manufacturer exhibitors to make most of their revenue ($15+ million) but manufacturers are upset with ASIS poor performance over...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago
Manufacturer Trade Show Costs Analyzed - Spending Millions
Ten million dollars plus is spent by manufacturers at every major trade show (e.g., ISC West, ASIS, IFSEC, Essen, etc.) And the bigger booths...
By Brian Karas - over 7 years ago
Strong ISC West 2016, Cheer Manufacturers, Trumps Weak ASIS 2015
As much as manufacturers were upset with a weak ASIS 2015, they are cheering the results of a strong ISC West 2016. In this note, we share survey...
By John Honovich - about 8 years ago
10 Surprising ISC West 2016 Booth Sizes
Who is spending big money or cutting back on marketing? Who is going to be the IDIS of this year's show? Here are our 10 top choices: Dahua...
By John Honovich - about 8 years ago
Weak ASIS 2015 Show Upsets Manufacturers
Though ASIS is supposed to be dedicated to security professionals, their main customer base and revenue source ($10+ million) is...
By John Honovich - over 8 years ago
How to Blow $200,000 On A Booth (IDIS)
The industry has more than doubled in size in the past 10 years yet trade shows are struggling to get the attendance numbers they once achieved a...
By John Honovich - about 9 years ago
Manufacturer Sales Pitches Revealed
IPVM sent a 'secret shopper' to ISC East 2014 to talk to manufacturer sales reps at their booths. We wanted to understand and contrast how they...
By John Honovich - over 9 years ago
ASIS 2014 Show Floor Review
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
Fall 2014 New Products Directory
New releases are weak this year, and unfortunately, the trend does not appear to be changing this fall. Here is a list of new products released...
By IPVM Team - over 9 years ago
Product / Tech Roundup ISC West 2014
This note focuses on products only, no marketing or gimmicks and is a recap of information gathered from booth visits...
By Ethan Ace - about 10 years ago
IACP Police Show Best and Worst 2013
The IAPC is the nation's biggest law enforcement trade show featuring all kinds of police equipment from cameras to drones to tanks from more than...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
SIA NPS New Product Showcase Judging
"It's like a cute baby contest. If only 12 ugly babies enter, then only ugly babies are going to win," explained the SIA New Product Showcase (NPS)...
By Carlton Purvis - about 11 years ago
