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Hardening Mass Gatherings

Hardening mass gatherings is inherently challenging yet increasingly important. As the Boston bombing demonstrated, doing so is hard over the large...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago

Focusing Panoramic Cameras

Focusing panoramic cameras is really important. Indeed, after testing 9 different panoramic cameras across many manufacturers, we believe this must...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

New RFP: 10 Years Out of Date

Bad RFPs are an unfortunate fact of life in video surveillance - hurting end users and frustrating quality integrators. A new RFP from Oklahoma is...

By Carlton Purvis - over 11 years ago

Smoke and CO Detector Combo

A new detector claims to do twice the work of its competitors. In response to growing legislation requiring carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in new...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Stand Alone Access Control (Sargent)

Classroom safety is a key concern, especially with fears of school shooting. Door hardware plays a key role in keeping doors locked at critical...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

5th Anniversary

In just 5 years, IPVM has become the most informative and influential source on video surveillance globally. This note recaps our achievements,...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Get Automatic Updates on New Releases

IPVM releases a number of new posts each day. One recent request was an option to get notified as soon as each one is released. We just added that...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Mustering Tutorial

Access control can be used for more than just securing buildings. Among these powerful 'other' functions is mustering, which immediately accounts...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Wireless Access Primer

In the past few years, one of the most interesting developments in access control has been the introduction and growing adoption of wireless access...

By Ethan Ace - over 11 years ago

Surveillance Cameras on Light Poles Tutorial

A growing trend makes putting surveillance cameras on the most logical choice in parking lots - light poles - very problematic. Increasingly, power...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Camera Vibration / Stabilizer Solutions

Shaky images can severely undermine image quality, strain operator eyesight and make monitoring more difficult. What can be done about the problem?...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

The 5 Biggest Access Control Mistakes

Access control systems keep people and places safe, but sometimes have huge weaknesses that leave doors wide open to disaster. What are these...

By Brian Rhodes - over 11 years ago

Shutter vs Frame Rate

Shutter speed and frame rate are frequently confused. They are certainly related and here's the key point - a camera's shutter speed can never be...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

Beware Phony Manufacturers

There's seemingly thousands of security manufacturers, making it incredibly difficult to figure out what's the best. Worse, so many of these...

By John Honovich - over 11 years ago

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