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IP Video Sales Rebound, Analog CCTV Continues to Fall
Posted on Mar 18, 2010 for Financials
"An important market shift for the video surveillance market is occurring. In the last 6 months, while IP video sales have rebounded, analog sales continue to fall. This is in clear contrast to the beginning o"

Testing Ikena's Video Enhancement Software
Posted on Mar 17, 2010 for IP Cameras
"Driven by Hollywood sensationalism, public interest and expectations for miraclous video surveillance enhancement is common -- unrealistic and dangerous. A popular YouTube video captures the essence of Hollywood's"

Camera Design Tool with Google Maps Integration (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 16, 2010 for Pelco
"Pelco has released a free camera design tool with Google Earth integration. The tool is in beta and has no where near as many functionalities as JVSG's CCTV design software. However, we found the tool to: Be si"

After Sharp Fall, Techwell Revenue Starts to Increase (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 for Financials
"Major DVR component manufacturer, Techwell is showing signs of recovery after a steep drop in H1 2010. By Q2 2009, surveillance revenue had dropped 39% year over year (see p.15 of the 10k). Now, Q4 2009, show surv"

Sales Decline Continues but Positive Signs (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 for EverFocus
"Revenue declines from Everfocus, one of the most widely used 'budget' CCTV suppliers, continue. For the 12 months ending 9/31/2009, revenue was down 15.4% from 1.6 Billion NTD down to 1.37 Billion NTD (approximate"

Aims for 10% 2010 Growth (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 14, 2010 for Axis
"In a March 2010 interview with a regional business magazine, Axis's co-founder states that Axis is aiming for 10% growth in 2010. This is a fairly modest target relative to their most recent quarter results"

Significant Sales Decline Q3 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 14, 2010 for Geovision
"Taiwanese video surveillance manufacturer, Geovision, reports a significant sales decline in the year ending Q3 2009, compared to the year ending Q3 2008. According to their disclosed income statement, sales dropp"

Quadnectics / Synectics Sales Decline 2nd Half 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 14, 2010 for Synectics
"UK manufacturer Quadnectics, parent company of video surveillance supplier Synectics, reported continued decline in sales for the 2nd Half of 2010. In their Interim Results for 2nd half 2009 (calendar year), Quad"

Education: IP Network Basics for Video Surveillance
Posted on Mar 14, 2010 for Convergence
"Understanding IP networks is increasingly critical to designing and deploying video surveillance. In this special report, we provide nearly 2 hours of video training on the key issues, technologies and choices in "

Optelecom-NKF Significant Financial Decline Q4 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 13, 2010 for Financials
"Optelecom-NKF, a specialist in video surveillance systems for traffic monitoring and critical infrastructure security, announced a 21% year over year decline in revenue for Q4 2009. From their financial documents"

Anixter IP Security Revenue Rebounding Q4 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 13, 2010 for Financials
"For Q4 2009, Anixter's revenue for their security solutions division improved from the previous quarter, with 9% year over year revenue growth compared to only 1% year over year growth in Q3 2009. This specific gr"

Modest Growth 2nd Half 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 13, 2010 for IndigoVision
"Following monster growth in the last fiscal year, IndigoVision's revenue growth rate was positive but far more modest in the 2nd Half of 2009 of 12% year over year. By contrast, the 1st Half of 2009 wi"

NLSS Launches Website: Products and Positioning Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 13, 2010 for NLSS
"NLSS, a new entrant with a track record of successful exits to larger corporations, has launched a public website, disclosing a number of previously unannounced products and providing more insight into t"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Mar 12 2010
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 for General
"New funding, new panoramic from Mobotix, more analytic bashing and the power of IT managers examined. All updates are available to premium members inside."

IT is Now in Charge of Security Systems (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 for Pelco
"In a surprising move to us, Pelco's magazine now declares that times have changed and the IT manager is the 'new sheriff' in town. Pelco Press, reprinting an SSI article, declares in a article on the "Ch"

Expanding Panoramic Offerings (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 for Mobotix
"Mobotix is expanding its panoramic camera offering to add 2 more panoramic options to its Q series. In a recent "Hemispheric Workshop", Mobotix reviews the key value propositions they are advocating and the produc"

Using LPR to Repossess Automobiles (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 for Video Analytics
"In another sign of how License Plate Recognition is the most mature and widely accepted video analytic, a national US newspaper examines how LPR is being used by "repo men" or automobile recovery businesses to fin"

Raises Modest New Funding (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 for Proximex
"A government filing reveals that Proximex has raised modest new investment. The SEC filing dated January 29, 2010, Proximex disclosed that it raised $1.39 Million USD. This is the first public investment activity"

Analytics Bashing Goes Mainstream (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 for Video Analytics
"Industry insiders know that video analytics suffers a bad reputation. However, the backlash continues to grow with trade magazines attacking analytics directly. Two examples are provided from Security Magazine and"

Funding for TimeSight (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 for TimeSight
"A government filing reveals that VMS/storage optimization specialist TimeSight Systems has received additional funding. The SEC document records a $750,000 investment on January 21, 2010. TimeSight's pre"

The Importance of On-Line Training Videos (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 for Convergence
"In an industry so focused on Internet based security video, it's shocking and somewhat sad that we have so few on-line training videos for the use of these products. Even more bizarre is that manufacturers spend s"

On-Line Technical Training Videos from Avigilon (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 10, 2010 for Avigilon
"Avigilon offers a comprehensive on-line technical training video series that covers both their cameras and their VMS. We used this as the core tool to learn Avigilon in our test of their Control Center VMS. Consis"

On-Line Technical Training Videos from Axis (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 10, 2010 for Axis
"Axis has expanded its courses to the web with a series of technical training courses on their products. The web section consists of 4 videos currently, with the most complete video being on their Axis Camera Stati"

On-Line Technical Training Videos from Pelco (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 10, 2010 for Pelco
"Pelco has posted a series of technical training videos for its Digital Sentry line, the DX8100 and the DX4500. Each of the videos/tutorials are quite in-depth and focus on use and deployment. This adds to Pelco's "

Testing Avigilon ControlCenter VMS
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 for Avigilon
"While Avigilon is best known for its high resolution cameras (up to 16 MP), Avigilon offers its own VMS, Control Center, a system that is required for using their cameras. With interest in megapixel high, many are"

2010 Video Surveillance Industry Guide
Posted on Mar 08, 2010 for General
"The 612 page 2010 Video Surveillance Industry Guide provides the most comprehensive global coverage of the market, companies and products in video surveillance. It aggregates key analysis and research provided in "

Testing Digifort's VMS (Version 6.3)
Posted on Mar 07, 2010 for NVRs
"As video management software matures, more choices are emerging from around the globe. In the past year, we have heard increasing discussion about the use of Digifort, a company based in Brazil, now expanding inte"

All-in-One 'Plug n Play' Camera with No Monthly Fee (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 07, 2010 for SaaS
"Over the next few years, we believe an increasing number of products will provide 'plug n play' managed video solutions with no monthly fee. A recent product release by Brickcom is one example. Their CB-100A Mega"

Testing Vitamin D Video Analytics Software
Posted on Mar 06, 2010 for Video Analytics
"With significant tech blog coverage, Vitamin D has generated widespread interest in using their video analytics. Two of the most commonly cited points is their technology, called HTM, that is based on a "new theor"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Mar 5 2010
Posted on Mar 05, 2010 for General
"This week: Falling Analog sales.The future of GE Security. New Investments. New info on key startup and more. Aggregates premium weekly updates."

Vicon Revenue Plummets (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 04, 2010 for Vicon
"In another bad sign for analog CCTV providers, Vicon's Q4 2009 revenue plummeted, dropping 29% year over year from $15.7M in Q4 2008 down to $11.1 M in Q4 2009. Domestic sales were down 19&. International sale"

March Networks Revenue Continues Fall (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 03, 2010 for March Networks
"In calendar Q4 2009, March Networks revenue continued to fall, though at a slower rate than the previous quarter. This quarter, revenue was down 15% (though more than half of the drop is attributed to exchange rat"

Census of US Security Installer Managers (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 03, 2010 for Statistics
"If you thought that managers of security installers were white, middle aged and Sarah Palin supporters, than you are right according to a recent survey by SSI magainze on US security installers. It is importa"

iSecurity Virtual Trade Show Reviewed (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 03, 2010 for Convergence
"Below is a video screencast showing the live iSecurity Virtual Trade Show held on March 3rd. The virtual trade show is meant to be an on-line version of a physical trade show (like ISC, IFSEC, Essen, etc.). For ba"

Prominent Blowhard Attacks Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 03, 2010 for Video Surveillance
"Bruce Schneier's biases against surveillance cameras are clear, despite his lack of evidence. Schneier is an important public figure as he is one of the world's most cited people in security. While an undisputed s"

$25 Million Series D Round Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 02, 2010 for Pivot3
"In March 2010, Pivot3 announced a $25 Million Series D Round (confirmed by Pivot3's press release and in its SEC filing). This follows a $25 million round in 2008 and brings their total amount raised to $75 Millio"

UTC-GE Closed: What Becomes of GE Security's Products and Brands? (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 01, 2010 for GE Security
"Important new information on the future of GE Security's products and brands have been disclosed as part of the formal confirmation that the UTC-GE deal has closed. UTC has posted a new website dedicated to the co"

February 2010 Video Surveillance Monthly Summary
Posted on Mar 01, 2010 for General
"Lots of research and heated discussions in February, despite little industry news. Most read topics included our megapixel camera test results comparison, the future of security integrators and the

Testing LuxRiot VMS (Version 1.7)
Posted on Mar 01, 2010 for LuxRiot
"As video management software matures, complaints increase about its high price. Even a small deployment of 16 cameras in a single site can cost $1,500 - $2,500 for basic VMS software without any enterprise managem"

Is Integrating PoS and Video Surveillance a Good Idea? (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 01, 2010 for Retail
"While the answer to this frequently posed question is an obvious yes, it misses the real problem in integrating the two technologies (see a classic example in a retail magazine). The key issue is how costly and c"

Storage Market Size Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 28, 2010 for Statistics
"As part of a press release for a manufacturer, IMS Research cites that the "storage market for physical security environments is a robust billion-dollar market." Since storage in video surveillance is deployed in "

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Feb 26 2010
Posted on Feb 26, 2010 for General
"Will troubleshooting 'standards' be a problem?Will Samsung dominate the industry? How fast are Pivot3 and VideoIQ growing? We look at key news and emerging discussions for the industry this week."

Will Troubleshooting 'Standards' Support be a Problem? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 25, 2010 for Standards
"In our first 3 tests of IP camera 'standards', we have run into problems with 2 of them. In the Sony-Milestone integration using ONVIF, the integration simply did not work. In the LILIN-Milestone integration using"

Samsung is Aiming for World Domination (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 24, 2010 for Samsung
"Samsung is aiming for world domination -- so they or a trade magazine endorsing them claims. In a February 2010 Samsung "Vision Conference", the company outlined its plan to be the "world’s Number One securi"

Testing Sony's HD Camera (SNC-CH140)
Posted on Feb 24, 2010 for Sony
"Sony is well known and respected in the consumer market for its electronic products. The question, though, is how well does that carry over into their security products? In this test of the Sony SNC-CH140, w"

VideoIQ's Series C Funding Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 23, 2010 for VideoIQ
"In February 2010, VideoIQ announced $6 Million in new funding. This investment adds to the $18 Million invested in 2007 and 2008, after the company was spun out of GE Security. In a briefing, VideoIQ mentioned tha"

Megapixel Camera Comparison 2010
Posted on Feb 23, 2010 for Megapixel Cameras
"Megapixel cameras are clearly 'hot' - the fastest growing segment in the industry for multiple years now. Which should you use? What makes one megapixel camera better than another? In this groundbreaking compariso"

Pivot3 2009 Revenue Growth Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 23, 2010 for Pivot3
"Pivot3 has self-announced their 2009 revenue growth - a very high growth rate of 300% compared to 2008 revenue. In an email, Pivot3 clarified that all Pivot3 2009 revenues were from surveillance. They cite gaming,"

Directory of Megapixel Camera Tests
Posted on Feb 22, 2010 for Megapixel Cameras
"We have completed the broadness and deepest testing programing of megapixel cameras. This directory provides links to each tests, guidance on future tests and reference to our testing guidelines. Megapixel Camera"

Should Stolen DVRs Motivate a Move to VSaaS? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 22, 2010 for SaaS
"While some propose hosted video as a solution to stolen DVRs, the risk is low, steps to avoid are easy and the negative impact of such a transition is high. From our experience and discussions with numerous integ"

Will Hosted/Managed Services Eliminate Small Central Stations? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 22, 2010 for SaaS
"A recent conference exposed diverging views of the impact that managed/hosted security services will have on the central stations that monitor and respond to security alarms. An SSN article provides a survey of th"

Will Webcam Surveillance Cause Privacy Concerns? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 22, 2010 for General
"In the future, there will almost certainly be more webcams in laptops and smartphones than their are surveillance cameras. If those cameras are activated or transformed into surveillance devices, they will have a "

Retail Sales of Video Surveillance to Consumers (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 21, 2010 for Statistics
"A February 2010 survey report provides a number of datapoints and trends for the retail sales of video surveillance to consumers (Read the Investor's Business Daily original article). A manufacturer claims that i"

Will Emerging Manufacturers Choose Not to Use Integrators? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 21, 2010 for Convergence
"We see new video surveillance manufacturers choose business models that eliminate the need for the traditional channel. We think this will become a major issue /trend in the industry over the next 5 years. Indeed,"

ObjectVideo's Poor Reputation and Blaming Others
Posted on Feb 18, 2010 for ObjectVideo
"The sad story of video analytics is now well known. Unfortunately, one of the ringleaders of this circus, ObjectVideo, has taken to blaming others while failing to prove their own effectiveness. Poor Reputation "

Readers Respond: 134 Votes, 25 Comments Examined
Posted on Feb 15, 2010 for General
"Over 100 people voted and more than 25 left detailed comments to our recent question/discussion. In this post, we review and respond to the comments offered. 134 people responded to our survey on "How Critical Sh"

The End of Integrators?
Posted on Feb 14, 2010 for Convergence
"By the end of the decade, security and IT integrators are likely to be displaced and replaced by the forces of Internet services, commerce and information. While integrators solved a clear business need over the l"

Preview of the Video Surveillance Pro Service
Posted on Feb 13, 2010 for General
"If you are new to IP Video Market, we'd like to help give you a sense of what we offer. Our periodic open debates (such as on video management usability or the difficulties in installing IP cameras) definitel"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Feb 12
Posted on Feb 12, 2010 for General
"Are Security integrators going extinct? Are IP video sales on the rise? Does VitaminD have the right new approach to video analytics? Can Ganz really improve video quality bad weather? A number of interesting poin"

Improved Growth - Q409 (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 11, 2010 for Mobotix
"Mobotix's financial growth has started to improve with a positive trend emerging from their 2009 end of year financial results. In Q309, their growth rate fell to only 2.8%. By contrast, for H209 (July - December "

Ganz THRU Series Claims to Increase Visibility in Adverse Environments (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 11, 2010 for Computar
"GANZ has released a camera series that claims to increase visibility in adverse environment. GANZ refers to this as their "MIST" technology (see datasheet for details). GANZ explanation of how they do it: "The"

The Integrator of the Future is No Integrator (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 11, 2010 for Convergence
"That security integrators will get better at IT is simultaneously boring and misses the point. It is boring because it's both obvious and the continuation of a multi-decade process. It misses the point because the"

VitaminD Video Analytics Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 11, 2010 for Video Analytics
"VitaminD's video analytics release offers a new market focus and business model for the video analytics market. The two most important ways that VitaminD breaks from existing approaches are: Clearly and "

Projecting Network Video Surveillance Sales (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 10, 2010 for Statistics
"IMS says that they have adjusted their 2010 estimate for global network video surveillance sales. In 2007, they estimated a market of $2.6 Billion. Now, they are estimating about $2 Billion for 2010 sales or a red"

Selectable Power over Ethernet Classes (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 10, 2010 for IP Cameras
"As cameras offer more options (storage, analytics, etc.), their power needs will certainly rise. This poses a problem for appropriately measuring and setting up power draw for PoE switches. NetworkWebCams has a go"

Will Frame Rate Make a Difference for Thermal? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 10, 2010 for Flir
"In the growing rivalry between FLIR and Axis, FLIR is emphasizing its advantage in frame rate over Axis - 30fps for FLIR but only 9fps for Axis Q1910 (actually 8.33 according the the Axis Q1910 specifica"

Testing HikVision's 2MP Camera (DS-2CD852MF-E)
Posted on Feb 09, 2010 for Hikvision
"Hikvision is one of the fastest growing video surveillance manufacturers in the world. Already a leader in their home market of China, Hikvision is aggressively expanding direct sales efforts throughout North"

Testing DVTel's Latitude 6.0 VMS Software
Posted on Feb 08, 2010 for DVTel
"One of the key selling points for IP Video software is its greater scalability, flexibility and advanced functionality compared to traditional DVRs. This test of DVTel's Latitude VMS version 6.0 provide"

150 Booths Still Available for ISC West (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 08, 2010 for General
"In a sign of trade show convention struggles, about 150 booths are still available for ISC West with a little over 1 month to the show. From ISC West's interactive exhibitor map, it appears that almost half of the"

How Critical Should We Be of Video Surveillance Products?
Posted on Feb 08, 2010 for General
"IP Video Market Info is definitely critical of video surveillance products - routinely looking for hidden problems or over-hyped claims. Many love this, some hate it, others are confused. We think it's essential "

BRS Labs Patents Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 07, 2010 for BRS Labs
"While BRS Labs is opposed to disclosing technical information, their patent applications do provide information on their approach. Key documents include: A collection of 9 BRS Labs patent applications from"

Spins Out Trax / Loss Prevention Software (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 07, 2010 for March Networks
"March Networks has spun out their Loss Prevention Software product lineup, originally purchased in 2006 for CAD $7.8 Million. In an email statement, March discloses: "March Networks has negotiated a strategic pa"

What Makes an Analyst Independent? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 06, 2010 for General
"Those who make recommendations on products need to be independent of those who develop them. We are committed to maximizing our independence. An upcoming February webinar makes this matter timely. Aimetis i"

IT / Security Integrator Partnerships are a Failure (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 05, 2010 for Convergence
"The PSA, a major proponent of IT / Security integrator partnerships has acknowledged the failure of having IT and Security integrators partner. In January 2009, we called this a "horrible idea made worse"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Feb 5th
Posted on Feb 05, 2010 for General
"The big story is the dueling and diverging financial results of two security powerhouses - Axis and ADT / Tyco. While Axis bounced back with strong results, ADT / Tyco's struggles continue. This report aggregates"

Strong Q409 Financial Results Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 04, 2010 for Axis
"Reversing a year long negative trend, Axis's Q4 2009 financial results were very strong, raising the question, why? Revenue was up 32% (Q409 compared to Q408). The results were even better in local currency terms"

ADT / Tyco Security Installation and Product Revenue Continues to Decline (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 04, 2010 for ADT
"Weak results and a poor outlook for the integration business is a concerning sign for the physical security industry at large. The sharp decline in ADT's System Installation and Tyco Security's product revenu"

Many VMS Systems Do Not Support 64 Bit Operating Systems (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 04, 2010 for NVRs
"A growing practical problem is the lack of VMS software applications that support 64 Bit Operating Systems. As more and more PCs are shipped with 64 bit OSes standard, this blocks those computers from running thos"

Optimizing Bandwidth Consumption Through I Frame Settings (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 04, 2010 for IP Cameras
"A blog post from Genetec offers an interesting example of lower level IP camera optimizations that can impact bandwidth utilization. Genetec claims such an optimization can lower bandwidth consumption by 2 to 3x. "

Understanding the Benefits and Limits of XML For Security Systems (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 03, 2010 for Convergence
"While APIs and XML are useful for integrating security systems, their value and ease of use are routinely over-stated. This is nicely demonstrated by a recent contributed piece by a manufacturer in SecurityInfoWat"

Testing IQinVision's 4 Series and PSIA Integration
Posted on Feb 03, 2010 for IQinVision
"IP camera standards are a hot topic. Determining how, when and with whom these 'standards' will work are key questions. IQinVision was the first company to announce support for the PSIA IP camera 'standard'. With"

Is SourceSecurity.com the Biggest Security Website Globally? (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 03, 2010 for General
"SourceSecurity.com claims to be the highest trafficked website in the security industry but no one we talked with ever says they use it. How can that be? We do think they are telling the truth about their statist"

Examining Basler's Market Acceptance (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 02, 2010 for Basler
"Recently, SecurityInfoWatch ran a 'fluff' piece on Basler, regurgitating their marketing claims with no analysis. Key claims made: The small size of the cameras are a differentiator. They have exper"

Testing Panasonic's Megapixel Camera (WV-NP502)
Posted on Feb 02, 2010 for Panasonic
"In this test, we examine's Panasonic WV-NP502 megapixel camera. The camera provides a number of advanced features including wide dynamic range optimization (their Super Dynamic technology), facial detect"

FLIR Thermal Network Cameras Examined
Posted on Feb 02, 2010 for Flir
"FLIR has announced the availability of network thermal cameras starting as low as $3,495 USD MSRP. These cameras are additions to the F (fixed) and PT (pan tilt) series from FLIR. Thes"

Should Manufacturers Publicly Share Technical Docs?
Posted on Feb 02, 2010 for General
"Technical documentation is important for evaluating products and learning how to optimally use them. User manuals, training materials and videos are some of the most critical. Despite this, a significant number of"

Advocates Economic Benefits of 'Green' NVRs (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 01, 2010 for IndigoVision
"We question the economic significance of IndigoVision's marketing campaign around 'green' NVRs. Here's the core of their case: "In a RAID 5 system, typical power consumption for a video storage server and atta"

iSecurity Virtual Trade Show Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 01, 2010 for Convergence
"On March 3, 2010, a one-day 'virtual' trade show will be held. Called the iSecurity Virtual Trade Show and run by Security Magazine / SDM, the event will allow people to log in from their computers to wa"

Mobile NVR (Q8108-R) Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 01, 2010 for Axis
"Based on details from an interview with Axis, this update provides new details on the Axis Q8108-R mobile NVR. The Q8108-R represents Axis expansion into the mobile video surveillance market. The appliance s"

January 2010 Video Surveillance Monthly Summary
Posted on Feb 01, 2010 for General
"January featured the ioimage acquisition, numerous new test results, a heated debate on analog vs. IP and much more."

Video Surveillance as a Service Comparison 2010
Posted on Jan 30, 2010 for SaaS
"This report provides the most comprehensive analysis available of the growing video surveillance as a service (VSaaS) market, examining the benefits, challenges and impact of these offerings including 15 leading p"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Jan 29th
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 for General
"Covers Forecasts, Axis, Cisco, wireless, energy savings claims and more. Aggregates premium updates for the week."

Video Analytics Company Says They Are Not Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for Video Analytics
"The poor state of video analytics is exemplified by video analytic manufacturers that deny they are video analytics. Briefcam recently took to Twitter to issue their denial. At one level, they clearly perform vid"

Mobile Video Surveillance Market Projection (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for Statistics
"Frost & Sullivan has issued projections for the Mobile Video Surveillance Market from 2008 to 2015. They estimate the global market to be $615.4 Million in 2008 with projected growth to $1.55 Billion in 2015. "

Asian Video Surveillance Market Forecast (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for Statistics
"Frost & Sullivan has released projections and sizing for the Asia Pacific Video Surveillance market. In 2008, Frost estimates total market revenue of $1.21 Billion USD. By 2015, Frost estimates total market re"

Marketing Statistics for Security Integrators (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for Statistics
"Security Sales Magazine has released a statistical report on marketing expenditures and choices for US security integrators. The most interesting points made include: Close rates for new business dropped fro"

Professional Services Offering Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for Genetec
"The launch of a formal professional services department by Genetec raises 2 interesting questions/points. Genetec notes that this adds, "three new initiatives including field service and project engineering, depl"

Makes Their Case for Thermal Cameras (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for Axis
"With thermal cameras announced, Axis is building up their case for using their thermal cameras. This features an extensive amount of marketing materials, including an introduction to thermal white paper and a ther"

ARTPEC-3 Performance Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for Axis
"Axis's ARTPEC-3 chip is a key element in the positioning and performance of Axis network cameras. Axis has released a technical paper with metrics on the ARTPEC-3's performance. ARTPEC-3 was announced in 2008. The"

iPad Use for Video Surveillance Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 for General
"We believe the Apple iPad will be useful for video surveillance applications. The Apple iPad (see video intro) was launched to great fanfare and then subsequently debate. While it may or may not become a mass succ"

Autonomy Partners with Vidient (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 27, 2010 for Vidient
"Autonomy offers a classic case of failure in the video analytics segment. Over the last 5 years, they have pitched and pushed their solutions into the video surveillance market. The pitch was always unclear and ba"

Are Integrators at Fault for Wireless Video Surveillance Problems? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 for Wireless
"A common theme from manufacturers of emerging physical security technology is problems caused by security integrators. Firetide presents a very interesting case where an integrator was at fault for problems with a"

Integrators Review of Real-World IP Camera Performance (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 for Cisco
"In the Cisco physical security LinkedIn group, integrators provide feedback on the performance on the Cisco 2500 and 4000 IP cameras. Key comments include: From an integrator who has deployed hundreds of Cisco"

Promotion to Cut Costs on Security Lighting (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 for Raytec
"UK IR/lighting specialist Raytec is running an expanded promotion that offers cash back to installers deploying Raytec's IR or white light LED products. Of the various green initiatives within the video surveilla"

Testing Videofied's Video Security System
Posted on Jan 25, 2010 for General
"Videofied has gained significant attention for tightly integrating video monitoring/recording into an intrusion detection system. The most commonly cited differentiator is the lack of any wires for any of the equi"

Controversy over Market Sizing Statistics (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 24, 2010 for Statistics
"A controversy between a number of US security publications and IMS Research has arisen, demonstrating some key issues in using market sizing statistics. On January 20th, IMS issued a press release claiming that a"

Testing AvaLAN's Wireless Video Surveillance
Posted on Jan 24, 2010 for Wireless
"Wireless IP video surveillance has plenty of hype (claims of 300 Mb/s city wide meshes) and also significant challenges (repeated deployment nightmares). Recently, we helped an integrator friend of ours who needed"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Jan 22 2010
Posted on Jan 22, 2010 for General
"Covers new events and announcements including Pelco, Genetec, market statistics controversy, another public failures for video analytics and more. Aggregates all premium updates for the week."

Free 4 Channel VMS Software Released (DS4U) (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 for Pelco
"Pelco has released a free 4 channel VMS software application (the DS4U) that supports Pelco's own cameras. This is interesting from a Pelco perspective because they, like most analog incumbents, primarily sell DV"

New Camera Installation Tool Announced (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 for Mobotix
"Mobotix has announced a new camera installation tool that allows connecting and powering one's laptop and IP camera through this tool, called the NPA-PoE set. The tool requires an external battery or connection to"

Defends PSIM Against Penny Stock Company (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 for Vidsys
"Vidsys has taken to its blog to defend PSIM against criticism from the President of a penny stock company using an AOL email address and a website not found on Google. The company, Infrared Systems International,"

False Alarms are Through the Roof (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 for Video Analytics
"We repeatedly stress how false alarms are the most important weakness of the video analytics market (and security sensor systems in general). The ongoing failure of a large scale deployment in the New York metropo"

IP Camera Manufacturers Claim High Growth in Middle East (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 for Statistics
"A number of the largest IP camera manufacturers claim high 2009 growth rates in the Middle East. Sony claimed 160% growth from 2008 to 2009 in the region for IP Panasonic claimed 'more than 50%' growth Axis"

Pitching Hybrid DVR Boxes (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 21, 2010 for Genetec
"Given that Genetec now sells hybrid DVRs, it should not be surprising to see them starting to pitch the virtues of using hybrid DVRs as they did in a contributed piece to a security magazine. This is a sign "

Testing OnSSI's NetDVMS and Ocularis Client Lite
Posted on Jan 19, 2010 for ONSSI
"OnSSI, one of the most well known VMS providers, gained significant attention with their 2009 announcement of the Ocularis 'platform'. Ocularis's client with its 'slick' user interface was the most regularly noted"

Special to Promote IP Migration (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 18, 2010 for NUUO
"Asian VMS/NVR provider NUUO has announced a special program to incent customers to migrate to IP. In their 'Capture the Market' special, for each 4 channels of analog capture card one purchase, a single IP channel"

Axis Enters Thermal Camera Market (Q1910-E)
Posted on Jan 18, 2010 for Axis
"Axis has entered the thermal camera market with potentially disruptive pricing and positioning. Axis's first thermal offering - the Q1910/-E (indoor and outdoor options available) is an IP camera with an MSRP of "

Company/Product Overview Webinar (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 18, 2010 for Theia
"Wide angle lens manufacturer, Theia, has released a company/product overview webinar that can be downloaded without registering. While it is a standard sales/marketing pitch, what we like is that it is easy to ac"

Aggressive Hiring Continues (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 17, 2010 for Genetec
"Genetec has been one of the most aggressive companies hiring over the past year. This week, they added 6 new job openings to their career opportunities online section. Positions are available in most areas of the "

Business Case for Mobile Video Recorders (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 17, 2010 for March Networks
"In response to our LinkedIn discussion on mobile digital video recorders, March Networks has posted a business case/ financial analysis of mobile video recorders, including the total costs of ownership (servicing,"

US Security System Sales Down Sharply in 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 17, 2010 for Statistics
"SDM's 2010 Industry Forecast Survey estimates that 'total annual revenue declined 7.8 percent in 2009 to $44.67 billion. Revenue in 2010 has been forecasted to fall an additional 1.6 percent to $43.9 billion." SDM"

IMS Top 10 Video Surveillance Predictions Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 17, 2010 for Statistics
"IMS has released Top 10 video surveillance predictions for 2010. We think it's useful to consider but important to appreciate the timing and product support issues impacting these predictions. Specifically: Man"

Top 5 Reasons Analog Cameras are Easier to Install than IP
Posted on Jan 16, 2010 for IP Cameras
"While IP has many advantages over analog, ease of installation is not one of them. IP cameras are far harder to install even if the installer has extensive networking expertise. And for the majority of security te"

US - Mexico Border Boeing Security Systems Failure Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 14, 2010 for General
"At the US border with Mexico a billion USD has been spent on underground sensors, long range radars and high resolution and infrared cameras but the best comment is on the project is, "it hasn't worked out s"

Conference Attendence Continue to Drop (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 14, 2010 for General
"SSN is reporting that conference attendees to the US ISC East trade show continue to drop precipitously from 187 people in 2005 to only 44 people in 2009. Access to the conference/speaking sessions usually co"

What do Pelco's Layoffs Say About the Industry? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 14, 2010 for Pelco
"IP Video Market poll respondents are divided among 3 conflicting interpretations about Pelco's 4% layoff. 45% - the entire industry faces economic challenges 32% - the analog incumbents face economic c"

Expands Manufacturing in China (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 14, 2010 for Pelco
"As part of the details emerging from Pelco's layoffs, an interview with Pelco in SSN reveals that Pelco will be expanding its manufacturing inside of China. Specifically, Pelco notes that it, "does not think it ca"

What does the DVTel-ioimage deal say about the video analytics market? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 14, 2010 for Video Analytics
"IP Video Market poll respondents are heavily divided about the meaning of the DVTel-ioimage deal to the video analytics market. Of 129 respondents, 43% believed it was a good sign, 40% thought it was not a good si"

Pelco Layoff Examined
Posted on Jan 13, 2010 for Pelco
"Pelco has announced a layoff of 100 employees, or approximately 4% of their global workforce of 2400. Pelco cites 3 main factors: "the result of slower than expected sales recovery from early 2009 declines, increa"

DVTel Acquires ioimage: Deal Debated
Posted on Jan 12, 2010 for DVTel
"IP Video Surveillance provider DVTel has acquired video analytics specialtist ioimage for an estimated $80 M USD in a stock transaction (based on future benchmarks). This is being reported by multiple Is"

Is Bundling Video Analytics a Good Strategy? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 12, 2010 for Video Analytics
"While increasingly adopted, we believe bundling video analytics with cameras and recorders is a reflection of failing initial strategies rather than an inherently strong approach. Bundling video analytics is incr"

Testing Exacq's VMS Software (exacqVision 3.7)
Posted on Jan 11, 2010 for Exacq
"Exacq provides VMS software and multiple lines of DVR/NVR appliances. While not as well known as some VMS providers, we regularly hear positive comments from integrators and competitors (in the North American mark"

Will Military Drones Provide a Boost for Intelligent Video? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 10, 2010 for General
"A January 2010 New York Times article examines the severe problem the US military is having analyzing video from drones patrolling Afghanistan. According to the Time, video volume is expected to 'multiple in the c"

Testing LILIN's PTZ (IPS-2124) and ONVIF Integration
Posted on Jan 10, 2010 for Other Companies
"Merit LILIN was the first manufacturer to announce production support for IP camera 'standards' - specifically ONVIF's protocol. In January 2009, Milestone"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Jan 8th
Posted on Jan 08, 2010 for General
"Covers Arecont, Cernium, Terrorism, Video Analytics and more. Aggregates all video surveillance updates for the week."

AgentVi Says They Can Prevent Airport Terminal Shutdowns (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 for Agent Vi
"In an aggressive move, AgentVi claims that their analytics could have prevented the airport terminal shutdown in Newark on Jan 3, 2010. They claim that a "simple upgrade to the airport's surveillance system" of Ag"

Compact MJPEG Camera Release Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 for Arecont Vision
"The most important element in Arecont Vision's announcement of a new line of Compact MJPEG cameras is the reduction of price for megapixel cameras. Already providing some of the lowest priced megapixel camera"

Should We Allow Some Potential Terrorist Acts? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 for General
"While terrorism certainly drives the surveillance business, a growing and influential trend suggests that in many cases, the best solution is to do nothing. Bruce Schneier, perhaps the most famous person in securi"

Details on Archerfish Solo SmartCam Disclosed (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 for Cernium
"In conjunction with the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, Cernium is releasing more information on its Archerfish managed video / smart camera / embedded storage product. New details disclosed include: On-board "

Large Scale Deployment in Pakistani City (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 for Case Studies
"In a further sign of the rapid expansion of a Pakistani public video surveillance, a new $150 Million USD plus project is being planned in Karachi. This ambitious project aims to cover 309 sites with 1500 surveil"

Is Retail On the Way Up? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 for Retail
"After a difficult 2009, some signs indicate the retail market for security products may be turning around. New retail statistics released indicate Christmas sales were up year over year and projections for 2010 cl"

Reports Significant 2009 Growth (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 for Agent Vi
"Agent Vi is reporting 39% growth in 2009 sales, compared to 2008. They 'expect further dramatic growth in 2010', citing recovering economy, recent addition of Anixter distribution and their video analytic search o"

Can Video Analytics Stop Suicide? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 06, 2010 for Video Analytics
"A metropolitan subway station is evaluating the use video analytics to identify and stop suicide attempts. It is a fascinating concept that faces significant risks. The City of Calcutta India has a suic"

MicroPower Ultra-Low Power Wireless/Solar Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 06, 2010 for Wireless
"MicroPower Technologies is a startup aimed at eliminating power wiring for wireless video surveillance cameras through radical reduction of power consumption for the wireless camera. Their first two planned produc"

Production Support for ONVIF and PSIA (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 05, 2010 for Milestone Systems
"Milestone has released production support for both ONVIF and PSIA in their 4.6 device pack. We have already tested the ONVIF implementation with a PTZ camera from LILIN. Connecting to the LILIN camera using the O"

Testing Axis's Q1755 HD Surveillance Camera v. 2
Posted on Jan 05, 2010 for Axis
"This report shares extensive test results, video clips and training screencasts on the Axis Q1755 HD camera. The goal is to educate on how the camera works and what issues to consider when selecting or deploying t"

DM Launches New Brand but Will it Help? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jan 04, 2010 for Dedicated Micros
"In a strange move that we think has low probability for success, Dedicated Micros's IP products will go to market through a new division/brand called "AD Network Video". See the new AD Network Video website. Whil"

Testing Milestone's XProtect Enterprise VMS Software (6.5f)
Posted on Jan 04, 2010 for Milestone Systems
"Milestone is one of the most used and well-known Video Management Software providers, with 4 VMS versions. Of them, Milestone XProtect Enterprise is the most commonly discussed and referenced by in"

10 Keys for 'Easy to Use'' Video Management Software
Posted on Jan 03, 2010 for NVRs
"In this report, we examine well established usability principles for software, how they are routinely violated and what can be done. Contrary to common suggestions, the answer is not more training, ignoring it bec"

December 2009 Monthly Summary and PDF Download
Posted on Jan 01, 2010 for General
"New market statistics, debates on video management systems, 4 new test results and more."

Hollywood's Negative Impact on Using Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 30, 2009 for General
"Hollywood's amazingly inaccurate use of video surveillance is a frequent source of both frustration and amusement for video surveillance professionals. The key risk is expectations are set for the public that the "

Mobotix Criticizes IP Camera Standards Efforts (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 30, 2009 for Mobotix
"The January 2010 Mobotix Installer magazine posts a series of criticisms and concerns on the developing PSIA and ONVIF interoperability specifications. Mobotix specifically objects to: The potential for VMS pr"

US Security Year in Review (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 30, 2009 for General
"Security Director News has a fairly comprehensive year in review of US security events and issues. It covers and links to stories on retail, port, educational and healthcare security."

Using Virtual Machines to Test VMS Systems (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 30, 2009 for NVRs
"If you want to try out new software, like VMS, and are concerned about creating problems with your PC, you should certainly use Virtual Machines. A verbose rant from a security consultant demonstrates the errors "

Testing Canon's PTZ Camera (VB-C60)
Posted on Dec 28, 2009 for Canon
"While megapixel cameras are hot, PTZs remain an important part of video surveillance deployments. Probably the most frequently mentioned product of Canon is their 40x optical zoom, network PTZ camera - the VB-C60."

How Should Video Management Software be Evaluated?
Posted on Dec 28, 2009 for NVRs
"In this report, we propose criteria to evaluate Video Management Software (VMS). Those selecting VMS software may find this useful. Moreover we plan to use this criteria for our upcoming testing series on VMS soft"

2010 Goal: Publish 100 IP Video Surveillance Tests
Posted on Dec 27, 2009 for General
"Our 2010 goal is to publish test results for 100 IP video surveillance products covering the most commonly used IP cameras, VMS software, hybrid DVRs and video analytics. This will provide unprecedented depth of i"

GuardYourPlace.com: MLM Comes to Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 26, 2009 for SaaS
"With IP video expanding the use of video surveillance in the home, classic and controversial consumer marketing practices are arising, specifically Multi-Level Marketing. A new entrant, GuardYourPlace.com, offers"

Pricing Special to Steal Customers from Milestone and OnSSI (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 26, 2009 for Video Insight
"Video Insight, a US based VMS provider, has launched an interesting program to steal customers from larger rivals, including Milestone and OnSSI who they reference by name. Their "Competitive Upgrade" programs of"

Fragility of Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 for Video Analytics
"The December 2009 uproar over 'racist' facial recognition from HP demonstrates an important risk for real world video analytic deployments. For background, watch the viral video with almost 1 million views below: "

Samurai UK Video Analytics Project Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Samurai is a UK based project to develop behavioral / advanced video analytics to detect suspicious or high risk behavior in public facilities, led by Queen Mary, University of London. Samurai was featu"

Anixter H.264 Performance Claims Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Equipment distributor Anixter's deeply flawed H.264 study reveals key issue in the use and marketing of H.264 IP cameras. In their Lab Report on H.264, they claim, "In tests with little or no motion, the H.264 vid"

Sample RFP for IP Video Surveillance System (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 for General
"Request for Proposal documents (RFPs) are common and important documents for specifying and bidding video surveillance systems. Video Insight has posted samples of their RFP document in both PDF and DOC "

Standardize Exposure Settings for IP Camera Comparisons
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 for IP Cameras
"We recommend all surveillance camera comparisons be performed with standardized exposure settings to ensure fairness and eliminate 'games'. Starting immediately, we will use 1/30th and 1/8th second exposure times "

Most Agree that VMS Software is Too Hard (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 for NVRs
"The reaction to our December 2009 criticism of VMS software poor usability has been surprisingly strong and positive. With over 1500 reads in the first 3 days during Christmas week, the sheer size of readers"

Testing Oncam Grandeye's Panoramic Cameras (IPC)
Posted on Dec 21, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"For almost a decade, panoramic surveillance cameras have been promised as a 'next big thing' but has yet to meet its potential. In that last few years, however, the situation is changing as megapixel and IP video"

Why is Most VMS Software So Damn Hard to Use?
Posted on Dec 20, 2009 for NVRs
"I am shocked at how damn hard most Video Management software is to use. At first we thought it was just one or two but now that we have done significant testing on a dozen VMS systems, it is becoming clear that th"

Video Analytics to be $1 Billion in 2012 (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 19, 2009 for Video Analytics
"An extremely bullish but wildly misleading projection for the video analytics market has been made. V/B Research claims that video analytics will generate more than $1 Billion in 2012 revenue up from an estimated "

Hacking Military Video Surveillance Feeds (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 18, 2009 for General
"The US military's embarrassing situation illuminates trade-offs and risks of video surveillance encryption. The Wall Street Journal released an investigative report examining how Shiite fighters in Iraq used "

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Dec 18 2009
Posted on Dec 18, 2009 for General
"Covers Axis, Mobotix, Cisco, Vicon, Exacq, StarDot and more. Summarizes weekly premium updates."

Video Analytic SaaS to target Sweethearting (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 18, 2009 for Retail
"ASIS's Security Management magazine has profiled a company, StopLift, providing a video analytic managed service that aims to reduce losses from sweethearting. The article cites $3 Million in cost savings over 9 m"

UK Market Size Falling Sharply (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 17, 2009 for Statistics
"A UK research firm, Key Note, estimates a significant fall in 2009 CCTV UK sales and an even steeper fall projected in 2010. In their Closed Circuit Television 2009 report, they estimate an 8.9% decline in total "

Is Momentum Shifting Away from IT? (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 17, 2009 for Convergence
"Canada's SP&T News examines weakening momentum for IT providers in the physical security market. Referencing the November 2009 Securing New Ground Conference, she observes a number of signals and statements th"

Improving Enterprise Management (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 16, 2009 for Exacq
"In the last few months, Exacq has announced a number of improvements to address short-comings in enterprise management. Examining these features demonstrates key issues for larger-scale deployments. In their 3.6 "

Promoting Agilence's Retail LP Solution (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 16, 2009 for Cisco
"In its demonstration plans for the National Retail Federation 2010 show, Cisco has announced a demo and promotion for Agilence's Retail/ Loss Prevention solution. Agilence provides a PoS and Exception Based "

Significant Sales Decline Summer 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 16, 2009 for Vicon
"Vicon's sales continue to fall with summer 2009 sales falling the hardest so far in 2009. In December 2009, Vicon announced their fiscal Q409 (calendar summer 09) results with net sales down 23% compared to 1 year"

H.264 Cameras Up to 5 Megapixel (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 16, 2009 for StarDot
"As part of a newly released website, StarDot has announced 2010 plans to release an H.264 megapixel camera series up to 5 MP. While relatively new to the surveillance market, StarDot has a long track record o"

Key IT Concerns for Security Deployments (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 15, 2009 for Convergence
"A US integrator has published a list and explanation of key IT concerns to consider when deploying security systems. While we think many of them make good sense, a few of them may be 'over-kill' or inapplicable to"

What's the Best Video Surveillance for a Hotel Chain?
Posted on Dec 15, 2009 for Case Studies
"What's the best video surveillance solution for a hotel chain? In the US alone, there are about 50,000 total hotel properties requiring safety and security solutions. In this report, we examine the needs of an act"

Cross Line Detection Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 14, 2009 for Axis
"Axis has announced a video analytics application called Cross Line Detection that can be loaded on Axis cameras enabled for their Camera Application Platform. View the datasheet for Cross Line Detection. It use, "

Video Surveillance Market Size and Forecast Guide 2010
Posted on Dec 14, 2009 for Statistics
"This guide references and analyzes publicly announced forecasts and sizing for the video surveillance market. It should provide extensive background for professionals seeking video surveillance statistics on camer"

Video Overview of Mx2Wire (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 14, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix has released a video overview of their Mx2Wire product offering that allows reuse of existing cabling for powering and transmission of network cameras and IP devices. The video is embedded below: "

PSIM Webinar from Johnson Controls (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 13, 2009 for Convergence
"As part of Johnson Controls aggressive marketing campaign to expand in the security market, they have released a 1 hour webinar examining and advocating the use of PSIM. Review the PSIM webinar slides and playback"

How Exposure Impacts Low Light Video Surveillance
Posted on Dec 13, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Exposure, and the tricks manufacturers play with exposure, are key to accurately and fairly assessing low light performance of cameras. For instance, take these two images: The images capture the same scene bu"

Archerfish Criticized by Reviewer (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 12, 2009 for Cernium
"Cernium's home video offering, Archerfish Quattro, has been criticized by an on-line reviewer/tester of the system. Unlike a previous reviewer who criticized poor outdoor analytic performance, this reviewer was O"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Dec 11 2009
Posted on Dec 11, 2009 for General
"Covers Mobotix, Video Analytics, Megapixel, H.264, ADT, PSIM and more. Aggregates all premium updates for the week."

Can Panoramic Cameras Replace 4 Channel DVRs? (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 10, 2009 for Mobotix
"In the December 2009 Mobotix Installer magazine, Mobotix contends that their Q24 cameras can replace 4 channel DVRs. It is an interesting argument worth examining. The basis of the case lies in: A 3MP Q24 ca"

H.264 Objections Considered (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 10, 2009 for IQinVision
"IQinVision has released a 2 page document with a list of objections and issues when using H.264 compression. Their claims summarized and our comments: "With H.264, we recommend nothing lower than the MAI"

Is PSIM Available at a VMS Price? (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for ONSSI
"OnSSI makes an appealing but questionable claim that they deliver "PSIM at a VMS price" in a Security Squared December 2009 survey article. This raises two interesting questions: (1) Does OnSSI offer a PSIM? and ("

Megapixel Market Growth Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for Statistics
"Megapixel is the fastest growth market segment in video surveillance. The recent entrance of dozens of manufacturers has grown the market and reduced the dominance of early entrances. In December 2009, Mobotix an"

2010 Predictions by Video Surveillance Industry Professionals (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for General
"The December 2009 Security Sales and Integration magazines includes an interview with 6 industry professionals discussing the future of the market. Interviewees include GE Security, VideoIQ, Cisco, PSA, ScanSource"

UL Certification for its M-Series (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for Mobotix
"UL certification is increasingly being demanded by end users (View our LinkedIn discussion where various manufacturers and integrators verify this). In December 2009, Mobotix has released its UL certification doc"

Long Term Video Analytics Outlook Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for Video Analytics
"With the market perception of video analytics severely weakened (see our polls and discussions), many question the long term growth potential of the video analytics market. In December 2009, IMS Research issued a"

Is ADT Over-Selling IP Video? (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for ADT
"In perhaps the most over-stated marketing piece of the year, ADT's "Network Video Benefits and Guide" whitepaper provides a flawed case for moving to IP video. While some points are standard claims, a number are "

Semiconductor Forecast for Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for Statistics
"Market research firm In-Stat has released a forecast for the semiconductor market for video surveillance applications. Key items include: Overall semiconductor revenue flat between 2009 and 2013. Unit shipme"

Video is Key but is Video Surveillance? (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 09, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco executives continue to advocate the core role of video in driving the networking business and the growth of their company. However, much of that video growth is from video surveillance? It appears that video"

Growing Sales of NVR Appliances (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 07, 2009 for Intransa
"Intransa reports growing sales of its appliances that pre-loads many of the leading VMS software packages (see our overview report on this offering and the September 2009 update on expansion of the line). Intrans"

High Accuracy Facial Surveillance Face Finder (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 07, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Sagem Securite's Safran Group announced a new product that can significantly increase face finding and recognition performance. Called Face on-The-Fly, it consists of two strips of cameras placed 4 or 5 feet apart"

Testing Pelco's Sarix Megapixel Cameras (IXE20DN)
Posted on Dec 07, 2009 for Pelco
"While Pelco is a leader in analog surveillance cameras, they are not even in the top 10 for 2008 global network camera sales. Pelco aims to rectify this with their Sarix family of IP cameras supporting b"

Introduction to CCTV - Online Video Training
Posted on Dec 06, 2009 for General
"Understanding the basics of CCTV is critical to designing and deploying high quality video surveillance systems. In this report, we cover 8 key fundamental areas of CCTV. We reference and link to a series of video"

BRS Labs Layoffs and Skepticism Mount
Posted on Dec 05, 2009 for BRS Labs
"Revelations of problems and concerns with video analytics up-start BRS Labs is mounting. An investigative report by the Houston Chronicle on BRS Labs reveals: In October, "BRS laid off 10 employees who worked o"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Dec 4th
Posted on Dec 04, 2009 for General
"Covers Mobotix, Hikvision, Pelco, Axis, Genetec, new market statistics and more. Aggregates all premium updates for the week."

Panoramic Surveillance Camera Comparative Study Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 03, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"A comparative study of panoramic megapixel cameras has been released. This test compares and evaluates Oncam Halocam, the Mobotix Q24, the Arecont 8365 and the Immervision IMV-1. The report was conducted by Watch"

Adds GSA Schedule, Discloses Product Pricing (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 03, 2009 for Genetec
"Genetec has announced that its products have been added to the US Government's General Services Administration (GSA) program. Inclusion in this program makes it easier for government to purchase products without h"

Sales Almost Flat in Q3 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 03, 2009 for Mobotix
"In November 2009, Mobotix reported Q3 2009 sales which were up only 2.8% (Mobotix noted that the comparison quarter from a year ago was particularly strong prior to the financial crisis). Mobotix's growth rat"

Testing Sanyo's HD Surveillance Camera (VCC-HD4000)
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 for Sanyo
"Sanyo is making an aggressive push into the IP video surveillance market introducing a broad line of HD cameras in 2009. Sanyo is positioning high video quality at relatively inexpensive prices. Th"

802.1x for IP Cameras Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 for Axis
"Axis has released a whitepaper on 802.1x and its use with Axis's IP cameras. Using 802.1x can prevent 'port hi-jacking' - the threat that a malicious user could disconnect an IP camera and plug a rogue P"

IP Video Wall Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 for IndigoVision
"IndigoVision has released a network based virtual matrix solution named the IP Video Wall. In this implementation, IndigoVision's client software is loaded on various PCs with 'master' and 'slave' versions. O"

Sales Progress Report (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 for Cisco
"In an interview with Security Sales and Integration, Cisco commented on sales progress in physical security and the impact of the recession. Key points included: Gaming market for security has 'really suffered "

Expands in Europe and Russia (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 for Hikvision
"Hiikvision has announced both European and Russia expansion. Hikvision has been vocal about its desire to build its own branded business globally. For background, see our overview of Hikvision, one of Ch"

International Expansion (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 for NUUO
"NUUO is pursuing international expansion with a series of job openings around the world. In the last month, their website's careers section has added over 1 dozen openings in EMEA, North America, APAC and Latin Am"

Product and Training Videos (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco has released a catalog of over 30 videos covering both general CCTV training and specific Pelco products. The collection consists of 2 sections: Pelco products and video surveillance fundamentals. The fundam"

November 2009 Monthly Summary and PDF Download
Posted on Dec 01, 2009 for General
"November was an active month with two important acquisitions - GE Security and Orsus. Additionally, we published over 100 pages of original analysis this month including our 2010-2012 market forecast and the manag"

Multi-Megapixel Lens Catalog Released (Premium Update)
Posted on Dec 01, 2009 for Computar
"Computar has released its 2009 Factory Automation Lens catalog which contains series of megapixel lenses that are increasingly used in surveillance applications. The catalog includes fixed, varifocal, board and fi"

Testing Basler's Megapixel Cameras (BIP-1300/1600)
Posted on Dec 01, 2009 for Basler
"Basler is a recent entrant into the IP video surveillance megapixel market. Leveraging its extensive expertise in machine vision, Basler's megapixel surveillance cameras offer CCD imagers, H.264 encoding and a sma"

IMS 2009 Video Surveillance Market Statistics (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 30, 2009 for Statistics
"IMS Research has released preliminary statistics for the 2009 video surveillance market. While they bill the results as evidence that video surveillance has defied the downturn, the results are significantly poore"

Is Axis the IP Video Surveillance Vendor of the Year?
Posted on Nov 30, 2009 for Axis
"Frost & Sullivan has awarded Axis Communications the IP Video Surveillance Vendor of the Year award. The awards were given to those who "demonstrated market-leading revenue growth and business innovation "

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Nov 27th
Posted on Nov 27, 2009 for General
"Covers ADT, Anixter, PSIM's Future, TimeSight, France, Face Recognition and more. Aggregates all premium updates for the week."

March Networks Revenue Plummets (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 26, 2009 for March Networks
"For calendar Q3 2009, March Network's revenue plummeted 24% year over year. This is significantly higher percentage drop than occurred in calendar Q2 2009. In March's investor's call presentation, they"

What does Orsus's Acquisition Mean for PSIM? (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 26, 2009 for Vidsys
"The Orsus acquisition has delivered a great spike in discussion about PSIM - some good, some critical, especially given the price paid. (For background, see our review of the NICE-Orsus acquisition). Not sur"

Why Security Managers Need the Wal-Mart of PSIM (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 26, 2009 for Convergence
"All of the PSIM companies focus on serving the high end. It kills their chances at making a major difference in the security market and limits their financial upside. Ports, military bases, governments and mega-c"

Asian Security Manufacturer 2009 Performance (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 for Statistics
"ASMAG has released a report surveying the state of Asian based security manufacturers. In a general assessment by country, ASMAG reports: Chinese companies had the most growth of any country in Asi"

ASMAG Security Top 50 2009 Ranking Released (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 for Statistics
"ASMAG has released its annual Security Top 50 rankings for 2009. These rankings are based on security revenue for manufacturers. As in past years, they have the Global 50 as well as ranking for the Top 25 Asi"

ADT / Tyco Security Q3 2009 Financial Performance (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 for ADT
"Tyco International's fiscal Q4 2009 (calender Q3) financial results show continued financial weakness in their system integration and security product business. ADT Worldwide revenue fell 9% year over yea"

Testing Avermedia's Hybrid DVR (EH5216+)
Posted on Nov 24, 2009 for Other Companies
"Hybrid DVRs make the transition to IP simpler. Plus, if the units are close in price to entry level analog only DVRs, the case is easier even for basic applications. In this test we examine Avermedia, a "

NICE Acquires Orsus - Confirms Weak PSIM Market
Posted on Nov 23, 2009 for NICE Systems
"NICE Systems has acquired Orsus for $22 Million. While this looks to be a good deal for NICE, it raises many important questions for the state of the PSIM market. Background On November 23, 2009, NICE confirmed "

Motion Optimized Recording (MORe) Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 for TimeSight
"In 2009, TimeSight introduced Motion Optimized Recording, a feature designed to simultaneously reduce storage costs while eliminating the risk of gaps in evidence from motion based recording. TimeSight defines MO"

QNAP NVRs Low-Cost IP Video Examined
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 for QNAP
"Network attached storage (NAS) manufacturers are rapidly entering the video surveillance market, offering low cost NVRs with advanced storage management compared to traditional video recorders. Perhaps the most w"

Cernium to Sell Home IP Video on Amazon.com (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 for Cernium
"Cernium announced that their home IP video product, Archerfish Quattrro is now available for sale at Amazon.com. For $1,699, the kit includes 2 cameras and a smart DVR appliance. While on-line distribution is an"

NICE to Acquire Orsus Rumors True (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 for NICE Systems
"Now confirmed (Nov 23, 2009), Multiple Israeli news sources are reporting that NICE is in talks to acquire Orsus. If this comes true, it would be an important event for the video surveillance and broader security "

What is the cost of a security systems technician? (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 for Statistics
"Determining the full cost of a security systems technician is an important factor for many groups: For integrators, this is important for profitability planning jobs. For end users, this helps understand"

Anixter's Q3 2009 Financial Results Reviewed (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 for Financials
"Anixter is a growing force in the video surveillance market who clearly is benefiting from the transition to IP video. However, Anixter's growth rate has shrunk significantly over the last 9 months. Since Anixter"

French Debate Video Surveillance Effectiveness (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 21, 2009 for General
"Similar to the heated debates video surveillance raises in the UK, a November 2009 released report on video surveillance effectiveness has created fresh controversy. The official report is available in French and"

ONVIF/PSIA Video Interviews Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 21, 2009 for Standards
"Security Squared posted a long video featuring interviews with key members of the ONVIF and PSIA standards groups. In addition to speaking with founding members, the video has dialogue with manufacturers fro"

FaceFirst Facial Recognition Solution Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 21, 2009 for Case Studies
"FaceFirst is a recent entrant providing real-time suspect alerting using surveillance video of faces. The system is designed to use megapixel cameras and tracking servers at the facility being monitored. The trac"

US Video Surveillance Laws Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 21, 2009 for Case Studies
"In the US, surveillance falling under the legal classification of a 'search' is illegal. Determining when video surveillance is deemed a search is the key to understanding its legality. This is based on the 4th A"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Nov 20th
Posted on Nov 20, 2009 for General
"Covers Panoramic Cameras, Avigilon, Iveda, GE, Adesta debate, Europe and more. Aggregates all updates for the week (premium members only)"

Video Analytics in Europe Surveyed (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Frost & Sullivan has released a presentation and projections for video analytics in the EMEA region. Through the presentation used the provocative title, "An Indispensable Tool or Inflated Promise?" "

Stretch's Hybrid HD DVR Reference Design Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for Other Companies
"Chipmaker Stretch has announced a reference design for a hybrid High Definition DVR system. For background on Stretch see our examination of Stretch's November 2009 investment. The reference design, called the VR"

Business Intelligence Market Tiny (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for Statistics
"The November 2009 print edition of Security Systems News features an interview with IMS Research on the size and growth potential of the business intelligent segment of the video analytics market. IMS estimates b"

VMS Redundancy Through SD Cards (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for March Networks
"March Network's enhanced storage management features includes a means to provide simple and inexpensive VMS redundancy. View the announcement for an overview and a whitepaper for details (registration required). "

Bosch on the Realities of Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for Bosch Security
"Bosch published an article in SecurityInfoWatch examining the realities and over-hyped elements of the video surveillance market. Key points examined: Claims, "up-to-date knowledge of multiple IP video product"

Hiring Picking Up in Video Surveillance? (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for General
"In the last few weeks, we have seen a significant increase in the number of both hirings and openings posted. Here's a few from this week (picked up from our spider): Genetec Project Engineer job opening "

Top US Integrator Acquired by European Conglomerate (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for General
"Adesta, one of the top US integrators and representative of network convergence was acquired by European based conglomerate G4S. In the US, Adesta is well known as a major player in the high-end integration o"

8MP Panoramic Cameras Released (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009 for Avigilon
"Avigilon will be releasing 180 and 360 degree cameras with 8 MP resolution in January 2010. The cameras contain (4) imagers in a single physical housing - a dome. The 180 degree version has (4) imagers mounted on "

Testing EzWatch's Analog CCTV Kit
Posted on Nov 18, 2009 for NVRs
"The future may belong to IP but the present is still dominated by analog cameras. In this report, we test one of the least expensive analog CCTV camera kits (EZKIT1/4-OUTDOOR) from online retailer EzWatch "

Rise of Europe's Surveillance State Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 16, 2009 for General
"Open Europe, a European think tank critical of surveillance, criticized the impact on security of the European Union's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty (effective December of 2009) in a paper on the ris"

Corporate Video Surveillance Recommendations
Posted on Nov 15, 2009 for Case Studies
"What's the best video surveillance solution for a multi-site corporation? Almost all multi-site corporations extensively use security systems such as video surveillance often requiring complex integration and"

GE Security Revenue Plummeting (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 14, 2009 for GE Security
"In September 2008, GE Security CEO projected 2011 revenue of $3 Billion USD. Even at that time, the implied annual growth rate of 15% seemed unrealistic (GE Security reported 2007 revenues of $1.8 Billion). Now, "

Iveda Goes Public but Suffering from Heavy Losses (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 14, 2009 for Other Companies
"More interesting than the rarity of a video surveillance company going public is the revelation that Iveda is suffering heavy operational losses. Iveda Solutions is a specialist in remote monitoring / manag"

Is UTC's Plan for GE Security a Mistake?
Posted on Nov 14, 2009 for GE Security
"UTC's Fire and Security CEO is beginning to reveal UTC's plans for GE Security's assets. We think two of the most important are risky. Here are the 6 key strategic elements (as defined in Slide 9 of UTC's present"

Security 500 2009 Findings Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 14, 2009 for Statistics
"Security Magazine has released its 2009 annual Security 500 findings covering general trends, vertical overview and largest security end users. Caution is advised on using these claims and figures. Many of them a"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Nov 13th
Posted on Nov 13, 2009 for General
"Examines Firetide, Agent Vi, iControl, Dedicated Micros, gunshot analytics and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new"

Lessons for Cisco from GE Security's Failure (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 12, 2009 for GE Security
"A common refrain from industry veterans is how the physical security industry is especially, perhaps uniquely, different and difficult than other markets. In response to the GE Security acquisition announcement, "

UTC Acquires GE Security Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 12, 2009 for GE Security
" On November 12 2009, UTC announces an acquisition of GE Security for $1.8 Billion. GE Security would likely become a division of UTC Fire and Security. UTC Company Profile Despite UTC Fir"

North American Megapixel Companies Expand into Europe (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Avigilon
"Avigilon is the latest North American megapixel manufacturer to expand sales efforts into the European market. Avigilon has hired 3 regional sales directors to over EMEA. Earlier this year, we noted that Arecont "

GE Security Sale -- UTC to Buy GE Security
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for GE Security
"UTC has agreed to buy GE Security - confirmed directly by UTC. Nonetheless, GE Security suffers from significant competitive problems that are widely acknowledged and lamented by members of the security industry. "

Chipmaker Stretch Receives $10 Million Investment (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Other Companies
"Stretch Inc, a manufacturers specializing in more flexible and powerful chipsets for the video surveillance market, announced a $10 Million USD investment. This follows a $15 Million round in 2009 and an additiona"

Grandstream IP Cameras Overviewed (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Other Companies
"A VoIP manufacturer, Grandstream, continues to expand into the IP video surveillance market. After introducing a SD IP camera and encoder in April, in November 2009, Grandstream added HD and Low Light SD models. "

GunShot Analytics Demoed (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Video Analytics
"A manufacturer of gunshot analytics, SpotShotter, has released a 3 minute video demo that overviews and shows their system. The city of Richmond CA used as an example in the demo. Key points mention in t"

1000 Wireless Mesh Node Project Announced (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Firetide
"Firetide has announced a 1000 wireless node project for the Seoul Korea subway system. Firetide commented that this is one of their largest transportation project. From our review of publicly announced wireless vi"

Top 2010 Trends from Securing New Grounds (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for General
"Securing New Ground, a conference on the business of security has picked 3 top trends that are likely to underperform in 2010. According to Sandra Jones, the 3 key trends for 2010 are: SaaS the Interne"

Smart Hosted IP Camera Launched (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Cernium
"Cernium's Archerfish has added a smart IP camera to their existing 4 channel smart encoder for the home market. Called Archerfish Solo, the camera embeds storage and analytics into an IP cube camera managed by Arc"

Cash for Clunker DVRs (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Pivot3
"Pivot3 has launched a special promotion for Q4 2009, offering a "cash for clunker" DVR program. The program is straightforward: $250 for each DVR replaced by Pivot3 or $250 for each DVR that adds in Pivot3's stor"

1000 Channel Video Analytics Project in Asia (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Agent Vi
"AgentVi has announced a 1000 channel video analytics project for an Asian subway system. The project is with their OEM partner, UK based COE Limited, who has had an OEM agreement with Agent Vi since 2006. In term"

Expands into Energy and Health Care (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for iControl
"iControl continues its attempt to do it all in the home. Even though they are just finishing pilots for their home security offering, iControl announced a "Mass Market Energy Management Solution." Additionally, iC"

Economic Challenges for Dedicated Micros (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 for Dedicated Micros
"While Dedicated Micros is a privately held company that does not disclose revenue, at the November 2009 Security New Ground conference, an executive made the following comment: “The economy will have the bi"

Vue Home IP Video Cameras Examined (Avaak)
Posted on Nov 10, 2009 for Other Companies
"Many new products are being introduced for the home IP video market. One that is drawing significant interest is Avaak's Vue. Overview of Avaak's Vue Avaak pitches super simple setup as the Vue requires no cable"

Are 'Hot' IP Cameras a Problem?
Posted on Nov 10, 2009 for IP Cameras
"In our ongoing camera testing, many of the megapixel cameras get really hot, really fast. So hot, in fact, that it would be uncomfortable to hold the camera for more than a few seconds. The question, though, is w"

Is the Recession Really Over?
Posted on Nov 07, 2009 for Recession
"Optimism continues to increase about a growing global economy and a rebounding security industry. There's little doubt that spending is heading back up across the globe after significant losses in the past 12 mont"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Nov 6th
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 for General
"Features iControl, Genetec, ObjectVideo, JCI and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses of"

Network Security Concerns Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 for General
"At an ISC West 2009 presentation, Slayton Solutions spoke in detail on the vulnerabilities of network security while using some highly uncommon situational examples that may exaggerate real life risks. ["

Smart Wall / Corporate 3.0 Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 06, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"Milestone has posted a video from their ASIS demonstration of Xprotect Corporate 3.0 and the integration of Smart Wall. The video starts with a brief introductory overview of Xprotect Corporate's ma"

Copper Theft Presents Opportunity in Utilities Market (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for General
"The price of copper has risen dramatically in the last year, resulting in surging theft of copper from utilities. This presents a significant financial and legal risk to utilities. According to the US Elect"

City Wide Mesh Wireless and Analytic Claims Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for Video Analytics
"At a recent ISC West panel discussion, presenters discussed the strength of video analytics technology being able to mimic the self forming, self healing, and self balancing abilities of a mesh network. Ther"

Up to 25% of UK Security Installation Firms to Fail? (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for Recession
"A November 2009 report claims that up to 25% of UK security installation providers are on the verge on closing by 2010. Specifically, analyst firm Plimsoll claims that 225 of 906 UK installation companies are in f"

Leading Asian Security Publication ASMAG Acquired (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for General
"One of the leading security publications and show organizations in the Asian market, ASMAG, has been acquired by Messe Frankfurt, a major trade show organizer best known for its Middle East security conference, In"

Techwell Q3 2009 Financial Results Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for Other Companies
"Major DVR encoder/component supplier Techwell reported significantly improved financial results for Q3 2009, following a series of very bad quarters. The earnings call transcript provides an extensive discussion b"

PSIA Standards Webinar Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for Standards
"A webinar sponsored by VidSys discussed how new security standards (specifically PSIA standards) for IP appliances and PSIM are helpful towards businesses. The contributors in the webinar included representa"

iControl's Risky Bet on the Home IP Video Market (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for iControl
"Upstart iControl's contrarian view of the IP video market make it poised for either major success or classic failure. With over $45 Million USD in funding from leading Silicon Valley VCs, Cisco and ADT, iControl i"

FBI Expert Sees No Point in Facial Recognition (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for Video Analytics
"The FBI comments on facial recognition: "The algorithms just do not exist to deliver the highly reliable verification required. This is even though the FBI has been evaluating facial recognition technology since 1"

Ingram Micro Enters Physical Security Market (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 for General
"Yet another IT distributor, Ingram Micro, has entered the physical security market though they are late. They join 4 other North American IT distributors who entered the physical security market over the last few "

Asia Driving ObjectVideo's Growth (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 04, 2009 for ObjectVideo
"Unlike megapixel cameras, growth in the video analytics market has been a struggle since the start of the recession. ObjectVideo is publicly declaring 2009 revenue growth driven by their progress in the Asian mark"

Johnson Controls Security Integration Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 04, 2009 for Case Studies
"In November 2009, Johnson Controls (JCI) was awarded SDM's Security Integrator of the Year. Similar to other security awards, this award does not disclose who competed or what 'objective' measures were used to dec"

Retail Security Statistics Examined
Posted on Nov 04, 2009 for Retail
"How can retail security losses be used to justify the use of video surveillance and security systems? Within the security industry, retail may be the most rigorously quantified market. Unlike many security applic"

Access Control Software Demonstrated (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 03, 2009 for Cisco
"An on-line demonstration of Cisco's access control software is available from ASIS 2009. It's a very high presentation explaining the basics of using cards, monitoring entries and associating video with access con"

Concealed Bomb Detection Criticism Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 03, 2009 for General
"Detecting concealed bombs with video surveillance or analytics is fairly infeasible as video can only detect what it can see. As such, various bomb detection devices are used. In November 2009, the New York Times "

Demonstration of Genetec SecurityCenter (Premium Update)
Posted on Nov 03, 2009 for Genetec
"A demonstration of Genetec's SecurityCenter is available online from the ASIS 2009 show. The 4 minutes shows the user interface and brief commentary about the product's application. In September 2009, we reviewed"

Forecast: 200% Growth IP Video Surveillance 2010-2012
Posted on Nov 02, 2009 for Statistics
"Over the next 3 years, attacks against analog CCTV will accelerate on all sides. We forecast IP video surveillance product sales will increase by 200% total between 2010 and 2012, significantly disrupting and over"

October 2009 Monthly Summary and PDF Download
Posted on Nov 01, 2009 for General
"64 total new releases for the month of October including an excellent discussion on the use of video surveillance in schools, Cisco's challenges and progress of IP video standards."

NLSS (Next Level Security) Product Examination
Posted on Oct 31, 2009 for NLSS
"NLSS is developing an all-in-one NVR, access control and intrusion server with built-in analytics in an appliance smaller than your cable box at a price point less than today's mid-level DVRs with a managed servic"

Video Surveillance Weekly - Oct 30th
Posted on Oct 30, 2009 for General
"Features Cisco, Axis, Milestone, IMS, standards, public opinion and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product de"

Should Security Integrators Focus on Recurring Revenues? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 for General
"While integrators have historically generated 90% or more of their revenues from projects, for years many have advocated a shift to more service and recurring based revenue sources. An October 2009 SSN interview "

Advocating '21st Century Safety and Security' (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco continues to advocate large scale integrated safety and security platforms for government and critical infrastructure. In a new brochure, Cisco examines how government agencies can stay connected through the"

Assessing 2009 Financial Performance (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"In a recent web post, Milestone shares an update on its financial performance and asserts the value of open platform systems. Milestone says they are on track for 25% growth in 2009 and that "business is picking "

Storage Growth Examined by Frost (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 for Storage
"Frost & Sullivan presented October 2009 market status and projections for the physical security storage market (view their powerpoint presentation). In the presentation, they cite the government market as the"

Best Practices for Various Markets (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 for Axis
"For the ASIS CCTV training seminar, Axis has released a 45 page powerpoint presentation. The first part of the deck includes a review of compliance and regulatory issues impacting specific markets including: retai"

Niche Use for TimeSight Systems (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 for TimeSight
"In our recent critique of TimeSight System's storage claims, we noted that the best fit would be for niches with "large scale megapixel only systems using MJPEG for long term storage." A recent interview with a T"

Low-Cost Ocupancy Sensor Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 for ObjectVideo
"Lyrtech, an ObjectVideo partner has announced a reference design that would embed ObjectVideo's analytics in a low-cost device that can perform people counting, wait time analysis and other detection based an"

IMS on Video Surveillance Trends (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 28, 2009 for General
"IMS Research's Simon Harris offers a series of observations and recommendations on video surveillance trends in a recent interview with Milestone Systems. Three comments we found to be especially interesting: "

Public Opinion on Surveillance and Security (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 28, 2009 for Statistics
"The following update catalogs and analyzes 3 surveys on public opinion toward surveillance and security. The responses vary based significantly on the country surveyed and the framing of the questions in each surv"

Small School Video Surveillance Recommendations
Posted on Oct 28, 2009 for Case Studies
"What's the best video surveillance solution for a small school? Schools are a fast growing market for video surveillance and one of the most successful markets for IP video. In this report, we examine the needs o"

Intergraph, ASIS and SAIC on Standards (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 28, 2009 for Intergraph
"Given Intergraph and SAIC's significant presence in large scale security systems, especially for government and military applications, they would benefit from interoperability standards. On November 4, 2009, they"

Surveillance Recorder Standards Examined (PSIA / ONVIF)
Posted on Oct 26, 2009 for Standards
"Security managers suffer from no standards for surveillance recorders. Even large organizations with thousands of cameras and hundreds of sites rarely use more than 1 or 2 manufacturer's recorders (even if they us"

Improvements You Requested for IP Video Market
Posted on Oct 24, 2009 for General
"This report lists over 20 improvements recommended by subscribers of the Video Surveillance Professional Service in a recent survey. Each request is addressed with explanation on plans for improvement. Not "

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Oct 23nd
Posted on Oct 23, 2009 for General
"Features Standards, Analytics, Honeywell, Axis, BRS Labs, ACTi and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product dev"

2010 Product Brochure (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 22, 2009 for Honeywell Video
"Honeywell has released its 2010 Product Brochure with a heavy emphasis on IP cameras and video management software, demonstrating how mainstream IP video products are becoming even within incumbent security vendor"

US Survey of Security Brands (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 22, 2009 for Statistics
"An on-line survey of integrators, dealers and installers has selected top choices for US security brands. The survey of 122 people conducted by SDM Magazine seems biased to large incumbents and analog systems. For"

Estimated Timetable for PSIA and ONVIF Adoption (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 for Standards
"With ASIS announcements demonstrating broad manufacturer commitment to IP camera specifications, the key questions now turn to timetable for actual production deployment and use in general commercial projects. A "

Publicly Traded Video Surveillance Company Directory
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 for Financials
"This directory indexes publicly traded video surveillance companies, aggregating recent financial results and analyzing their impact. The directory includes 17companies that either only provide video surveillance "

The Ratio of False to Valid Alerts is Key (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 for Video Analytics
"While false alerts rightfully receives the majority of attention in video analytic performance critiques, these systems must also pass another test - that of balancing the number of false and valid alerts. VideoI"

Details Disclosed on Funding, Sales and Pricing (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 20, 2009 for BRS Labs
"BRS Labs has disclosed a number of details on their sources of funding, sales levels and product pricing. BRS is a company we criticized for the risk and level of information not disclosed on basic and commonly sh"

SIA Seeks to Make ISC Education Commercial Free (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 20, 2009 for General
"A common complaint for seminars at trade shows is that they tend to be too commercial and too vendor specific. Sometimes this occurs indirectly and other times it is a result of a sponsorship package (pay X and ge"

Axis Video Analytic Platform Examined
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 for Axis
"Axis, the IP camera market share leader, has announced an open application platform for video analytics. This allows customers to run a variety of 3rd party video analytics on Axis cameras. Simultaneously, video a"

ACTi Jumps to 6th Globally for IP Camera Sales (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 for ACTi
"The latest IMS report provides further evidence of ACTi's rapid growth in IP camera sales. ACTi is one of the most widely cited companies in the growing market of budget IP cameras, a trend we discussed as a force"

Upcoming Reports for November and December 2009
Posted on Oct 18, 2009 for General
"Here is a list of upcoming video surveillance reports that will be released in November and December 2009. Let me know if you have questions or topics that you want to be covered in these reports. 2010 Video Surv"

Pelco Sarix's Support of MATE Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 18, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco announced that their Sarix IP/Megapixel cameras will now support MATE video analytics. This is especially interesting because earlier in 2009, Pelco released support for ObjectVideo. In an e-mail exchange w"

Axis Q3 2009 Financial Results Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 17, 2009 for Axis
"Axis challenges continued in Q3 2009 with the company admitting for the first time the impact of "tougher competition." While Axis emphasized higher sales quarter over quarter (e.g., Q3 vs Q2), the year over year"

Axis Market Share Falls in IMS Rankings (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 17, 2009 for Axis
"Confirming the negative trend of Axis recent slowing growth and now shrinking sales, IMS latest report demonstrates that Axis market share in network cameras is falling. In 2007, IMS reports Axis having a 33.5% m"

Burden of Proof Falling on Video Analytic Manufacturers (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 17, 2009 for Video Analytics
"A public rejection of video analytics by an ADT systems designer is a good example of the decline in sentiment towards video analytics over the last few years. It's a clear example of the challenge that faces vide"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Oct 16, 2009
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 for General
"Covers GE Security, Bosch, Pelco, megapixel, NVRs and more. Aggregates all updates for the week (premium members only)."

Survey on Improving IP Video Market Info (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 for General
"Please answer a 5 question survey on what improvements you want for IP Video Market Info. I am starting to build a team and expand the depth and breadth of coverage. Your input on this short anonymous survey is i"

Latin American Market Size Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 for Statistics
"The Security Industry Association has released a market sizing report for Latin America. The report provides breakdown by product category and country but does not provide forecast for future growth. Additionally,"

What Video Surveillance Company Should Cisco Buy?
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 for Cisco
"Buying companies is at the core of Cisco's growth strategy. While Cisco has made two video surveillance purchases a few years ago, both were small by Cisco's scale and left Cisco as a smaller player in this market"

IBM "'Dumped" and US Public Surveillance Problems (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 for Case Studies
"Despite massive interest in public video surveillance projects in the United States, many of the projects since 9/11 have faced serious public problems. From New York to Illinois to the US/Mexican Border, al"

Archerfish on CNN (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 for Cernium
"Cernium's impressive mass market campaign of their Archerfish residential video analytics systems continues with a spot on CNN's Headline news. The 1 minute segment is amazingly positive about the system, failing "

Covi Megapixel to Make a Comeback? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 for GE Security
"Covi, one of the most embarrassing failures in the video surveillance market over the last decade, may be making a return. In February 2008, Covi's assets were acquired in a firesale by GE Security. "

Does HDcctv's Reduced Latency Improve Surveillance? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"The HDcctv Alliance has released their own YouTube Channel including a series of 8 videos that overview HDcctv. A particularly interesting video is a demonstration of how minimal latency is when using an HDcctv c"

Canon's IP Cameras Examined
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 for Canon
"While Canon is a $50 Billion USD company and a major supplier of digital cameras, they are not a major force in the video surveillance market. Canon is expanding their video surveillance offering. This repo"

2010 Product Roadmap and Banking Vertical Expansion (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 13, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix has published a extensive powerpoint deck that details their 2010 product plans for their cameras and IP video surveillance software. The roadmap includes a variety of technical details but perhaps most in"

Project References (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 13, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix has released a 96 page document that aggregates dozens of project references for a variety of applications. Such references are common among the larger IP camera manufacturers (with probably hundreds of r"

Upgrade Existing Cameras to H.264 (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 13, 2009 for Bosch Security
"Most IP camera manufacturers migrating to H.264 require the purchase of new hardware. If you are using existing MPEG-4 cameras and want to upgrade to H.264, you generally need to replace them with new cameras that"

Small City Video Surveillance Cases Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 12, 2009 for Case Studies
"It is becoming increasingly common for smaller cities to deploy video surveillance in public places. Even with their smaller sizes, a number of challenges are still frequently faced. Plus, the ultimate benefit is "

The Risk of Skewed IP Camera Comparisons (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 12, 2009 for IP Cameras
"One of the most misleading and common problems in evaluating IP cameras is drawing comparisons to less functional alternatives. This results in the evaluator saying that the IP camera is just as good or as inexpen"

Facial Surveillance Deployment Complexity Examined
Posted on Oct 12, 2009 for 3VR
"Appreciating the key factors in deploying video analytics and facial surveillance are critical for setting the right expectations and achieving successful projects -- a key theme from our recent survey and re"

The Case Against Hybrid DVRs (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 11, 2009 for NVRs
"A number of IP Video manufacturers object to hybrid DVR systems, contending that they are essentially tools of incumbents manufacturers to delay and scare the move to higher value pure IP systems (using all IP cam"

Survey of Asian Hybrid DVR Manufacturers (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 11, 2009 for NVRs
"Given the large number of DVRs produced in Asia, it is not surprising that Asian manufacturers would be keenly interested in the development of Hybrid DVRs. A recent article by ASMAG surveys the outlook of a doze"

Are Standards Improving PSIM? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 11, 2009 for Vidsys
"Undoubtedly, the lack of standards are a major barrier to the growth of the PSIM market. Without standards for video management, access control and other security systems, each PSIM manufacturer is forced to devel"

Cisco Targets Customers Who Will Buy Anything From Them
Posted on Oct 10, 2009 for Cisco
"Kudos to Cisco for finally coming out and being honest about their video surveillance strategy. It's basically about extracting as much money from loyal customers as possible. They say as much, "Once we've gotten"

Emerging Video Surveillance Guide 2009
Posted on Oct 10, 2009 for General
"This directory examines the benefits and risks of emerging video surveillance technologies for security managers and integrators. Special emphasis is placed on identifying the risks. They are regularly ignored yet"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Oct 9th
Posted on Oct 09, 2009 for General
"Covers Cisco, Firetide, PSIM, new market statistics, distributors, panoramic cameras and more. Aggregates all updates for the week (premium members only)."

Product Catalog Including New HD Lineup (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 09, 2009 for Sanyo
"Sanyo has released an updated product catalog that includes their 9 new cameras introduced at ASIS 2009. For background, read our overview and preliminary test results."

Examining Firetide's 5th Round of Funding (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 08, 2009 for Firetide
"With a fifth round of $8.5 Million USD, Firetide's total funding is over $50 M USD - an amazing level for the video surveillance market. Equally interesting is the investment from a publicly traded company - ESCO "

Audio/Visual Integrators Moving into Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 08, 2009 for Convergence
"IT integrators are not the only ones interested in a piece of the video surveillance market. Given that Audio/Visual integrator's projects tend to use similar technologies to video surveillance, the interest is na"

Survey of IP Video Surveillance Distributors (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 for General
"Anixter, Graybar, Scansource and Techdata are 4 of the most well known distributors of IP video surveillance serving North American IT integrators. Manufacturers contract with distributors to handle sales, stockin"

Global Video Surveillance Market to Double in 3 Years (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 for Statistics
"A research firm has issued a forecast claiming that the global video surveillance market will double over the next 3 years. Their forecast includes the entire market - both analog and IP video. Specifically, they"

Can Remote Video Monitoring be Crowdsourced?
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 for Convergence
"Crowdsourcing - the process of outsourcing tasks to the general public using the Internet to distribute work - is a hot trend. However will it work and can it compete with traditional remote monitoring providers? "

Can Search Improve Transportation Video Surveillance? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 for 3VR
"In an October 2009 article, 3VR contends that improving the ability to search video would significantly enhance transportation security. Accomplishing this faces two main barriers: Most advanced video surveill"

Examining ADT's and Tyco Security Products Shrinking Revenue (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 for ADT
"The recession has certainly impacted the market for security systems. Examining the recent declines in revenue for ADT and Tyco Security Products provides good indicators of the breadth of that fall. Tyco has rel"

Is Cisco the Lindsay Lohan of Video Surveillance? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 06, 2009 for Cisco
"To get a sense of the widespread disrespect for Cisco in the security industry, consider the Editor of Security Systems News recent comment on our FTC article: "Cisco is the Lindsay Lohan of the industry right now"

LA County Deployment Explained (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 06, 2009 for Firetide
"At ASIS, the LA County police directly described their experience and use of their wireless video surveillance system using Firetide's mesh wireless routers. (Firetide first announced this deployment in June 2008)"

ASIS Attendance Down to 2004 Levels (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 06, 2009 for General
"With a significant drop in attendance for the second straight year, attendance to the ASIS International tradeshow is now down to 2004 levels. Peaking in 2007, ASIS attendance was 23,708 (audited), up from a repo"

Will the FTC's Guidelines Blow Up Tech Publications?
Posted on Oct 05, 2009 for General
"The US FTC's new advertiser guidelines could radically change the nature of tech publications through a significant increase in regulation of published content. Despite the media's emphasis of these guidelin"

Speaking to IT (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 05, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"Milestone has released an article with recommendations on how security integrators should speak to IT when selling IP video. The article demonstrates both the continued importance of traditional security integrato"

Update on Scallop Imaging Panoramic Camera (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 04, 2009 for Other Companies
"Scallop Imaging has provided additional technical and pricing information on its Digital Window 7MP 180 degree camera. This updates our original overview of the product from January 2009. The 3 most important new"

Security Manager Statistics and Surveys 2009
Posted on Oct 04, 2009 for Statistics
"The needs and constraints of security end users are key elements in determining the selection of security technologies such as video surveillance. This is even more important over the last year as significant econ"

Frustrates Competitors and Press in Other Markets (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 04, 2009 for Cisco
"Here's evidence that Cisco's aberrant strategy is widespread and may ultimately result in a major IP video surveillance purchase. Prior to Cisco's $3 Billion USD acquisition of videoconferencing leader Tandberg, "

Long Beach PSIM Integration Challenges (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 03, 2009 for Proximex
"Representatives from the Port of Long Beach and their consultant discussed key challenges in integrating and deploying their PSIM system (this is a project Proximex recently announced and SecuritySquared prof"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - Oct 2nd
Posted on Oct 02, 2009 for General
"Covers Axis, integrators, hosted video, megapixel, emerging analytics and more. Aggregates all updates for the week (premium members only)."

September 2009 Monthly Summary and PDF Download
Posted on Oct 01, 2009 for General
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Johnson Controls Unsubstantiated Claims of Massive Growth (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 01, 2009 for Other Companies
"Johnson Controls makes unsubstantiated claims to massive growth for its security integration business. They claim that their market share has increased from 2% to 5% in the last year - which implies that their rev"

Examining Cisco's $3 Billion IP Video Purchase (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 01, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco has purchased a Scandinavian IP video manufacturer for $3 Billion USD - and it is not Axis. The purchase is for the videoconferencing market and the acquired company, Tandberg, is one of two market"

What's the Best Source of Video Surveillance Information? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 01, 2009 for General
"The two most impressive findings from our recent survey is the value found in company meetings and the disinterest in printed trade magazines. Here is the breakdown of the 95 respondents to "What is the best sourc"

3rd Party Integrations and Professional Services Available (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 01, 2009 for DVTel
"DvTel has released extensive documentation on 3rd party system integrations and professional services available. Their list of integrations covers a modest number of 3rd party access control and analytics integra"

Do DVRs significantly limit the use of Megapixel Cameras? (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 01, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"While the megapixel camera use is growing quickly, they are still a distinct minority (probably less than 2% of overall cameras sold this year). Barriers to megapixel cameras expansion is a key issue for IP video "

Videofied Video Intrusion Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Oct 01, 2009 for Other Companies
"Videofied offers a video based intrusion detection solution that possesses distinct advantages and drawbacks compared to traditional video surveillance product offerings. The Videofied solution consists of 2 fund"

Will Manufacturers Always Overstate their Product's Claims? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 30, 2009 for General
"Integrators frequently lament the problem of over-stating performance claims. It is a fundamental issue in new technology deployments. In a survey article on "Game Changing" security technologies, the CEO of Henry"

Future Research Projects (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 30, 2009 for Axis
"Axis has announced a series of student projects for specific video surveillance research topics. This is for Master's Thesis and the program is based in Lund, Sweden. The topics provide a glimpse into technical a"

Axis AVHS Information Update (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 30, 2009 for Axis
"Axis has released a new section on their website dedicated to its hosted video offering. This section adds new information on server requirements, hosting partners and registration for new partners. For background"

Underdeveloped IT Skills Challenges IP Video in Japan
Posted on Sep 30, 2009 for General
"Despite, or perhaps partially due to, the great success of manufacturing hardware in Japan, the more abstract fields of IT and software development are greatly underdeveloped. For example, the products manuf"

Vumii's Night Vision Surveillance Examined
Posted on Sep 29, 2009 for Vumii
"While thermal cameras and IR illuminators are the most common choice for night vision surveillance, Vumii offers an interesting 3rd option. Vummi's cameras produce and control their own IR illumination, allow"

NRF Starts Blog (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 for Retail
"The NRF has started its own blog, posting frequent updates. Very few of the updates are security related and none yet cover video surveillance. For those interested in general retail topics, it is quite wel"

Is the Web Replacing Security Magazines and Shows?
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 for Convergence
"While ASIS show attendance was down and disappointing for the second consecutive year, online traffic to security websites continues to rise significantly. Regular users of online security sites now like"

Can the UK Predict Crimes on Buses? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 26, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Though many are criticizing a UK research project, a deeper look shows that the project is technically feasible though faces privacy concerns. For background, read the BBC's article. The concerns are (1) this can"

Examining VMS / NVR Market Segmentation (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 26, 2009 for Statistics
"Press releases from VMS/NVR manufacturers on their claimed market shares and ranking can be confusing, especially since there are a number of different categories used. For instance, see Aimetis' August 2009 "

New Producs Directory ASIS 2009 Finalized
Posted on Sep 25, 2009 for General
"This report examines 37 new products announced for ASIS 2009. It includes links to the individual product's webpages as well as our product analysis based on briefings and Q/A with manufacturers. "

Indian Video Surveillance Size and Forecast (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 25, 2009 for Statistics
"A September 2009 market size and forecast study for the Indian Video Surveillance market has been released. The study, from RNCOS, estimates the current market size at $150 M USD and a CAGR of more than 34% during"

Moves Further Upmarket with Dynamic Situation Management (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 for Vidsys
"Vidsys new functionalities benefit the largest and most complex security organizations. This is an interesting and important contrast to one of their major competitors, Proximex who moved downmarket this month wit"

Video Surveillance Weekly and ASIS Roundup
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 for General
"Busy week with lots of announcements and controversy over industry developments. Cisco, Pelco, GE, Sanyo, Axis, analytics and more. Aggregates all updates for the week (premium members only)."

Will Cisco Buy Pelco? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 for Pelco
"An IT analyst believes Cisco may acquire Pelco. He states, "This fits the mold of Cisco's acquisition strategy. It's a smaller company with a niche product." While Cisco does focus on acquiring emergency technolo"

Does GE Security's Profitability Make it a Good Company? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 for GE Security
"At ASIS, the GM of GE Security reported that the division is double digit profitable. However, does that make it a good company or a good acquisition? It's totally believable that GE Security is quite profitable "

Examining Cisco's Defense of their Video Surveillance Strategy (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 for Cisco
"Let's examine the validity of Cisco's numerous responses and public statements defending the Pelco deal and their general video surveillance strategy. There are 3 responses - a comment from Cisco on our Failure r"

Launches Video Analytics Platform (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 for Axis
"Axis has launched a video analytics platform that according to Axis will be the "cornerstone of their video analytics strategy." Designed as an open platform, "Axis Camera Applications" enables 3rd party dev"

Enhanced Video Storage Management (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 22, 2009 for March Networks
"March Networks announced 2 significant advances in managing storage from IP cameras. These have an important impact on video surveillance design and are currently supported by a limited number of manufacturers. "

Broad Product Offering Released / Test Results Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 22, 2009 for Sanyo
"Sanyo has announced a broad range of new products that expands them from just the single VCC-HD4000 (test in progress, see below) to a fairly complete product offering. The new Sanyo product lineup features "

Expands Server Offerings (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 for Intransa
"Intransa has added a number of new servers/appliances to their product offerings, further "completing [their] move from a video storage vendor to being an multiple choice appliance vendor." To that end, note the h"

Adds Rules Based Alerting (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 for BRS Labs
"For its 2.0 release, BRS Labs has added rules based alerting. This rectifies a limitation in the 1.0 version where common events where not alerted upon because the system did not find them to be abnormal. The exa"

Examining Pelco's Partner Program (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco is aggressively expanding its partner program - a move that is counter to the general trend of manufacturers tightening their own 'packages'. The program is called PartnerFirst and the website includes"

Introduces IP Cameras and VMS (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 for Flir
"Flir is moving into IP video with network thermal cameras and its own VMS software. FLIR introduces 3 series of IP cameras: the F-series (fixed box cameras), the PT series (thermal/color cameras on a pan/tilt head"

Announces 10MP H.264 CMOS Camera (10005) (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 for Arecont Vision
"ArecontVision has announced a 10MP, H.264 CMOS camera - the 10005. It has the same form factor as Arecont Vision's existing fixed 'box' cameras. Compared to the 5105, Arecont's current highest resolution camera, "

Acquires Low-Light Imaging Specialist (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 for Flir
"FLIR has acquired a company specializing in low-light color imaging to complement its existing portfolio of thermal/IR imaging. The company, Salvador Imaging, manufactures a range of SD and megapixel cameras. The "

Cisco Admits Failure, Partners with Pelco (v2)
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 for Cisco
"Less than 3 years ago, Cisco threatened the physical security industry with disruption and innovation. Spending more than $100 Million USD, Cisco bought companies manufacturing video management systems and encoder"

Video Analytic Search from AgentVi Examined (Vi-Search)
Posted on Sep 20, 2009 for Agent Vi
"Using video analytics to enhance search and investigation is growing. AgentVi has announced Vi-Search, a new product offering that complements its existing alerting solution, Vi-System. Search Offerings This joi"

Ionodes - Video Surveillance Startup Examined
Posted on Sep 20, 2009 for Genetec
"Ionodes is a recent startup drawing significant interest for its experienced founders and its partnership with Genetec. The product that looks to have the most immediate impact is the Ionodes hybrid NVR, the SV-3"

Should ASIS Endorse Products? (Results)
Posted on Sep 19, 2009 for General
"Vote and make your voice heard on ASIS' product awards. For the first time, ASIS has issued awards to manufacturers. Called ASIS Accolades, ASIS recognizes what it calls "Security's Best" - a list of 10 products. "

Releases MSRP Pricing Including for Lenses (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 19, 2009 for Computar
"Computar has released a comprehensive MSRP price list for its security product offering. While the most interesting items from Computar are likely their lenses (inculding the Megapixel lenses), the spreadsheet inc"

IP Solutions Take a "Hit" (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 19, 2009 for ADT
"ADT's President discussed how the recession was impacting their security business. Possibly the most interesting remarks were on the growth of IP where SIW summarizes that ADT's "commercial video business, particu"

Video Surveillance Weekly & ASIS Preview
Posted on Sep 18, 2009 for General
"Summarizes ASIS new product reviews, analytics tests, storage evluation, Cernium's SMB products and more. Aggregates all updates for the week (premium members only)."

Should Video Analytics be Bundled with VMS? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 17, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Despite lip service manufacturers give to open systems, the clear preferred path is selling end to end packages. Last year, we debated this approach and the risks of it. At the time, I cited a half dozen significa"

Examining Video Analytic Management Test (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 16, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Steve Hunt has published test results comparing Aimetis, Milestone and Verint as 'video analytics management' platform. Given the focus of this test, it's not surprising that Aimetis is ranked the highest (see hi"

New Products with the Most Significant Cost Drops (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 16, 2009 for General
"While "groundbreaking" technology is exciting to examine, significant cost changes usually have a more immediate impact on industries. The 3 newly products that have the most significant cost drops are: ioimage"

Proximex's C100 -- Mainstream PSIM Examined
Posted on Sep 16, 2009 for Proximex
"Proximex is developing a PSIM appliance, called the C100, that aims to be more affordable and simpler to deploy than traditional physical security information management offerings. Challenges of PSIM While a num"

Evaluation Metrics for Storage Savings (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 15, 2009 for TimeSight
"Properly evaluating TimeSight's extreme storage savings claims depend on carefully analyzing TimeSight's assumptions and contrasting that to competitive technology and common deployment scenarios. We examine this "

ADT Promotes Cisco and Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 13, 2009 for ADT
"North America's largest system integrator has announced its key manufacturer promotions for ASIS, leading with Cisco's video surveillance offering and also highliting analytic vendors MATE and ClickIt (DVR wi"

Examining S500 Low Cost Hybrid Appliance (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 for Salient
"Salient is introducing a hybrid DVR appliance called the S500. The S500 will be a lower cost option to their existing RM-1000. The appliance is designed for small site deployments up to 25 cameras using the S"

Video Surveillance Investments Directory
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 for Financials
"This directory provides a single source of information on funding and acquisitions in the video surveillance market. This directory is part of a new section, Video Surveillance Financials, on IP Video Marke"

ID Network Dome Series Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco's new network camera dome series is the Sarix ID (see datasheet of the 1.3 MP option). The series offers a number of options for resolution, lenses and analytics. Resolution options include SVGA, 1.3MP"

P33 Dome Series Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 for Axis
"Axis new dome series is the P33 (see powerpoint deck for overview and video below). This dome offers a fundamentally different design than traditional domes. Specifically the camera module is modular and"

Examining Mx2Wire (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mx2Wire enables existing building wiring to support power (PoE) and network transmission of IP cameras (read the Mobotix sales deck and the Mx2Wire manual for details). These units can eliminate the need for"

Reviewing Archerfish Home/SMB Appliance (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 for Cernium
"A review of Cernium's home/SMB appliance, called Archerfish, provides some key points of consideration in evaluating the offering including issues with analytic accuracy. The reviewer found the system easy to s"

Examining $990 USD Smart Camera (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 12, 2009 for ioimage
"ioimage has announced a new smart camera, the sc1dn that has an MSRP of $990 USD (see datasheet for technical details). This camera is 50% less than ioimage's existing smart network camera, the wdc100dn "

Examining New H.264 1080p Product Line (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 11, 2009 for IQinVision
"IQinVision has released a 1080p/30fps H.264 camera series with day/night and color options (see datasheet for technical details). This series will complement but not replace IQinVision's existing MJPEG 7 ser"

Examining XProtect Version 7.0 Software Release (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 11, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"Milestone has announced an upgrade for its XProtect Enterprise VMS software, moving from 6.5 to 7.0. In this release, Milestone focuses on enhanced administration interface and tools. Key enhancements include Sys"

IP Camera Tuning Kit Released (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 11, 2009 for VNS
"VNS has released an IP Camera Field Kit that helps in tuning/focusing IP cameras (see data sheet for technical details). It's goal is to do for IP cameras what ToteVision field monitors were to analog cameras. Th"

Examining P-Series Product Offering (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 11, 2009 for 3VR
"3VR has released a new hybrid NVR appliance called the P-Series (view data sheet for technical specifications). The P-Series is best understood by contrasting it to the E-Series, the product offering it is re"

Riskiest Companies 2009 - BRS Labs and TimeSight
Posted on Sep 10, 2009 for General
"BRS Labs and TimeSight are likely the riskiest video surveillance companies. With extensive marketing campaigns and multiple awards received from questionable award programs, they are creating a lot of noise and "

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - September 11, 2009
Posted on Sep 10, 2009 for General
"Covers BRS Labs, Firetide, QNAP, Computar, statistics, investments and more."

Did the Security Spending Boom Never Happen? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 09, 2009 for Financials
"Almost a decade after 9/11, the questions and doubts on the security spending boom continue to increase. Did the boom never happen? And, even if it did, why is there such questions arising now. The Mercury News, "

900 Mhz Performance Field Test (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 08, 2009 for Firetide
"Recently, Supercircuits performed a test of Firetide's 900 Mhz radios in their warehouse. Their test results demonstrate the divergence between specifications and achievable rates in numerous conditions. Keith Be"

Should You Go for Green Video Surveillance? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 08, 2009 for Aimetis
"Aimetis joins the chorus of manufacuters praising the benefits of green, energy efficient video surveillance. In Aimetis new whitepaper, they make the most complete case yet. The main problem is that the economic"

More Over the Top Marketing Claims (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 08, 2009 for BRS Labs
"BRS Labs continues to be more brazen in their over the top marketing claims. With yet another group providing them an award based on zero testing or in-depth technical analysis, BRS Labs claims, "There is no requ"

Examining Retail Theft Numbers for Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 08, 2009 for Retail
"Retail theft numbers are important for video surveillance providers to make their case for improved ROI. These numbers provide the basis and maximum potential for impact of new system deployments. Hayes Internati"

Computar Expands HD Megapixel Lens Offerings (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 08, 2009 for Computar
"Computar has significantly expanded its HD/Megapixel Lenses though this release primarily rectifies shortcomings and may still be lacking in a few key elements. The new lenses offer 3MP resolution, support for 10"

Western European Video Surveillance Statistics (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 08, 2009 for Statistics
"A UK non-profit specializing in the building and construction industry has released market statistics and projections for the European security and video surveillance markets. The BSRIA issued a release overv"

Examining Genetec's SecurityCenter
Posted on Sep 07, 2009 for Genetec
"Genetec's SecurityCenter is a major advance that will increase end user's expectations for large scale video surveillance solutions and impact the competitive dynamics of VMS providers. At a high level, SecurityC"

Awards Benefit Manufacturers -- Not Users
Posted on Sep 06, 2009 for General
"Awards assist manufacturers in selling products rather than identifying the best solutions for user's needs. This is a growing concern as the number of awards are increasing substantially. This month, both A"

Features and OEMs for Video Encoder / Servers (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 05, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Encoders, often called streams in Europe or Digital Video Servers (DVS) in Asia, are an increasingly mature product offering in video surveillance. Competition based on cost and minor features is increasingly key."

Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 05, 2009 for QNAP
"QNAP manufacturers a range of NVR appliances that offer broad support for IP camera manufacturers. While QNAP is originally a storage manufacturer, it has been expanding its NVR offerings over the last few years. "

Patent Filed for Analyzing Retail Behavior (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 05, 2009 for VideoMining
"VideoMining, a specialist in analyzing retail customer behavior announced a patent filing for a process of identifying how consumers make decisions in stores. According to VideoMining, this process combines the u"

Beware of Manufacturers Claims of Support (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 04, 2009 for General
"One trick that manufacturers consistently use is to say they are "in talks with" and then list major integrators, end-users and other manufacturers. A SSN article has a prime example of this. A small new DVR manu"

August 2009 Monthly Summary and PDF Download
Posted on Sep 04, 2009 for General
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Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - September 4, 2009
Posted on Sep 04, 2009 for General
"Lots of news and updates this week: Cisco, ACTi, Vivotek, Cernium, Pivot3 and more. The following list aggregates all the 17 analysis updates posted this week. Links connect to the individual updates or read all o"

Problems in Designing Public Surveillance Systems (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 03, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"A CNN video segment demonstrates critical problems in how governments and integrators design and set expectations for public video surveillance systems. In the segment, the overall tone is negative and criti"

Revenue Drops Significantly (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 03, 2009 for VIVOTEK
"Top 10 IP camera manufacturer Vivotek's revenue dropped significantly in the 1st half of 2009 compared to the 1st half of 2008. These results are provided in Vivotek's H1 financial update (only available in Chines"

New Product - ServerBank Review (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 03, 2009 for Pivot3
"Pivot3 has released a new product offering, called ServerBank that complements their existing 3 product familes - VideoBank, DataBank and CloudBank. Similar to the VideoBank product offering that we previously rev"

Social Media Irrelevant to Security Professionals
Posted on Sep 03, 2009 for Convergence
"While social media (twitter, facebook, etc.) receives a lot of mainstream media attention, social media is essentially irrelevant to the security market. While it may improve, I think it will be a slow and long pr"

Is GE's Fire Division its Real Strength? (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 03, 2009 for GE Security
"While the consensus is strong that GE's security and video products are weak, 2 analysts argue that the real strength is in its Fire division. Read report by UK analyst and comments by Sandy Jones. GE's Fire divi"

Vendor on Limitations and Cost of Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 02, 2009 for Video Analytics
"The CEO of a video analytics vendor, VCA Technologies, has posted an interesting and frank analysis of the current limitation and cost of video analytics. Key points made: Minority Report style analytics -"

Video-Inform's Video Analytics Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 02, 2009 for Other Companies
"A new video analytic manufacturer launched in 2008 aims to provide analytics that can be trained to identify sunglasses, scooters, uniforms, backpacks and more. Video Inform markets a solution they call an "

To Stop On-Line Sales From Undercutting Dealers (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 02, 2009 for ACTi
"Selling IP cameras on-line has become one of the hottest and most controversial industry practices. To protect their dealers, ACTi is taking steps to restrict on-line advertisement of their products for less than "

Selling through Retail Stores (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 02, 2009 for Cernium
"To further Cernium's efforts to sell their product through retail chain stores, Cernium has hired a VP of Sales with significant experience in selling consumer electronics. In his LinkedIn profile, the new VP of "

Strong Growth 1st Half 2009 (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 01, 2009 for IndigoVision
"Indigovision revenue surged in the 1st half of 2009 compared to the previous period in 2008, bucking a broader trend of publicly traded IP video companies who saw revenue growth shrink significantly (see Axis and "

Examining Pelco's Expansion into Asia / Latin America
Posted on Sep 01, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco is expanding its operations in Latin America and Asia with the acquisition of its manufacturer representatives for these regions, Crockett International. This is a different approach than common in the US. "

Recession Impacts Video Surveillance: Statistics Examined
Posted on Sep 01, 2009 for Statistics
"The significant impact of the recession is becoming evident in the financial results of leading manufacturers. What was once speculation and debate about being recession proof is now an examination of how deep and"

Risks in Projecting Future Sales Growth (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 for Statistics
"The past year clearly shows the impact the global economy has on the security business. Determining what happens next is clearly dependent on which of two paths the global economy will take: Gradual Rebound&nbs"

Startup NLSS Hires Axis Director (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 for Other Companies
"NLSS, a video surveillance startup founded by Pete Jankowski has recently hired an Axis Director to run Business Development. Pete Jankowski founded two of the most successful video surveillance startups of the l"

Analog CCTV Manufacturer's Revenue Shrinking (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 for Statistics
"4 publicly traded companies manufacturing DVRs and analog cameras (March, Samsung GVI, Techwell and Vicon)show clear declines in total revenue compared to last year. The average decline is approximately 8 -14% wit"

ASIS Security Systems Certificate Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 for Convergence
"ASIS is developing a new certificate for Integrated Physical Security Systems. This is still under development but the broad outlines and the goals of the program are becoming defined. Review the powerpoint presen"

Targeting US Stimulus Funds for Transportation Deployments (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco has released a whitepaper making the case for Cisco centric security solutions for transportation deployments. Specifically, the paper targets and advocates the use of US stimulus funding. While direct spen"

Weak Growth for Large IP Camera Manufacturers (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 for Statistics
"The two largest publicly traded IP camera manufacturers, Axis and Mobotix, have clearly demonstrated weak growth and a dramatic drop from just 1 year ago. This is an important signal for the rest of market. In Q2"

Integrators Survey Results on Increasing Sales/Revenue (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 30, 2009 for Statistics
"An SSI survey examines various factors impacting sales and profiability of integrators including technology selection, obstacles faced, market selection and margins achieved. Technology Selection Of all sec"

IVR Controls Hosted Video Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 30, 2009 for SaaS
"IVR Controls is a US based provider of hosted and managed video surveillance. They offer significantly lower prices than competitors yet have drawbacks in configuration complexity. IVR Controls has 2 main offerin"

GE Security has Deep Problems - Community Consensus (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 30, 2009 for GE Security
"As the comments in our GE Security report make clear, GE Security has underperformed, has uncompetitive products and is not well respected by the community of specifiers, dealers and consultants. Here are a few ch"

Video Surveillance Industry Weekly - August 28, 2009
Posted on Aug 28, 2009 for General
"Covers GE, Axis, Mobotix, Market Statistics, HikVision and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product development"

Security Manager Budget Cuts and Fire Drills (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for General
"The Director of Security for a Fortune 500 and a consultant for one of the leading security firms provide insight into the security budgeting process. Johnson & Johnson clearly demonstrates the pullback "

Q2 2009 Deep Revenue Drop (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for March Networks
"March Network's revenue shrank by 14% in Q2 2009 compared to a year ago (though their announcement obscures this with a focus on improved profitability through cost cutting). Specifically, the North American mark"

Turning Off Lights Dangerous to Security (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Driven by the recession and increasing interest in environmentalism, many cities are turning off their streetlights. This is a surprisingly dangerous phenomenon, harmful to security generally and problematic for v"

List of US Border Security Projects (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for Case Studies
"The US government has started to spend a significant portion of the $720 M USD allocated for border upgrades. In an in-depth progress report, the AP cites over a dozen projects throughout the US that are being dep"

GE Security's Problems are Good for the Industry (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for GE Security
"GE Security's sale is a recognition of its failure as a business. That's actually a good and necessary force for the industry. The best case scenario for GE Security is a turn-around starting in 2012. Expect a fe"

Challenges with H.264 Streams at the Core (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for 3VR
"In the debate of edge vs core video analytics, one of the key issues and drivers towards the edge is the challenges procesing H.264 video streams at the core. Specifically, H.264 streams processed at the core can "

Security Installers on Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for Statistics
"SSI magazine has a survey on video analytics that is a useful contrast to our on-line poll: Does Video Analytics Work? In this 2008 survey of security installers, only 6% said video analytics was growing like gan"

Megapixel Cameras Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for Panasonic
"Panasonic details its emerging IP/megapixel camera strategy in a recent ASMAG report. The strategy centers around the use of its "UniPhier" video imaging technology that Panasonic is using across its consumer and "

Revenue Growth Shrank Considerably (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix's Q2 2009 revenue compared to Q2 2008 was up only 7%, notably lower than the previous quarter (27%) and dramatically lower than last year (when 40-50% revenue growth was routine). This is covered as part "

Dream of Branded Business (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for Hikvision
"Further evidence of large Chinese companies drive to develop their own branded business and compete head to head against large Western companies from ASMAG's China Security CEO Summit. Specifically, HikVision, on"

Market Share Changes Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 for Axis
"Axis market share is likely to simultaneously increase and decrease depending on the categorization. In network/IP cameras, Axis market share is almost certainly shrinking. However, for general video surveillance "

Translating Wireless IP Video Hype into Reality
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 for Wireless
"Combining video and wireless creates a perfect storm of over-hyped expectations. Numerous technical challenges need to be considered for video – especially when architecting over wireless. This is even more"

The Biggest Market Forecast for the Video Surveillance Industry (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 for Statistics
"Business people love market sizing numbers and the bigger the market size, regardless of the accuracy, the better. To that end, in an IBD survey of the video surveillance industry, ABI Research is now projecting g"

360 Cameras the Most Significant Advance in CCTV History?
Posted on Aug 25, 2009 for Mobotix
"According to Frost & Sullivan, "the availability on the market of highly effective hemispheric camera technology is the most significant advance CCTV has witnessed in its history, the results of which wil"

Analyzing Mobotix's Financial and Strategic Positioning
Posted on Aug 25, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix pursues an aggressive strategy contrarian to most megapixel camera companies. Committed to their decentralized approach, Mobotix has grown to over $60 M USD annual sales and to be one of the largest IP cam"

Milestone to Release Support for ONVIF and PSIA
Posted on Aug 24, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"Milestone plans to release support for both ONVIF and PSIA IP camera specifications in the 4th quarter of 2009, allowing 3rd party camera manufacturers using either specification to interface with Milestone's IP v"

Guidelines for Commenting on Reports
Posted on Aug 21, 2009 for General
"With over 2000 total comments so far, comments are one of the most useful and important elements of IP Video Market Info. When done appropriately, comments help readers appreciate a broad range of perspectives and"

IP Video Industry Weekly - August 21, 2009
Posted on Aug 20, 2009 for General
"Covers 3VR, Firetide, Cisco, Arecont, Aimetis and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses o"

99 Cent iPhone App (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 for Smartvue
"For the last few months, we have been examining a number of expensive, premium iPhone ip video applications. By contrast, smartvue's iPhone app is available for only 99 cents (less than 1 USD). It's big limit"

Most Successful US Video Surveillance Startups (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 for Financials
"From a financial perspective, Sypixx is probably the most successful US video surveillance startup post 9/11. Acquired by Cisco for $51 M in 2006, Sypixx was acquired only a few years after launch and at a si"

Examining Panoramic Video Offering (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 for 3xLOGIC
"Earlier this year, 3xLogic released 360 degree panoramic dewarping/management software. It's a different approach to the hyped Mobotix Q22/Q24. 3xLogic allows end users to use third party megapixel cameras ("

Good Example Public Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 for Case Studies
"Lancaster PA, USA has released what I think is the best available video clips showing public cctv in action. The car crash and the street attack are both shocking. They clearly show the value and use of CCTV "

Video Analytics Survey Results and Recommendations
Posted on Aug 18, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Results are in for our 2 poll questions, "Do Video Analytics Work?" and "What, if any, improvements would you like for Video Analytics?". Do Analytics Work? 64% of respondents said, "Yes," video analytic"

SD Card's Future for Video Surveillance Storage
Posted on Aug 18, 2009 for Storage
"SD cards are gaining attention as their use in the consumer world for digital cameras, smartphones and laptops increases significantly. In the video surveillance market, it is becoming increasingly common for IP c"

Examining Series D Funding (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 18, 2009 for 3VR
"3VR has received $12M USD in new funding. This is in addition to previous funding rounds of $5M, $15M and $10M. 3VR has received over $40 M USD total funding since launch in 2002. The round is impressive both"

US Security Integrator Financial Results Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for Recession
"Henry Brothers, one of the largest US integrators has reported their Q2 financial results.SSN has an analysis of the results. HBE revenue dropped 7.6% compared to last year. The company barely broke even. On"

Partner Expansion (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for ObjectVideo
"ObjectVideo reports expansion of its OVReady Network in Asia. However, the 3 new companies reported are companies I have never heard of before and may be small (Taiwan-based Wiixer; Korea-based WebGate and Ch"

PSIA Demonstration - Milestone and IQinVision (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for Standards
"Milestone and IQinVision has successfully demonstrated interopability between an IQ camera and Milestone's software. This is a demonstration only and is not reflective of commercially released products f"

JDS Seeks Funding or Acquisition (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for JDS
"According to V/B Research, IP video software provider JDS is seeking funding or considering a sale. One of the earliest IP video software developers, JDS projects total 2009 revenue of $2.5M USD. A"

Security 500 2008 End User Statistics (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for Statistics
"Security Magazine has a number of reports that provide statistics/market trends. Their Security 500 report contains market statistics for security spending broken down by market segments. Additionally th"

Lens Installed Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for Immervision
"Immervision makes panomaroph lenses that allow 360 imaging for any analog or 1.3MP camera (requires their dewarping software to be integrated on the VMS system). Recently, they added an installation video on YouTu"

Abandoning Wireless for Fiber? (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for Wireless
"Two recent examples of cities - one in the US, one in the Africa with complaints about wireless video surveillance performance. Philadelphia switched from wireless to fiberand a South African city compla"

On Line Sales of VMS for Mac/iPhone (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for VideoNext
"VideoNext has launched a separate brand of VMS software/iPhone, called CAVU, targeted at the pro-sumer market. The marketing differs significantly from VideoNext who primarily targets the enterprise/gove"

Revenue and Customer Testing Update (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 for Firetide
"Firetide released two announcements this week: (1) record revenue in H1 2009 and (2) a customer reporting rest results of up to 300 Mb/s outdoor performance. On the revenue side, Firetide reported "

Examining Arecont Vision's Performance Claims (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 16, 2009 for Arecont Vision
"SecuritySquared has an interview with Arecont's VP of Sales NA. Arecont provides a straightforward sales pitch on the benefits of megapixel and H.264. The 2 aspects that I would flag are (1) the bandwidth be"

How Much Storage is Needed for Video Surveillance?
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Storage
"How much storage is needed for video surveillance is an important question for planning new system deployments and for determining total installation cost. In the last few years, fears have increased dramatically"

Intelligent Transport Solution (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco recently added a document overviewing their Intelligent Transport solution (note: large document - 7MB). Cisco has exploring this market for years (see 2003 document). However, this new docume"

Ranks Among Top Selling VMS Providers (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Aimetis
"Aimetis announced their ranking in IMS's analysis of open platform network video management software for the Americas. They are in 7th. If you have never heard of Aimetis, this may be impressive. However, bei"

School Video Surveillance Issues Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Case Studies
"In August 2009, SIW released a podcast with a Kansas City School and Cisco. The school discussed their IP video system. They said that the "best thing" about the system was the ability to view video remotely "

Physical Expansion (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Cernium
"Cernium reports that they are more than doubling the size of their Virgina headquarters(to 19,664 sqft)."

Is CCTV at fault for Missing Airport Bomber? (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Case Studies
"In July 2009, a guy with a fake bomb shut down a NYC airport. This caused massive delays and certainly millions in costs. This week, news come that the surveillance video either was no good or did not exist o"

Bosch Korea Deployment (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for ioimage
"ioimage announced this week that Bosch Korea is deploying ioimage's video analytics. On the surface, this may seem ironic given Bosch's own video analytics (which areundefeated at trade shows). On the other h"

MDI Acquired/Merged (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Financials
"Security manufacturer MDI is being purchased/merged with a Qatar integrator (Almana Networks). MDI is a small to mid size US based company with some substantial US government/military deployments (I bel"

Re-Selling Theia Wide Angle Lenses (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Axis
"Axis is now re-selling Theia lenses and has listed Thiea lenses on their website. Theia specializes in super wide angle lenses with minimal distortion. These lenses work with C/CS mount cameras and will work "

Video Analytics as Complex as ERP Software? (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 15, 2009 for Video Analytics
"ObjectVideo is developing a very interesting blog where they post thought provoking/debate questions. This week, ObjectVideo discussed how mature software like SAP and Oracle require training and "

ipConfigure's Video Management Offerings Examined
Posted on Aug 14, 2009 for ipConfigure
"Since announcing their selection as the US Post's Office choice for their next-generation video management system, interest in ipConfigure has increased significantly. Adding to that, this week ipConfigure announc"

High PoE Report (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 14, 2009 for Axis
"Axis recently released a new report/power point presentation advocating/describing High power PoE and PoE in general. The one real strange point about the presentation is the remarks about needing an ou"

IP Video Industry Weekly - August 14, 2009
Posted on Aug 13, 2009 for General
"Covers ObjectVideo, Pelco, Apple, Cisco, Axis and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses o"

Launches HD Monitors (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 13, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco is now offering HD monitors. See their HD monitor webcast for an overview. The monitors provide 1920 x 1080 resolution in 42, 47 and 52 inch models. The obvious question is why buy a Pelco HD monitor when y"

CSST - China Video Surveillance Offerings Examined
Posted on Aug 12, 2009 for CSST
"CSST is one of the biggest and fastest growing security companies in the world. Founded in 2001, last year CSST generated over $400 M USD revenue. Not only is CSST one of the largest players in one of the fastest "

Do Video Analytics Work? - Survey
Posted on Aug 11, 2009 for Video Analytics
"The question, "Do Video Analytics Work?" is currently receiving a lot of attention. Such a question can be asked both technically and as a matter of opinion. While the technical element is ultimately most importan"

Home Video Surveillance Recommendations
Posted on Aug 10, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"In this report, we offer recommendations for selecting and deploying video surveillance in your home. Though technologically simpler than systems used in businesses, figuring out the right solution for one's home "

Everyone Convinced Video Analytics Does Not Work? (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 10, 2009 for Video Analytics
"A new blog on video analytics has been added. In it, an individual listed on LinkedIn as an ADT application manager, laments, "everytime if I talk about Video Content Analysis most people try to con"

Recommendations for Surveillance Startups / Investors
Posted on Aug 09, 2009 for Financials
"While there are many startups in video surveillance, many of them have under-achieved, especially the most prominent, VC backed companies in the market. Indeed, this has caused VentureBeat to symbolize the securit"

IP Video Industry Weekly - August 7, 2009
Posted on Aug 06, 2009 for General
"Features Axis, Vidsys, Pivot3, Cisco, HDcctv and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, u"

Panoramic Camera Business Case (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 06, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix has a new video presenting the benefits and busienss case of their panoramic cameras. Key points including replacing 4 cameras and not needing an NVR because of 4GB on-board storage and DVR funct"

Testing Axis STS/AVHS Hosted Video (Secure-i)
Posted on Aug 05, 2009 for Axis
"Axis' hosted video offering, formerly called STS, now called AVHS, is a key contender in the future of video surveillance. Hosted video offers simpler and more accessible video surveillance solutions. It als"

Important Developments in Axis Hosted Video (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 05, 2009 for Axis
"In our test and analysis of Axis hosted video, 2 important developments should be noted. Axis hosted video offering supports on-site NAS devices that provide local storage. Secondly, in a few months, all Axis"

New NVR - Higher Channel Count (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 05, 2009 for IndigoVision
"This week, IndigoVision has announced a higher performance NVR series - the NVR-AS 3000. The existing series (the 200) is designed to record up to 20 cameras and play back up to 10 simultaneously. By con"

Seeks Funding (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 04, 2009 for Vidsys
"According to V/B Research, PSIM provider Vidsys is looking for more funding. Vidsys wants to complete a Series C rounds and is interested in $5M USD from an outside investor to close the round. This"

Investors Losing Interest in Security? (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 04, 2009 for Financials
"VentureBeat has an interesting analysis on VCs losing interests in security startups. The article focuses on the Information Security market so it is indirectly relevant to physical security/video surveillanc"

Fears about Public Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 04, 2009 for Case Studies
"A web video interviewing Pennsylvania citizens demonstrates the level of fears many have about surveillance. The video is produced by a group in opposition to surveillance so it's clearly not balanced. H"

CMOS/CCD Market Projections (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 04, 2009 for Statistics
"In-Stat has released new projections for the CMOS/CCD market. While the analysis covers the overall market, they make one important projection for video surveillance: "CMOS will make up 62% of security c"

Examining HDcctv's Bold/Dubious Claims (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 04, 2009 for Standards
"Info4Security features an interview with the HDcctv Alliance. Most of the article covers topics we have previously reviewed in our HDcctv competitive analysis. However, there are a few interesting points"

Is Hacking IP Cameras A Major Risk?
Posted on Aug 03, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Fears are rising that IP cameras can and willl be hacked. At Defcon, a demonstration showed an IP camera's feed intercepted and replaced by a fraudulent video, allowing a hypothetical suspect to steal an object ri"

Server Based Video Analytics Financial Performance (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 03, 2009 for Video Analytics
"In a video analytics survey article, an IMS analyst states, "Everyone thought edge [solutions] would be a winner. Server might be stronger than thought." Putting the edge vs server technology debate to "

How Will IP Camera Standards Impact Video Surveillance?
Posted on Aug 03, 2009 for Standards
"Over the next 6 months, more than a dozen manufacturers are likely to announce production support for ONVIF or PSIA IP camera specifications. While the practical impact will take longer, this is the first stage of"

New Product - VideoBank Review (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 02, 2009 for Pivot3
"Video Surveillance storage specialist, Pivot3 has released a new product called VideoBank - a 2RU appliance that bundles a server and 4-10TB of storage with an MSRP starting at $8,800 USD (see annou"

Examining Retail Video Analytic Success (Premium Update)
Posted on Aug 01, 2009 for Video Analytics
"An interesting video of a Cisco account manager demoing retail video analytics has been posted. In it, the Cisco manager claims that the system can tell the difference between store employees and custome"

July 2009 Monthly Summary Report Released
Posted on Jul 31, 2009 for General
"The 174 page July 2009 Monthly Summary Report PDF is now available, including: Testing Cisco's SMB Software and Cameras Examining the Benefits of Buying IP Cameras online Top Problems in Managed/Hosted Video Surv"

Testing VideoIQ's Video Analytics (iCVR)
Posted on Jul 31, 2009 for VideoIQ
"In this test, we examine one of the most discussed manufacturers in video analytics - VideoIQ. Their claims of automatic calibration and self-learning technology has drawn substantial interest. Their most recent p"

IP Video Industry Weekly - July 31, 2009
Posted on Jul 30, 2009 for General
"Features Alarm.com, Pelco, HDcctv, Arecont, Verint, Timesight and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product deve"

Detailed IP Camera Bandwidth Calculator (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 30, 2009 for IP Cameras
"In a July 2009 report about calculating video surveillance bandwidth, I mentioned that calculators generally suffer from not including key parameters in their calculators - making the calculations no better t"

HDcctv DVR Card from Stretch Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 30, 2009 for Other Companies
"Stretch announced a 4 channel HDcctv capture card. Since the card will be used by OEMs for integration into DVR systems, product shipment to end users is not likely until Q1 or Q2 2009. The card supports up t"

Super Deals on IP Cameras Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 29, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco has announced "super deals" on their IP cameras through the end of September 2009. Called the "Go-IP" Promotion, the offer allows buyers to "Purchase a Spectra IV IP, Spectra Mini IP, Camclosure IP"

HD SDI DVR Provider Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 29, 2009 for Other Companies
"SSN featured a small DVR company offering HD SDI cameras (some similar features to HDcctv but not part of the HDcctv Alliance/standard). The company is SG Digital but the website and the t"

Alarm.com Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 28, 2009 for Other Companies
"Alarm.com is expanding into the video surveillance market with a hosted video offering similar to Axis STS. With 200,000 current customers and 800 dealers, Alarm.com is leveraging its foothold in th"

Hybrid Option Launched (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 28, 2009 for TimeSight
"TimeSight, a VMS manufacturer best known for their storage optimization technology, has added on-board analog capture cards, enabling their NVRs to become hybrid. Called ACE, the 16 channel capture cards have"

Virtualizing VMS Software (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 28, 2009 for NVRs
"Over the last few years, virtualization has been one of IT's hottest trends. Virtualizing multiple applications onto a single physical server has helped to reduce equipment and energy costs. This week, "

IP Camera Focusing Device Released (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 27, 2009 for Veracity
"Veracity has released an appliance, called Pinpoint, that simplifies IP camera focusing. The appliance allows an installer to connect their laptop to the local network immediately next to the camera. This is "

IP Camera 2009 Mid Year Review
Posted on Jul 27, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Megapixel was the most dominant trend in IP cameras over the first half of 2009. So dominant was megapixel, that not only did most manufacturers release new megapixel cameras but a new non-IP megapixel standard wa"

Piloting Cameras on NYC Subways (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 27, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"A local newspaper article is reporting that NYC will pilot 1 subway train with cameras before the end of 2009. The article claims that the cameras will only be used for investigations and that there will"

New Frost Sponsored White Paper (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 27, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix has released a whitepaper by Frost & Sullivan. It's essentially a collection of Mobotix marketing material with the controversial Frost & Sullivan brand attached. Central take-away "

HD Product Series Introduced (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 27, 2009 for Dallmeier
"Dallmeier has announced an HD product series line including (no surprise) HD camerasand HD recorders [already purchased models can be upgraded. More interesting/questionable are a series of HD"

Universal IP Camera Driver (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 27, 2009 for ONSSI
"OnSSI has posted information on their Universal IP Camera Driver. Compared to the FAQ for Milestone's Universal IP camera driver, it's the same text with a few added pictures."

Calculating Storage/Bandwidth For IP Video Surveillance
Posted on Jul 26, 2009 for Storage
"How to calcuate IP video storage and bandwidth is one of the most frequently requested topics. While plenty of 'calculators' are available, the numbers they generate are usually imprecise guesses since too many su"

IP Video Industry Weekly - July 24, 2009
Posted on Jul 23, 2009 for General
"Features Standards, ACTi, Verint, Pixim, CSST, Genetec and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product develo"

Cohu's CCTV/Surveillance Product Offering Examined
Posted on Jul 22, 2009 for Other Companies
"Cohu is a specialist manufacturer for high-end monitoring applications. They are probably best known for their traffic management product offerings. Additionally, Cohu offers a line of ruggedized cameras for indus"

Are Public CCTV Cameras an Utter Fiasco?
Posted on Jul 21, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"The UK's love-hate relationship with CCTV cameras continues. This time, the head of the UK's police video imaging division called their use an "utter fiasco." Setting aside the prudence of creating an internationa"

VMS / NVR / DVR 2009 Mid-Year Market Review
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 for NVRs
"Over the first half of 2009, improvements in deployment simplicity was the strongest theme for video management systems. While few to no groundbreaking features were introduced, more than a dozen manufacturers too"

New Investment frm ADT and Cisco (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 for iControl
"This week, both Cisco and ADT contributed to iControl's $23M USD in Series B funding. ADT's contribution is not surprising given the announcement earlier this year of the company's partnership. iControl "

Japanese Video Surveillance Market Guide Released
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 for General
"Though the Japanese market is one of the largest in the world, it is one of the most difficult for Western companies to understand and succeed. Not only are US common sense and practices not shared in Japan, "

Lack of VMS Standards (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 20, 2009 for Standards
"One of the most common end user questions is: How do you watch video from multiple DVR/VMS systems in a singular interface? The options are poor, the issue is problematic and it's not being addressed by IP camera "

SDM Top 100 US Integrators / US Market Weakens
Posted on Jul 17, 2009 for General
"This month, SDM Magazine released their 14th annual Top Systems Integrators list. The list ranks the top 100 integrators based on 2008 revenue. The list includes analysis and statistics on the overall US security "

IP Video Industry Weekly - July 17, 2009
Posted on Jul 17, 2009 for General
"Features Samsung, OnSSi, ACTi, Pelco, Mobotix, Proxim Wireless and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product dev"

Testing StarDot's 5MP Camera (SD500BN)
Posted on Jul 17, 2009 for StarDot
"While not well known in the security market, StarDot is one of a few manufacturers providing 5MP cameras. Though StarDot has been producing megapixel cameras for the tourism, construction and entertainment markets"

Pixim and CSST Join HDcctv Alliance (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 16, 2009 for Standards
"Two fairly sizable companies are joining the HDcctv Alliance - Chinese video surveillance leader CSST and Wide Dynamic Range chipset leader Pixim. CSST is important for the large and growing Chines"

High End Hybrid DVR Launched (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 15, 2009 for Verint
"Verint has announced a high end Hybrid NVR, called EdgeVR that will complement their existing mid-level offerings, the NetDVR II, and small scale product, the MicroDVR II. The EdgeVR supports H.264 main "

ACTI CMS Software Released (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 15, 2009 for ACTi
"ACTi is expanding into larger scale video management with their release of a CMS solution that manages distributed ACTi NVRs. This provides enterprise management and centralized monitoring of ACTi's "

Genetec iPhone Application (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 15, 2009 for Genetec
"A mobile monitoring product offering, called iGuard, has been announced for use with Genetec (see product demo video). The application provides access to live and recorded video through iPhone/iPod Touch"

Price List (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 15, 2009 for Intergraph
"Intergraph has released a fairly comprehensive price list. The version released is for a State of Texas Contract. However, the general pricing levels should be quite representative. Integraph is a premium pr"

Support for PoS Integration (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 15, 2009 for IndigoVision
"IndigoVision has announced support for Point of Sale integration, though no details on the PoS models/manufacturers included (an important point given the massive number of PoS providers). This ext"

1st ONVIF Product Shipping (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 15, 2009 for Standards
"In June 2009, LILIN announced support for ONVIF in their camera lines and is shipping these cameras for production use. I have also received a sample to test. A short term barrier is the lack of th"

Only 5% market share for IP Surveillance Cameras?
Posted on Jul 13, 2009 for Statistics
"A debate is emerging on what the 'true' market share for IP cameras. The generally accepted statistic is approximately 20% of cameras sold annually are IP cameras. These numbers are fairly consistent across the ma"

Video Analytics 2009 Mid-Year Market Review
Posted on Jul 13, 2009 for Video Analytics
"The last six months were rough for video analytics. Little good news and lots of public recognition of video analytic troubles. In our own recent analysis and survey on video surveillance technology trends, video "

Top 5 IP Camera Problems: 2009
Posted on Jul 12, 2009 for IP Cameras
"In the last year, IP cameras have made great strides and while there are still important barriers that constrain broader use, problems are dimishing. Last year, we examined the top 5 problems of IP cameras. In it"

Wireless Manufactuer Up for Sale (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 12, 2009 for Other Companies
"In July 2009, an anonymous wireless router manufacturer specializing in video surveillance has posted a LinkedIn message asking to be acquired [Note: LinkedIn requires free sign-up for the group]. They a"

Is the Worst of the Recession Over? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 12, 2009 for Recession
"The PSA, a large consortium of US integrators is projecting that the worst of the recession is over. They state, "We are seeing noticeable, positive results from our integrators. This is not to say we are bac"

Proxim 300Mb/s Wireless Product Offering (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 12, 2009 for Other Companies
"Proxim has released two series of high speed wireless networking equipment targeted to the video surveillance market. These are basically the next generation of Proxim product as their equipment has been"

Risks of Video Surveillance Startups (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 11, 2009 for Financials
"In discussions with video surveillance startups and investors, both routinely over-estimate the size and the potential of the video surveillance market. This increases risk of integrators/end users to be stuck wit"

Real Life Internal Theft Example (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 10, 2009 for Retail
"Agilence has released an interesting example of internal theft at one of their retailers and how their surveillance video integrated with PoS data solves it. The customer pays cash. The cashier accepts f"

IP Video Industry Weekly - July 10th
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for General
"Examines 360 cameras, OnSSI, Mobotix,Cisco, StarDot and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, "

Sentry360 Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for Other Companies
"Despite its potential and conceptual appeal, Panoramic/360 degree cameras growth has been shaky. Grandeye suffered a strange restructuring last year. Immervision may be changing its go to market strategy as well. "

New IR for PTZ Cameras (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for Raytec
"Raytec has announced an IR System specifically designed for use with Pan Tilt cameras. using IR with PTZs can be problematic unless the illuminators are designed to match the range of coverage of the PTZ"

Challenges in Supporting 3rd Party IP Cameras (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for IP Cameras
"A few people asked about the difficulties for adding VMS support for IP cameras. A key difficulty is that there are two vendors that most IP camera manufacturers want support from - Milestone and Genetec. The reas"

Examining Transit Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for Vidient
"Vidient held an interesting webinar on using video analytics for transit applications (trains, subways, etc.). Read the accompanying whitepaper or access the 30 minutes webinar (password - "Vid"

Indian Market Statistic Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for Statistics
"A webinar overviews the market size and growth opportunities of India. It's part of a whole series from ASMAG's SecuTech Conference of 20 different presentations that's well worth watching. As for "

Convergence Webinar (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for Convergence
"Vidsys has released a new webinar that covers convergence. It is a debate/discussion that focuses more on the processes involved with convergence rather than the technology."

Integrates with Software House Access Control (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for ONSSI
"OnSSI is expanding its integration with access control, this time with one of the largest North American Providers - Software House. This will be useful as OnSSI targets to replace American Dynamics Intellex "

IP Camera Support (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 09, 2009 for Honeywell Video
"Honeywell has released new information on their Fusion III Hybrid DVR Series (v3.7). They are significantly expanding their IP camera support. For an incumbent manufacturer, it's surprisingly broad "

Axis Market Weakness Continues in Q2 2009
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for Axis
"So much for green shoots - at least for Axis. In their just released Q2 financial report, Axis leads with "No Change in Sales Trend" which is not a good thing considering their abrupt drop from last year's almost "

Encrypting People in Video Surveillance Feeds (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for 3VR
"A magazine article this week covered a new feature from 3VR that encrypts people within video surveillance to protect the innocent. While it should be helpful in obscuring identities of people in surveil"

Company Update (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for Orsus
"Orsus, an Israel PSIM provider is releasing version 6 of its software. From their briefing, it is clear that they are positioning this for the very high end of the market. Specifically, they emphasized using this "

Releases New Version of NVR Software (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for ACTi
"ACTi has released a new version of their NVR software (v. 2.2). There are 2 big changes: (1) they have separated their client application from their server application [this is not an innovation, it simp"

Special Sale Run (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for ioimage
"ioimage sent out an e-mail in early July 2009, offering a 1 time special of $1999 for its PTZ with video analytics. This follows a recent webinar where they offered a 1 unit special for their IP cameras at $999 an"

UK School Surveillance Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for Convergence
"A video report on UK School surveillance: The debate centers around internal school surveillance - viewing and recording inside of classrooms (audio and video). There is a policy in place that video cann"

OEMs Milestone Corporate (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for ONSSI
"This week, OnSSI announced a new IP Video Software version called NetEVS. According to the announcements, it uses a 'recording system component' from Milestone (see the Milestone version and the OnS"

Releases Dome Cameras (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for StarDot
"StarDot has released a series of 1.3 - 5MP vandal resistant domes (see their MP Dome Product page), all with a built-in 4-10 mm lens, offering up to 30fps and two options for built-in IR. MSRP for the 1.3MP d"

Testing Arecont Vision's AV3105 H.264 Camera
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for Arecont Vision
"Arecont Vision's H.264 megapixel product line has drawn an immense amount of interest. At the beginning of 2008, Arecont was the first surveillance company to announce H.264 multi-megapixel and is currently t"

American Expansion (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for CNL
"CNL is a PSIM provider based in the UK. They are best known for their CEO being a founder of Axis (Keith Bloodworth) and their partnership with IBM. CNL is expanding in the UK with industry veteran and forme"

Hybrid NVRs Slowing Move to IP Video (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 for NVRs
"Adding IP camera support to DVRs ('hybrid') will slow the motivation to move to IP video software. An anecdote this week that supports this: I was emailing with a major retailer who explained their current system "

50,000 Cameras Planned for Mumbai, India (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 07, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"There is a massive video surveillance deployment planned in Mumbai. Read the article and you will see some elements seem strange. They plan to use the system for many different reasons from preventing terrori"

Open Platform Whitepaper (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 07, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"Milestone's CTO has published an Open Platform Whitepaper. The document examines their approach, the benefits they see and provides many examples of integrations. The paper reports 55 current 3rd party integr"

Top 5 Problems of Managed Video Surveillance / SaaS
Posted on Jul 06, 2009 for SaaS
"Managed video is becoming one of the most overhyped trends in the video surveillance industry. A number of factors drive interest. The concept of reducing on-site setup and eliminating deployment of DVR/NVRs is q"

Should You Buy IP Cameras Online?
Posted on Jul 05, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Buying video surveillance cameras on-line is a relatively new but growing trend. Traditionally, end users bought cameras from integrators while integrators bought directly from manufacturers or through their repre"

June 2009 IP Video Monthly Summary Report
Posted on Jul 04, 2009 for General
"HDcctv and the Intransa NVR announcement were the two most discussed topics at IP Video Market for June 2009. Both represent attempting to simplify the challenges in deploying IP video. HDcctv HDcctv seeks"

Testing Cisco SMB Software and PTZ Camera (PVC300)
Posted on Jul 04, 2009 for Cisco
"This report examines and shows the abilities and performance of key products in Cisco's emerging Small Business Video Surveillance product line. Specially, we test their IP video surveillance software and their PT"

IP Video Industry Weekly - July 3rd
Posted on Jul 03, 2009 for General
"Examines Axis, FLIR, Milestone, DM, Pelco and more. Axis on SaaS / Managed Video Details on Milestone's Universal Driver Examining a Wearable Camera Kit Upcoming 720p PTZ under $1,000 USD Examining Video An"

Darim Upcoming Megapixel PTZ (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 02, 2009 for Other Companies
"Darim has an interesting megapixel PTZ coming out soon (see brochure for pictures/details). Using piezoelectric motors, the camera is significantly less expensive than normal PTZs. Th"

How Do You Solve the Problem of Bad Surveillance Video?
Posted on Jul 01, 2009 for IP Cameras
"One of the most frequent complaints by both industry outsiders and megapixel camera vendors is how bad surveillance video is. It's so bad, many would say that they would challenge the basic point of even having su"

Case Against IP Video (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 01, 2009 for Dedicated Micros
"Dedicated Micros continues to make strong and shocking claims against IP. This week, they released a blog post on centralized IP recording, extending a similar case made last month in their CEO's webcast"

Indian Video Surveillance Market Survey (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 01, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"A survey article on the growth of the Indian Video Surveillance market is available. It centers around the impact of the Mumbai terrorist attack and the general trend of IP convergence. The perspective i"

Darim Wearable Camera Kit (Premium Update)
Posted on Jul 01, 2009 for Other Companies
"Darim produces a wearable wireless video kit. The kit provides bundles camera, encoder, wireless networking and batteries providing up to 5 hours of use. Darim reports that they expect integration with Milest"

Pelco Webinars on Hybrid DVR and IP PTZs (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 30, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco has released two very useful webcasts on their product lines - one on the Hybrid DX8100 DVR and the other on Spectra IV 2.0. Both provide significant information but are short (maybe 10 minute"

BRS Labs Gets $12 Million More for Video Analytics
Posted on Jun 29, 2009 for BRS Labs
"BRS Labs, the most discussed recent entrant into the video analytics market, has received another $12 Million USD in funding, increasing their total capital raised to $47 Million USD. The investment is from privat"

Examining 900 Mhz Product Offering (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 29, 2009 for Firetide
"Firetide has announced a 900 Mhz mesh radio (see the product page for the 900 Mhz model). It's a dual-radio unit with (1) 900 MHz radio and another radio that operates at 2.4/5.8 GHz. This allows a "

Can Everfocus Make Megapixel Simple and Inexpensive?
Posted on Jun 28, 2009 for EverFocus
"Two key problems for megapixel cameras are (1) their substantially increased cost relative to analog cameras and (2) the complexity of using IP. For the high end, this is not a problem. Indeed, the use of I"

Video Surveillance Training Resources
Posted on Jun 27, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"This report recommends on-line resources that teach the basics on using, selecting and deploying video surveillance. The focus here is on introductory materials that help those new to the video surveillance indust"

BriefCam's Surveillance Search Technology Examined
Posted on Jun 27, 2009 for Other Companies
"BriefCam aims to simplify video surveillance search. They generate intelligent video synopses that enables investigators to watch the key events of hours of video in a fraction of the time. Below is a short intro"

IP Video Industry Weekly - June 26th
Posted on Jun 26, 2009 for General
"Updates on Pelco, Vidient, iCanTek, NoblePeak, DLink and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments,"

Attacks Axis (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for Mobotix
"Twitter usage continues to grow and is now being used for vendors to attack others. The editor of Mobotix Installer magazine criticized Axis for "producing me-too products". As proof, he cited shrinking Q1 re"

Supported by MIlestone (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco's IP cameras (2500 SD, 4300 HD, 4500 HD) are now supported by Milestone's xProtect VMS (released in Milestone's new 4.3 Device Driver Pack). Given Milestone's user base, this will be useful for Cisco. A"

DLink Managed Video Alternative (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for SaaS
"DLink has released 'plug n play' IP cameras as part of its MyDLink offering (see the product page for the MyDLink wired cube camera). Essentially, these cameras can be viewed remotely without config"

Company Update (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for NoblePeak
"NoblePeak manufacturers cameras for low-light / no light viewing. Winning the 2008 ISC "Best in Show", the company received significant attention last year. NoblePeak reports that they expect cameras to be a"

iCanTek Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for Other Companies
"iCanTek is a Korean manufacturer of DVRs and IP cameras. They are better known through some of their OEM partners including Securitas Direct (in Europe), CCTVStar (in the US) and a large N"

Company Update (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for Vidient
"Over the last year, Vidient reports that it has been focusing on reducing false alerts and enabling simplified deployments (new version 4.0 will be publicly announced soon). As evidence of their improvem"

Bad News for Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for Statistics
"More acknowledgement of video analytics poor performance delivered by IMS: Only "moderate growth" projected this year and next 30% annual growth rate by 2012-2013 2008 sales volume: 38,000 channels "

NVR Support (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for Arecont Vision
"ArecontVision has released a matrix listing their NVR partners, the models each supports and whether it has been verified by Arecont. There are over 40 NVR partners listed, representing a large portion of the"

Hybrid DVR Upgrade (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco's DX8100 series DVRs will support IP cameras (software version 2.0). Two points of interest: (1) existing units can be field upgraded to add IP camera support and (2) it's free (no payment for as many I"

Testing NUUO's IP Video Surveillance Software
Posted on Jun 24, 2009 for NUUO
"NUUO aims to beat companies such as Milestone, OnSSI and Exacq with broader functionalities and product lines at lower cost. What ACTi is to Axis, NUUO hopes to be to the IP video software providers. NUUO is"

Finding Video Surveillance Information
Posted on Jun 22, 2009 for General
"This guide offers recommendations on how to find video surveillance information -- whether you are just getting started or are an expert looking for breaking news and competitive analysis. Recommendations are bro"

Should You Use Cameras With Built In Storage?
Posted on Jun 21, 2009 for Storage
"Many surveillance cameras are now offering on-board storage, enabling the camera to capture and record video all-in-one, thus turning the camera into a recorder (or as some vendors are calling it - integrated came"

IP Video Industry Weekly - June 19th
Posted on Jun 18, 2009 for General
"IT, ONVIF, Apple,Intergraph, AD, VMS Services and more. This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses o"

Is IT Making Surveillance Decisions? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 17, 2009 for Statistics
"IMS recently released a report/survey on IT decision making in the security industry. The key themes is that IT is playing a greater role than ever before (more than 60% of IT managers are involved in de"

HDcctv Alliance Competitive Analysis
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"HDcctv - the move to non-IP megapixel - is gaining an immense amount of media attention. However, how strong will it be against IP, megapixel and Hybrid DVRs? Details are beginning to emerge allowing us to more c"

Examining Thermal Benefits (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 for Flir
"In the July 2009 Security Products magazine, FLIR published two articles - a Q&A and a survey of applications using FLIR cameras. The most note-worthy claims FLIR makes in these articles: (1) co"

Genetec, Milestone and OnSSI NVR Appliances Launched
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 for Intransa
"The big IP video software providers have historically been software only - meaning that you could install their software on regular computers (COTS) but you could not get the software pre-loaded on hardware (appli"

Will Intransa NVRs be a 'Game Changer'? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 for Intransa
"Is the Intransa introduction of Genetec/Milestone/OnSSI NVRs the real disruptive force? A number of important security industry people tell me they believe it is. This interest reflects the limitat"

Can ONVIF Lose? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 for Standards
"In conversations with over a dozen manufacturers, the consistent theme I hear is a preference for ONVIF. Interestingly, the reason is always about ONVIF's fame/market share. Second most common point is Cisco joini"

Offers LPR (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 for Vicon
"It is getting to the point where ever VMS provider offers LPR. This week, Vicon shared details on their integration with LPR provider INEX."

Should You Use PTZ Cameras?
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Though popular, PTZ cameras often create a false sense of security. They make for great demonstrations but are often underutilized or misused. The use of PTZ cameras varies significantly. Offices and fast food re"

IP Products Update (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 for American Dynamics
"Traditional video surveillance manufacturer has released documentation on their own line of IP Fixed Cameras (min-dome and box) and IP encoders (4 and 8 channel options). Both only support"

Security Solution Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 15, 2009 for Intergraph
"Intergraph is considered by many security people to be a PSIM provider. Intergraph's PSIM solution tends to be more complex with greater focus on integration with public systems such as emergency response/911. Thi"

Financial Results Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 13, 2009 for Intergraph
"This week, Intergraph published their Annual Financial Review and s short Financial Fact Sheet. Intergraph is a very large and profitable company with $800 M USD annual revenue and $150 M USD o"

IP Video Industry Weekly - June 12th
Posted on Jun 12, 2009 for General
"This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses of security and various company actions. Security Exec"

Embedded hDVR Specifications (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 12, 2009 for Exacq
"Exaq has released product page and technical specifications for their new HDVR. Linux based, low price point ($5,000 MSRP for 16 channels), broad IP camera support, and compatible with their softwa"

Free IP Video Software (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 12, 2009 for Statistics
"The poll from our free IP video software report provided interesting results. Of 126 responses, over 50% said they sometimes or always recommend the use of free IP video software. I am surprised that th"

White Light LED Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 11, 2009 for Raytec
"Raytec has released an interesting demo of white light LEDs in use. The use of White light LEDs is still fairly new in security but it does address an important problem. Traditionally, outdoor camera setups w"

Examining Cisco's Small Business Video Surveillance
Posted on Jun 10, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco is making a major push into the small business market. As part of this, Cisco is increasing both their product offerings and marketing of video surveillance products. Cisco's success (or lack thereof) in th"

Can Samsung Extend the Future of Analog CCTV? (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 10, 2009 for Other Companies
"Samsung GVI is talking to the trade magazine about their A1 chip and analog cctv camera advances (listen to a podcast on A1 from SIW). The 4 key claimed benefits of these new analog cameras are (1) higher res"

IPTV vs IP Video Surveillance
Posted on Jun 09, 2009 for Convergence
"Not all video is the same. Indeed, ideal solutions for one video application can be a waste and completely inappropriate for another application. The Growth of Video Solving IP video problems is critical since IP "

VMS Service Fees (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 08, 2009 for Video Insight
"VMS vendors and integrators are both looking for new services to offer (recurring revenue, etc.) VideoInsight released a series of interesting documents describing their offering including: Live monitoring star"

How Well do IP Cameras Work in Low Light?
Posted on Jun 07, 2009 for IP Cameras
"IP cameras have a bad reputation of working poorly in low light conditions. It's part of a greater problem with all surveillance cameras - as critical as low light performance is to video surveillance, high qualit"

Measuring Low Light Surveillance with a Lux Meter
Posted on Jun 07, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Getting good images at night is one of the most challenging problems in video surveillance. Making this worse is that generally you cannot trust the illumination ratings provided by manufacturers. The best tool t"

VoIP Providers Moving into Security (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 06, 2009 for Convergence
"A new survey article from Telcom magazine provides advice to VoIP service providers about entering the video surveillance market. Best comment was the recommendation that VoIP providers bundle IP video s"

US Shrink Up (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 06, 2009 for Statistics
"Acoording to the NRF, shrink is up significantly between 2007 and 2008 (rising from $34.8 M USD to $36.5 M USD). The report also has a breakdown of loss by category. It's also reasonable to assume that s"

Results of IP Camera Survey (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 06, 2009 for Standards
"94 respondents answered the IP camera survey. Here are some highlights of the results: 73% believe standards are very important while only 4% think they are not important Of the 60 respondents who ar"

Acquisition Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 05, 2009 for Axsys
"This week, Thermal/IR manufacturer Axsys was acquired by General Dynamics for $643 M USD. That's a high sum for a security/video surveillance company. However, look at their Q1 financial performance"

IP Video Industry Weekly - June 6th
Posted on Jun 04, 2009 for General
"This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses of security and various company actions. Examining Sal"

Timetable for ONVIF Support (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 04, 2009 for Axis
"Axis told me that they plan to release ONVIF support to their camera firmware in Q3, 2009. This will be in addition to their existing VAPIX protocol. If Axis does release ONVIF support in Q3 and it works wel"

For Remote Monitoring (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 04, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Remote video continues to be a popular topic for video analytic vendors. In the past few weeks, we have seen MACE advocate remote Video in a trade magazine article, ioimage announce a project where they reduced gu"

Testing Vivotek IP7161 - 2MP MPEG-4 Camera
Posted on Jun 03, 2009 for VIVOTEK
"Vivotek's new 2MP camera (the IP7161) expands low-cost product options in multi-megapixel cameras. The IP7161's specification include support for MPEG-4 (but not H.264) and has a maximum frame rate of 10fps at 16"

Gennum's HD Offering (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 03, 2009 for Other Companies
"For HD cameras, see Gennum's HD over Coax for Surveillance announcement from a few months ago. The solution is called Aviia. Avilia offers 1080p / 30 fps Serial Digital video up to 100 meters"

CSO Survey Details (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 03, 2009 for Statistics
"Recently, a survey of CSOs was released. Key findings include: This year 70% of security managers agree that the security leader's role is viewed as strategic and permanent. This is up from 14% in 200"

Product Evaluation by PSA (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 02, 2009 for TimeSight
"ThePSA has released a evaluation TimeSight Systems VMS product. It's an interesting read and good insight into how a large organization like the PSA conducts its evaluation. The reviewer concludes on&nb"

i-LIDs Approved (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 02, 2009 for Agent Vi
"Agent VI announced that its analytics have been certified by i-LIDs. i-LIDS provide the UK government's benchmark for video analytics. i-LIDS offers a variety of certifications. Agent VI reports th"

Training Videos (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 02, 2009 for IQinVision
"IQinVision has released a series of videos on their 4 series dome including an overview video, a review of what's included, and a description of the camera components."

VSST Video Surveillance Technician Guide Reviewed (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 02, 2009 for General
"The Security Industry Association is releasing a series of Certifications for video surveillance technicians. There are 4 certifications in the series. The training guide for the first one is released (s"

Testing Axis Camera Station - VMS Software
Posted on Jun 01, 2009 for Axis
"Axis is much better known for its IP cameras than its VMS software. Nonetheless, their VMS, Camera Station, is quite interesting because of the relative sophistication of the product, Axis' market size and specula"

On Convergence (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 01, 2009 for Statistics
"Security Magazine recently released convergence survey results from large scale security departments. Here are some interesting aspects: 70% of security departments said they used proprietary security"

Furlough Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 01, 2009 for Pelco
"The local Fresno news is reporting that Pelco will be furloughing employees this summer. Pelco responded via email, "Manufacturing, assembly, fabrication some others have to take off on Fridays and one w"

Expanding Support Offerings (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 01, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"The complexity of IP Video software demands causes difficulties for many integrators (especially relative to the simplicity of DVRs). This week, Milestone announced two new programs - STAR and ICON"

Agilence's LP Surveillance Offering Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 01, 2009 for Agilence
"Agilence is a LP Solutions / NVR provider that recently received an investment from Pelco's parent company. This investment was an addition to their Series B which they raised last November. Schneider's inves"

Q1 09 Financial Results Announced (Premium Update)
Posted on Jun 01, 2009 for March Networks
"March Networks released it financial results this week, confirming 2% revenue growth Q1 09 compared to Q1 08. This is consistent with their pre-announcement. More interesting is the release of their analysis"

Will IP Video Software Become Free?
Posted on May 31, 2009 for NVRs
"In the past, video management was quite expensive. Now, increasingly, it is becoming free. Just a few years ago, it was commonplace for a 16 channel DVR to cost $10,000 USD. Today, many manufacturers give the sof"

IP Video Industry Weekly - May 29th
Posted on May 29, 2009 for General
"This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses of security and various company actions Limitations in"

PSIM Companies Dangerous Positioning (Premium Update)
Posted on May 27, 2009 for Convergence
"Another pro-PSIM magazine article: This article focuses on all things that PSIM must do. Essentially, it must do everything - total integration. While the goal is noble, strategically, it is a dangerous. Tot"

Testing Wide Angle Megapixel Lenses - Theia SY125M
Posted on May 27, 2009 for Theia
"More pixels provide the opportunity for greater field of views and less cameras. However, stock lenses provided with cameras only offer moderately wide fields (60-70 degrees). A few companies are now developing w"

Company Update (Premium Update)
Posted on May 26, 2009 for Pivot3
"Pivot3 now has two product models - the Databank and the CloudBank. The difference between the two is that the CloudBank has 1 more 4 core CPU and extra Ethernet ports compared to the DataBank. The CloudBank suppo"

New Product Offering (Premium Update)
Posted on May 26, 2009 for Salient
"Salient Systems has released a new product offering, called ONE, that offers their IP video software without enterprise management functionality (they now have 3 tiers of products/pricing). The MSRP for ONE "

IP Video Software Price Points (Premium Update)
Posted on May 26, 2009 for NVRs
"Two important points about IP video software - tiering price levels and the value of enterprise management. MSRP around $100 USD seems to be the common price point for IP video software licenses without enterpris"

ByRemote Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on May 26, 2009 for byRemote
"ByRemote is one of the first companies to enter Managed Video/ Video Surveillance as a Service. Given the high level of interest in this area, I recently spoke with them to learn more about their business str"

How Good are Security Manager's PCs? (Premium Update)
Posted on May 26, 2009 for General
"User's PCs have a significant impact on video surveillance systems. While video may be processed and stored on optimized dedicated servers, surveillance video is routinely viewed and reviewed on normal PCs. Many c"

Video Analytics Survey (Premium Update)
Posted on May 26, 2009 for Video Analytics
"SSN has published an article interviewing CEOs of a number of video analytics companies. The most interesting comments are (1) ioimage's acknowledgement that analytics has not achieved the hype and that the e"

Guidelines for Testing IP Cameras
Posted on May 26, 2009 for IP Cameras
"What is the best way to test an IP cameras? We have established guidelines for our tests. These guidelines are listed below for your review and comment: Objective The goal of our tests is to provide recommendati"

Baseline / Main / High Profiles (Premium Update)
Posted on May 26, 2009 for Pelco
"In a May Pelco seminar, Pelco advocacted of High Profile H.264. H.264 provides a variety of profiles and levels (H.264 is more like a family of specifications rather than a single specific one). Manufacturers"

How to Sell Cisco Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on May 25, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco has released an 8 page guide for their partners on how to sell Cisco video surveillance for small and medium size businesses. Most of it is standard IP video marketing. The most noteworthy aspect"

P-Iris Claims to Improve Megapixel Cameras (Premium Update)
Posted on May 25, 2009 for Axis
"Axis announced an upcoming product enhancement that aims to improve megapixel image quality. Called P-Iris (for Precise Iris), it is an alternative to DC auto-iris lenses. P-Iris is a combination of a new len"

VCA Technologies Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on May 25, 2009 for Other Companies
"VCA Technology is a relatively new entrant in the video analytic market (UK based company founded in 2007 with core team members previously at PI Vision). VCA has the same fundamental business model"

Observations on ACTi's Strategy (Premium Update)
Posted on May 25, 2009 for ACTi
"A May 2009 press release from ACTi demonstrates 3 interesting characteristics about ACTi's strategy and market approach. The press release is about IFSEC but it covers their general market focus: ACTi acts like"

Limitations in Facial Recognition and LPR (Premium Update)
Posted on May 25, 2009 for Video Analytics
"While facial recognition for identification verification (like Driver's Licenses) continues to expand, the technology suffered a PR black eye this week. A number of US states are now banning smiling for "

Megapixel Cameras Released (Premium Update)
Posted on May 25, 2009 for 3xLOGIC
"Continuing the trend of new manufacturers offering megapixel cameras, US vendor 3xLogic just announced the release of a series of 1.3 and 2MP domes and box cameras (see datasheets on MPEG-4 2MP and 1.3MP"

Is SVC the Next Big CODEC? (Premium Update)
Posted on May 24, 2009 for IP Cameras
"SVC, or Scalable Video Codec, can dynamically change the resolution and bit-rate of video streams. This is extremely important for security applications as so many viewers are in remote locations. It's is especial"

Should You Use Twitter for Security Monitoring?
Posted on May 23, 2009 for Convergence
"Internet luminary Kevin Rose suggests that we cut out alarm monitoring companies through the use of low cost devices and sharing alerts via Twitter. Friends and neighbors can then monitor those alerts and respond "

IP Video Weekly Analysis - May 22nd
Posted on May 22, 2009 for General
"This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses of security and various company actions: 3 Key differe"

3 Key Differentiators in Megapixel Camera Testing (Premium Update)
Posted on May 21, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"3 important differentiators among the cameras I am currently testing: Effective or 'true' resolution: The stated pixel count (1.3MP, 2MP, etc) is proving to be a misleading metric to judge cameras. More pixels "

Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on May 21, 2009 for Hikvision
"While many are familiar with HiKVision as an OEM of DVR cards aand DVR appliances, HikVision is expanding into a full IP video offering and strengthening its branded business. HikVision reports 2008 revenue of $26"

Do Megapixel Cameras Provide Better Image Quality?
Posted on May 20, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"Pixels get all the attention but image details are what is really important to video surveillance users. The more image details, the more cases that can be solved and the fewer cameras that need to be deployed to "

Releases CCD Megapixel Camera (Premium Update)
Posted on May 20, 2009 for Convergence
"With megapixel becoming more commonplace, manufacturers are starting to focus on improving image quality and nigh-time performance (for instance, Panasonic won a NPS award for its CCD megapixel camera). Now, "

HDcctv: Non-IP Megapixel Coming to Video Surveillance?
Posted on May 17, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"Will non-IP cameras soon provide megapixel resolution? It sounds strange and almost a contradiction in terms. Today, only IP cameras provide anything above standard resolution (like 720p, 1080p, 1.3MP and 2MP came"

New Edition 2009 Video Surveillance Industry Guide
Posted on May 17, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"The 2010 Guide has now replaced the 2009 edition - providing double the coverage of 2009. The 612 page 2010 Video Surveillance Industry Guide provides the most comprehensive global coverage of the marke"

IP Video Industry Weekly Analysis - May 15th
Posted on May 15, 2009 for General
"This report covers key developments impacting video surveillance professionals in the last week including financial results, new product developments, uses of security and various company actions. Security budg"

Storage Manufacturers Enter NVR Market
Posted on May 15, 2009 for Storage
"Competition in the NVR market is heating up with a number of new options for video surveillance professionals to consider. In the last few months, well funded startups Intransa and Pivot3 have both launched NVR so"

Successful PSIM Deployments (Premium Update)
Posted on May 14, 2009 for Vidsys
"This week, Vidsys released a video examining successful PSIM Deployments. It's an interesting webcast to watch. The two key themes were (1) cities and very large companies are using PSIM and (2) PSIM has adva"

Testing No Config IP Camera Remote Viewing (StarVedia)
Posted on May 13, 2009 for Other Companies
"Managed IP Video is hot but one of the key practical problems is making installation simple. While local access is trivial, remote access of IP video can be challenging. Network cameras usually require network con"

Budget Cuts for Security Managers (Premium Update)
Posted on May 13, 2009 for Statistics
"In a survey of over 250 security managers, the Security Executive Council is reporting significant drops in security department budgets (see their executive summary from their research section). Key statistics inc"

Q1 2009 Financial Performance Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on May 13, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix's revenue grew 24.7 last quarter (compared to Q1 2009). While down from the 50% growth rate of early last year, the rate is significantly higher than Axis (once your factor out exchange rate factors for Ax"

Price Points for Hybrid DVRs Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on May 13, 2009 for NVRs
"Over the last few years, the MSRP of 16 channel enterprise DVRs were in the $7,000 to $9,000 range (AD, Verint, March, etc. - products that offered 3rd party integration, centralized management, etc). In the last"

IFSEC 2009 Announcement Directory
Posted on May 12, 2009 for General
"Spring is the season of new product announcements and major trade shows for the security industry. This week, Europe's biggest annual security conference, IFSEC, is being held in the UK. This report provides a dir"

On US Security Integrators (Premium Update)
Posted on May 12, 2009 for Statistics
"Security Sales magazine recently released a very useful survey of US security integrators. It's 6 pages long and has dozens of metrics. Here are a few that are particularly relevant or interesting to video surveil"

Advances in Form Factors Available (Premium Update)
Posted on May 11, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"In the beginning of 2008, there were very few form factor options for megapixel cameras. Almost all of them were "box" units (except for Mobotix). Form factor options are important for environmental and aesthetic "

CEO Claims IP Growth Cut in Half (Premium Update)
Posted on May 11, 2009 for Statistics
"The CEO of Norbain recently commented that IP growth has been cut in half. He sees spending on installs reduce but not a decrease in the overall number of installs. His numbers and observations certainly"

Expanding into QSRs (Premium Update)
Posted on May 11, 2009 for Cernium
"A job posting by Cernium indicates that they will be selling their new Archerfish video analytics appliance to Quick Serve Restaurants. They are looking to close franchise agreements with large fast food comp"

Challenges in Choosing Surveillance Cameras
Posted on May 10, 2009 for IP Cameras
"With hundreds of manufacturers to choose from and little comparative information available, choosing the 'right' surveillance camera can be difficult. Worse yet, specifications provided by manufacturers are often "

No Charge for IP Video Software Support (Premium Update)
Posted on May 10, 2009 for Vicon
"While IT departments are accustomed to paying for ongoing support of their software (15%-20% annually of the purchased price is common), security buyers are not. As such, resistance to what is perceived by many as"

Acuity Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on May 10, 2009 for Acuity
"Acuity is a new video surveillance company (1-2 years old) founded by Pelco and AD veterans gaining recent press attention. I received a company overview and live demo. Here are my initial observations: Acutiy pr"

Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on May 09, 2009 for 3xLOGIC
"3xLogic tells me they are growing quickly and given their product lineup and pricing, I believe them. They used to be an OEM (CSI Technologies) and in the last year or so, they have begun marketing under their own"

Cut Guards? (Premium Update)
Posted on May 09, 2009 for Video Analytics
"A security management blog ran a series of posts on the use of video analytics to eliminate guards. The application is secure facilities where US TWIC regulations require that visitors without clearance be escorte"

Power of Marketing for Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on May 09, 2009 for BRS Labs
"What's interesting is that when I talk to industry people, BRS Labs now is consistently listed among the top video analytics companies. This has to be their strong marketing efforts over the last year (since it's "

Competitive Weekly Report - May 8th
Posted on May 08, 2009 for General
"Covers Milestone, ACTi, BRS Labs, Mobotix, Video Analytics and more. Key topics reviewed include: Checks and Balances Needed for Manufacturer Claims Importance of Defining Comparison Metrics Can Firetide do 4"

Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on May 08, 2009 for Vicon
"Vicon is/was a powerful analog company years ago but is fairly marginalized today. Vicon is selling software only in addition to appliances. They now OEM Agent Vi and S2 for analytics and access, respective"

New Panoramic Camera (Premium Update)
Posted on May 08, 2009 for Mobotix
"Mobotix has a new version of their panoramic dome series - Q24. Mobotix states that the 3MP camera offers 8fps at 3MP, double the frame rate of the old Q22 as well as enhanced panoramic correction and a built in 4"

What Does 3VR Face Recognition Test Results Mean?
Posted on May 07, 2009 for 3VR
"Recently, results from a facial recognition test for the Korean National Police were reported widely by 3VR of obtaining: "85-92 percent accuracy in recognizing and matching faces in a few crowded, highly-tra"

Is Managed Video Ready for Central Stations? (Premium Update)
Posted on May 07, 2009 for SaaS
"The happy press for managed video continues to roll with new articles in SSN and Central Station magazine. The articles both argue for the benefits of central stations to re-sell managed video offerings (this is S"

Do PSIM Deployment Exist? (Premium Update)
Posted on May 07, 2009 for Vidsys
"Ironically, PSIM Vendor Vidsys is running a webinar asking if PSIM Deployments Exist? Clearly, Vidsys will discuss how they do exist and the benefits, etc. What's interesting is the acknowledgement, even indirectl"

Intelligent Video - State of the Market 2009
Posted on May 06, 2009 for Video Analytics
"With so much hype and now so much disappointment, the state and future of intelligent video can be difficult to judge. I consistently hear business people in the industry ask questions about prospects and opportun"

The Value of Open Video Surveillance Systems
Posted on May 03, 2009 for Convergence
"Everyone in video surveillance praises being open but what does that really mean? And despite the words, how many companies are really open? Significant questions exist about the value of being open, given that mo"

Axis Speaks on the Future of IP Video
Posted on May 03, 2009 for Axis
"The IP video surveillance industry frequently looks to Axis for guidance and recommendations on the future of the market. In this presentation, made at the Milestone Partners conference in February, Axis GM Fredri"

Access Control Software (Premium Update)
Posted on May 02, 2009 for IQinVision
"IQinVision has announced a small scale access control software offering to be used with their Megapixel cameras. It works with their PRO series of cameras and allows users to open doors, activate alarms, etc from "

Remote Monitoring with Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on May 02, 2009 for ioimage
"ioimage released a webinar detailing their entrance into remote monitoring services. Skip the first 4 minutes as it is simply dead air waiting for the webinar to start. Video analytic manufacturer movement into r"

City Wide Monitoring by Police of Private Cameras (Premium Update)
Posted on May 02, 2009 for Case Studies
"The City of Atherton in California is now running a fairly sophisticated operation whereby the police remotely monitor IP video surveillance. The article provides a significant amount of details including operatio"

Partners with PSA (Premium Update)
Posted on May 01, 2009 for ACTi
"ACTi will now be distributed through the PSA, a large co-operative of 200 American integrators (total annual sales 1.7 Billion USD). This is likely to further help ACTi's expansion in the US at a key time w"

Competitive Weekly Report - May 2nd
Posted on Apr 30, 2009 for General
"Covers OnSSI, the job market, megapixel, Cisco, federal grants and more. Key topics reviewed include: Another Important Sign that Video Analytics is Failing How Complex is Setting up IP Video Software? Current L"

How Costly are Hard Drive Failures?
Posted on Apr 29, 2009 for Storage
"Storage tends to be one of the more costly and problematic parts of video surveillance systems. Most video surveillance systems, even today, do not employ storage redundancy. When drives break, systems can fail an"

Sign of Failure (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 29, 2009 for Video Analytics
"When trade magazines run negative articles, you know a technology is in trouble. This month, SDM released a report on security integrator's experiences with video analytics. It is an excellent article that actuall"

What Differentiates Video Surveillance Products?
Posted on Apr 28, 2009 for General
"Figuring out how video surveillance products are different is a challenging task. While some products are literally the same, most of them are actually different. The tough questions are (1) how are they different"

Does Your Manufacturer Make Their Own Products?
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"A lot of video surveillance products look the same. The reason may be becuase they literally are the same. Big Western manufacturers routinely buy and re-brand a small number of Asian products. During a"

Falling Market Share? (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for Axis
"Axis 1st quarter results were weaker than Q4 2008 (see Axis' Q1 presentation). For the first time, Axis reported shrinking revenue (-2% in real, local currency terms). Only the US had growth (13%). Revenue feel in"

Re-Structuring Video Surveillance Offering (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco has conducted a limited re-structuring with the goal of fostering a singular platform for video surveillance. The plan, underway, is to unify the two technologies acquired from SyPixx and Broadware. Developm"

Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for NUUO
"One of these Taiawanese companies that is increasingly focused on building their brand is Nuuo, a video management manufacturer. Nuuo develops IP video software, DVR/NVR appliances and DVR cards. Nuuo claims to su"

Avocado Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for Other Companies
"Avocado is a startup claiming to do a combination of video analytics, Software as a Service and Business Intelligence. They have been around for a few years but recently started a new marketing push. A few months "

President's Speech (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for Bosch Security
"Bosch Security President Gert van Ipeeren presented at SecuTech. Key points presented: Expects 2009 security sales decline of 5% globally, 10% in US and 2% in Asia Distributors have been reducing stock to impr"

Current Level of Megapixel Availability (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"It's become clear that 1.3 MP, H.264, 10 - 12 fps cameras are now everywhere. At SecuTech, basically every camera manufacturer, even the laggards had such cameras available. Also, 2MP, H.264 cameras are destined "

PSIM Provider (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for ONSSI
"OnSSI continues to expand its market position to be a PSIM provider. This week, they shared a new video that overviews their PSIM solution with an example in the education market. Essentially, their Ocularis softw"

Complexity of IP Video Software? (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 26, 2009 for NVRs
"One of the interesting dynamics I see in the industry is between those who are used to deploying DVRs and those who deploy IP video software. As someone who has deployed both, I find IP video to be dramatically mo"

Competitive Weekly Report - April 25th
Posted on Apr 25, 2009 for General
"Covers Axis, Bosch, Cisco, HikVision, OEMs, megapixel camera positioning and more. Key topics reviewed include: Examining Axis' falling market position Deep drop in Q1 DVR sales? Reviewing Bosch's Presidents "

SecuTech Asia 2009 Conference Report
Posted on Apr 23, 2009 for General
"While not very well known in the US and Europe, SecuTech is a suprisingly interesting and strong security industry conference. This year's SecuTech attracted over 700 exhibitors and 20,000 attendees whic"

Designing Maximum Security Video Surveillance
Posted on Apr 21, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Maximum security facilities have far different requirements for video surveillance than typical commercial use. In a maximum security facility, like a nuclear power plant or prison, adversaries must be stopped on-"

Industry Weekly Review - April 17th
Posted on Apr 17, 2009 for General
"Covers Cisco, Cernium, ACTi, ADT, Hybrid DVR pricing and more. Reviews and analysis on developing trends, company interviews and new releases. Key topics include: Launching Independent IP Camera Testing Examin"

Advantages of RAID6 over RAID5 For Video Surveillance
Posted on Apr 15, 2009 for Storage
"For large scale video surveillance deployments, like casinos, the enhanced redundancy provided in RAID6 over RAID5 is critical to minimizing video loss and ensuring system performance. [Note: If you are not "

How to Select Video Analytics
Posted on Apr 14, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Selecting video analytics can be difficult because many factors impact the choice. In this report, I examine the 8 most important questions that should be addressed when evaluating video analytics. The easy part "

Camera Positioning Key to Video Analytics
Posted on Apr 14, 2009 for Video Analytics
"A routinely overlooked but key aspect to using video analytics is camera positioning. Not simply an implementation issue, camera positioning requirements can have a significant impact on the cost and design of vid"

DIGIOP Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 12, 2009 for DIGIOP
"Digiop offers a line of hybrid DVR and NVRs. The most interesting differentiators about Digiop is (1) Dell provides the hardware and (2) ObjectVideo provides the analytics that runs inside of the DVR. A"

On IP Video Surveillance (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 12, 2009 for ADT
"ADT posted an article on their site validating the growth of IP video surveillance, saying that IP's time has come. Of course that sentiment is not new. What makes it interesting is that it is coming from ADT, an "

Revised 2009 IP Video Projections (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 12, 2009 for Statistics
"IMS has publicly released revised market forecast for 2009: "IMS still sees growth, but the research firm's predictions are 15 percent less robust after the past three months of watching the market." IMS is still "

Examining New Products From ISC West 2009
Posted on Apr 11, 2009 for General
"This premium report examines the value and potential impact of 12 new products announced at ISC West. If you are looking for the next new thing or trying to determine how video surveillance is changing, this repor"

What is Convergence? Webinar (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 10, 2009 for Convergence
"What is Convergence? Examining various definitions: Vidsys has an interesting webinar discussing the operational/organizational issues in convergence. It's actually not a typical product pitch. The webinar has Jef"

Is the Video Surveillance Business Starting to Improve?
Posted on Apr 08, 2009 for Recession
"In the last month, a renewed sense of optimism has emerged in the video surveillance industry - mirroring the rise of the global stock markets and culminating in a better than expected turnout at ISC West. W"

Appliances Released (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 08, 2009 for Salient
"Salient is an IP video software vendor that offers both software and hybrid appliances. Salient recently added datasheets on their hardware appliance offerings. Note: Salient's CEO is a long-standing key member of"

Should You Trust Frost & Sullivan Awards?
Posted on Apr 04, 2009 for General
"Frost & Sullivan awards are common in the security industry. In the last decade, Frost has named dozens of video surveillance companies award winners. Winners have marketed their awards heavily in press releas"

2009 Top Emerging Video Surveillance Trends
Posted on Apr 02, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Emerging from ISC West, a number of clear trends will likely impact purchasing decisions over the next 12 months. In this premium report, we examine the 6 key factors, including positive and negative trends Poll:"

ISC West 2009 Announcement Directory
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"This report provides a directory of over 60 links to manufacturer announcements and the best reports from the ISC West 2009. The goal is to simplify finding new information and allow readers to go to the source to"

Analyzing Skypoint: Lenel and OnSSI's Partnership
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 for ONSSI
"Lenel has announced SkyPoint - an IP Video Surveillance product offering OEMed from OnSSI and integrated with Lenel's access control solution. Given Lenel's strength in access control and the extensive functional"

Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 for Sony
"Sony emphasized their focus on selling solutions (cameras, analytics, software, recorders, monitors) rather than products (e.g., being simply a camera vendor). I am skeptical of rhe customer value of solutions. Wh"

Partnership with TechData (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 for Pelco
"Pelco announced that TechData would be their exclusive IT distributor in the US. I spoke with Pelco. They said that TechData will be only be selling Pelco's IP product lines - no analog cameras or traditional DVRs"

Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 for Basler
"I spoke with Basler this week. They are a machine vision company that is increasing its presence in the security industry with a line of megapixel cameras. They claim better image quality using CCD and H.264 on al"

The Danger of Pre-Announcing Products
Posted on Mar 31, 2009 for General
"It is critical to check when new products will actually be available. While vendors may announce and show a 'new' product at a conference, that product may not be available for months or even up to 1 year after it"

JVC PoE PTZ Camera Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 31, 2009 for Other Companies
"JVC PoE PTZ Camera Manufacturer Description: “Power over Ethernet (PoE) IP network pan tilt zoom built into a IP66 water-proof/dust-proof/vandal resistant dome housing. Operating temperatures are -10° t"

M1031-W Camera Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 31, 2009 for Axis
"Manufacturer Description: H.264 camera “features a PIR sensor for motion detection without lighting, illumination LED and two way audio with built-in microphone and speaker. Video intelligence incl"

M7001 Mini Encoder Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 31, 2009 for Axis
"Manufacturer Description: “The highly compact, one-channel AXIS M7001 Video Encoder provides a cost-effective solution for integrating small or large numbers of analog CCTV cameras into an IP-Surveillance sy"

XProtect Analytics 2.0 Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 31, 2009 for Milestone Systems
"Manufacturer Description: “Seamlessly integrates video analysis tools from different manufacturers under a single, easy-to-manage user interface ... and addresses key industry issues such as the customers' n"

CheckVideo Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 31, 2009 for Cernium
"Manufacturer Description: “The first intelligent video verification product that seamlessly integrates with central alarm station software.” How the Product is Different:While there are a large n"

Risks of Overloading Video Surveillance Systems
Posted on Mar 29, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Cameras, software and recorders are all becoming more powerful and complex. Higher resolution, multiple streams, multiple analytics and more powerful CODECs greatly enhance the potential of video surveillance. At "

Weekly Competitive Analysis - March 27th
Posted on Mar 27, 2009 for General
"Covers OnSSI, Milestone, Sony, IMS, Axis, Pelco, Basler and more. Significant market, competitive and product announcements this week. Key topics examined include: What does the Milestone - OnSSI partnership actu"

IMS Comments (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 26, 2009 for Video Analytics
"At the IMS conference, Geoff from SecurityInfoWatch reported on video analytics progress. Money quote: "an industry niche that is maturing, but is still somewhat in its infancy." What's strange is that this is the"

Is Bosch Over-Selling Video Analytics?
Posted on Mar 25, 2009 for Video Analytics
"Analysts and pundits agree that video analytics has been significantly over-sold in the last few years. Bosch certainly did its part with its IVA Challenge where tradeshow attendees tried to steal a drill position"

2009 Best New Video Surveillance Products
Posted on Mar 22, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"This 16 page premium report explains why and how new video surveillance products offer value. The goal is to help industry professionals quickly identify the products with highest potential. It can be used as a ge"

Surveillance Camera Demo Directory (IP, MP, CCTV)
Posted on Mar 22, 2009 for IP Cameras
"This directory collects and presents webcasts from leading IP and Megapixel surveillance cameras. The goal is to help professionals to more easily understand the various product offerings on the market. Included "

Is Bandwidth a Problem for IP Cameras?
Posted on Mar 22, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Integrators often cite bandwidth as a key concern for deploying IP cameras. Let's examine what the potential issues are and where they may be applicable: You do not have enough bandwidth for IP video (see our b"

Competitive Weekly Analysis - Mar 20th
Posted on Mar 20, 2009 for General
"Forecasts examined, ioimage seeks acquisitions, integrator's on economy, Milestone and more. Significant financial, competitive and product announcements this week. Key topics examined include: Analyzing Frost'"

Top 5 Mistakes IT People Make in Physical Security
Posted on Mar 19, 2009 for Convergence
"IT convergence creates high anticipation and anxiety. New people entering physical security is one of the most emotional. The security systems market is a lot like Las Vegas - growing quickly, few of us are actual"

Should You Use Video Encoders?
Posted on Mar 18, 2009 for NVRs
"Many people want to go IP but 95% of deployed cameras are analog. Encoders are the most common solution but is that the best approach? What are Encoders? Encoders are appliances that convert analog video fee"

Integrator Business (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 17, 2009 for Recession
"SDM posted an extensive discussion with US integrators on how their businesses were fairing in the recession. It's a long article but well worth the read. One theme is that some integrators are doing better than o"

What is the Future of Trade Magazines?
Posted on Mar 15, 2009 for Recession
"The publication industry is struggling. The recession and growth of the web is shrinking advertising revenues and increasing fears about the future of printed publications. On-line advertising such as craigslist c"

IT Compliance for Windows DVRs (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 14, 2009 for 3VR
"Systems using Windows are frequently criticized for security concerns. This week, a manufacturer released their guide on how they meet IT requirements. This paper may help you better appreciate the key issues invo"

Weekly Competitive Analysis - Mar 13th
Posted on Mar 13, 2009 for General
"Axis, Mobotix, IndigoVision, Mate, PSIM, more. Significant financial, competitive and product announcements this week. Key topics examined include: IndigoVision's Financial Results S2 Product Roadmap / Video S"

Intellex - American Dynamics Video Surveillance Examined
Posted on Mar 12, 2009 for American Dynamics
"American Dynamics, through its Intellex product line, has been one of the largest and most prominent 'enterprise' DVR providers in the last decade. They easily have hundreds of thousands of DVRs deployed in "

Seeks to Acquire Companies (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 11, 2009 for ioimage
"The founder of ioimage, Roni Kass posted a note on the LinkedIn Video Analytics Group. His note stated, "We are interested to collaborate/acquire different companies, which have complementary technology/products t"

How Good is ACTi's Video Quality?
Posted on Mar 10, 2009 for ACTi
"An increasing number of budget priced IP cameras are coming onto the market. The key question, though, is how good are the cameras? We all know Axis, Sony, Panasonic, etc. offer high quality products. The key conc"

2009 DVR Comparison Guide Released Ver. 2
Posted on Mar 10, 2009 for NVRs
"This guide helps professionals select and evalaute DVRs by explaining the fundamentals of DVRs, examining the key differentiators among the best products and profiling a number of the leading DVR manufacturers. T"

Siemens SiteIQ (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 10, 2009 for Other Companies
"Siemens gave me an update on the Vistascape product, now named Siemens SiteIQ. It looks to be largely the same product from the Vistascape era. They are claiming improved accuracy and benefits of longer range dete"

DVRs for Major IT Companies (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 10, 2009 for Dedicated Micros
"DM disclosed that they have been providing video management for major IT firm Sun Microsystems. With DM as a traditional DVR company and Sun as a Silicon Valley tech company, this may sound surprising. Nonetheless"

Energy Savings (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 10, 2009 for Pivot3
"Pivot3 has added a datasheet on their storage array and a brochure claiming energy savings from using their storage system. Over a 3 year period, they estimate saving $110,000 on a 400TB storage system that I esti"

Coming Battle Between DVR and IP Video Manufacturers
Posted on Mar 09, 2009 for NVRs
"In the next 18 months, DVR and IP video software companies will compete head to head. They will add in each other's key functionalities and the distinction between these manufacturers will largely disappear. "

Mini-Encoder Details (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 09, 2009 for Axis
"Axis announced a small form factor, single channel encoder. They have added a data sheet on it. Also, online pricing is now available - about $300 USD. That's a pretty reasonable price for a H.264 30 fps 4CIF enco"

Company Update (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 08, 2009 for S2 Security
"3 important announcements: (1) the video widget, (2) the small site offering (Pronto) and the (3) global offering (not on the website but will provide centralized management across the various S2 product offerings"

Weekly Competitive Analysis - Mar 6th
Posted on Mar 06, 2009 for General
"Significant financial, competitive and product announcements this week. Extensive 5 page analysis; Key topics examined include: New developments in IP camera standards debate Axis position on video analytics "

GE Security's Future and Impact of Stock Collapse (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 06, 2009 for GE Security
"If you follow financial news, you are likely aware that GE's stock price is collapsing due to growing recognition that GE capital suffers from the same problems as the banks. There's no easy way for GE t"

Emza Video Analytics for Remote Site Monitoring
Posted on Mar 05, 2009 for Emza
"Emza offers a remote site intrusion detection solution by applying video analytics in a very specific and optimized manner for the application. Remote sites like substations and water plants contain valuable resou"

Reckless Spending in Video Surveillance?
Posted on Mar 05, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Does video surveillance suffer from similar problems to banking? We are all learning that easy money combined with little regulation ultimately creates disasters. What's interesting is that video surveillance shar"

Wireless Camera Kit (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 05, 2009 for Convergence
"Firetide addded an all-in-one camera with mesh wireless node. With the wireless node, the encoder and the camera all in a single housing, it looks bulky. Nonetheless, this can be useful to simply deployments and o"

On-Board Storage/Recording (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 04, 2009 for IQinVision
"Certain IQinVision cameras can record locally without the need for network bandwidth or a third party management system. Their Event Recording System solution is offered as a kit with storage and software license "

Examining Pelco Sarix Megapixel Cameras
Posted on Mar 04, 2009 for Pelco
"While Pelco is the largest analog camera supplier, its existing IP offering have been limited and sales modest. In an effort to close that gap, Sarix is Pelco's new IP camera line that focuses on H.264 megapi"

WiFi 50% Off (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 04, 2009 for Convergence
"Firetide is offering its new wifi access points at 50% off for the next 6 months. For video surveillance systems, these products are less likely to be used as they provide less throughput than Firetide's mesh node"

Axis and Milestone on the Recession's Impact
Posted on Mar 02, 2009 for Recession
"As the largest manufacturers of IP cameras and open VMS software, Axis and Milestone are key forces in the video surveillance market. Recently, Axis and Milestone provided interviews to Security Products on the ec"

Why Cisco Video Surveillance has Struggled
Posted on Mar 01, 2009 for Cisco
"Despite the great hype for Cisco's entrance into video surveillance, Cisco has not demonstrated significant success in the market. They have won only a limited number of projects and many, if not most, of those ar"

on Video Analytics (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 01, 2009 for Axis
"Axis is advocating using analytics on IP cameras. This is not news but I was surprised to hear their questionable rationale (see the 3 minute video). Axis claims the main problem for video analytics is that the pr"

Panel on IP Camera Standards (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 01, 2009 for Standards
"TechSec featured a debate on IP camera standards - ONVIF, PSIA, etc. Sam has a long writeup and the discussion on standards is at the very end of his post. What's most shocking to me on this discussion is that the"

Not Exhibiting at ISC West (Premium Update)
Posted on Mar 01, 2009 for Cisco
"Cisco is not exhibiting at ISC West due to "limited marketing dollars". It is another symptom that, despite their self-promotion, Cisco is not yet taking over the industry. We examined the specific problems Cisco "

Weekly Competitive Report - Feb 27th
Posted on Feb 27, 2009 for General
"Significant financial, competitive and product announcements this week. Key topics examined include: March Networks' financial results Cisco's positioning for IP Camera standards Pelco's Sarix Megapixel Line "

Obama Budget To Shrink Security Industry
Posted on Feb 27, 2009 for Recession
"With massive deficits building, Obama needs to cut long term spending. Obama's budget blueprint shows that cutting security/defense spending will be central to his plan. Even the US government is acknowledging th"

Watch Video Surveillance Product Demos
Posted on Feb 26, 2009 for General
"Online demo videos are a powerful but underutilized tool in video surveillance. This report helps to: Showcase some of the best online demo videos I have found Encourage manufacturers to produce more online de"

Extended Storage for DVRs Examined (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 26, 2009 for Intransa
"Intransa and Pivot3 continue to market aggressively their storage solutions. One major positioning difference is that Intransa is focusing more heavily on small camera count deployments and upgrading DVRs. Specifi"

Why 2010 will be Worse than 2009
Posted on Feb 24, 2009 for Recession
"While admitting a slowdown, video surveillance professionals generally claim that (1) the market will rebound in the second half of this year and (2) that the problem is consumer fear. Discussions with dozens of i"

How to Win Deals with Megapixel Cameras
Posted on Feb 22, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"Megapixel cameras are the key to fast growth and high profits in the face of the recession. If you are in the video surveillance business, it is imperative that you focus on selling megapixel solutions. While it i"

The Importance of Megapixel Lenses
Posted on Feb 22, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"Selecting the right megapixel lens is as confusing as it is important. The wrong choice of lens can make an expensive megapixel camera no better than a cheap analog camera. Unfortunately, manufacturers generally d"

Company Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 21, 2009 for Immervision
"Immervision makes a 360 degree lens for using with existing SD and 1.3 MP lens cameras (demo on their home page). Immervision does not claim they replace multiple cameras. Rather, it's an improved camera that can "

Weekly Competitive Analysis - Feb 20th
Posted on Feb 20, 2009 for General
"Covers Milestone, Axis, Envysion, Sony, American Dynamics, marketing strategies, competitive positioning and more. Examines key trends that manufacturers and integrators should be considering."

IP Video Close to Standards???
Posted on Feb 19, 2009 for Standards
"Once a new technology gets media coverage, it's common to presume that it's immediately ready for prime time. This week, a new article declares IP-based video close to standardization. Unfortunately, the art"

How the US Stimulus Impacts Video Surveillance
Posted on Feb 19, 2009 for Recession
"With a deepening recession, many hope that the newly passed US stimulus will bolster the weakening video surveillance market. Given the sheer size of the stimulus ($787 B USD) and the desire to spend it ASAP, the "

Vue Wireless Overview (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 17, 2009 for Other Companies
"This product, from Vue, is a kit for consumers to easily and inexpensively set up video monitoring. What's different is that the $99 cameras are battery operated and wireless. You can stick them wherever you want "

Why Analog is Gaining Ground Against IP Video
Posted on Feb 16, 2009 for Convergence
"Those who think the recession is speeding up IP convergence are likely ignorant or hopeful. Indeed, the recession is dramatically slowing convergence and allowing analog companies to catch up. This is already happ"

Axis on Network Camera Trends
Posted on Feb 15, 2009 for Axis
"This report summarizes a presentation made by Axis GM Fredrik Nilsson on the progress and future of IP cameras (presented at the Milestone Partners Conference). As the market leader in IP cameras, knowing Axi"

Does Video Surveillance Threaten Privacy?
Posted on Feb 12, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"The most pervasive criticism of video surveillance is the risk of destroying privacy -- that video surveillance will become Big Brother, enabling the government to spy on anyone, anywhere. These concerns continue "

Recession Impacting Security Projects
Posted on Feb 10, 2009 for Recession
"If you are selling a disruptive technology that greatly reduces cost, then this market is just right for you. However, if you are selling a heavily capital intensive project requiring new installation then you mig"

Red Herring Award (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 10, 2009 for Vidient
"Video analytics vendor Vidient announced that it received a Red Herring award. Vidient has been struggling for a long time (and to be fair so have most of their peers). But a Red Herring Award is joke. Not only do"

New CEO (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 10, 2009 for 3VR
"3VR hired a new CEO who was previously the VP of Enterprise Sales at Apple. Given Apple's phenomenal reputation, it is certainly a good story. Will it help 3VR? A key symptom of 3VR's challenge is the relative la"

Economic Meltdown Rocks Security Industry
Posted on Feb 08, 2009 for Recession
"This is no ordinary recession. Dramatic and permanent changes have already begun. In conversations with over 30 end users, integrators and manufacturers over the last 2 weeks, the changes are happening faster and "

IT Tutorial for Physical Security Managers
Posted on Feb 08, 2009 for Convergence
"Much of the fear in IT convergence comes from new technology and operational issues of using IT for physical security systems. The goal of this tutorial is to explain the key concepts and issues involved for secur"

Why DVR Appliances Are Making a Comeback
Posted on Feb 07, 2009 for NVRs
"Hated for the last few years, DVR appliances will make a strong comeback in the next 12 - 18 months. It is clear that many providers are learning from the mistakes of the previous generation (new products are demo"

Top 10 Video Surveillance Companies by Market Share
Posted on Feb 05, 2009 for General
"Market share ranking of the top 10 in video surveillance equipment, cameras and network cameras companies is provided in Axis' 4th quarter financial statement. You may download the presentation for the Top 10 char"

Axis Hammered by Recession
Posted on Feb 04, 2009 for Axis
"Axis video growth dropped from 32% to 9% and, in Europe, revenue actually declined. This is bad news not only for Axis but for the industry. The IP video market is deteoriating even faster than the economy - IP vi"

Are US IP Video Companies Inferior?
Posted on Feb 01, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"The US has few leaders and none of the largest companies in IP video. This, despite the fact that, according to a recent study, there are disproportionately more US IP Video companies than the rest of the world. M"

2009 Megapixel Camera Comparison Released
Posted on Feb 01, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"This 20 page report helps you decide amongst the leading megapixel camera products in the market. If you are evaluating megapixel cameras or moving to IP, this report will help you understand the best product for "

Survey for Retailers (Premium Update)
Posted on Feb 01, 2009 for Statistics
"Manufacturer 3xLogic released results from a survey of convenience store managers. A lot of interesting datapoints included. The most interesting point is that none of the 125 convenience stores are using video an"

What's the difference between HD and Megapixel Cameras?
Posted on Jan 30, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"While 2009 may be the year of megapixel cameras, it may also be the year where confusion between HD and megapixel cameras began. Historically, everyone who sold cameras with 1 million pixels or more called them me"

2009 Video Management System Comparison Released
Posted on Jan 30, 2009 for NVRs
"This report helps you decide amongst the leading IP video surveillance software products on the market. If you are moving to IP video or looking to replace DVRs, this report will help you understand the best produ"

Should IT and Security Integrators Partner?
Posted on Jan 23, 2009 for Convergence
"I think partnering is a horrible idea made worse by the numerous analysts who continuously promote it. The only viable solution is for integrators to build in-house expertise in both skill sets. As an integ"

Video Management Software Comparison
Posted on Jan 22, 2009 for NVRs
"Compares Milestone, OnSSI, Genetec, Cisco, IndigoVision, DvTel and Verint. This 6 page report examines key strengths and weaknesses for each of these manufacturers. The report is intended to be a reference for sal"

Intersec and Middle East Growth Observations
Posted on Jan 22, 2009 for General
"Intersec, the largest Middle East security conference, was held this week in Dubai. This report shares my observations and learning as a speaker and attendee of the conference. My two central observations: "

Should IT Take Over Physical Security?
Posted on Jan 18, 2009 for Convergence
"Frequent discussions of IT taking over physical security often turn to not simply if it will happen but when it will happen. Such convergence is viewed broadly as a key issue in the future of the security industry"

ObjectVideo Company Update and Analysis
Posted on Jan 15, 2009 for ObjectVideo
"This report shares information from a January 2009 interview with ObjectVideo executives. ObjectVideo is a leading intelligent video / video analytics provider. In 2009, ObjectVideo consists of two major business"

How to Position Video Surveillance Cameras
Posted on Jan 15, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"This report shares best practices for positioning surveillance cameras and is based on standards I developed as an integrator. Figuring out the right number, placement and views of cameras can save significant mon"

Are You Too Stupid to Buy IP Cameras?
Posted on Jan 12, 2009 for IP Cameras
"Why are 4 out of 5 of you still not choosing IP cameras? The IP video vendors keep trying to educate you. Is it that you are clearly that stupid to not get it? Or do you just shut it out? A Serious Issue I belie"

How much does Video Surveillance Cost?
Posted on Jan 11, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"This report provides rough estimated prices for video surveillance products and systems including cameras, video management systems, video analytics, storage and installation. While such numbers cannot be precise "

Upcoming Panoramic Megapixel Camera from Scallop
Posted on Jan 09, 2009 for Megapixel Cameras
"A startup is developing a low cost 180 degree panoramic camera that could have a significant impact in real world video surveillance deployments in 2010. Product Overview The company, Scallop Imaging, "

Getting Inside Information on Video Surveillance Companies
Posted on Jan 07, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Executives almost never tell you the bad stuff - the risks, the problems, the reasons why not to do business with them. Indeed, the worse it gets, the more rosy the projections often become. The best way to get th"

Video Surveillance & CCTV Introduction Video
Posted on Jan 05, 2009 for Video Surveillance
"Getting started with video surveillance? This report covers the basic elements of video surveillance, walking you through each aspect including cameras, recorders, power, cabling and wireless. In addition to the "

How to Cut Costs Using the Internet
Posted on Jan 04, 2009 for Recession
"The recession is forcing broad reductions. Worse, the era of excess consumer spending is over. In response, most business around the world, whether they buy or sell video surveillance, will have to tighten their b"

How Bad was the 4th Quarter?
Posted on Jan 01, 2009 for Recession
"As an industry, bad. In Oct-Dec, sales decelerated in IP video and turned negative in analog video. The main reason: "project delays." While the growth rate of IP video segment is still positive, growth has decel"

Are Trade Shows Dying?
Posted on Dec 28, 2008 for Recession
"Internet economics and the recession pose a significant risk to the future of trade shows. A broad trend facing all technology industries, we may see dramatic reductions and changes to leading security trade shows"

Video Retention Standards - Need Industry Clearinghouse
Posted on Dec 28, 2008 for Standards
"Beyond CODECS, a need exists for video standards of care, as a supermarket court case below demonstrates. The rules and regulations concerning retention of video information electronically captured by CCTV and IP"

Norbain CEO - Recession Forcing Radical Changes
Posted on Dec 25, 2008 for Recession
"In the best security executive interview I have ever seen, Alun John, the CEO of leading UK manufacturer, Norbain, examines the severe impact of the recession on the industry. I strongly encourage you to read the"

12 Companies Added to News Monitoring
Posted on Dec 22, 2008 for General
"Aiming to broaden global coverage, 12 video surveillance companies have been added to the over 100 companies monitored by IP Video Market Info. This will allow us to capture website updates, news stories and artic"

Top 5 Problems in Video Surveillance Storage
Posted on Dec 21, 2008 for Storage
"Storage is one of the most confusing and debated aspects of video surveillance solutions. Continuously rising expectations for TV or HD quality combined with falling storage prices only makes the issue more challe"

Video Analytics for Perimeter Violation Examined
Posted on Dec 18, 2008 for ioimage
"Provides metrics and analysis of deploying video analytics for perimeter violation - Editor's note For the past 3 years, my organization, C3 Shared Services, has been deploying video analytics for many "

Axis Confirms IP Video Growth Slowing Significantly
Posted on Dec 16, 2008 for Recession
"In a stunning, unprompted move, Axis has issued a press release confirming that growth in IP video is slowing significantly. While the press release offers no new information nor statistics, it does refe"

Video Surveillance Research Service Launched
Posted on Dec 14, 2008 for General
"The Research service provides critical information to help manufacturers, integrators, distributors and investors make better decisions and respond more quickly to new developments by: Monitoring and alerting on "

Mobotix's Megapixel Offering Examined
Posted on Dec 13, 2008 for Mobotix
"While Mobotix sells the most megapixel cameras in the world, Mobotix's product strategy is significantly different from other well known megapixel manufacturers such as IQinVision, Arecont Vision, Lumenera and Axi"

Why Wireless Video Surveillance Systems Fail
Posted on Dec 11, 2008 for Wireless
"Wireless video surveillance systems fail almost as frequently as video analytics - and that should tell you something. Let's examine a fascinating case of anger and frustration for one US municipality. Some import"

Eliminate Distortion in Wide Angle Images
Posted on Dec 09, 2008 for Theia
"Today's megapixel cameras have many advantages as long as you have the right lens for the job. When that includes covering large areas or reducing cost by installing fewer cameras, that lens is a wide angle lens."

Texas Instruments Simplifying Smart Cameras
Posted on Dec 07, 2008 for Video Analytics
"To date, smart cameras are more promise than reality. While smart cameras receive significant press and a number of products are available, adoption is still very low - certainly under 1% of all cameras. Texas In"

Which Video Surveillance Companies are at Most Risk?
Posted on Dec 07, 2008 for Recession
"Assessing risk during a recession is critical. During boom times, company failures are rare. As such, partnerships or product choices can generally be safely made with almost any vendor. However, in a downturn, c"

Pelco Cuts Costs and 1% Employees Layoff
Posted on Dec 04, 2008 for Pelco
"Summary: 19 employees cut, salary freeze implemented, corporate jet to be sold, no more personalized license plates. All in all, this is a very small cut. Relative to the cuts that video surveillance companies ar"

Using Video Surveillance to Fight Terrorism
Posted on Dec 03, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"The Mumbai attacks raise questions about security enhancements. What can CCTV or video surveillance do to address terrorist attacks such as Mumbai? While the immediate reaction is always to spend money on ne"

Examining the Impact of the Recession
Posted on Dec 01, 2008 for Recession
"With a global recession no longer in doubt, two fundamental issues will shape the video surveillance business: How significantly the global economy will contract How strong will the post-recession economy be "

2009 Video Surveillance Industry Guide Released
Posted on Dec 01, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"This guide helps video surveillance businesses to: Improve your strategy in the face of the global recession Determine the best companies and products 2010 Industry Guide The

Russian Security Market Expected to Grow Significantly
Posted on Nov 27, 2008 for General
"The consensus expert position is that the Russian security market shall continue to grow significantly despite the turbulent global economy. This report examines the Russian security market, explaining the key par"

Will ONVIF or PSIA win the IP Camera Standards Battle?
Posted on Nov 25, 2008 for Standards
"While momentum grows for IP camera standards, significant questions exist as to what will happen with ONVIF and PSIA. They are two groups pursuing the same fundamental goal of brining interoperability to IP "

Key Factors for High Quality Surveillance Video
Posted on Nov 23, 2008 for IP Cameras
"Getting high quality surveillance video can be challenging. Indeed, many reports or surveys indicate that most users are not happy with the quality of their surveillance video. This report identifies the key"

Casino Video Surveillance Design Case Study
Posted on Nov 21, 2008 for Case Studies
"Distributed architecture is the key concept behind casino system designs. All encoding and recording is done on the single channel (blade) DVRs, before such devices are connected to the main CCTV network. The adva"

Steelbox Foreclosed - Purchased by ASG
Posted on Nov 20, 2008 for Steelbox
"NVR provider Steelbox Networks has gone out of business in the last month. Steelbox, a specialist in large scale video management systems, was unable to obtain additional funding. Square 1 Bank owns the asse"

Top 3 Problems of Sales Presentations
Posted on Nov 19, 2008 for General
"Sales presentations are critical yet are routinely ineffecitve. While an appropriate sales presentation can quickly and effectively convince a potential partner to do business, many sales presentations are wastefu"

OnSSI Ocularis Review
Posted on Nov 16, 2008 for ONSSI
"OnSSI's Ocularis is one of the most anticipated product announcements in the video surveillance industry this year. This report examines OnSSI's general product and competitive positioning. [Jan 2010 update: Read"

Selecting Video Management Systems
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 for NVRs
"The numerous options and alternatives in video management systems require careful consideration to ensure selection of optimal solutions for one's needs. Whether or not you choose DVRs, hybrid DVRs, NVRs or IP vid"

Grandeye Major Company Restructuring
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 for Grandeye
"Last month, Grandeye, the 360 megapixel manufacturer, implemented major company restructuring. Below is a summary of what I know and feel confident in its truth. There is basically no public information available "

How IT is Transforming the Security Business
Posted on Nov 12, 2008 for Convergence
"While technical skill sets and competencies dominate the discussions surrounding "convergence," it is the differences in the channels of product delivery between the IT and Security industries that will have the b"

Should Manufacturers Sell Direct to End Users?
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 for Convergence
"An insane idea today will become reality over the next 10 years. Driven by the Internet and accelerated by the recession, the role of the integrator as powerful intermediary will diminish greatly. This will "

How Obama Impacts the Security Industry
Posted on Nov 04, 2008 for General
"The security bubble is burst. With the election of Obama, US demand for security products will drop significantly as subsidies for security technology are reduced and global tensions are eased. This will place sig"

How to Design a Video Surveillance Solution
Posted on Nov 04, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Designing a video surveillance solution requires decisions on 7 fundamental questions. This tutorial walks the reader through each issue explaining the basic options and the rationale for selecting different optio"

Should You Use Software-Only Video Management Systems?
Posted on Oct 30, 2008 for NVRs
"Software only has lots of the momentum. But should you use software only? While DVR/NVR appliances are increasingly viewed as antiquated, over 80% of end users still chose traditional appliances over software only"

How Strong is the ROI / TCO of IP Video Surveillance?
Posted on Oct 23, 2008 for Recession
"Many vague vendor claims exist but detailed quantitative evidence is hard to find. While customers are easy on soft ROI / TCO claims in boom times, in the next year they will get much firmer in their demands for s"

2009 IP Video Market Forecast
Posted on Oct 22, 2008 for Statistics
"IP Video market growth will slow by 66% next year due to the unfolding financial implosion. It is critical for all of us to understand where it will slow, why it will slow and how the impact will be most felt. Thi"

Credit Crisis Will Accelerate Convergence
Posted on Oct 21, 2008 for Recession
"As we brace ourselves for the credit crisis and the shakeout in the security industry caused by the acceptance of IP CCTV, it is important that we create a system around us that will stand up to this.We are seeing"

On-Site Optimization Key to Quality Video Analytic Systems
Posted on Oct 20, 2008 for Video Analytics
"There are very good analytic software packages on the market because they have excellent engineers and technicians setting them up; great analytic software needs great people to select and set the proper algorithm"

Axis Financial Results Points to Market Slowdown
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 for Axis
"Axis 3rd quarter results demonstrate signs of a market slowdown, most strongly in Europe but with leading indicators globally. Worldwide video growth decreased from 37% in Q2 to 32% in Q3. Europe video growth plu"

IP Video Will Be Resilient to the Recession
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 for Recession
"In tough economic times, security is the last thing to be cut. IP Video Market Info's forecast treats the market as a unified block, but that is not good analysis. At Sightmind, we sell into enterprise, mostly ins"

Should I use Cisco's Video Surveillance in my Router (ISR)?
Posted on Oct 16, 2008 for Cisco
"Cisco offers a DVR/NVR to be plugged into their office routers. Despite the appealing concept, Cisco's IP Video in a router solution will be uncompetitive and unattractive to most customers. The offering has seri"

Does Lower Expectations Solve Video Analytics Problems?
Posted on Oct 09, 2008 for Video Analytics
"An increasingly popular but dangerous trend is the argument that expectations for video analytics need to be lowered. The thinking is that since video analytics have had problems in the field, if we lower th"

Is Axis IP camera dominance coming to an end?
Posted on Oct 05, 2008 for Axis
"IP video is becoming mainstream but Axis' IP cameras may lose their dominance in the process. Six critical issues may undermine Axis position and in the process provide consumers with more options and lower prices"

Video Surveillance Platforms
Posted on Oct 03, 2008 for General
"A platform for video surveillance could dramatically improve the effectiveness of video surveillance. However, no manufactuer has developed an actual platform despite frequent marketing claims to the contrary. Thi"

SVC - A Better H.264 Coming For Video Surveillance
Posted on Oct 02, 2008 for IP Cameras
"SVC will solve a key problem of H.264: While H.264 generates a fixed quality and sized video stream, video surveillance users can benefit greatly from the dynamic re-sizing that SVC allows. The two main benefits o"

Eliminate Sales and Marketing
Posted on Sep 30, 2008 for General
"10-20% of all spending on video surveillance goes to sales and marketing costs yet customers find great difficulty determining the best solution for their needs. The solution to this, just like in stocks and real "

Should You Use Auto-Tracking PTZs?
Posted on Sep 25, 2008 for IP Cameras
"Though available for many years, Auto-Tracking PTZs are generating renewed interest with Axis' recent release of their 233D camera. The claim is that "auto-tracking enables a single PTZ dome camera to cover "

Benefits of Standards for Specifying IP Cameras
Posted on Sep 24, 2008 for Standards
"Specifications are valuable but often are done poorly, creating problems or biasing the bid. Such challenges are magnified with digital and IP video where multiple codecs and multiple resolutions become comm"

Examining the CCTV Footage from the Marriott Bombing
Posted on Sep 22, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Below is a recording of the actual CCTV footage from the Marriott bombed in Pakistan. It looks like it's from a DVR, recording about 5-8fps at CIF or 2CIF. This is solid performance for a system that was likely "

The Problem of Buying from Big Companies
Posted on Sep 21, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Big companies like GE, Tyco, Bosch, Cisco and Honeywell make a broad range of mostly mediocre, overpriced video surveillance products that take advantage of customer's lack of information. While they are powerful "

Analytics - To Lead or Not to Lead
Posted on Sep 19, 2008 for Video Analytics
"I'm not much for Shakespeare, but this is a good question. Over the past few years, many security companies have been leading into an Enterprise IP Video project with analytics as the main driving force. In a pres"

ASIS 2008 Announcements Review
Posted on Sep 16, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Megapixel cameras, storage solutions and managed video are the 3 areas with the greatest momentum of new product annoncements. A brief review of each follows after 2 general observations: Traffic was light as&nbs"

ASIS Exhibitor Floor Traffic Weak
Posted on Sep 15, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Traffic on the exhibit floor looks weak. I had a couple of colleagues guess. Their estimates range from 10% - 30% less than the last few years. Whatever the specific traffic levels are, it's pretty cle"

SDK Released - Benefits for VMS Systems (Premium Update)
Posted on Sep 15, 2008 for Proximex
"With the announcement of Proximex's SDK, the ability to embed Proximex's functionalities and UI components in video management systems. The problem this could solve is that DVRs/NVRs generally lack PSIM "

IP Camera Standards Battle?
Posted on Sep 12, 2008 for Standards
"While we all speak lovingly about the goodness of standards, the fights to set and control standards can be severe. Indeed, a battle may be emerging in the road to setting IP camera standards. I see 3 main partic"

Video Analytic's Greatest Value - Storage Reduction
Posted on Sep 07, 2008 for Video Analytics
"While video analytic promotion focuses on stopping and solving crime, the greatest value for video analytics historically and for the immediate future is reducing the cost and amount of storage. This report analyz"

How Apple Impacts Video Surveillance
Posted on Sep 04, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Apple's interest in video surveillance is generating significant interest. This report examines the key areas where Apple will (and will not) impact the video surveillance industry. Key Impact - iPhone/iPod touch"

Value of Managed Video (MVaaS) for Video Surveillance
Posted on Sep 03, 2008 for SaaS
"Managed video is poised to experience similar growth and impact that IP video surveillance software has achieved over the past 5 - 10 years. As such, despite it being relatively unknown, smart video surveillance p"

Top 3 Emerging Technologies in Video Surveillance 2008
Posted on Sep 03, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Emerging technologies can significantly improve security operations. At ASIS, I encourage you to learn more about 3 particular technologies and to speak with leading providers to learn more. Even if you cann"

Do Video Analytics Work?
Posted on Sep 01, 2008 for Video Analytics
"Manufacturers say video analytics work. Customers and integrators often say they do not. Are manufacturers simply lying? Are customers simply uninformed? Who is right and why does this gap exist? Key "

Recession Starts to Impact Video Surveillance
Posted on Aug 28, 2008 for Recession
"Companies are starting to downsize and reorganize. Reports from a variety of companies indicate this growing trend. The impact seems hardest amongst traditional DVR companies and video analytic startup"

Options and Challenge for Video Surveillance Integration
Posted on Aug 26, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"It's tough and getting tougher to figure out the best approach to integrate video surveillance with other security systems. While the industry conversation centers on the value of integration, the real challenge i"

How to Migrate from Analog to IP Cameras
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 for IP Cameras
"Migrating from analog to IP can be tricky, mainly because most everyone has existing infrastructure in place. You rarely can simply throw out that infrastructure and start anew - the economics usually do not suppo"

Top 3 Problems with Choosing Open Systems
Posted on Aug 21, 2008 for Convergence
"While being 'open' is the trend, 'openness' is vague, claimed by all and underestimated in its difficulty to achieve. If you are buying or specifying video management systems, you need to carefully consider this. "

Demonstrating the Value of Megapixel Cameras
Posted on Aug 19, 2008 for Megapixel Cameras
"One of the most exciting impacts of megapixel cameras is how they enable improvements in system designs that deliver better surveillance. This report reviews 3 of the highest quality megapixel demos available"

Understanding Video Surveillance APIs
Posted on Aug 15, 2008 for Convergence
"While APIs are the key to open platforms, they are a frequently misunderstood and over-hyped aspect of physical security. While APIs can provide great benefits, using them is much more complex than often mentione"

Using Video Analytics for Building Automation
Posted on Aug 13, 2008 for Video Analytics
"Using video analytics beyond security may be the most important trend in video analytics. While marketing and business intelligence applications have received the most attention to date, a growing interest e"

Will BRS Labs Revolutionize Video Analytics?
Posted on Aug 10, 2008 for BRS Labs
"Recently, BRS Labs announced its company to great fanfare. Indeed, BRS Labs has a very interesting offering but great questions remain about its use and its competitive viability. This report examines "

Danger of Buying Packages
Posted on Aug 07, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"A dangerous and mass movement is underway for video surveillance companies to sell you packages. Packaging together cameras, encoders and IP video management systems, vendors hope to entice you with an integrated,"

Examining Video Surveillance Storage Clusters
Posted on Aug 06, 2008 for Storage
"In the next few years, we will see a significant transition away from storing video inside DVR/NVR servers. This 'on-board' storage will be replaced by clustered storage that communicates with servers over an IP "

Introduction to City Wide Video Surveillance
Posted on Aug 06, 2008 for Case Studies
"While the publicity goes to mega-cities deploying video surveillance, city wide video surveillance is becoming very cost-effective, valuable and viable for 'normal sized' cities throughout the world. The media cov"

SightLogix Video Analytics Examined
Posted on Aug 04, 2008 for SightLogix
"SightLogix is optimizing a video analytics solution for outdoor use in harsh weather conditions and over large areas. The product aims to be more sophisticated than solutions from Object Video, ioimage and Agent "

The Impact of PCI Compliance on DVR and NVRs
Posted on Aug 02, 2008 for Retail
"Surveillance vendors who sell to retail merchants have undoubtedly heard about PCI compliance, but may not understand exactly what it is and how it impacts the security industry. My company, 3xLogic, recently succ"

How Cell Phones Will Become CCTV Cameras
Posted on Aug 01, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"In a move foreshadowing the future of video surveillance, the NYPD is launching a service for anyone to upload video of crimes captured on their cell phones.In the article, the NYPD commissioner states, ""It's a f"

Megapixel Cameras - The Future of CCTV
Posted on Jul 31, 2008 for Megapixel Cameras
"Megapixel IP security cameras deliver one great benefit that traditional analogue CCTV cameras just cannot match, you'll all be using them tomorrow, read on to find out why (Also read my blog for more good informa"

IP vs CCTV
Posted on Jul 31, 2008 for IP Cameras
"An in-depth Q&A with industry leaders on IP vs CCTV has been published by Security Technology and Design magazine. I have summarized interesting points below and encourage you to use the comments section to discu"

Exploring Verint's Video Strategy
Posted on Jul 28, 2008 for Verint
"Verint's objective is to be an end-to-end solutions provider delivering a complete product offering of IP video products. This is a significant evolution from Verint's early days when the company was mostly known"

Top 5 IP Camera Problems
Posted on Jul 26, 2008 for IP Cameras
"The overwhelming majority of people buying cameras today do not choose IP cameras. While most people see the move to be inevitable, serious debate exists on how long it will take to get there. Recently a number "

Operating Systems Do Matter, Part 1
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"What importance do software operating systems have in the IP video surveillance software industry? In 2002, I left PeopleSoft to work for Heery where I spent two years designing and implementing the security indu"

The Biggest Problem for the Video Surveillance Industry
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"Video surveillance faces many specific problems. All of these problems derive from a single crisis facing technology industries today.Look at some of the key problems:Widespread failures using video analytics Ang"

Envysion's Managed Video Offering Examined
Posted on Jul 22, 2008 for Envysion
"Envysion is optimizing a solution for small box retailers. This is good news because small box retailers (e.g., quick serve restaurants and retail stores) are clearly an under served market. With so much focus on"

How the Recession Impacts Video Surveillance
Posted on Jul 20, 2008 for Recession
"The video surveillance market will take a beating regardless of the hope that security is recession-proof. This report reviews the key reasons and impacts of the recession with concluding recommendationsThis rece"

How Tyco/Intellivid Will Impact Retail Video Surveillance
Posted on Jul 17, 2008 for Intellivid
"Tyco's acquisition of Intellivid has the potential to be a great solution for retailers. While it certainly will take time and there are definitely questions to be answered, the fundamental fit is good. Over the"

Why Video Surveillance Companies Should Blog
Posted on Jul 17, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"You are making a mistake by not blogging. It does not matter who you are. Blogging can have a very significant impact on your business at an extremely low cost.You may object that you do not have a blog or that i"

IP Cameras for the Mass Market
Posted on Jul 15, 2008 for ACTi
"While Axis brought IP cameras to the enterprise, ACTi could be fostering IP cameras to the masses. With a broad camera line and extensive NVR support, ACTi offers reduced pricing for simpler features. I believe AC"

The Best Video Surveillance Solutions
Posted on Jul 14, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"The most novel or powerful product is usually viewed as the best. Though usually wrong, it is attractive nonetheless. The solutions most likely to be the best are the most likely to be narrowly focused. This rep"

Why Centralized NVR Recording Does Not Work
Posted on Jul 11, 2008 for NVRs
"Centrally recording video from remote sites is as frequently claimed as it is wrong. It is an exciting concept that fails due to basic technical details. Vendors claiming their system eliminates local recording "

AV3100 installation
Posted on Jul 08, 2008 for Arecont Vision
"The camera system is compact and has good packaging, but the overall embedded system design and firmware has to be improved. The system has some issues with 12VDC direct power supply. Even with updated firmware"

Video Management Optimized for Large-Scale Surveillance
Posted on Jul 08, 2008 for Steelbox
"Steelbox provides a unique and very attractive solution to large scale video surveillance deployments. In applications where more than a hundred cameras are being deployed in a location and a command and control "

Is Public CCTV Effective?
Posted on Jul 08, 2008 for Video Surveillance
"While we continue to spend more on public CCTV systems, the debate on CCTV effectiveness has reached a polarizing and inconclusive standoff. On the one side, you have a number of studies and leading thinkers who "

Exploring IBM Video Analytics (Smart Surveillance System)
Posted on Jul 07, 2008 for Video Analytics
"IBM offers a unique approach to video analytics. I highly recommend understanding it and its trade offs. While I think most users, outside of the most demanding, will prefer less expensive and simpler solutions, I"

Why Customers Choose Centralized Analytics
Posted on Jul 05, 2008 for Video Analytics
"Performing analytics at the DVR/NVR is a very popular choice in video surveillance. Reading the trade magazines and viewing marketing materials, you probably would not think so because 90% of the attention goes t"

Schneier Unfair to CCTV: Exploring CCTV Advantages
Posted on Jul 02, 2008 for IP Cameras
"While Bruce Schneier is a brilliant security thinker, I find his recent arguments against CCTV to be unfair. This is a critical issue because Schneider's opinions are singularly critical to shaping both security "

The Importance of Simplicity for Video Analytics: Exploring ioimage
Posted on Jul 01, 2008 for ioimage
"Maximizing simplicity will be a critical factor in IP Video success. In the early days, having a feature was enough. Now, with so many providers and IP trying to go mainstream, the importance of achieving simpli"

Reviewing Axis' NVR - "Camera Station"
Posted on Jun 30, 2008 for Axis
"While Axis is best known for its cameras, it does provide NVR software (with limited functionalities). Axis recently released a new version of this software, version 3.0, of its "Camera Station."Some may be surpri"

What is the Impact of H.264 on NVRs and User's PCs?
Posted on Jun 25, 2008 for Megapixel Cameras
"The biggest concern in using H.264 lies on the impact that H.264 video streams will have on NVR servers and client PCs. If H.264 video significantly reduces the number of cameras an NVR can support or undermines t"

Why IT will not Take Over Security
Posted on Jun 25, 2008 for Convergence
"Automation is a powerful economic force, one that will ultimately make IT irrelevant to physical security. It may seem paradoxical but the same force that makes information technology ubiquitous will make IT irre"

Exploring the Details on H.264 Megapixel Cameras
Posted on Jun 23, 2008 for Arecont Vision
"H.264 megapixel camera support may be the hottest topic in all of video surveillance today. Nevertheless, details on how H.264 megapixel cameras will work have been somewhat hard to find. Of the megapixel H.264 "

What is Happening to DVRs? Examining March Networks
Posted on Jun 23, 2008 for NVRs
"March Networks recently released an extremely detailed strategic report on the future of their product and its positioning. If you are a March customer, integrator or simply interested in understanding where a ma"

Avigilon's Megapixel Surveillance Offering Examined
Posted on Jun 21, 2008 for Avigilon
"While megapixel cameras are a 'hot' technology, a number of factors including cost, complexity and usability undermine its uptake. Megapixel cameras still represents less than 1 or 2% of the total security cameras"

Top 3 Problems Limiting the Use and Growth of Video Analytics
Posted on Jun 19, 2008 for Video Analytics
"While video analytics holds great promise, people are still asking about the viability of using analytics in the real world. Indeed, as stories of video analytic problems have spread, concerns about the risks of "

The Value of Hybrid NVR/DVRs in IP Video Systems
Posted on Jun 15, 2008 for NVRs
"Hybrid NVR/DVRs are appliances (purposed built computers) that can simultaneously support IP cameras and directly connected analog cameras. This provides simplicity and flexibility. Customers can start with thei"

Introduction to Video CODECs : MJPEG, MPEG-4, H.264
Posted on Jun 14, 2008 for IP Cameras
"CODECs are a critical element of choosing, designing and using video surveillance systems. CODECs can lower the price of overall systems and increase the usability of systems. As such, having a basic understand"

H.264 is Hot: What are the Potential Problems and Risks?
Posted on Jun 13, 2008 for Megapixel Cameras
"Examination of H.264 risk has been far less thorough than attention to its benefits. Indeed, my own recent article examining Arecont Vision's H.264 had only minor coverage of the risks. While I still believe ban"

Will Security Integrators Survive IT Convergence?
Posted on Jun 12, 2008 for Convergence
"Many believe security integrators are dead; walking dinosaurs who are oblivious to their impending extinction. Indeed, many new IT entrants certainly wish that security integrators (and physical security managers"

Introduction to IP Video Surveillance / Network Video Recorders (NVRs)
Posted on Jun 10, 2008 for NVRs
"IP Video Surveillance and Network Video Recorders (NVRs) are two of the most common terms describing the use of IP cameras and network based computers in physical security. Both of these terms are marketing phras"

Bandwidth Tutorial for IP Video Surveillance Systems
Posted on Jun 08, 2008 for Convergence
"When using IP cameras, Megapixel cameras, NVRs or even DVRs, understanding the basics about how much bandwidth is available and how much is needed is critical in planning, designing and deploying IP video surveill"

Why Asymmetric Bandwidth is Important to IP Video Systems
Posted on Jun 08, 2008 for Convergence
"You may notice that your home cable modem offers greater bandwidth going down to your house than going up to the Internet. For instance, while you may have 3 Mb/s download, you can only upload at 384 Kb/s. This i"

360 Panoramic Cameras Going Mainstream
Posted on Jun 05, 2008 for Megapixel Cameras
"After years of unfulfilled promises, panoramic cameras look ready to go mainstream. Increased performance, reduced costs and the rise of IP video systems have transformed a product with great potential into a key"

How to Optimize NVR / DVR Storage
Posted on Jun 05, 2008 for Storage
"Megapixel cameras have brought renewed interest in measures to maximize NVR/DVR storage duration and use. Cost is a big factor as the potential storage needed could increase by 10x or more than historical standar"

Using Video for Marketing and Operations
Posted on Jun 03, 2008 for Envysion
"What's really interesting about "convergence" is using video for marketing and operation purposes rather than security - IT integration. Today, I read a post from the CEO of Envysion that nicely made the point an"

A Unique Approach to Intelligent Video
Posted on Jun 02, 2008 for Intellivid
"Intellivid offers a tightly integrated solution that potentially offers significantly greater value than today's leading DVRs/NVRs.NOTE: Intellivd has been acquired by Tyco. A new special report analyzing the imp"

Security Managers are Not Demanding Higher Image Quality
Posted on Jun 02, 2008 for Megapixel Cameras
"This statement may appear absurd because obviously security managers are buying higher resolution cameras, encoders and recorders. I do not doubt that. However, supplier's lower costs, rather than higher demand, "

How to Read Marketing Material
Posted on May 28, 2008 for Convergence
"Almost all IP video info is vendor marketing. Good decision making requires critically reading and analyzing this material. At first, I did not believe that most information was vendor marketing material. Obvio"

Priorities for Network Uptime in Video Surveillance
Posted on May 27, 2008 for NVRs
"Understanding what measures are feasible and what measures are extremely expensive or not possible is a key element in planning your network uptime strategy. While there are numerous measures available, many are "

Wireless Video Surveillance Tutorial
Posted on May 26, 2008 for Wireless
"While wireless can uniquely solve certain challenges, it is far riskier to deploy and use than wired networks. As such, it is critical to understand when to use wireless systems and the key risks in designing suc"

How to Evaluate New Technology
Posted on May 23, 2008 for Convergence
"Most new technology fails but when it is successful, the business benefits can be enormous. The challenge then is how to efficiently determine what new technology is legit so that you simultaneously avoid disaste"

How does Cisco Video Surveillance affect me?
Posted on May 21, 2008 for Cisco
"For 2 years now, speculation has been high on Cisco's video surveillance play. The Harrah's announcement magnifies this fear and excitement. To help assess the impact, this article reviews Cisco's video surveilla"

Risk of Hiring IT Sales People
Posted on May 17, 2008 for Convergence
"One of the sexiest but riskiest ideas in video surveillance is hiring IT sales people. It's easy to think that we are now moving into IT, the technology is new, the problems are different, the industry is being tr"

How to Calculate Video Surveillance ROIs
Posted on May 16, 2008 for Convergence
"ROI calculations are powerful but can be distorted. While they hold the promise of identifying objective value, they can often obscure the truth. The goal of this review is to help the security manager better un"

The Value of IBM Video Surveillance?
Posted on May 15, 2008 for Convergence
"Two years since the entrance of IBM into video surveillance, the value of IBM is less clear than ever. Today, SecurityInfoWatch reports on the state of IBM video surveillance and it does not look good for IBM.Let"

IP Camera Advantages and Disadvantages
Posted on May 14, 2008 for IP Cameras
"IP cameras have become accepted by the security industry. Yet most cameras are still analog and most video management systems are still DVRs. When and how do we make the transition? Is it a fast transition? Whe"

Megapixel Camera Cheatsheet
Posted on May 13, 2008 for Megapixel Cameras
"Determining how wide a field a view a megapixel camera can be tricky. Thankfully, IQinvision recently releaed a 'cheatsheet' to simplify solving this problem. It's a handy single page pdf . Both are good but I "

Economics of Video Surveillance RAID
Posted on May 10, 2008 for NVRs
"While valued by security managers for years, use of RAID for video surveillance systems has been low. With many organizations migrating to software only solutions, the RAID decision has new challenges.Today, Mile"

Video Analytic False Claims
Posted on May 09, 2008 for Video Analytics
"Numerous wildly inaccurate claims on video analytics were made in today's Dallas News.The negative impact of such fictional claims is a threat to security and our industry.Here are 3 of the worst claims from the a"

Realities of License Plate Recognition (LPR)
Posted on May 08, 2008 for Video Analytics
"LPR is a very demanding application that can only succeed in limited operational conditions deployed by expert security integrators. Historically, publicly available information clearly explaining the operational"

The Key Challenge for Video Analytics
Posted on May 07, 2008 for Video Analytics
"It's all about false positives. Catching the bad guy is pretty easy for today's perimeter violation and abandoned object detection. Not catching anything else -- the sun, the moon, the wind, the birds, the rain,"

IT is not transforming Security
Posted on May 03, 2008 for Convergence
"IT professionals evidently believe the Patriots should replace Belichick with the trainer. According to IT professionals, because injuries are so prevalent in football, salaries are so high and health is so impor"

H.264 makes Megapixel go Mainstream
Posted on Apr 30, 2008 for Arecont Vision
"ArecontVision's upcoming release of H.264 megapixel cameras will spur adoption of megapixel cameras for mainstream security organizations.Until now, bandwidth and storage costs were big problems so even if you wer"

Giving up on DVR Appliances?
Posted on Apr 28, 2008 for March Networks
"DVR appliance manufacturers are swiftly moving away from DVR appliances. This is a very risky move, maybe a necessary move, but chances are it will not work out well for them.March Networks today announced that th"

Breaking Standards is Good
Posted on Apr 26, 2008 for Convergence
"Attacking proprietary systems is en vogue but it's only breaking from standards where innovation occurs. The irony is IT players entering physical security have most seriously broken standards and their breaking "

New Life for Legacy DVR Manufacturers?
Posted on Apr 24, 2008 for ObjectVideo
"The most important strategic move of the year may have occurred last week when ObjectVideo announced the ability to add their analytics to DVRs by a simple software upgrade.For 3 years, smart cameras and software "

PSIM Problems
Posted on Apr 22, 2008 for Convergence
"PSIM is a great concept but has major structural problems that may limit its utility to the very largest security organizations. Expect video and access systems to continue to add features that provide the most f"

MJPEG vs. H.264
Posted on Apr 18, 2008 for IQinVision
"Recently, IQinVision releaed an article advocating benefits of MJPEG. While I found the article technically accurate, well written and worth reading, the nature of the application and its economics demand that MJP"

Outrageous Claims Hurt the Industry
Posted on Apr 16, 2008 for VideoIQ
"I just watched a video clip of an interview and demonstration of VideoIQ's abilities. While the first 3 minutes are standard analytic marketing, the ending of this clip is outrageous. These claims are, at best, w"

March Revealing Details on Strategy Shift
Posted on Apr 10, 2008 for March Networks
"March is revealing new information in its strategic shift to IP solutions. With the Cieffe purchase finalized, March has launched its "VideoSphere" line. This week, March posted a dozen new pages to their websit"

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