Favorite Security Distributors 2022
With product shortages and price increases a top concern, which surveillance distributors are integrators choosing? 170+ integrators told us their...
By Sean Patton - 8 days ago (Info+)
Distributors (133)
Displaying 'Distributors' tags 1 - 25 of 133 in total
Dahua Details Plan for 'RESTRICTED USE' Labels on USA Products
Dahua is pushing ahead with its FCC proposal to add product warning labels and other "guardrails" against illegal US sales. With the November 2022...
By Conor Healy - about 1 month ago (Info+)
Access Control Doors 101
Despite being a basic component of access control, there is a wide variety of doors and how they integrate into electronic access...
By Aiden Gonzalez and Brian Rhodes - about 2 months ago (Info+)
Dahua Considers Adding Product Warning Labelling, Tells FCC
Dahua told the FCC it would consider labeling and contract provisions to stop sales violating US bans. Three years in, these illegal sales have...
By Conor Healy - 3 months ago (Info+)
Simply45 Passthrough RJ45 Company Profile
Two sales executives left Platinum Tools three years ago to found Go Simply Connect, manufacturers of Simply45 passthrough RJ45...
By John Scanlan - 5 months ago (Info+)
WDC Networks Brazilian Distributor Profile
WDC Networks, the largest Brazil-based video surveillance distributor, spoke with IPVM about its business, including Latin America expansion plans...
By Robert Wren Gordon - 8 months ago (Info+)
Ingram Micro, PSA, And ScanSource Drop Hikvision USA
A trio of major distributors, Ingram Micro, PSA Security Network, and ScanSource, have recently dropped Hikvision, the NDAA-banned, and impending...
By Ilya Ignatenko - 8 months ago (Info+)
Factory Default Enclosure Lock Vulnerability Examined
Access control systems are typically high security, but a serious, "industry wide" flaw —enclosures secured by default locks opened with common...
By Brian Rhodes - 10 months ago (Info+)
100 Hikvision Partners Ask US FCC Not To Ban Hikvision
100 Hikvision partners have submitted comments to the US government, urging the FCC not to ban the PRC China government-controlled...
By Robert Wren Gordon - about 1 year ago
Milestone's Mexico Business Examined
Milestone still faces difficult challenges 15 years after launching its Mexican operations. But, after using Mexico as a springboard into Latin...
By Robert Wren Gordon - about 1 year ago (Info+)
Illegal Hidden Dahua and Hikvision Sales, Sellers and 'Manufacturers' Blame Each Other
Secretly-relabelled Hikvision and Dahua (Hikua) products are being sold to various Federal and military agencies, violating the NDAA ban. Sellers...
By Conor Healy - about 1 year ago
Snap One / AV IPO Filing Examined
Snap One, aka Snap AV is going public, disclosing extremely high revenue for the AV / security revenue and even more ambitious plans.
By Haris Khurshid and Zach Segal - about 1 year ago (Info+)
Mexico Distributor Inalarm Sues Dahua
Inalarm, once one of Dahua's biggest Mexico distributors, has sued the Hangzhou-based company in Mexican court, IPVM has confirmed. This is...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Axis Mexico Business and Manufacturing Examined
Axis has a significant presence in the United States but how well does Axis do next door, in Mexico? And how is Axis Mexican manufacturing...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
TVC en Línea Profile (Dahua's Biggest Mexico Distributor)
TVC en Línea, Dahua's biggest Mexican distributor, candidly spoke with IPVM about the challenges of distributing in Mexico, the largest Latin...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Syscom Mexican Distributor Profile
Syscom is a major Mexican distributor but how do they compare to ADI and Anixter, two rival distributors that have a major presence in Mexico's...
By IPVM - over 1 year ago (Info+)
EU AI Proposal Impact on Video Surveillance Examined
The EU has released a proposal for how it plans to regulate AI, directly impacting certain video surveillance technologies but exempting many...
By Zach Segal - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Avigilon Struggles in Brazil
While Avigilon is one of North America's most widely used manufacturer, they are relatively weak in Brazil, even compared to other Western...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Dahua and Hikvision Cutting Out Channel in Brazil
In China, Dahua and Hikvision routinely sell direct but outside, it is less common. However, this is a growing trend in Brazil. IPVM...
By Isabella Cheng and Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Alarm.com Adds HID Aero Support
Alarm.com, one of security's largest cloud companies, is adding support for new HID Aero panels in its access system, one of the first companies to...
By Brian Rhodes - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Axis's Brazil Business Examined
While Axis has been helped in the United States due to bans and sanctions against Hikvision and Dahua, how is Axis competing with them in Brazil?...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Genetec's Brazil Business Examined
Genetec is strong in its home North American market but how well can Genetec do in Brazil? In particular, Genetec has dropped support for...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Digifort's Brazil Business Examined
Brazil's oldest VMS, Digifort, says they have grown over 50% in the last 3 years and says they are Brazil's largest VMS, by far. IPVM has been...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Milestone's Brazil Business Examined
While Milestone has become a major VMS supplier in North America and Europe, how is Milestone doing in Brazil? IPVM examines. IPVM has been in...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 1 year ago (Info+)
Mirasys Main Shareholder Now A Distributor
Finland-based Mirasys is one of the oldest VMS providers but it has never become a major player. Now, in an atypical move, a distributor has become...
By Zach Segal - over 1 year ago (Info+)
