Awards (36)

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ISC West 2022 Show Report

Not since 2019 has ISC West felt "normal". 2020 was canceled, 2021 was held in the summer Vegas heat and suffered from poor attendance. IPVM is at...

By IPVM Team - 6 months ago (Info+)

CES: Our Awards Are Not Endorsements

The CES show has added an Orwellian disclaimer that it does not 'endorse' the products it gives awards to, following IPVM criticizing CES for...

By John Honovich and Zach Segal - over 1 year ago

Briefcam Buys Frost Award*

Frost 'awards' are well-known and widely disrespected. Now Briefcam is touting their win. The way it has worked for many years is that Frost...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago

IPVM Launches Best New Product Awards

IPVM is launching its own Best New Video Surveillance Product Awards in 2019. The goal is to provide the industry with a legitimate program, based...

By John Honovich - almost 4 years ago

Nortek Acquires IntelliVision

One of the largest intrusion manufacturers, Nortek, has acquired the self-proclaimed 'Leader in AI-Based Video Analytics Software',...

By John Honovich - over 4 years ago (Info+)

'Best In Show' Fails

ISC West's "Best In Show" has failed. For more than a decade, it has become increasingly irrelevant as the selections exhibit a cartoon level...

By John Honovich - over 4 years ago (Info+)

Troubles At Arecont Vision

Arecont is facing big problems. But Arecont says the future is 'bright'. In this note, we share feedback from Arecont and from sources close to...

By John Honovich - almost 5 years ago (Info+)

How Embarrassing - 28 Security 'MVPs'

Security industry awards are nonsense. This is not news. From pay to promote Frost awards to trade show fluff awards to trade mag awards, media...

By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)

People's Champion Revealed

For the first time, a physical security industry award has been chosen by the people. Rather than constrain voting to a closed group of insiders,...

By Ben Wood - almost 9 years ago (Info+)

Dumbest Awards We've Ever Seen

Just when you think awards couldn't get any stupider, a US trade magazine, GSN, steps up the plate with the most dumbfounding video...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago (Info+)

BRS Labs Wins 'Most Desperate' Award

The least respected award in all of surveillance - BRS Labs has now bought won it. When struggling manufacturers need a shot of fake authenticity,...

By John Honovich - almost 10 years ago (Info+)

PSIM to be Worth $2.79 Billion In 2021

A new report projects the Physical Security Information (PSIM) market to be worth $2.79 Billion USD - a shockingly high number for a market that...

By John Honovich - about 10 years ago

Best New Product Awards Investigated

The ISC best new product awards use a secretive process that lacks transparency, making it impossible to understand the rationale, fairness or...

By John Honovich - over 10 years ago

"Best New Product" MorphoAccess VP Examined

Safran Morpho's MorphoAccess VP was voted best in show in the SIA New Product Showcase at ISC West 2012. This reader offers better accuracy and...

By Ethan Ace - over 10 years ago

How to Make Award Programs Legitimate

Security industy awards today are a joke -- shallow attempts to reward manufacturers who buy ads, booths or research from the award...

By John Honovich - almost 11 years ago

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