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Competitive Study: Open Platform IP Video Management Software - Methodology
Testing
The information in this report was collected through independent research and thorough laboratory testing. The software product was installed and evaluated at the laboratory of NetVideo Consulting.
The testing objectives focused on software features, usability and system performance.
Unless otherwise noted, all software features in this report were specifically tested and assessed.
Company Background
Background information on the company, product and prices was collected through public sources and interviews with company representatives.
Report Conventions (Icons)
The report highlights noteworthy features that have distinguished usability, effectiveness or performance with an icon indicating a cool feature.
The report also highlights features that have noteworthy limits of usability, effectiveness or performance.
The software bug icon designates features that have obvious flaws that will likely be addressed by the vendor with a software service pack. We reported our bug discoveries to the manufacturer.
Ratings
The report assigns overall ratings to each feature category. The intent of the ratings is to serve as a measure of effectiveness that is relative to competitive products. The relative knowledge has been gained from competitive tests of other products and the researcher’s knowledge of this product category.
Rating:
Excellent = Distinguished from competitors
Good = Well implemented
Fair = Functional. Meets most needs
Poor = Some functionality but very limited
Not Supported
The rating standards in this report are high. Many features with working implementations receive Fair ratings.
Excellent ratings are reserved for truly distinguished and industry leading implementations.
Good ratings indicate very well-implemented features.
A Poor feature rating indicates features that have been implemented, but have notable limitations.