Video surveillance and access control suppliers have continued to build up VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service) & ACaaS (Access Control as a Service) services over the last decade and recently major IT companies have invested heavily, targeting the physical security business. Now the supply structure is in place, these services are poised for significant growth and mainstream success. The technology required to deliver these services has overcome limitations and reduced total cost of ownership. At the same time suppliers are winning over system integrators to adopt cloud services and this has also provided a significant boost to growth. Product manufacturers also see this route as one that could help to alleviate some of the pressure on margins. Existing owners of video surveillance and access control systems who will need to upgrade their operations in the next few years will no doubt pay serious consideration to cloud services. Our latest global report “The Physical Security […]