This is the 1st in an ongoing series of Articles & Interviews by Memoori Research covering Innovation and Disruptive Technologies. 2012 will be remembered as THE pivotal year for home security. A perfect storm of technology, investment and new entrants have now changed the market landscape forever. SaaS, ubiquitous broadband and smart phones have finally colluded to make home video surveillance a cheap and viable solution. Vivint was sold to The Blackstone Group for more than $2 billion and ADT in North America was spun off from Tyco International. Of course everyone now recognizes that the big play here is not just security but home automation; offering numerous services with little extra ‘cost per user’ required, by virtue of SaaS and cloud computing. This is the opportunity that has got markets and investors excited. ADT is currently trading on the New York Stock Exchange, 25% up on their October 1st debut (as of 19/12/2012). But […]