May has been a quite month for merger and acquisition, alliance and funding in Security. It is well down on the same month last year; but for the first 5 months of this year there has been only a marginal reduction in activity. In both years so far only one of the traditional major players, Tyco has completed an acquisition and only one IPO has taken place. Incremental innovation is being introduced into new products but nothing that look disruptive. However change in the Security Industry continues to take place as it subtly moves towards value added services. A visit to IFSEC revealed a number of stands showing how Business Intelligence can be gained through IP Video Surveillance systems. Two companies Axis and Panasonic had excellent displays showing how in particular vertical markets they have used video streams to provide business intelligence. In both cases the concept was instigated by the camera manufacturer as a […]