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In December 2020, Memoori posed the question “Will SPACs Offer an Alternative Exit Route for Companies in the Smart Buildings Space?”. The answer seems to be a resounding Yes! This research note highlights five of twelve SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) transactions in 2021, updating our view that this vehicle is gaining popularity as an alternative exit route.  […]

Motorola Solutions continues its strategy of investing in its video surveillance and analytics business with the purchase of Envysion, a US physical security provider for the retail sector, for $124 million net of cash on 2nd November. Envysion’s loss prevention offering for quick-service restaurants, convenience, and specialty stores is a cloud-based solution. It integrates video systems […]

In this new Podcast series, Memoori explores the intersection between technology and commercial real estate through interesting conversations. 25 Years of Internet of Things Innovation! In episode #8 we talked to Axis Communications Co-Founder Martin Gren discussing 25 years of #IoT innovation, starting with the launch of the first IP Network Video Surveillance Camera back […]

“We are now entering a new epoch in the video surveillance business driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI),” reads our latest physical security report, highlighting the huge changes we have been seeing in the industry in recent years. Video surveillance has been around for decades but we are now seeing it’s true emergence into the ‘smart’ and […]

dormakaba Group, one of the top three companies in the global access solutions market, finished FY 2020/21 (year ending 30 June 2021) with good business results that marked an improvement on the previous year.  Overall, consolidated net sales amounted to CHF 2,499.7 million (the previous year CHF 2,539.8 million), a decline of 1.6% (CHF 40.1 million). The company recorded organic sales […]

“As a society, we have experienced three distinct industrial revolutions: steam power, electricity, and information technology. I believe artificial intelligence (AI) is the engine fueling the fourth industrial revolution globally, digitizing and automating everywhere,” says Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and author of ‘AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future’. “China is at the […]

Dame Judith Hackitt has spoken extensively about the construction industry’s need for a more joined-up approach. Her report, ‘Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety’, produced in the wake of the UK Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017, made a number of recommendations on preventing similar incidents from taking place in the future. Her […]

Cybercrime is up 600% during the COVID-19 pandemic. That staggering statistic from a 2021 PurpleSec report includes all forms of cybercrime, from theft or embezzlement to data hacking and destruction. The rise of cybercrime is expected to cost companies around the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, growing from just $3 trillion in 2015. This rapid increase […]