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Driven by the latent demand for innovative and better performing products growth in Video Surveillance increased in 2017. The competitive environment has been challenging for Western and Asian manufacturers as the two major Chinese manufacturers Dahua and Hikvision continued to drive down prices in order to rapidly gain market share and volume and pulled in […]

Access Control has over the last 5 years become a much more attractive business. It has realized the highest rate of growth of all physical security sectors over the last 2 years, partly because of moving into IP technology and improving product and management performance. It now has come to a crossroads. Will it now […]

Software packages across the Physical Security industry are numerous covering many different functions; Many overlapping each other causing confusion for end users and resulting in a fragmented business. There is a need to rationalize this business in order to meet the needs of clients, and fit into the World of the Internet of Things (IoT) […]

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to go into effect in May 2018 triggering penalties for non-compliance with the new set of rules. As IT departments rush to ensure that everything is ready for the change, one key area is being overlooked according to some experts – Access Control. “Most IT departments […]

Our New 2017 Physical Security Report shows that products at factory gate prices in 2017 were valued at $29.2Bn, an increase of approximately 5% on 2016. The report delivers market sizing data on 3 major product groupings; Access Control, Video Surveillance and Intruder Alarms. Of these 3, still largely independent businesses, Access Control has maintained […]

Our 2017 Annual Report shows that the total value of Physical Security products at factory gate prices in 2017 was $29.2Bn, an increase of approximately 5% on 2016. This is a decline in growth from its peak in 2014 but an increase on the last 2 years. Over the last 8 years the market has […]

Memoori spoke to Tim Shen from the ONVIF Communications Committee & Dahua at the CPSE Exhibition in China. We discuss future developments with the Open Standard in Video Surveillance & Access Control Technology. Our brand new YouTube Channel called The Smart Building Series, features in-depth interviews with stakeholders from across the industry, including End Users, […]

The All-over-IP Event Team recently asked the Russian security and IT industry for their opinion; Including what local verticals open up greater revenue opportunities, and which of them they would like to connect more with in the future. The poll shows that vendors and solution providers mostly count on industrial projects (including critical infrastructure), retail, […]