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The world market for Video Surveillance products was $14.98 billion in 2016 and will grow at a CAGR of approximately 6.5% to 2021, when it is forecast to reach $21.48 billion. Product prices have fallen dramatically in the last 18 months and this has reduced revenue growth in 2016 to 4.2% falling from 6.7% in […]

The last two years has seen a slowing down in revenue growth from the world’s video surveillance business, whilst at the same time the supply structure has become unbalanced. Two Chinese companies Hikvivion and Dahua, not regarded as serious competitors by most suppliers only six years ago, now dominate the camera market. The major concern […]

Software has been a relatively minor contributor to overall growth in the Physical Security industry but its importance has gradually increased over the last 10 years and in the last two it is has become a major driver. The main application of software has been to provide an operating platform for video surveillance and access […]

The Access Control business has over the last 10 years completely changed its image from being a rather unattractive slow growth and conservative business; To today, taking up a position as a fast growing confident business. The Access Control industry has listened and acted on the needs of the stakeholders in the supply chain and […]

This is the second of a two part article that analyses what the customer of physical security equipment wants today and what they needs in the future. In the first article we discussed the customers needs today operating within the 2 main development stages of physical security equipment that have taken place in the last […]

This is the first of a two part article that analyses what the customer of physical security equipment wants today and what they needs in the future. We have in the Part 1 set out the 2 major stages in the development of the business over the last 20 years and reviewed what customers will […]

Despite advances in biometric access control, it will take a culture shift to kill the smart card, says Steve Howard, principal at Endeavor Blue LLC. “People are used to seeing the physical badge when you’re walking around,” he explains. “It’s so ingrained in people that it isn’t going away anytime soon and nothing can replace […]

Memoori’s 2016 Annual report shows that the total value of world production of Physical Security products at factory gate prices was $28.44 billion an increase of 4.5% on 2015. Over the last 5 years the market has grown by a compound annual growth rate of 8.2% showing a significant fall in growth over the last […]