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Please Join us on Thursday 28th April for our 4th FREE Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Tridium… China’s Video Surveillance Companies are Exerting More and More Influence on the Global Security Market. We sit down with Michael Yang, CEO of the CPS Media Group, for a Q&A Webinar. We will […]

Amid growing reports of unrest at Nest, new information has leaked about the companies foray into the home security sector. It is not exactly a secret that Google’s $3.2 billion dollar acquisition intended to release security related products. On the contrary, the only surprise has been how long it has taken for the company to […]

Memoori has been charting Merger and Acquisitions in the world of Physical Security Manufacturing for the last 15 years and whilst it has been a continual roller coaster ride during that time, we have never experienced before such a dramatic rise in value of deals as we have in the first two months of 2016. […]

For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 3rd Free Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Tridium… “How can we Secure our Smart Buildings against Cyber Attack?” A Webinar Q&A with Hugh Boyes CEng FIET discussing how Building Owners and Operators can best […]

It’s been widely reported that Honeywell and UTC have been exploring the possibility of a merger. However it seems UTC rejected Honeywell’s $90 billion offer on grounds that the deal will never win US and EU antitrust approval. Since then Honeywell have made a vigorous counter statement insisting that regulatory obstacles need not prevent the […]

This month Memoori spoke with Adam Stroud, Paxton Access Chief Executive, about the companies ambitions and the role of Access Control in a smart, connected building. Adam is responsible for overseeing the direction and strategy for all companies in the Paxton Group; Paxton Access Ltd, Gendis Ltd, Paxton Access Inc. and Paxton GmbH. After intensifying […]

At the end of last week, Honeywell announced that they have agreed to acquire smoke detection and security company Xtralis for $480M. Although Xtralis is based in Ireland this deal is not motivated by the attraction to lower their tax bill through an inversion, as was the case last week in the announcement by Johnson […]

Johnson Controls Inc, a leading industrial-systems, HVAC and battery maker, announced on Monday it will merge with Tyco International, fire protection and security technology firm – combining the companies’ building control businesses and taking on Tyco’s Irish tax address. “We see from day one being able to leverage the combined distributions, the combined customer base […]