The Intruder Alarm / Perimeter Protection (IA/PP) business is a mature market that is dependent on the fortunes of two vertical markets, the industrial and public sectors. When it comes to investing in modernising the protection of these sites, only in the last few years have innovative new systems and products been introduced. For this reason the IA/PP business growth rates have only been half that of Access Control and Video Surveillance and there has been a lack of initiative by some incumbent security vendors to work harder on demonstrating the value of more innovative IA/PP systems. Some Video Surveillance manufacturers have seen the opportunity to take advantage. Axis Communications last year announced their Axis Perimeter Defender product, a video analytics application for intrusion detection. At the same time Radar technology has increased its penetration of perimeter security and advances in sensor technologies, microwave, active infrared, passive infrared, fiber optics and acoustic sensors are increasing […]