Axis Communications
Building the Physical Security Business Through Merger & Acquisition
January 9th, 2018Video Surveillance Raised its Game in 2017 Overcoming a Challenging Competitive Landscape
December 21st, 2017
The Global Market for Physical Security Products Will Reach $41Bn by 2022
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 […]
Video Camera Business Loses Focus, Caught in the Headlights of Oncoming Chinese Manufacturers
Chinese Manufactures will continue to dominate the mainstream video camera market unless western manufactures adopt viable strategies to meet the new challenges driven by customer needs. Just about every set of statistics that has been published in the last twelve months regarding the world market for video surveillance equipment shows that the world’s two major […]
ONVIF Acceptance Rates High for Video Surveillance but Lower for Access Control
In 2014, ONVIF brought out the final release of Profile C, which enables interoperability between different manufactures devices of physical access control systems (PACS) and network-based video systems. This was an important step towards extending the ONVIF specifications into physical access control. Through the availability of the Profile C Test Tool manufacturers are able to […]
Do Chinese Suppliers Set the Competitive Landscape for Video Cameras?
There are two main criteria which set the competitive landscape in the physical security business and they are scale/economics & technology/performance. In the first category the top two Chinese manufacturers of Video Surveillance equipment (Hikvision and Dahua) have during the last few years taken control here. They now dwarf their western competitors and have dramatically […]
Giving Greater Significance To The Threat Of Cyber Attacks On Smart Buildings
“Technology is changing the most fundamental truth about commercial real estate, that value is based solely on location,” according to Deloitte. Offering a workplace in a good location is no longer enough to attract the top tenants, nor is it enough for those organizations to entice the best talent. Leading companies and their workers are […]
Major Trends in the Intruder Alarm & Perimeter Protection Markets
Our recent report on Physical Security found that the world market for Intruder Alarm & Perimeter Protection products reached $6.62 Billion in 2016 and is grow at approximately 3.3% (CAGR) to 2022. This is a mature sector of the Physical Security market and is more dependent upon the fortunes of the industrial market. In terms […]
Webinar: The Rapidly Changing Video Surveillance Landscape
** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Wednesday 17th May 17:00 Central Europe Time for our 5th FREE Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Project Haystack. The Rapidly Changing Video Surveillance Landscape A Q&A Webinar with Fredrik Nilsson General Manager of Axis Communications. We […]
What do the Axis Communications Financial Results tell us about the State of Global Video Surveillance?
Axis Communications recently reported a very positive Q1 2017 performance with net sales increasing by 29% and profit increasing by 53% with operating margin growing to 11.6%. Of course “one swallow does not make a summer” but Axis sales in two of their three main regions, the Americas and Asia have shown consistent growth since […]
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