Axis Communications

Unsurprisingly, this month has seen very few important industry announcements as the holiday season starts to kick in. However when we start to sieve through the considerable flow of data there is still valuable information to uncover. Public quoted security companies across the globe have this month announced their 2nd quarter results and with few […]

Even the pessimists are now convinced that the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train, and there are real signs the recovery in our industry is back on track. The two factors that confirm it for us are the real statistics of financial reports delivered over the last four months together […]

The third quarter results of the major security players reported this month would suggest that the market for electronic security products and systems has not yet bottomed out. The decline in security sales, where reported, was around 15% compared with the same period last year. As also noted last month it is evident that the […]

July and August are traditionally slow months for acquisition activity. We saw the completion of 8 deals, the same number as realised in 2008. However with the exception of Google’s purchase of ON2 Technologies, at just over $100m, none of the other 8 deals cost more than $20m, whilst in 2008 the value of deals […]

Allan McHale, Director of Memoori, reviews the business case for convergence and integration in buildings. Part one of this article ran in the May issue of A&S;, with the second part focusing on security systems delivering holistic solutions. Building automation is specified at the design stage for new construction, while security is frequently purchased after […]

There are some very energetic blogs out there full of extremely pessimistic comments and anecdotal evidence about the seriousness of the downturn in the physical security industry and particularly the darling of the industry, IP Video. Last Friday they had a field day; now they had the killer evidence, the 2008 financial return of Axis […]

This review is based on material gathered from Memoori’s monthly Executive Brief on Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances in the Security industry and then discussion with leading innovative companies around the world. The epicentre of entrepreneurship in the physical security industry is currently firmly established in the IP Video business. Memoori’s database of manufacturers of intelligent […]