Fire Detection
Continued Strong Growth Predicted for Russia’s Security & Fire Safety Markets
June 17th, 2019Business Growth through Integration and now the Internet of Things
April 26th, 2019
Osram Launches Lightelligence for Energy Saving & Space Utilization in Smart Buildings
At the end of March, Munich-based lighting stalwart Osram announced ‘Lightelligence’ an open IoT platform and ecosystem in the lighting business and beyond. Osram claims that Lightelligence saves on energy and labor costs while simplifying the development of IoT software, which in turn unlocks the full potential of new business models. We explore the details […]
Penn State Applies Microsegmentation for Openness & Security of Building Automation
Penn State needs no introduction as an academic institution. Founded in 1855 it has maintained a strong reputation in the US college system. From a facilities management perspective, however, some might not know that the institution is fast becoming a role model for what can be achieved with the internet of things (IoT) in a […]
PE Funding Fuels Growth in the North American Fire & Security Systems Integration Space
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Private equity firms are ramping up their investments in middle market companies in the North American fire and security systems market. Although PE funding has declined for the leading physical security manufacturers, according to the latest Memoori report on the Security industry, […]
Growth Opportunities Lost in Physical Security Business through Limitations in Supply Chain
The demand for integrating all 3 physical security functions has slowly but surely gown over the last decade and this is now being enhanced through integrating other Building Automation Services which together with IT Convergence has further contributed to reducing the Total Cost of Ownership of such systems. Now we are entering the era of […]
Acquisitions in the European Commercial Fire Detection Systems Market
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori The last 12 months have been a quiet year for commercial fire detection acquisitions by the leading fire safety conglomerates (Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Siemens and UTC) who have been focused on technology innovation as well as continuing to redefine their core businesses. […]
Where and How does Physical Security fit into the IoT Landscape?
Back in December last year we published the second part of our two part paper What the Customer Needs to Meet the Challenge of IoT & Data-Ism… In Part 1 we discussed customers needs as the physical security equipment business gradually developed products that improved performance, reduced cost and enhanced value add services over the […]
What Now for Honeywell & UTC as Proposed Deal Fails to Get Off the Ground?
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 […]
Honeywell Acquires Xtralis to Strengthen their Fire Detection Business
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 […]
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