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In this Research Note, we examine the Chinese video surveillance giant, Hikvision (Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd), focusing on their strategic repositioning and business organization, before highlighting their 2024 results. This article is based on an IR presentation, October 2024, Hikvision’s 2024 Annual Report, 19 April 2025, associated press release, and Memoori analysis. See […]

In this Research Note, we examine the Mobotix video security business, based on their FY 2023 results, year ending 30 September 2023, Annual Report, FY 2024 outlook, May 2024 AGM Presentation, and our analysis of company strategy and position in the highly competitive video surveillance market. Mobotix 2022/2023 Financial Highlights Founded in 1999 and based […]

In this Research Note, we examine the Axis Communications video surveillance business. This analysis is based on Canon’s 2023 Results Presentation 30 January 2024, Axis Communications 2023 Sustainability Report, 22 May 2024, and Memoori analysis. Founded in 1984 with headquarters in Lund, Sweden, Axis Communications offers products and services for video surveillance and analytics, access […]

In this Research Note, we examine the Chinese video surveillance giant, Hikvision (Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd) focusing on their 2023 financial results, 28th April 2024, 2023 Annual Report and Hikvision at a Glance, FY2023. Hikvision is a video surveillance provider founded in 2001 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China. The company employs approximately 40,000 […]

We are living in an increasingly monitored world. Video surveillance and other IoT devices promise to increase our security but recent cyber attacks remind us that the difference between surveillance and espionage is in the eye of the password holder. In the lead-up to deadly airstrikes in the first week of 2024, Ukraine has accused […]

The full capabilities of facial recognition technology are well-known, primarily through its use by the Chinese government, but its use in The West has so far been limited by regulation and public opinion. This winter, however, an operation by the UK’s London Metropolitan Police Force (MET) has implemented facial recognition to make a number of […]

Three and a half years ago the world was only just coming to terms with the COVID-19 pandemic that was sweeping across almost every country. The global crisis shook the business world with industries facing unique challenges and opportunities. For the video surveillance sector, which had been growing steadily, the pandemic years have been turbulent […]

The physical security industry has changed extensively in the past 20-years as buildings got smarter and the threat landscape developed. Over those two decades we have seen the dominance of large conglomerates erode, innovative startups grow, and the rise of China as the undoubted world leader in key physical security segments. Then, over the past […]