Video Surveillance
Alarm.com Connected Property Business & 2023 Financials Examined
March 14th, 2024Mapping Delta Group’s Strategic Direction in Smart Buildings
March 13th, 2024Charting the Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Buildings
The global artificial intelligence (AI) market for commercial buildings is being driven by advancements in machine learning, data availability, and computing power, according to our latest AI market research. Our meta-analysis forecasts that the broader Artificial Intelligence market is predicted to reach over $500 billion globally by 2026, representing a 20.9% compound annual growth rate […]
Investors Continue Backing of AI Video Surveillance for Safety & Security in 2024
Last week, AI video analytics safety solution provider Intenseye Inc. closed a $64 million in a Series B investment. On the same day, February 27th, another AI video provider, Rhombus, secured over $43 million via funding and financing. The two deals shine a light on an AI segment that is standing out within a steadily […]
Motorola Solutions Video Security Business & Financials 2023 Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Motorola Solutions’ video security and access control business in the past year, based on their full-year financial results announced on 8th February 2024, an Investor Overview published in January 2024 and other announcements. We also review two recent acquisitions, which extend the group’s video security product portfolio through entry […]
The Rise and Fall and Rise of PSIM
Physical security information management (PSIM) has experienced a severely elongated hype-cycle since its first emergence in the mid-2000s, never really able to live up to the huge potential it promised. However, a flurry of activity this month has reinvigorated the discussion around the ambitious security approach. In this research note, we chart the history and […]
Influx of Capital from Private Equity Powers Smart Building Tech Space
This Research Note examines recent private equity backing of companies in the building technology space, with a focus on commercial real estate. We reviewed this topic in January 2022 in the context of growth in hybrid workplace technology. Since then, PE investors have continued to support software and technology-focused companies across the sector. There are […]
10 Notable Physical Security Acquisitions in 2023
This Research Note reviews physical security acquisitions in the commercial smart buildings space over the last 12 months. We highlight significant M&A transactions in video surveillance, access control, electronic locking, alarm monitoring, fire detection & suppression, and life safety systems. 3 major transactions in the physical security sector were completed in 2023 – Carrier divested […]
How IoT Devices Are Being Hijacked to Drive Crime & Conflict
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 […]
UK Policing & Immigration Trials Set Stage for Facial Recognition Market
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 […]