Video Surveillance
Will Physical Security be the Epicentre of the Internet of Things in Buildings?
April 22nd, 2016Webinar: China’s Security Industry Flexes its Muscles!
April 15th, 2016
Still No Sign of Nest Security Products As Internal Unrest Goes Public
Amid growing reports of unrest at Nest, new information has leaked about the companies foray into the home security sector. It is not exactly a secret that Google’s $3.2 billion dollar acquisition intended to release security related products. On the contrary, the only surprise has been how long it has taken for the company to […]
Physical Security M&A Activity in the First 2 Months of 2016 Set a Record Unlikely to be Surpassed
Memoori has been charting Merger and Acquisitions in the world of Physical Security Manufacturing for the last 15 years and whilst it has been a continual roller coaster ride during that time, we have never experienced before such a dramatic rise in value of deals as we have in the first two months of 2016. […]

Pivot3 Takes $55m to Tackle Hyper-Converged and Flash Storage Market
Pivot3, a 13-year-old “start-up” providing storage-centric hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions for video surveillance, has announced $55 million equity and bank financing. “The funding will accelerate the company’s growth and enable it to bring to market the most extensive suite of hyper-converged and flash storage solutions with predictable performance that is available today”, they say. Hyper-converged […]

VMS Shows its Potential to be at the Heart of Building Management
As of April 2016 the UK Government will require all companies involved in the creation public buildings to conform with Level 2 Building Information Modelling (BIM) standards. Level 2 BIM requires much stricter, usually 3D model-based, building specifications in order to ensure superior commissioning. Buildings should function better for occupants from the outset and be […]

“There is No Better Place to provide Building Automation from than Access Control”
This month Memoori spoke with Adam Stroud, Paxton Access Chief Executive, about the companies ambitions and the role of Access Control in a smart, connected building. Adam is responsible for overseeing the direction and strategy for all companies in the Paxton Group; Paxton Access Ltd, Gendis Ltd, Paxton Access Inc. and Paxton GmbH. After intensifying […]

How Will the Johnson Controls / Tyco Deal Play Out?
Johnnson Control’s offer to acquire Tyco International has been accepted by the Tyco board. However it is not yet a done deal. The premium being offered by Johnson Controls looks reasonable but will it attract other companies to step in with a better offer for the Tyco shareholders? In our New Report on the Security […]

Emerging Technologies Contribution to Driving Security Industry Growth
Despite the fact that the world market for physical security products grew by 7.5% in 2015 according to Memoori’s 2015 Annual Report, there is an undercurrent of pessimism in some sectors of the business, because the rate growth has declined. This particularly applies to video surveillance cameras, where unit prices have fallen over the last […]

Western Video Surveillance Manufacturers Need New Strategies to Compete with the Chinese
One of the main findings in Memoori’s New Annual Report on the Physical Security Industry shows that business models need to be constantly fine tuned, in order to meet the needs of all stakeholders in the supply chain. The two major disruptive factors that bring about the need for change is the introduction of emerging […]