Video Surveillance
3 Recent Acquisitions Underline the Future Direction of Physical Security
December 22nd, 2014Strategic Acquisitions Dominate Security M&A; Whilst Major Conglomerates & External Buyers lose their Appetite
December 15th, 2014Where will Physical Security Software Benefit Most from Big Data & Cloud Computing?
Software across the Physical Security Industry is fragmented and this makes joined up solutions expensive and difficult to justify on the basis of ROI. The introduction of IoT & Big Data would enable a much more effective solution both improving the quality of security and add on services. Software in the Physical Security Business has […]
The Changing Competitive Landscape Requires Security Manufacturers to Redefine Business Models
During the last 3 years the competitive landscape in the Physical Security market has undergone significant change as prices have fallen and margins tightened. This is the result of the growing maturity of IP Networking products where innovation has become incremental and product differentiation has been more difficult to achieve. At the same time changes […]
Why the Physical Security Industry Will Play a Key Role in the Internet of Things
The definition of The Internet of Things (IoT) is the interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded computing devices within the existing Internet infrastructure without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. Typically, the IoT is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine communications (M2M) and covers a variety of protocols, domains, […]
Global Market for Security Products Worth $25.28 Billion in 2014, Forecasts Memoori Research
We’ve just published our new report (6th Edition) on Access Control, Intruder Alarms & Video Surveillance in 2014, forecasting to 2018; which brings together all the factors that are influencing this industries future – http://memoori.com/portfolio/physical-security-business-2014-2018-access-control-intruder-alarms-video-surveillance/ The total world production value of security products at factory gate prices was $25.28 billion in 2014. Of this video […]
Will Building Owners & Operators get a Return on their Internet of Things Investments?
The terminology “The Internet of Things” (IoT) was coined by MIT’s Kevin Ashton around 20 years ago but only more recently has it become a subject of immense interest to the building services industry and their customers; the owners and operators of smart buildings. So where does the Building Service Industry fit within the wider […]
The Global Market for the Internet of Things in Smart Buildings will Rise to over $85Bn by 2020
Memoori’s new research report is an objective assessment of the market for Internet of Things Technologies, Networks and Services in Buildings 2014 to 2020. http://memoori.com/portfolio/internet-things-smart-buildings-2014-2020 Overall connectivity penetration rates across all building systems are currently only around 16%. This connectivity penetration rate will of course rise steadily over the coming years, and with it the […]
The Milestone Acquisition and its Importance to the Video Surveillance Business
When the world leader in open Video Management Software (VMS) is acquired it’s not surprising that it results in many hundreds of column inches of widely differing opinions; usually surrounding the impact it could have on VMS and the wider implications for the IP Video Surveillance industry. Some of this discussion has focused on “Why […]
High Growth in the Video Surveillance Market can no longer Feed all the Manufacturers
The news that 2 under performing companies, Vicon and IQinVision are merging, is surely evidence that life is getting tougher in the Video Surveillance business as prices fall and niche opportunities evaporate due to the majors steadily increase their range. World demand is strong but it is skewed by high demand in China and Asia, […]
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