Video Surveillance

Our new report “The Physical Security Business in 2013” shows that M&A activity in the Security Industry has grown by a compound annual rate of 7% over the last 14 years but during this time it has peaked and declined 4 times culminating with its value decreasing by 48% during the last 2 years. External […]

New Memoori Research on the Security Industry shows that in 2013 demand continues to grow as its structure strengthens and becomes more effective – http://memoori.com/portfolio/the-physical-security-business-in-2013/ The total value of world production of security products at factory gate prices in 2013 was $23.4 billion. Of this Video Surveillance products at $12.26 billion took a share of […]

We recently sat down with Adlan Hussain, Global Head of Marketing at CNL Software, to discuss Innovation in Security and CNL’s intention to continue to lead developments in PSIM software. 1. Where will the major innovations in Security come from in the next 5 years? br> Let us start by stating the speed of innovation […]

The first 5 months of 2013 have shown that the physical security market continues to grow despite poor economic trading conditions in the developed markets of the world. There are 2 reasons why growth has been robust. The first is the perceived increase in the need to protect people and property from theft, crime and […]

Just about every angle on the battle between analogue and IP Network cameras must now have been covered. Strange then that every time someone proclaims the death of analogue, up pops another reason to protect and extend its life. It just doesn’t want to lie down and die. In a recent IPVM (http://ipvm.com/) investigation the […]

We recently sat down with Lars Thinggaard, CEO of Milestone, to discuss innovation in video surveillance and the future of the security industry. 1. Where will the major innovations in Video Surveillance come from in the next 5 years? In the next five years, some of the major innovations will come in the way surveillance […]

The message from the market seems clear; major conglomerates in the security business have given up on their long standing strategy of growth through acquisition. None of them excluding Tyco, have made a significant acquisition since 2010. In the 5 years prior to that they were all active in acquiring businesses both large and small; […]

Continuing our series of articles on Innovation we talked to Steve Russell, CEO of Prism Skylabs, about how they intend to disrupt the Security Market in 2013 and what he thinks will be the major innovations over the next 5 years. Q. Where will the major innovations in the security industry come from in the […]