Thermal imaging moves to the consumer market

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At the end of 2012, Flir Systems announced the acquisitions of Lorex Technology and Traficon International, respectively known in consumer security electronics and intelligent traffic applications. The company talks about its acquisitions and what it foresees as potential markets for thermal imaging.

A pivotal year for home security

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This is the first in an ongoing series of features by Memoori Business Intelligence, covering innovation and disruptive technologies in physical security and building management. 2012 would be remembered as the pivotal year for home security. A perfect storm of technology, investment and new entrants has now changed the market landscape forever. SaaS models, ubiquitous broadband and smartphones ha

VCA revisited

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So, the ObjectVideo “patent agreement seeking” rampage seems to have come to an end for now, with Panasonic System Networks being the latest to be added to the global, portfolio-wide patent license wish list (others include Tyco Security Products, Sony, Vivotek, Pelco by Schneider and Bosch Security Systems, for anyone who is keeping score). More solution providers are revisiting the technology si

Cultivating security awareness in Thailand

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Today at Grand Mercure Hotel in Bangkok, Secutech Thailand hosted “Together We Promote Security,” which welcomed approximately 100 security professionals and media. The event started with contract signing between international event organizer and publisher Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media (MFNE) and TTF International, a trade show organizer, television producer, magazine publisher and online

Renewed reading and sourcing experience for security professionals

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Rapid advances in Internet, telecommunication and mobile device technologies have ushered in a new, digital era for the publishing business, where periodicals are increasingly replaced by apps and subscribers become followers that Like, Tweet and ShareThis. Traditional page turning, note scribbling and bookmarks have also become poking, swiping, Evernote, Flipboard and Pocket. Reader experience wi

IMS Research: EMEA and Americas Markets for Building Automation and Lighting Control Systems

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A new report from IMS Research forecasts the increasing integration of building automation and lighting control systems.

The IMS Research report titled The EMEA and Americas Markets for Integrating Smart Building Systems – A Quantitative Market Analysis – 2012 Edition found in 2011, an average of 25 percent of the installed building automation systems in the Americas and

IMS Research: For IP-Based Video Surveillance, Future is Actually Now

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The trend to IP-based video surveillance is, by now, firmly established. The question is no longer “will IP-based equipment sales overtake analogue equipment sales?” In fact, IMS Research forecasts that 2013 will be the tipping point when world network video surveillance equipment sales overtake analogue video surveillance equipment sales.

The arrival of IP-technology has instead bough

Pinetron, Probe, Webgate and WonWoo Engineering Share Viewpoint of Market Strategies

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At Secutech, our newest release is the HD hybrid NVR over coax, PHR-HD1008, that accommodates 8-channel full HD hybrid cameras and 8-channel analog cameras. The hybrid NVR utilizes Intersil's SLOC technology and is easy to set up and use like a DVR, with automatic IP scans and channel allocations. While it only works with Pinetron cameras at the moment, third-party compatibility will be made avail

Icantek, KMT, Micro Digital and Nextchip Share Viewpoint of Market Strategies

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The latest on display is our 2.3-megapixel, full HD (1,080p, 30 fps) camera, and we will launch our 3-megapixel model by the end of the second quarter and 5-megapixel by the end of the year. We feel that the economy is back on full swing, and we are expected to grow 100 to 200 percent this year. Today, our largest markets are in Europe (especially Spain and Eastern Europe), the U.S. and South Amer

Ctring, Daiwon Optical, Dongyang Unitech and Hdpro Share Perspectives of Market Strategies

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We have been fully focused on HD-SDI for the last two years. As one of the first in the world, we are now promoting our 16-channel, 1,080p/720p dynamic DVR, the V7116. Key markets include Japan, the U.S., the U.K. and Germany, where there are still a lot of analog DVR users in the mid- to high-end, small- to mid-scale installations.