Avigilon Turning From Niche to Mainstream

One of the pioneers in multimegapixel technology, Avigilon used to focus on education and scientific research verticals. Long gone are the days of proprietary protocols and compression formats. Today's Avigilon is ONVIF-compliant, offering complete solutions from 1 to 29 megapixels, hardware to soft

Assa Abloy Turning Profits From Emerging Markets

A key element of Assa Abloy's rapid expansion has been identifying and building up relationships with potential acquisitions, successfully acquiring them, and equally successfully integrating them into the group. The company has now made over 150 acquisitions. The company's journey can also be descr

Honeywell Security: Driving Growth in Challenging Times

Knowledge is paramount, especially in increasingly connected, integrated building and security environments. “For the last 2.5 years, we've been trying to get closer to consultants and specifiers, to help them gain the necessary knowledge in a structured way,” said Daniel Wan, UK Channel Marketing L

IndigoVision: Strengthening Its Foundation

EMEA Update The EMEA region accounts for about one third of IndigoVision's revenue, with the U.K., Russia and Africa being key growth markets. Our target verticals are the traditionally analog-prone ones, namely petrochemical/mining, government/police/military, casinos/hotels and financial/banks. Ta

Security 50 Annual Summit: Convergence in 2012

Going IP is a clear trend in security. In Asia, the migration from analog to IP is just about to take off. More new solutions, services and business models are being introduced to the market, which inevitably bring more opportunities as well as challenges. For the first time, a&s International p

Reviewing Innovation, Profit & Growth in IP Video

Leaders in the Video Surveillance business are in full agreement that IP Video has had the most impact in shaping the future of the business in the last fifteen years and that it is has now crossed the chasm and with a market penetration of around 30/40 percent it is well into its growth stage. Th

Samsung to Promote Smart Security

asmag.com interviewed Tim Biddulph, IP Product Manager, Samsung Techwin Europe about “Smart Security,” promoted at IFSEC 2012 and their road shows around the UK. asmag.com: The purpose of “smart security” is to ease the difficulty of making the migration from analogue to IP. Could you provide some

Changing Role of the Security Consultant

The increasingly significant role of IT in the security space, in the ongoing evolution from analog to IP-based security solutions, has had profound effects on the different stakeholder groups. It has affected manufacturers in the range of solutions that the market demands, installers in the technic

Security 50 Event Attracts International Attention

Security 50 Event, organized by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media, took place at 15th Secutech International Security Exhibition at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan on April 18. Security 50 Zone Opening Ceremony gathered the representatives from top 50 companies and internationa

IP Video Product Cycle: Intro, Growth or Mature?

- IP video surveillance equipment seems to pass the first introduction phase and starts to enter the growing stage. - It is now into the critical high growth stage where the benefits of years of investment are there to be won. - Over the next 2 to 3 years, IP camera market will also start to experie