IP Fallout
IP offers tremendous benefits, but presents a high technology threshold to cross over. “The market is highly fragmented,” Holtenhoff said. “As the world moves to IT-fication, we’re going to see shakeout.”
Scaling the IP learning curve can be lucrative but difficult. “Since the cost of entry to IP-based security is higher than it used to be with analog, there will be fewer players in the future as IP technology becomes more advanced,” Clocher said. “Only a few companies will be able to master this technology to the degree needed in the video security space.”
IP Fallout
IP offers tremendous benefits, but presents a high technology threshold to cross over. “The market is highly fragmented,” Holtenhoff said. “As the world moves to IT-fication, we're going to see shakeout.”
Scaling the IP learning curve can be lucrative but difficult. “Since the cost of entry to IP-based security is higher than it used to be with analog, there will be fewer players in the future as IP technology becomes more advanced,” Clocher said. “Only a few companies will be able to master this technology to the degree needed in the video security space.”
However, a steep learning curve for IP does not mean the security industry will wind up in the hands of a...