Toshiba Shutting Down Security Division

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I guess it is being closed down as there would obviously be no buyers to sell it off too? I'm curious if there were any attempts to sell it off first.

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Brian Karas

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In reply to Luis Carmona

We attempted to contact Toshiba, but received no response, so do not know exactly how the decision was reached.

That being said, given that Longse may have better brand recognition than Toshiba for security products, the price they could get for selling it off may not have even covered what they would incur in costs to slice the division off and sell it as a business unit.

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Sergio Collazo

In reply to Brian Karas

Parent division in Japan (Digital Media Network Company) was reorganized was sold off to Canon. It is likely the new management in Japan forced its closure.

Same division (DMNC) owned their Telephone Systems Divison which is also winding down.

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Sergio Collazo

In reply to Luis Carmona

There is no equity to sell off. Toshiba stopped developing cameras in 2007. It's been 100% OEM since.

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Jeffrey Kunzler

In reply to Luis Carmona

The security division was one of the Toshiba business units that was included in the sale to Canon Medical

All products were OEM - no equity to sell off. The decision was most likely made by Canon. The Canon Group currently owns Axis and Milestone.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

So, who's next? My gut says Panasonic. I don't really have anything to back that up, just sort of winging it. Have they released anything interesting lately?

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

I would tend to agree with you, but not based on any inside knowledge. For them, I'd expect it to be more likely selling it off or spinning it off. They have much better brand recognition than Toshiba did.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3

Didn't they purchase Video Insights recently? I would think that would signal their in for a longer term haul.....

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Undisclosed Integrator #5

In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #3

I do think they are in it for the long haul. I also think they have an uphill battle currently with the legacy NVR Pelco style product line. I have been told that after some restructuring VI is taking a more active role in the main product line which is a positive sign that they are recognizing the shift in the industry to VMS on the enterprise side.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #6

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #5

I think they are eyeing the market carefully. I think they may pull out of the recorder hardware NVR business, depending on how the VI goes.

Now that they have brought on the OEM stuff, they could dwindle farther and get out of the market completely, within a few years.

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John Honovich

In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #6

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Now that they have brought on the OEM stuff, they could dwindle farther and get out of the market completely, within a few years.

I agree that companies increasing OEMing is a strong sign of reduced commitment / investment into a market.

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John Tran

Panasonic has big presence in Japan, local market. I don't think they will wind down anytime soon.

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Undisclosed Integrator #5

Have they released anything interesting lately?

They have, but not anything that is likely to set the world ablaze:

H.265 cameras w/smart codecs (first big non-Hik/Dahua manufacturer to do so)
Some form of secure communication method from camera to NVR
Replaced the old as dirt WJ-ND400s NVR with mediocre new WJ-NX400 NVRs.
Refreshing the viewing client
A new web interface for their cameras no longer reliant on ActiveX.

For Panasonic dealers these are actually very promising maneuvers. Not so promising: OEMing a few Dahua cameras in the main non-Advidia product line.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

That was several years ago.

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