DirectView Aims To Be A Video Surveillance Power Like Tyco

By: IPVM Team, Published on Jan 02, 2019

DirectView is a publicly traded US company that tells IPVM that it has ambitions to be the next ADI, Anixter, or even Tyco.

In this note, we share feedback from our interview with DirectView's CEO Roger Ralston about their plans and our analysis of their opportunity and challenges.

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Comments (2)

Undisclosed #1

01/02/19 04:48pm

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Mark Palka

IPVMU Certified | 01/02/19 04:50pm

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