ISC West 2016 Best and Worst
ISC West 2016 had very strong attendance and moderately strong new products, following a year of unprecedented acquisitions. Traffic was almost...
By IPVM Team - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Acquisition (237)
Displaying 'Acquisition' tags 151 - 175 of 237 in total
Aimetis Acquired by Magal S3 / Senstar
Aimetis, a VMS company based out of Waterloo, Canada has been acquired by a division of Israeli company Magal S3. We look at the low acquisition...
By Brian Karas - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Mobotix Majority Sold to Japanese Manufacturer Konica Minolta
Taking a page out of the Axis / Milestone playbook, Mobotix has found itself a Japanese company to pay them top dollar in a commoditizing...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
3xLogic Company Profile
In business for 20 years but only recently doing any significant marketing, 3xLogic has moved from a VMS developer to an end-to-end solution...
By IPVM Team - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Pivot3 Moves From Video to Hyperconvergance
A decade ago, Intransa and Pivot3 both hit the video surveillance market hard with big money and big claims for advanced storage offerings....
By Brian Karas - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Chinese Company HNA Buys Ingram Micro For $6 Billion ALL Cash
We take it back; All the things about Ingram Micro being a bunch of fools. They have totally redeemed themselves. Faced with an increasingly...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Favorite VMS Manufacturers 2016
With the Favorite Camera Manufacturers 2016 and Worst Camera Manufacturers 2016 identified, we now turn to the VMS manufacturers. 150...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
ADT Merges With Protection 1 In $15 Billion Deal
The world's least favorite security company, ADT, is being merged [link no longer available] in a mega deal with Protection 1. The ADT brand,...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Axis Acquires Video Analytics Firm Citilog
Axis rarely makes acquisitions. They get acquired, of course, (i.e., by Canon for $2.8 billion USD last year) but they generally do not buy other...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Tyco and JCI Mega Merger
One of the biggest security manufacturers and integrators (Tyco) and one of the biggest building management providers (JCI) are combining. The two...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Avigilon Poison Pill Preps For Sale
Avigilon soon may no longer be an independent company, but Avigilon's CEO is determined to control his own destiny. After 2 years of punishing...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Tyco Spends $175 Million on Retail Analytics Firm ShopperTrak
Tyco is betting $175 million on the retail market, acquiring retail analytics firm ShopperTrak. In this note, we look at the valuation and impact...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago (Info+)
Securitas Buys Diebold Security NA for $350M
Securitas, one of the largest security guard companies in the world, with 300,000+ employees, has acquired one of the largest North American...
By John Honovich - almost 7 years ago (Info+)
Avigilon Buyout Potential Analyzed
A number of Avigilon investors and analysts have asked us about the potential for Avigilon to be bought out / taken over. Basically, with the...
By John Honovich - almost 7 years ago (Info+)
NICE Is Out Of the Video Surveillance Business / Now Qognify
One of the bigger players of the prior era is exiting the video surveillance market. NICE is selling off its 'physical security business unit' to...
By John Honovich - about 7 years ago (Info+)
Brivo Bought Out by Drako for $50 Million
One man is betting $50 million on hosted access control. Dean Drako [link no longer available], who has been investing millions into building a...
By John Honovich - about 7 years ago (Info+)
The New $2 Billion Access Giant: dorma+kaba
The plan to merge two second-tier door hardware and access control companies may give birth to a new giant. Europe-based Dorma and Kaba plan to...
By Brian Rhodes - over 7 years ago (Info+)
Avigilon Loads Up With $200 Million More
Evidently they are not done yet. In the past 18 months, Avigilon raised $169 million, then bought nearly $100 million in patents, VideoIQ for $32...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
OnSSI Acquires VMS Company Seetec
The dominoes continue to fall. One of the biggest VMS providers in North America, OnSSI, has bought [link no longer available] one of the biggest...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
Avigilon 2014 Financials Disappoint Investors
Hikvision admits their equipment got hacked in a large government deployment - stock down just 7.5% Avigilon announces revenue up 42% - stock down...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
ObjectVideo $18 Million Patent Licensing Revenue, Avigilon Reveals
ObjectVideo is making millions on patents. And Avigilon will now look to build on that momentum. New financial disclosures as part of Avigilon's...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
Canon Acquires Axis Communications
This is the biggest deal in video surveillance ever. Just 8 months after buying Milestone, Canon is set to buy Axis. Canon has offered $2.8...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
Panasonic Buys VMS Manufacturer VideoInsight
Another VMS is acquired. Another mega company buys a VMS. Following the 2013 Tyco acquisition of Exacq and the 2014 Canon acquisition of...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
Exacq Fires Rep Firms
The Tyco-fication of Exacq is gaining stream. Exacq has fired multiple manufacturer representative firms. In addition, Tyco has implemented a...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
Avigilon Acquires 96 MORE Patents
Spending $80 million on patents last month was evidently just the start. Now, Avigilon has acquired 96 more patents from 4 different...
By John Honovich - over 7 years ago (Info+)
