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Surveillance Manufacturer Revenue Directory 2011

In this report, we organize and share annual revenue of 25 leading video surveillance companies. Revenue numbers are often useful for businesspeople and investors to better understand size and relative power of players in a market. That noted, thi...

By John Honovich - over 8 years ago

Tyco / ADT Split Examined

On September 19, 2011 Tyco announced that they would be splitting themselves into 3 publicly traded, independent companies. This is important news for the security industry as 2 of those new companies would be security focused organizations. In th...

By John Honovich - over 8 years ago

Video Analytic Vendor Keeneo Acquired

In August 2011, French video analytic vendor Keeneo was acquired by UK security provider Digital Barriers [link no longer available]. In this note, we examine the details of the deal, the financial positioning of both companies and why this is ano...

By John Honovich - over 8 years ago

Pixim's Acquisition of Advasense Examined

In June 2011, Pixim announced [link no longer available] the acquisition of Isreali based CMOS developer Advasense, a 7 year old company that had raised more than $20 Million USD over the last half decade. In this note, based on an interview with ...

By John Honovich - over 8 years ago

Verint's Q1 2011 and PSIM Acquisition Price Examined

In this note, we examine the financial performance of Verint's video surveillance division and the acquisition price paid for Rontal, the PSIM supplier Verint acquired in April. Reviewing the Q1 2011 Verint 10k statement, the following key points...

By John Honovich - over 8 years ago

Vidient's Analytics Acquired by Agilence

Agilence has acquired Vidient's video analytic technology [link no longer available], winning an auction for the technology assets after Vidient shut down operations. Agilence plans to incorporate Vidient's technology into their solutions for reta...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago

Verint to Acquire Rontal, Offer PSIM

Verint has acquired Rontal Applications [link no longer available], an Isreal based PSIM provider. Verint will start providing its own PSIM offering based on Rontal's SimGuard. In this note, we analyze the fit and impact including sharing answers ...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago

Another Nail in PSIM's Coffin: ADT Acquires Proximex

The first rule of PSIM: Security integrators are where open platforms go to die. As such, today's announcement that integration behemoth ADT has acquired PSIM provider Proximex is a bad sign for the future of PSIM. Additionally, it is no good news...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago

Carlyle Group Acquires Digiop - Deal Examined

In March 2011, the Carlyle Group [link no longer available], a global asset manager with nearly $100 Billion under management, acquired VMS developer Digiop [link no longer available]. In this note, based on an interview with Digiop, we examine th...

By John Honovich - almost 9 years ago

Investments & Acquisitions Directory 2011

This directory provides a single source of information on funding and acquisitions in the video surveillance market. It is part of our Video Surveillance Financials section, where we analyze on-going investment trends and announcements within the ...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago

Genetec's Sipelia Acquisition and Plan Manager Offering Examined

In this note, we examine Genetec's December 2010 acquisition of Sipelia [link no longer available], a French software development company. We share feedback from an interview with Genetec as well as provide our observations on the deal. The acqui...

By John Honovich - about 9 years ago

Intel Acquires Video Analytic Company

In a potentially good sign for video analytics, but not for its security application, Intel has confirmed acquiring [link no longer available] a video analytic startup named CognoVision.In this note, we contrast using video analytics for digital s...