Pelco is expanding its operations in Latin America and Asia with the acquisition of its manufacturer representatives for these regions, Crockett International. This is a different approach than common in the US. While Pelco sees this as an...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
The past year clearly shows the impact the global economy has on the security business. Determining what happens next is clearly dependent on which of two paths the global economy will take: Gradual Rebound - If the path of the last 6 months...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
The two largest publicly traded IP camera manufacturers, Axis and Mobotix, have clearly demonstrated weak growth and a dramatic drop from just 1 year ago. This is an important signal for the rest of market. In Q2 2009, Mobotix's growth was only...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
An SSI survey [link no longer available] examines various factors impacting sales and profiability of integrators including technology selection, obstacles faced, market selection and margins achieved. Technology Selection Of all security...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Business people love market sizing numbers and the bigger the market size, regardless of the accuracy, the better. To that end, in an IBD survey of the video surveillance industry [link no longer available], ABI Research [link no longer available]...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Mobotix pursues an aggressive strategy contrarian to most megapixel camera companies. Committed to their decentralized approach, Mobotix has grown to over $60 M USD annual sales and to be one of the largest IP camera manufacturers...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
VideoNext has launched a separate brand of VMS software/iPhone, called CAVU [link no longer available], targeted at the pro-sumer market. The marketing differs significantly from VideoNext who primarily targets the enterprise/government...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
CSST is one of the biggest and fastest growing security companies in the world. Founded in 2001, last year CSST generated over $400 M USD revenue. Not only is CSST one of the largest players in one of the fastest growing markets, CSST [link no...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
While there are many startups in video surveillance, many of them have under-achieved, especially the most prominent, VC backed companies in the market. Indeed, this has caused VentureBeat to symbolize the security startup market as a sinking...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Info4Security features an interview with the HDcctv Alliance. Most of the article covers topics we have previously reviewed in our HDcctv competitive analysis. However, there are a few interesting points to consider: They claim an "an order of...
By John Honovich - over 11 years ago
Over the first half of 2009, improvements in deployment simplicity was the strongest theme for video management systems. While few to no groundbreaking features were introduced, more than a dozen manufacturers took steps to reduce the complexity...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
A debate is emerging on what the 'true' market share for IP cameras. The generally accepted statistic is approximately 20% of cameras sold annually are IP cameras. These numbers are fairly consistent across the market sizing providers. However, 3...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
So much for green shoots - at least for Axis. In their just released Q2 financial report [link no longer available], Axis leads with "No Change in Sales Trend" which is not a good thing considering their abrupt drop from last year's almost 40%...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
Buying video surveillance cameras on-line is a relatively new but growing trend. Traditionally, end users bought cameras from integrators while integrators bought directly from manufacturers or through their representatives. In the last 5 years,...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
Figuring out how video surveillance products are different is a challenging task. While some products are literally the same, most of them are actually different. The tough questions are (1) how are they different? and (2) how important are those...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
In the last month, a renewed sense of optimism has emerged in the video surveillance industry - mirroring the rise of the global stock markets and culminating in a better than expected turnout at ISC West. What does this mean? How was your...
By John Honovich - about 12 years ago
IT convergence creates high anticipation and anxiety. New people entering physical security is one of the most emotional. The security systems market is a lot like Las Vegas - growing quickly, few of us are actually natives of the security...
By John Honovich - about 12 years ago
The publication industry is struggling. The recession and growth of the web is shrinking advertising revenues and increasing fears about the future of printed publications. On-line advertising such as craigslist continues to undermine the...
By John Honovich - about 12 years ago
While admitting a slowdown, video surveillance professionals generally claim that (1) the market will rebound in the second half of this year and (2) that the problem is consumer fear. Discussions with dozens of industry leaders reveal the same...
By John Honovich - about 12 years ago
Those who think the recession is speeding up IP convergence are likely ignorant or hopeful. Indeed, the recession is dramatically slowing convergence and allowing analog companies to catch up. This is already happening and will continue for at...
By John Honovich - about 12 years ago
This report summarizes a presentation made by Axis GM Fredrik Nilsson on the progress and future of IP cameras (presented at the Milestone Partners Conference). As the market leader in IP cameras, knowing Axis' outlook is important to analyzing...
By John Honovich - about 12 years ago
This is no ordinary recession. Dramatic and permanent changes have already begun. In conversations with over 30 end users, integrators and manufacturers over the last 2 weeks, the changes are happening faster and deeper than even I predicted a few...
By John Honovich - about 12 years ago
Frequent discussions of IT taking over physical security often turn to not simply if it will happen but when it will happen. Such convergence is viewed broadly as a key issue in the future of the security industry. Perhaps more important than...
By John Honovich - over 12 years ago
The recession is forcing broad reductions. Worse, the era of excess consumer spending is over. In response, most business around the world, whether they buy or sell video surveillance, will have to tighten their belts. Even if your company was...
By John Honovich - over 12 years ago
As an industry, bad. In Oct-Dec, sales decelerated in IP video and turned negative in analog video. The main reason: "project delays." While the growth rate of IP video segment is still positive, growth has decelerated across the entire...
By John Honovich - over 12 years ago
