Market Analysis

Shipments of embedded vision devices in the automotive, industrial automation, physical security and business intelligence markets are forecast to exceed 14 million units in 2018, up from almost four million units this year. Utilizing a combination of embedded systems and computer vision, embedded vision enables devices to use video inputs to better understand their environment,

The installed base of cloud-based home management services is projected to grow from 5.6 million at the end of 2013, to 44.6 million at the end of 2018. Cloud-based home management systems are aimed at mass market adoption, and allow users to remotely control their devices when away from the home, using smartphone or tablet

MEMS and sensors now constitute 23.4% of the cellular handset and tablet market, second only to digital baseband's 28% of the $65 billion (non-memory) cellphone chip market. The sensor category includes touch controllers, camera image sensors and numerous MEMS sensor types. The MEMS and sensor component sales portion grew by 36% to $5 billion in

Canon announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Milestone Systems. Milestone Systems is a major supplier of video management software. It is planned that Milestone will continue to operate as an independent organization. Our Take Canon is currently a small player in the video surveillance market but it has big ambitions. Back

Milestone Systems and Genetec remained the two largest suppliers of video management software (VMS) in 2013 in a market worth more 900 million dollars, according to recently published estimates from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), through its Video Surveillance Intelligence Service. The global VMS market is forecast to grow to over $3 billion in 2018 with

The world market for video surveillance equipment grew by almost 7% in 2013.This is according to recently published estimates from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), through its Video Surveillance Intelligence Service. The service also reveals that the ongoing transition from analogue to network equipment accelerated in the same year with revenues from network higher in all

With a maturing IT industry becoming ever more consolidated, manufacturers of Ethernet switches are looking for new market segments to diversify. A recent report from IHS points to the video surveillance industry as a potentially lucrative answer. A prolonged migration from analogue to network video surveillance equipment and the continued worldwide expansion in the use

The access control industry is beginning to propel itself into innovation and technological advancement through integration. Open standards, convergence of access control and video, and partnerships with non-security related companies [and non-access control companies such video surveillance providers] are the focus of the industry. It is safe to say that access control providers, integrators and