Market Analysis

Northampton, 28 May 2012: IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)), has just published the second edition of its Middle East Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment report. The 2012 edition forecasts that the market in Saudi Arabia will grow strongly to overtake that of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to become second […]

Wellingborough, 18 May 2012: IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), has just published the ninth edition of its World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment report. The 2012 edition forecasts that despite the weak and uncertain economic climate, the world market for video surveillance equipment will grow in excess of 12% in

Wellingborough, UK – 17 May 2012. A new report from IMS Research  (recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS)) has found that almost 40 percent of North American security systems integrators would prefer to deal with IT distributors when purchasing their IP-based video surveillance products. In Europe this figure surpasses 50% of systems integrators and

Wellingborough, UK  (11 April 2012) – IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), announced today that it is a partner in the PSA Business Solutions program, a suite of value-added resources for security professionals. PSA Security Network owners and customers can now receive discounts on IMS Research’s Security Executive Insights reports. These reports

Wellingborough, UK (10 April 2012) –  In a recently published market report “The Indian Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment,” IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), forecasts that city surveillance will be the fastest growing vertical market in the country over the next five years. Such city surveillance projects have received

Wellingborough, UK – 27th March 2012 – IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS) has revealed in its quarterly tracker of the machine-vision market that from 2010 to 2011 the market in Asia Pacific grew significantly less than those in EMEA or the Americas. The tracker takes published as well as submitted data from leading suppliers

Austin, TX  – March 19, 2011 – As more and more consumer electronics devices incorporate cameras, embedded vision applications are set to change the way consumers interact with their devices. Augmented reality is one of the most interesting applications, with Sony’s recent release of the game Reality Fighters for the PS Vita portable gaming platform

Wellingborough, UK – March 19th, 2012. IMS Research estimates that the world market for cloud based video surveillance, or video surveillance as a service (VSaaS), was worth over $500 million in 2011, an increase of 25% from 2010. However, the big question is what does the future hold for this emerging market? Sam Grinter, Market

Austin, TX  – March 13, 2011 – The release of the new iPad brought a number of incremental upgrades but also raised interesting questions, as Apple’s competitors aggressively incorporate a number of advanced user interface technologies at a faster pace. IMS Research believes Apple will need to embrace embedded vision-based technologies in its next product

Austin, TX – March 7, 2011 – With the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft has shown its continued commitment to advances in user interfaces, including a deeper embrace of the gesture and voice control technologies it introduced with the Kinect for Xbox 360. IMS Research expects Windows 8 to be the main