Market Analysis

El Segundo, Calif. (July 17, 2013)—In the wake of shooting tragedies including the Sandy Hook massacre, U.S. educational institutions are adopting systems that allow them to respond to all kinds of emergencies in real time, driving the country’s market for school security system integration to rise by more than 80 percent from 2012 to 2017. […]

Austin, Texas (July 9th, 2013)—The elusive goal of integration in the intrusion industry is beginning to gain realistic momentum with the growing trend to combine home automation and home security systems, on a single platform, according to a recent study titled “The World Maker for Intruder Alarms – 2013 Edition” by IMS Research, now part

El Segundo, Calif. (June 24, 2013)—The global market for electronic security equipment aimed at city surveillance applications will more than double in size from 2012 to 2017 as metropolitan areas adopt mobile technology to deal with threats more efficiently, according to a new report from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). Worldwide,

London (June 12th, 2013)—Milestone Systems and Genetec last year were evenly matched as the top suppliers of video management software (VMS) in a market worth more than half a billion dollars, according to a new report on video surveillance equipment from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). The global VMS market for

Austin, Texas (June 7, 2013)—In most cases, a sudden influx of players and increased competition would be detrimental for an industry. However, the U.S. intruder alarm market is embracing the plethora of new competitors entering the business because these recent market entrants are partnering with established security suppliers to offer complete home security product offerings

London, U.K. (April 30, 2013) – If the security boom is over then it seems that end users haven’t got the message, with 45 percent claiming that their security budget had increased during 2012, according to an end-user survey conducted by IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). In the survey of almost

London (Mar. 6, 2012)–The global market for wireless infrastructure gear used for video surveillance applications is set to more than double from 2011 to 2016, with a significant amount of growth driven by demand for low-cost systems in emerging economies like China and India. Worldwide revenue for such equipment will soar to $705 million in

Wellingborough, U.K. 5 February 2013. By the end of 2013 unit shipments of consumer analogue security cameras in the Americas region will surpass those in the professional market. In a recent market report titled The World Market for Consumer and DIY Video Surveillance Equipment – 2012 Edition, IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS))

Wellingborough, U.K. – 18 December 2012. IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)), has recently released its fourth annual video surveillance trends for the year ahead white paper. These predictions for 2013 and beyond, serve to provide insight into key trends and opportunities in the video surveillance industry. They are: New Battle Ground in