By Rich Miller A growing senior demographic, technological advances and an increasing demand for home health care monitoring will push the market for wearable wireless devices to more than 36 million units in 2017, up from less than 3 million in 2011, according to a new report from ABI Research. The sharp growth—a CAGR of [...]

By Rich Miller More than 60 percent of North American security systems integrators would prefer to deal with traditional security distributors instead of IT distributors when purchasing their IP-based video surveillance products, according to a new report from IMS Research. The report, “IP Trends in Security—A Survey of Systems Integrators and Installers in Europe and [...]

By Rich Miller An expanding elderly population is expected to push the market for personal emergency response systems (PERS) in North America to $1.86 billion in 2017, up from $963.9 million in 2010, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan. Research by the company, based in Mountain View, Calif., found that revenue in [...]

By Rich Miller Growth in the market for external platforms for video surveillance storage will surpass growth for internal platforms by 16 percent during the next four years, with external displacing internal as the dominant platform in 2014, according to a new report from IMS Research. The report, “World Market for Enterprise and IP Storage [...]

By Rich Miller Security concerns among businesses and government efforts to prevent terrorism are fueling growth in the global video surveillance market, with spending expected to reach $25.4 billion by 2016, according to a new report by the research company MarketsandMarkets. The report, “Video Surveillance Market—Global Forecast & Analysis, 2011-2016,” covers products (IP, analog, remote [...]

By Rich Miller The rapid increase in threats to smart-grid security, combined with the need to comply with regulatory statutes, will push the market for related technologies to more than $2 billion in 2016, according to a new report from ABI Research. Smart-grid security includes identity management and access controls, threat and theft defense, cellular [...]

By Rich Miller While the availability of free content analysis in video surveillance devices continues to grow, the need for chargeable higher-end applications will push the market for video analytics to nearly $600 million in 2015, according to a new report from IMS Research. Features like motion detection and camera tamper, embedded in surveillance devices [...]

According to a recent report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., the global alarm monitoring services market will grow to $65.3 billion by the year 2017. GIA estimates that market to be worth $41.93 billion currently.

By Daniel Gelinas “Connectivity, Convenience and Construction—3 C’s of Intrusion,” a recent report from IMS Research contends the intrusion alarm market is set for a comeback after a rough several years. Estimated to be worth approximately $870 million in 2010, the global intrusion alarm market could grow to more than $1.1 billion by 2015, according [...]

By Daniel Gelinas A recent report from Frost & Sullivan shows wider adoption of RFID technology is on the rise, which will lead to an increase in the market value of healthcare-related RFID vertical. According to Frost & Sullivan senior research analyst Neelima Sagar, the market will experience a substantial increase in value, growing at [...]