2. 1
2015
IPVM
Guide
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
TRENDS
............................................................................................................................................
4
Sales
Forecast
2015
.................................................................................................................
5
#1
Threat
–
China
..................................................................................................................
11
Winner
/
Losers
2014
............................................................................................................
16
Top
Manufacturers
Gaining
and
Losing
Ground
....................................................................
29
Ranking
95
Surveillance
Manufacturers
Interest
..................................................................
39
Best
&
Worst
Manufacturer
Salespeople
..............................................................................
46
The
Bloody
HD
Camera
Wars
Are
Coming
.............................................................................
60
Manufacturer
Salary
Results
2014
........................................................................................
66
Integrator
Salary
Survey
2014
...............................................................................................
74
Winner
and
Losers
of
the
Milestone
Deal
.............................................................................
83
Global
Video
Surveillance
Growth
Rates
Declining
Sharply
..................................................
92
DEALS
.............................................................................................................................................
95
Milestone
Acquired
...............................................................................................................
96
Anixter
Buys
Slammer
Specialist
Tri-‐Ed
.................................................................................
99
Samsung
Surveillance
Sold
Off
............................................................................................
104
Google
Acquires
Dropcam
For
$555
Million
........................................................................
108
The
Sad
Finale
For
Firetide
Is
Here
......................................................................................
113
Fail
/
Fail:
The
IQinVision
-‐
Vicon
Merger
..........................................................................
116
Big
Money
Coming
Into
Access
(ACRE)
................................................................................
119
The
Billion
Dollar
Chinese
Manufacturer
Who
Bought
March
Just
Bough
Swann
..............
123
3. 2
Cohu
HD
Surveillance
Manufacturer
Acquired
....................................................................
127
INVESTMENTS
..............................................................................................................................
130
The
New
Generation
of
Security
Startups
...........................................................................
131
Michael
Dell
Invests
in
VSaaS
Startup
Eagle
Eye
.................................................................
136
This
Intrusion
Startup
Raised
$57
Million
............................................................................
139
Invest
in
a
Video
Surveillance
Storage
Startup
....................................................................
145
The
BRS
Labs
IPO
.................................................................................................................
148
AVIGILON
-‐
RISE
&
FALL
...............................................................................................................
152
'Sick',
'Greedy'
Avigilon
CFO
Gets
A
New
Job
......................................................................
153
Avigilon
Accounting
Issues
Alert
..........................................................................................
156
Avigilon
Profit
and
Stock
Price
Drops
Q2
2014
....................................................................
159
Why
is
Avigilon's
Stock
Falling
Like
a
Knife
..........................................................................
164
Avigilon
Q3
2014
Growth
Rate
Down
Sharply
.....................................................................
170
NEW
PRODUCTS
..........................................................................................................................
175
H.265
IP
Camera
Chip
Announced
.......................................................................................
176
The
Company
Behind
HDTVI
...............................................................................................
180
Milestone
Launches
DVRs
...................................................................................................
184
NICE
Suspect
Search
-‐
The
Most
Audacious
New
Release
at
ASIS
2014
..............................
187
Genetec
Hybrid
Cloud
Examined
.........................................................................................
193
The
Coolest
New
Access
Control
Product
In
Years
is
From
Tyco
.........................................
196
New
'Low
Cost
Thermal
Zoom
Camera
...............................................................................
202
Why
Avaya
Has
Entered
Video
Surveillance
........................................................................
206
Axis
Launches
Multi-‐Imager
Panoramic
..............................................................................
210
Axis
Launches
NVRs
.............................................................................................................
213
Axis
Corner
Mount
Camera
Examined
.................................................................................
216
4. 3
Video
Insight
Gives
Away
Access
Control
Free
....................................................................
221
New
Audio
Surveillance
Device
Eliminates
3
Cables
(Louroe)
.............................................
227
LAWSUITS
....................................................................................................................................
230
ADT
Sued,
Claimed
'Easily
Hacked'
......................................................................................
231
Milestone
Sues
Hawk
..........................................................................................................
236
INDUSTRY
ISSUES
........................................................................................................................
239
Axis
In
Denial,
Q3
Financial
Report
Bad
...............................................................................
240
Axis
Admits
Access
Control
Expectations
Low
.....................................................................
244
Anixter
Security
Rebound
and
New
Chief
...........................................................................
247
The
Most
Misleading
Announcement
of
ASIS
2014
............................................................
250
Ex
Milestone
Exec
Becomes
Vicon
CEO
...............................................................................
254
Vicon
CEO
Losing
Strategy
...................................................................................................
256
Mobotix
Admits
Channel
Stuffing
.......................................................................................
258
ONVIF
Launches
Enforcement
Campaign
............................................................................
261
Manufacturers
Sound
Off
on
ONVIF
....................................................................................
266