Detektor International met up with Oren Feldmann, VP Sales & Marketing at EVT Technology to discuss things like how "fun" can improve the effectiveness of video surveillance and why EVT´s offering is unique. The discussions also gave Detektor some interesting insights into the Israeli eagerness to succeed and its culture and business environment, with a focus on security matters.

Some 150 dinner guests at the Sectech dinner banquette in Copenhagen on the 19th of November witnessed the prize ceremony when the winners of the prestigious Detektor International Awards 2008 were announced. The eleven product finalists were chosen on the basis of both innovation and customer orientation. Winning products need to be smart as well as useful.

Two major forces are reshaping the security and safety indus ry, according to the analysts at Memoori who deliver monthly reports on mergers and acquisitions involving security companies. The first force driving the trend is a rapid consolidation process, particularly powerful when any business is immature and fast growing. The second is a strong mix of converging technologies, from even faster growing industries, such as web services and digital electronic, that have only been introduced into the security industry in recent times.