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the
interview
Is access control growing faster than video
surveillance?
"I spoke with our access control analyst and
compared forecasts. Actually, in 2014, the
access control industry in Asia and in the
Americas grew slightly faster than video
surveillance. But in the long term we are not
expecting that to happen."
Video analytics has been forecasted to take
off for a long time now. When is it going
to happen?
"I think it is gradually happening at the mo-
ment. Things do not happen over night but
the proportion of network cameras that have
embedded analytics is gradually increasing
each year. I guess the big limiting factor when
it comes to analytics is that not all footage is
viewed live in many cases where video sur-
veillance is installed, footage is only viewed
after an incident has occurred. There is not
an individual available to respond to live
alerts. Around 6 per cent of security cameras
come with embedded analytics that is paid
for. There are almost two markets developing:
there is free analytics which has been offered
in an increasing number of cameras and then
there is more advanced algorithms for which
people are still paying a fee. I think both are
likely to increase."
What is your view on Security as a Service?
"It is almost where video analytics was 2-3
years ago. There had been a lot of hype with
Video Surveillance as a Service and people re-
alised some of the drawbacks, like bandwidth
limitations and cost over lifetime was high
compared to just simply buying products
outright. Some of the companies involved
started dropping out of the market. However,
Video Surveillance as a Service has started
now to find its foothold, and certainly there
is a lot of potential in the small and medium
sized companies like fast food restaurant with
many small sites on a wide geographic area.
There is a lot of potential there for the future
and optimism has returned."
What impact will the Internet of Things
have on the market during the next couple
of years?
"If Video Surveillance as a Service is a
couple of years behind analytics, the In-
ternet of Things is another couple of years
behind that. It is clear that there is a lot of
potential there, the need to intelligently
manage the huge volume of video data there
is out there is clear, but I still do not think
it is fully understood what can be achieved
with it." n
products, meaning that they get everything
from one place. They act as a one-stop shop
and the customer can go back to one supplier
if there are any issues. I think the success of
companies like these has led other companies
to look into offering full systems too. Canon
has looked to expand its camera business
and with the acquisition of Milestone, it has
brought in VMS, now they are marrying the
two together. I think other companies are
rapidly looking for strong partnerships in the
market at the moment so they too can offer a
full system."
So, it will lead to further acquisitions?
"It might speed up the rate of acquisitions.
Canon was fairly unique, it already had some
surveillance cameras, but if they wanted to
get into the market in a big way, it would
take a long time to develop a portfolio and
grow into the size that matched their ambi-
tions. Bringing Milestone and Axis together
was a logical step, marrying together cameras
and VMS is an important trend in the in-
dustry. And these days there are fewer and
fewer independent VMS suppliers. I can see
companies sort of rushing in to avoid missing
out on acquisitions."
Which companies are likely to be involved?
"We hear rumours but we have to be careful
about speculation on who might be next."
Many video surveillance manufacturers
seem to be turning to access control.
"Many video surveillance companies are
now offering access control. A few examples
include: recently 3xLOGIC acquired In-
finias, in 2013 Avigilon acquired RedCloud
and Video Insight now offers free access
control software. Milestone offers XProtect
which allows companies such as Isonas,
AMAG and Suprema to easily integrate.
Overall, once a project reaches a certain size,
end-users no longer ask about video and
access integration it is expected so IHS
believes acquisitions and partnerships will
continue to ramp up."
Jon Cropley, IHS:
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