State of the market: video surveillance - Articles

State of the Market: Video Surveillance, Part 3

Opportunities & Future Outlook for The Video Surveillance Market

February 19, 2025

Optimism abounds in the video surveillance space, with AI, cloud and edge computing providing real impetus to upgrade, though challenges are still prevalent when it comes to large-scale adoption.

State of the Market: Video Surveillance, Part 2

Challenges & Headwinds Impact Video Surveillance Tech Adoption

Karyn Hodgson

February 12, 2025

Optimism abounds in the video surveillance space, with AI, cloud and edge computing providing real impetus to upgrade, though challenges are still prevalent when it comes to large-scale adoption.

Editor's Angle

New Year, New SDM

What’s new in this issue, and other security observations.

Karyn Hodgson

February 2, 2021

You may notice that this issue of SDM looks a little different. Beginning with this February 2021 issue, we will be employing a new digital platform that is much more reader- and technology-friendly.

SDM EXCLUSIVE

State of the Market: Video Surveillance 2019

Adaptable and ever changing, the video surveillance market continues to evolve with new technology and further integration, making its outlook as strong as ever.

Tim A. Scally

February 4, 2019

The video surveillance market is strong and will continue to grow. It is less a lumbering giant, though, and more an agile athlete, able to pivot and adapt — it just happens to be the largest one on the security court.

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State of the Market: Video Surveillance 2018

The video surveillance market is still strong, and replete with opportunity

Tim A. Scally

February 1, 2018

The overwhelming consensus among security professionals interviewed for this first in SDM’s 2018 series of State of the Market articles, is that the video surveillance market remains strong and will continue to grow.

Helping the Security Industry Plan

Laura Stepanek

February 1, 2018

Last month in SDM we offered an outlook for 2018 for the security industry. This month begins our State of the Market article series to help you strategize about the types of products and services your company will offer to the marketplace.

State of Market: Video Surveillance 2017

State of the Market: Video Surveillance 2017

The video surveillance market is on a steady course of growth for now and into the foreseeable future. With a slight uptick in growth this year and not many surprises on the horizon, steady as she goes seems to be the safe bet.

Tim A. Scally

February 3, 2017

It was the story of 2016: growth — sometimes stellar, sometimes slight, but mostly steady.

Integrated Security and Communications’ Michael Thomas

State of the Market: Video Surveillance 2016

Derek Rice

February 1, 2016

Driven by value-added services, more savvy end users and thinking beyond security, the video market continues its steady climb to new heights.

State of the Market: Video Surveillance 2015

Derek Rice

February 9, 2015

In January of each year, the President of the United States delivers the annual State of the Union address, without fail declaring the union to be strong. In security, the same can be said for the state of the video surveillance industry in recent years. Strong growth has become a hallmark of this segment for the last several years, and there’s no reason to think that won’t continue to be the case.

State of the Market: Video Surveillance 2014

Exploding usage and outlets for connecting technology with consumers has the 2014 video surveillance market booming.

Heather Klotz-Young

February 17, 2014

In 1929, Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy proposed the theory that the modern world was “shrinking” due to ever-increasing connectedness of human beings. He believed that any two individuals could be connected through at most five acquaintances, which is the original version of six degrees of separation.