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In this ebook you will find summary articles for all five reports, from the 2025 Industry Forecast to the most recent State of the Market Intrusion & Smart Home, with the last (fire) from the 2024 report, published last October. Each contains links back to the original report for more in-depth coverage of the topic.

Intrusion and smart home experts weigh in on the future of these markets amid the transformative power of predictive AI and tariff troubles.

Intrusion and smart home experts weigh in on the impact of the American economy and the transformative power of predictive AI.

The top manufacturers and distributors used by SDM 100 dealers.

2024 was, by and large, an “average” year for many of the top 100 security dealers, but like seasoned chess players navigating a complex board, they still managed to find winning strategies despite the headwinds caused by external economic and geopolitical factors.

In the second part of our State of the Market on access control, experts discuss AI, the move to the wallet, as well as some of access control’s biggest challenges in the coming year.

A comprehensive overview of manufacturer and dealer/integrator viewpoints on access control in 2024 and their predictions for how the market will perform in 2025.

Experts explore the pros and cons to processing and storage at the edge, in the cloud, and the advantage to taking a hybrid approach to cloud architecture.

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.

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.