The Global Security Market Goes For ONVIF
- ONVIF shows exceptional growth figures
- Extensive ONVIF support at ISC West
- Extended scope to meet market interest
San Ramon, CA ndash; April 21, 2010. ONVIF, the leading global standardization initiative for IPbased physical security products, continues to experience strong interest from security
companies worldwide. In only six months, the number of members has grown from 100 to 180. At the same time, there is a rapid increase of ONVIF conformant products available on the market, now totaling more than 100.
ldquo;ONVIF has made impressive progress, rdquo; says Simon Harris, Senior Research Director at IMS Research. ldquo;In less than two years, the organization has attracted companies that account for 72% of the global network video surveillance market. Several of these have already released ONVIF conformant products or software, so it is becoming quite clear that ONVIF will impact the global security industry as a whole. rdquo;
The market support for ONVIF was evident also at the recent ISC West security exhibition in Las Vegas, where a multitude of companies promoted their ONVIF membership and conformant products. At the same exhibition, more than 250 persons visited ONVIF rsquo;s open reception and interoperability demonstration.
ldquo;The reception at ISC West was a great representation of what ONVIF is all about ndash;
interoperability, rdquo; says Pete Lockhart, VP Emerging Technologies at Anixter. ldquo;We connected more than 20 products from different companies to a network, and the cameras could immediately exchange information and video data with the various video management software. This would have been impossible if the products didn rsquo;t have the same network interface. Overall, the ONVIF interface enables integrators to focus on solving the customers rsquo; surveillance needs, instead of making the products they choose compatible with each other. rdquo;
Another sign of ONVIF rsquo;s impact on the security industry is the organization rsquo;s recent decision to include physical access control systems in its standardization work. ldquo;The scope extension is a direct result of the effectiveness that ONVIF has demonstrated to achieve a global open standard for network video products, rdquo; says Jonas Andersson, Axis Communications and Chairman of ONVIF rsquo;s steering committee. ldquo;We were approached by several members and system integrators who would like to see a similar development for access control products. And with ONVIF rsquo;s strong belief in open standards and interoperability, it was a natural step for us to extend the scope. rdquo;
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San Ramon, CA 94583, USA
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About ONVIF
Established in 2008 by Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation, ONVIF is a global and open industry forum that is committed to standardize communication between network devices and ensure interoperability between network products for the security market. ONVIF rsquo;s mission is to facilitate the integration
of network security and safety devices using a global open standard. ONVIF membership is open to manufacturers, software developers, consultants, system integrators, end-users and other interest groups that wish to participate in the activities of ONVIF.
