Briefing tackles convergence of security and IP

Edited by the Marketingservicestalk editorial team Dec 4, 2007

Frost and Sullivan to host quarterly analyst briefing on Convergence of Physical Security with IP in the European Market on Tuesday 4 December 2007 at 14.00 GMT.

Frost and Sullivan will host a conference call on Tuesday 4 December 2007 at 14.00 GMT to provide industry participants with an overview of the recently published study focusing on Convergence of Physical Security with IP in the European Market.

As technology advances in the security industry from analog to digital, and to IP, vendors and customers are reviewing opportunities to secure facilities more comprehensively through multi-layered or integrated technology instead of isolated security products.

Integrated security essentially involves the convergence of IP with physical security.

The growing need for higher levels of security is pushing organisations to opt for multi-layered security that incorporates access control, video surveillance and other security sectors devices into the security infrastructure to authenticate and verify personnel, objects and vehicles.

This briefing is based upon ongoing Convergence of Physical Security with IP in the European Market analysis.

The report provides an insight into the dynamics guiding this market, and includes market challenges, drivers, restraints and avenues of opportunity for growth.

The purpose of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of Convergence of Physical Security with IP in the European market and its revenue value.

Highlights of the briefing include: identifying forces that impact the market, analysis on various security technologies and also an analysis on how the convergence trend is driving the need for integration in the security sector.

"Open protocols, networks and faster computers have led to the diversification of IP networks to many areas of organisations, as a result of which interoperability can be extended to applications such as security," said Archana Rao, Senior Analyst for Frost and Sullivan's Automatic Identification and Security group.

"Corporate security services such as video surveillance, access control, fraud detection and access control, are increasingly database-driven and network-delivered, leading to IP becoming ever more tightly woven together with physical security".