Axis Gains Market Shares According to New IMS Report.CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Axis Communications Axis Communications AB (XSSE:AXIS) is a manufacturer of IT equipment, mostly known for its print servers and network cameras. According to its latest annual report, it has sold over 500.000 network cameras, thus claiming to be the world leader in that market. , the global leader in the network video market, announced today that IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Research estimates Axis' global market share for network cameras at 32%. In the same report*, IMS rank all vendors providing video surveillance equipment, including digital and analog security equipment such as cameras, recording solutions and video servers/encoders. "Axis has moved from 12th in the world in last year's study to be positioned 8th in 2006. This is very impressive for a company that only been active in the market for around 10 years," said Simon Harris Simon Harris (born 1989 in London) is predominantly known as the founder of the British hip hop record label Music of Life, although he is also a DJ, producer and remixer and pioneer of electronic music. Biography He is a god at maths. , IMS Research. In the security cameras category including all cameras (analog and network based), IMS ranked Axis as number 4, compared with 8 in the preceding report. IMS also ranked Axis as the worldwide market leader for video servers. The combined worldwide market for network cameras is forecasted by IMS to continue to grow at an annual rate of 40 percent. "We are pleased to note that the IMS report confirms the positive trend of strong growth on the market, which is in line with our own expectations," said Ray Mauritsson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Axis Communications. Axis focuses on the professional segment of the network video market with customers in the education, transportation, government, retail, banking and industrial segments. By deploying standard IT infrastructure, network video systems deliver scalable, flexible, cost-effective and future-proof systems. * IMS Research Report - "World Market for CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television & Video Surveillance Equipment." About Axis Axis is an IT company offering network video solutions for professional installations. The company is the global market leader in network video, driving the ongoing shift from analog to digital video surveillance. Axis products and solutions focus on security surveillance and remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a , and are based on innovative, open technology platforms. Axis is a Swedish-based company, operating worldwide with offices in 18 countries and cooperating with partners in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, Axis is listed on the OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) Nordic Exchange, Large Cap and Information Technology. For more information about Axis, please visit our website at www.axis.com. |
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