Security and network solutions vendor, Axis Communications, is celebrating a major milestone this year, 25 years after the company invented and launched the first network camera – the “NetEye” AXIS 200 network camera.
“It all started while I was on a business trip to Tokyo,” said Martin Gren, Co-Founder, Axis. “I was there to meet potential clients, one of whom had analogue cameras in stock that he was battling to sell. He knew that Axis had experimented with technology that made networks smarter and asked if it was possible to attach them to a network.” Gren saw the potential in combining the two technologies, leading to the creation of the first network camera.
Axis’ network camera became the industry standard, with competitors left scrambling to develop similar products. Now, network cameras are the foundation of the surveillance systems that are ubiquitous across the globe.
Since launching the camera in 1996, Axis’ offering has evolved. In 1999, the company developed the industry’s first dedicated chip for network cameras, the Axis Real Time Picture Encoding Chip (ARTPEC), enabling the camera business’s rapid growth as the cameras were now ready for real-time, reliable video surveillance.
“Axis has always been at the cutting edge of industry innovation, launching new products and technologies that have helped reshape and reimagine the industry. In everything we do, we are committed to helping organisations and governments build a smarter, safer world,” said Ettiene van der Watt, Regional Director, Axis Communications Middle East and Africa.
The first network camera is the cornerstone of today’s smarter and safer world enabled by network solutions.
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