In the same report*, IMS rank all vendors providing video surveillance equipment, including digital and analogue security equipment such as cameras, recording solutions and video servers/encoders.  "Axis has moved from 12th in the world in last years 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", says Simon Harris, IMS Research.
In the security cameras category including all cameras (analogue 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.
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.

* The world market for CCTC & Video Surveillance Equipment, 2007 edition.