Award Presented to Arecont Vision

2008 European Megapixel CameraProduct Line Strategy of the Year Award

Award Description

The Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy of the Year Award is presented each year to the company that hasdemonstrated the most insight into the needs and product demands of its customers. The recipient companyhas optimized its product line by leveraging products with the various price, performance, and feature pointsrequired by one or more market segments.

Research MethodologyTo select the Award recipient, the analyst team tracks end-user requirements and market dynamics within theindustry. This process includes interviews with suppliers, end-users, and industry experts. The product lines arecompared with customer base demands, and the top-ranking provider is then presented the Award.

2008 European Megapixel Camera Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

Measurement Criteria

In addition to the methodology described below, there are additional criteria used to determine the finalcompetitor rankings in this industry. The recipient of this Award will have excelled in one or more of thefollowing criteria:

• Introduction of new products, strategically positioned to balance the product line

• Ability to accommodate different market segments, or different markets within an industry, by repurposingTechnology

• Enhancement of product offerings through optimization of packaging, service, delivery, financing, and/or othervalue-added services

• Strategic technology or marketing acquisitions or alliances

2008 European Megapixel Camera Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

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2008 European Megapixel Camera Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

2008 European Megapixel Camera Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

2008 European Megapixel Camera Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

Conclusion

There has been a significant change since the company was established in 2003 but what built Arecont Vision 5 years ago still drives the company today – a passion for science, innovation and anunwavering commitment to develop and advance products with more innovative capabilities than competing vendorsand products. Arecont Vision has successfully adopted new products and gained significant acceptance by the end-usercommunity. Arecont Vision’s completeness and robustness of its product and service offering is reaping benefits fromits focused strategy on providing market’s best cost-to-performance ratio with the successful implementations withstate-of-the-art technology. Arecont Vision has given tough competition to top vendors in the market that also havea strong offering in the total megapixel camera market. Numerous projects are being carried out by Arecont Vision inGermany, Scandinavia and central Europe (Poland, Czech and others). Such a wide presence and a sound productplatform strategy, with the provision of top-class product support, have contributed to the company’s growth, makingit a worthy recipient of the “2008 European Megapixel Camera Product Line Strategy of the Year Award.”