RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:realityProfitmore: welcome. Axis is one company most people on this board have discussed but I am not keen on their product nor support so very seldom use them unless obliged. Arecont is privately owned ( last I checked) and has very good product and reputation within the industry. Sounds like the owner is more of an Engineer that likes to keep things under his control and is less interested in a more public type arrangement so according to last Intel is not considering going public. If ever they go public I would certainly consider buying stock as it too would likely go up rapidly in value. These strong companies ( AVO, Axis, Arecont) with leading edge technology and energetic people are a fresh face to the stale dated previous leaders such as the Pelco and Panasonics. They represent a time when they were the leaders in innovation, but not now ( my opinion). the only thing Pelco etc have going for them is their existing large institutional clients. That is the challenge for AVO, and others but they seem to be doing a very good job of taking on the new IP market share. The other advantage the AVO’s of the world have is all the old legacy Analogue systems in place currently using very expensive Pelco and Panasonic systems are reaching the end of their rope. So when Institutions and departments start looking at new systems they see a more IT based concept and no longer require huge and expensive switching and control hardware. It is all server based so the AVO .. models fit the bill nicely. The other thing I see in the industry is the IT department has the money and they are not interested in hearing about cumbersome proprietary recording systems from the old guys. They simply want the software installed on “their” servers. So the old security types are losing influence and this works to AVO’s advantage. cheers