ONVIF was founded in 2008 with the goal of developing a global standard for interfacing network video products. The forum has already attracted more than 90 member companies, and according to a recent analysis by IMS Research, ONVIF members capture nearly 60% of the revenue in the network video surveillance equipment market.

Commitment to ONVIF is one of the company's initiatives to make the network video market more accessible. “We firmly believe that end users and integrators will benefit most from being able to choose best-in-class solutions when designing their surveillance systems,” says Erik Frännlid. “Our own interface, VAPIX, has always been open to third-party application development, and Axis network video products are currently compatible with the widest range of video management software on the market. In addition to introducing ONVIF, our product portfolio will continue to support VAPIX, thus making the best of both worlds available to the market and our partners.”