Axis Communications

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Axis Communications AB
Type	Public
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Lund, Sweden
Key people	Founder Mikael Karlsson Martin Gren President & CEO Ray Mauritsson CFO Fredrik Sjöstrand
Industry	Computer hardware Research and development
Products	Network cameras Print servers
Revenue	▲ SEK 1 671 million (2007)^[1]
Employees	564
Website	www.axis.com

Axis Communications AB (OMX: AXIS) is a manufacturer of IT equipment, mostly known for its print servers and network cameras. According to its latest annual report, it has sold over 1,000,000 network cameras, thus claiming to be the world leader in that market.

Most of Axis' equipment contain an embedded computer with some flash memory and running a custom version of Linux. One of its major breakthroughs in technology was the development of JFFS, which extended the life time of the devices' flash memory.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Network Cameras

An old Axis 2100 network camera

Axis have been manufacuring network cameras since 1996, having sold more than 1,000,000 since that time. Their first model, the Axis 200, boasted a web interface as its main attraction, which has been built into Axis's whole range of cameras ever since. Axis continue to lead the market in their range of network cameras, which they claim is increasing by 40% annually.