Edesix

Edesix is a technology brand based in Edinburgh, Scotland, focused on body-worn video and digital evidence solutions. The company was founded in Edinburgh in 2002 by Richie McBride and Robin Iddon, two technology entrepreneurs whose earlier careers included working together at Spider Systems and later founding Axon Networks. Edesix designs, develops, and manufactures its hardware and software, giving the business an integrated role across the equipment and digital-evidence parts of its offering. The company’s principal area is body-worn video. Its products are intended to capture video and associated evidence in operational environments where reliable recording, management, and later review are important. The brand’s scope also includes digital evidence solutions, indicating a business model that extends beyond cameras to the software and workflows used to handle recorded material. Public reference material identifies the videoTag family as a key Edesix product line. Edesix launched the videoTag body-worn camera series at IFSEC 2017, an industry security event. This launch marked a visible expansion of the company’s body-worn video portfolio and placed the brand’s products in the broader security and public-safety technology market. The company’s combined hardware-and-software approach distinguishes it from a business focused solely on camera manufacturing, although detailed information about individual products, customers, markets, and operating performance is not established in the available reference material. In October 2018, Edesix was acquired by Vigilant Solutions. Vigilant Solutions was subsequently acquired by Motorola Solutions in January 2019, making Edesix part of Motorola Solutions. The acquisition placed Edesix within a larger communications and public-safety technology group. Edesix therefore remains associated with body-worn video and digital evidence while operating within Motorola Solutions’ broader corporate structure. Available sources do not provide sufficient detail to state a separate current headquarters arrangement, financial results, executive roster, or geographic market breakdown beyond the company’s Edinburgh, United Kingdom base.

Edesix was established in Edinburgh in 2002 by Richie McBride and Robin Iddon. The founders had previously worked together at Spider Systems, a technology company acquired by Shiva Corporation in 1995. They later founded Axon Networks; that company was acquired by 3Com in 1996 for $65 million. These earlier ventures provide background to the founders’ experience in communications and technology, but Edesix developed as a separate business focused on body-worn video and related digital evidence systems. From its Edinburgh base, Edesix built a business covering the design, development, and manufacture of both hardware and software. Its core field is body-worn video, supported by digital evidence solutions that help handle material generated by recording devices. This combination means the company’s activities encompass physical cameras as well as the software side of evidence capture and management. The available reference material does not identify a detailed sequence of product generations before 2017 or provide a full account of the company’s customer base. A documented product milestone occurred in June 2017, when Edesix launched the videoTag body-worn camera series at IFSEC 2017. The launch connected the company with the wider international security-equipment exhibition sector and represented a significant public product announcement for its body-worn video portfolio. The reference material does not specify the full technical configuration, pricing, sales volume, or geographic rollout of the series. In October 2018, Edesix was acquired by Vigilant Solutions. The transaction changed the company’s ownership while preserving its identity as an Edesix body-worn video and digital evidence business. In January 2019, Motorola Solutions acquired Vigilant Solutions. As a result of that subsequent transaction, Edesix became part of Motorola Solutions, a larger provider of communications and public-safety technologies. The available sources describe Edesix as continuing within the Motorola Solutions group, but they do not provide enough information to determine a separate current legal structure, detailed management team, financial performance, employee count, or complete list of countries served. Its documented corporate history is therefore best characterized by three phases: establishment and technology development in Edinburgh, the 2017 videoTag product launch, and integration into the Vigilant Solutions and then Motorola Solutions ownership structure.

• 2019

  Became part of Motorola Solutions

  [1]Edesixen.wikipedia.org

  Motorola Solutions acquired Vigilant Solutions in January 2019, bringing Edesix into the Motorola Solutions group.

• 2018

  Acquisition by Vigilant Solutions

  [1]Edesixen.wikipedia.org

  Vigilant Solutions acquired Edesix in October 2018.

• 2017

  videoTag body-worn camera series launched

  [1]Edesixen.wikipedia.org

  Edesix launched the videoTag body-worn camera series at IFSEC 2017.

• 2002

  Edesix founded in Edinburgh

  [1]Edesixen.wikipedia.org

  Richie McBride and Robin Iddon founded Edesix in Edinburgh, Scotland.

An integrated body-worn video and digital evidence technology provider for security, public-safety, and other operational recording environments.

• Body-worn video camera series · 2017

  videoTag

  videoTag is Edesix’s documented body-worn camera series. It was launched at IFSEC 2017 and represents the company’s hardware offering for operational video capture. Edesix’s broader product scope also includes software and digital evidence capabilities, although the available reference material does not specify the individual videoTag models, technical specifications, pricing, or current product status.

• Digital evidence technology

  Digital evidence solutions

  Edesix develops digital evidence solutions alongside its body-worn video hardware. These solutions form the software and evidence-handling side of the company’s offering, supporting the management of material captured by body-worn cameras. The available source describes the category but does not identify specific software product names, release dates, deployment models, or current standalone availability.

• 2019

  Integration into Motorola SolutionsM&A

  Background

  Vigilant Solutions, Edesix’s owner since October 2018, was acquired by Motorola Solutions.

  Action taken

  Motorola Solutions acquired Vigilant Solutions in January 2019.

  Aftermath

  Edesix became part of Motorola Solutions while retaining its association with body-worn video and digital evidence solutions.

  Source

• 2018

  Sale of Edesix to Vigilant SolutionsM&A

  Background

  Edesix was an Edinburgh-based body-worn video and digital evidence company before its ownership changed in October 2018.

  Action taken

  Vigilant Solutions acquired Edesix.

  Aftermath

  Edesix subsequently entered the Motorola Solutions group after Motorola Solutions acquired Vigilant Solutions in January 2019.

  Source

1. 1Edesixen.wikipedia.org