Axis Communications

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Axis Communications AB <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;">Image:Axis logo.jpg</td></tr>
Type	Public
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Lund, Sweden <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Founder Mikael Karlsson Martin Gren President & CEO Ray Mauritsson] CFO Fredrik Sjöstrand</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Computer hardware Research and development</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Network cameras Print servers</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg SEK 895 million (2005)<ref name="2005annual" />AXIS AB Annual Report 2005.</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>360</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.axis.com</td></tr>

Axis Communications AB (XSSE: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 500.000 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.

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