Milestone Post | News, views and thoughts about video as a business tool.

Jul 18

Video Surveillance Trends for Small and Medium Businesses – Part 1

While we still see a large number of customers continuing with analog systems, adoption of IP technology is gaining momentum every day. As small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) begin to use their...

Jul 14

Building Proven Expertise Through Learning & Performance

As more integrators enter the IP video market, often with limited IT experience, we see a growing need to better ensure that they have the skills required to successfully perform...

Jul 08

Cheers to Video Enabling Access Control!

Which user interface is more important in today’s security world? Is the access control interface more important, or should the video management interface be the primary security view of the...

Jul 04

How Video Puts Profits and Best Practice in the Spotlight

The benefits of running a hospitality business are numerous but like any venture, there are operational challenges that need to be overcome. A common concern for any restaurant owner or...

Jun 27

IHS Research Ranks Milestone As Global Number One VMS Provider

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has retained the global position of number one VMS vendor by company revenue in market research from business...

Jun 24

Swinburne University adds analytics to CCTV

Swinburne University is leveraging its fleet of 930 IP-based CCTV security cameras to tap into analytics on everything from number plate recognition to abnormal behaviour. It plans to further bolster its capabilities...

Jun 20

Interview with BCDVideo Founder & President

I recently contacted Jeff Burgess, founder and president of BCDVideo to see what's going on in the world of video data storage. Why are purpose-built IP video servers and storage...

Jun 13

Retail Security: How Biometrics, Video Analytics and other Innovation Cut Losses and Boost Performance

Retail crime hit a 10-year high in the 2013-14 financial year, with £603m losses recorded by UK retailers 18% higher than those racked up in the previous 12 months. The British Retail...

May 31

Audio Analytics Help Prevent Escalations

Video analytics alone do not yield a high rate of incident detection. Even though cameras now can detect a range of bad behaviors, the video is mainly used to review...

May 24

My Point of View: Grading Campus Security

You would think K-2 public schools are a world apart from large college campuses when it comes to protecting students, faculty and assets. But upon closer inspection, there are probably...

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My phone in my pocket is my office no matter where I am in the wild. Milestone Mobile makes me powerful. Policing has been reactive but this integrative technology moves it to proactive.

Sgt. O’Hare Hartford Police Dept. 2018

Artificial Intelligence is the next evolution of video analytics, but instead of building algorithms around something that we’re looking at, we’re building systems that actually learn what’s happening, on the fly.

Mike Sherwood Dir. of Technical Operations, Milestone Systems

Trust in technology is a pressing issue of our time.

Satya Nadella on WSJ.com Oct 2016

Milestone is driven to see one another in our community succeed. We cannot develop new innovations in a vacuum. The best understand it takes more than just one company alone. Those who share the same mission can collaborate. Instead of making one small step for mankind, together we can take many small steps for a bigger leap!

Mike Sherwood Dir. Technical Services, Milestone

What most customers are looking for is interoperability; openness to work with multiple cameras; switches; servers; integration with access control and other third-party products; and to do all of that reliably. It allows the customer to feel like they aren’t being cornered, they aren’t being put into a proprietary-type situation that they might regret later.

Brent Edmunds President and Co-Founder, Stone Security

While the total solution should be the focus of any installation, there is risk in deploying a complete end-to-end solution from a single manufacturer as you may not be leveraging the best technology for each functional requirement. In addition, tackling a full solution as a single project adds complexity and introduces installation challenges which can ultimately lead to issues with customer satisfaction.

Mike Sherwood Milestone Systems Americas Director of Technical Operations

The Internet has been one of the most important inventions of modern life and has provided a foundation for innovations that we now rely on. Interestingly, this level of reliance on the Internet has only come about within the last 10 years with the introduction of the full screen smart phone. Indeed, standards can move slowly, even once they have seen full adoption it still takes time for innovation. But once innovation starts, it is exponential in growth, and to support this growth you must have a solid foundational standard.

Mike Sherwood Milestone Systems Americas Director of Technical Operations

The world is changing quickly — and with change comes opportunity. The power of multiple partnerships offers customers a fully integrated solution. With close co-development and teamwork, we provide countless solutions for integrated video management.

Benjamin Low VP of Sales for Asia Pacific at Milestone Systems

My goal is moving from Hartford as a Safe City to helping it become a Smart City. With the Milestone open platform we are moving beyond crime to improving the city’s economy, bringing in more business via marketing intelligence, traffic management, better snow removal, etc.

Sgt Jonmichael O’Hare Capital City Crime Center (C4)

Milestone sees the artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies as creating hyper growth markets by enabling IoT software companies to aggregate large numbers of connected devices and integrate them to form a new smart systems automation market. Milestone is prioritizing our technology roadmaps to capture these hyper growth opportunities. Several innovative technology investment areas will be delivered over the coming years.

Kenneth Hune Petersen Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Milestone Systems

Milestone Systems announces executive channel hire to drive growth in the ANZ

December 13, 2019

Brian Cross has been appointed to the role of Channel Business Manager in Milestone Systems’ Brisbane office

Milestone Systems Concludes Successful MPOP Event in India to Promote the Future of Video Management and Open Platform Solutions

November 25, 2019

Milestone Systems has held technology events for partners across the world based on region-specific demands for more than 10 years. This year, the MPOP event in India witnessed over 140 partners, including some of the most successful IP video system integrators, re-sellers and distributors.

Milestone Systems Introduces The XProtect Troubleshooting Assistant

November 20, 2019

This complimentary new online tool is a helpful addition to existing Milestone eLearning troubleshooting courses, Knowledge Base articles, and robust User Forum