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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...

May 16

Smart City Environmental Monitoring with Cloud-hosted IP Video

CoastalCOMS’s first cameras were broadcasting live on the Internet in 1999. Chris Lane, co-founder of CoastalCOMS, said the company was doing IP streaming before IP cameras existed. “We have long...

May 11

Tim Palmquist Discusses Community vs. Company

Open company, open community. What’s the difference? Tim Palmquist, VP of Americas, said it’s a philosophical change “that touches all aspects of the business.” Milestone has branded itself as “the...

May 11

Milestone Seeks to Introduce Positive Disruption Into the Security Industry

Milestone Systems unveiled several strategic and solutions initiatives at its 11th annual Milestone Integration Platform Symposium (MIPS), which as company CEO and President Lars Thinggaard put it, “are designed to...

May 06

Strategic Lighting for Better Safety

Much like you wouldn’t want to snap a photo without your flash on in a dim environment, no one wants to look back at security footage and see dark and...

May 02

Banding Together for Safety of Schools in Need

With robberies, burglaries and vandalism becoming more frequent, several schools in New Zealand expressed increased concern for the safety of their students and faculty. In response, a group of leading...

Apr 26

Milestone Changes Up Training and Certification: see the Podcast!

I caught up with Greg Willmarth, Milestone’s manager of learning and performance, to hear more about the redefining of the corporate moniker and the inspiration behind it. As you can...

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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 Thomas Jensen as new CEO

August 18, 2020

Copenhagen, August 18, 2020 – After an extensive search for the right candidate for the CEO position at Milestone Systems, the Board of Directors is delighted to announce that Thomas Jensen has accepted the role.

The Cloud, The Edge, and The Future — Hot Topics at this Year’s MIPS 2020, Dallas

March 10, 2020

Milestone Systems’ annual MIPS event this year brought together a rich community of video, security, and technology solution partners focused on advancing innovation.

Milestone Systems Appoints New Director of Regional Marketing

January 22, 2020

James Eastwood will work closely with upper-level managers and the sales team in the Americas to identify channel and customer specific marketing opportunities that drive sales and brand awareness across North, Central, and South America.