Lars Thinggaard | Milestone Post

May 06

Reflections of a Security CEO

Milestone Systems’ Lars Thinggaard was interviewed by SecurityInfoWatch.com, looking back on his career as he bid farewell to the global video surveillance company. Excerpts below: Seventeen years ago, the video...

Sep 19

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

Milestone Systems President & CEO Lars Thinggaard writes a regular 'Commentary' on the Danish website Ugebrevet Mandag Morgen. Here's an excerpt in English from his latest issue: The debate about...

Jul 22

In Japan They Don’t Brainstorm in Meetings

Our company was acquired almost five years ago by Canon of Japan. We are still a company that is deeply anchored in our original Scandinavian values, but we have learned...

May 07

Milestone Systems Annual Report: Increased Investments and Solid Growth

Milestone Systems delivered significant and satisfactory financial results in 2018. The Group’s net revenue increased to DKK 934 million from DKK 881 million in 2017, while the operating income (EBIT)...

Mar 06

Milestone introduces ‘Copenhagen Clause,’ discusses cloud strategy at MIPS 2019

In an age where the value of data is at all-time, issues surrounding privacy and security of user information have been brought to the forefront. This is especially true in...

Jan 21

Company Culture is the Basis for Success

Historically, the Olympic high jump has progressed through different techniques: The Scissor Jump, the Western Roll, the Straddle Jump. These innovations continuously improved the same basic approach, jumping over the...

Dec 05

Encouraging Innovation, Entrepreneurs and Startups Through Culture with Purpose

This fall, I’ve been speaking at a variety of tech and startup events at Danish universities. It’s been quite educational – for me and for them. First stop on my...

Nov 05

Milestone Awards Entrepreneurial Spirits at Tech Startup Events

September and October were busy months for the Copenhagen startup scene: Two of its’ biggest entrepreneurial talent conventions took place, gathering innovators from Denmark and abroad. Milestone Systems’ CEO delivered...

Jun 26

Milestone Accelerates Innovation: Invests in Development Capacity by 45% in 6 Tech Areas

Milestone Systems will increase innovation capacity 45% by 2019 year-end and deliver on its promise to develop unique innovations to meet future market demands in six key long-term technology areas....

Jun 18

Milestone Managers Talk Top Global Market Position

For the 10th year running, Milestone is the number 1 global video management software (VMS) vendor by company revenue, according to the latest report from research specialists IHS Markit. This...

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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.