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Milestone Releases Next-Generation Software For Connected Solutions
Milestone Systems, the globally leading open platform company in networked video management software (VMS), has released XProtect 2017 R2. Milestone meets the increasing demand for connected business and video systems by releasing three new products: XProtect Essential+, XProtect Express+, and XProtect Professional+. These new products cover installations from a few to thousands of cameras. All the products fully support hardware acceleration, where system performance can be boosted just by adding a supported graphics card that can handle the heavy lifting in decoding video, leaving room for the system to handle other tasks.
Jesper Just Jensen New VP Products At Milestone
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), announced that Jesper Just Jensen, former Head of Front End Innovation in the LEGO Group, will take on a new role as Milestone’s Vice President, Products. As VP, Products, Jesper Just Jensen will drive Milestone’s product strategy, including product management and product marketing, with focus on rolling out new open platform products to meet the future needs of the Milestone community.
Accelerating The Community Theme For Milestone Community Days EMEA
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in video management software (VMS), hosted the Milestone Community Days EMEA (MIPS) recently in Dubai, UAE. The hundreds of delegates can experience the solution power of the Milestone Community at the partner showcase with more than 30 exhibiting partners. A central part of MIPS is the networking events that not only give customers the ability to connect with the Milestone partners, but also facilitate partner-to-partner networking. This is one of the key components in the Milestone community strategy.
Milestone Extends Support For Body Worn Cameras: Releases Device Pack 9.1
Milestone Systems, the number one open platform company in networked VMS has released Device Pack 9.1 for partners and customers using Milestone XProtect video solutions.
The bi-monthly device packs contain software updates supporting new hardware. These updates are always a priority at Milestone: supporting the widest range of devices possible is a crucial part of the company’s open platform promise. This year, Milestone reached an industry first 6,000 supported devices, with new devices constantly being added to each device pack that comes out.
Seagate Integration Now Milestone Certified Solution
Milestone Systems, the globally leading open platform provider of IP video management software (VMS), announces that the integration with Seagate Technology RealStor is now a Milestone Certified Solution. The Seagate RealStor RAID storage array is compliant for meeting stringent telecommunications and military requirements for shock and vibration. The Seagate RealStor 6000 series used in the Milestone Certification Tests can scale to 448 terabytes in a single array and reach 1.9 petabytes with additional expansion shelves. Performance of up to 250,000 IOPS per disk is possible along with 12 gigabytes per second sequential reads and 5.7-gigabytes per second sequential writes.
Milestone Systems Continues Growth With 2016 Record Sales
Milestone Systems, the global number one open platform company in networked video management software (VMS), again presents a strong financial report for 2016 with a solid growth of 18% over 2015. Milestone Systems reports 2016 invoiced revenue of DKK 805 M (EUR 108 M). Net revenue was DKK 709 M (EUR 95 M), an increase of 18% compared to 2015.
The Need For Speed: Milestone Delivers Highest Performance In VMS Using NVIDIA GPUs
Milestone will show the industry’s first load balancing of multi-GPUs, hardware-accelerated decoding and video motion detection, motion metadata generation and recording of 1,000 Full HD 1080p H.264/5 cameras on a single BCDVideo BCD215 Series server —purpose-built for this project— with multiple NVIDIA GPUs.
Lenel And Milestone Announce Strategic Alliance, Reduced License Fees
Lenel, a leading provider in advanced security systems for over 20 years, announced it will begin selling Milestone Systems Video Management Software (VMS) solutions directly through the Lenel Value Added Reseller (VAR) channel in North America. This alliance will reduce the total cost of ownership for users by offering both the industry-leading Lenel OnGuard® access control and the Milestone XProtect® VMS solutions through the same channel with reduced licensing fees. Lenel and Milestone Systems have a combined 40 years of industry experience in providing customers with open security solution technologies. Lenel is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
BluBØX Security Brings Milestone To The Cloud
BluBØX Security Inc., an AI Cloud-Based Access Control and Video Platform manufacturer is proud to announce its new partnership with Milestone Systems, the globally leading open platform provider of IP video management software (VMS). Any existing or new Milestone XProtect™ Corporate or Expert system can easily be brought to the BluBØX™ Cloud with a BluSKY Milestone integration. In addition, the integration provides a vehicle for BluSKY AI, Access Control, Alarm Management, Visitor Management, Elevator Destination Dispatch, Intercom and Biometric applications to create a single unified security platform. The system can run simultaneously on-premise and in the cloud making it accessible from any device, anywhere, at any time.
Jørgensen, Ræbild, Hansen, Winther, Felding, and Marier Take On New Roles At Milestone
Milestone Systems, a global industry leader in open platform IP video management software, has started 2017 by making two senior level recruitments and promoting and appointing four high-performing members of its staff to new roles. As the company extends its global reach and influence, these high caliber individuals will support Milestone’s future innovation and growth. As part of its stated objective to support the VMS open platform community with the best possible levels of talent, innovation and service, these new appointments, promotions and recruitments address the needs of Milestone’s growing community of partners and customers. With the aim of strengthening the Milestone platform and product value propositions, these new appointments will focus on technology innovation, both externally and internally.
Parking Spotter: Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest 2017 Winner
The Milestone Community Kickstarter program was recently launched in November 2016. Participants had one month to submit their integration ideas to Milestone and those ideas would then be reviewed and narrowed down to five finalists. Those finalist would compete for the grand prize of US$10,000 cash, US$40,000 in marketing and development services, and other Milestone assistance. All five finalists were invited to MIPS 2017 in San Antonio, where they could present their ideas and solutions to other Community members, as well as to the Milestone Product Advisory Board, who then made the final selection.
Milestone Releases New Version Of XProtect: 2017 R1
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in networked video management software (VMS), has released XProtect 2017 R1. Milestone is committed to delivering three VMS product releases every year, in addition to bi-monthly device pack releases supporting third-party devices. This frequent release schedule will ensure Milestone’s rapid response to market and Milestone community needs.
Milestone MIPS 2017: Share The Love Tour
Share the Love… It’s Valentine’s Day and Milestone has invited a couple hundred (ok, over 500) of their closest friends to their annual MIPS (Milestone Integrator Partner Summit) in San Antonio, TX. As was the introduction at last year’s MIPS, this year’s MIPS event is continuing to drive the “community” platform model and Milestone’s continued focus on collaborative efforts with its partner base. This year’s theme is “Make the World See.”
New Milestone Device Pack Details Support For Video ‘On The Move’ And Secure Audio Solutions
Milestone Systems, the open platform leader in networked video management software (VMS), has released Device Pack 8.9 for partners and customers using Milestone XProtect video solutions. The last device pack issue of 2016 provides verifications of compatibility and support for more than 150 new security devices and features being published today.
Digital Transformation Comes In Waves – Will You Sink Or Swim?
The time to reinvent your business is now. Clearly, cloud-driven digital transformation and Internet of Things (IoT) are emerging as major change drivers across entire industries like public safety, retail, transportation, hospitality, manufacturing etc. with massive implications on business models, workflow management, systems and people. As I had alluded to in my last posting “Everything Connected”, the innovation drive and opportunities are huge. Incremental updates on well-known frameworks will not be enough to maintain your competitiveness or even remain relevant in your market. This might be time for a big strategic change.
Vienna Museum Visualizes City Of The Future In Exhibition Using Milestone Software
Milestone Systems, the leading open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), is playing an instrumental role in Vienna Technical Museum’s special exhibition entitled “Future of the City”. Milestone, together with partners Sony, SALTO and ESSECCA were the perfect solutions for illustrating, not only what is possible today, but also hinting at new video applications for smart cities of the future.
BriefCam’s Syndex Certified Again By Milestone Systems
BriefCam® the Video Synopsis® company, announced the solution certification of its Syndex EP/EP+, version 4.0 and above, with Milestone Systems’ XProtect® video management software. This certification further strengthens the companies’ long-standing partnership, ensuring that current and new customers benefit from XProtect integrated Video Synopsis solutions for enhanced security, operational management and business insights. XProtect integration with BriefCam Syndex offers rapid video review, search, and analysis.
Axis, Milestone, And Quantum To Present On Video Surveillance Workflows At ISC East 2016
Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) announced that Wayne Arvidson, the company’s vice president of surveillance and security solutions, will join Vince Ricco, business development manager, Technology Partner Program, Axis Communications, and Reinier Tuinzing, strategic alliance manager, Milestone Systems, to present at an SIA Education session during ISC East. The panel will explore the factors that make video surveillance among the most challenging workflows for any storage system and discuss solutions for addressing these challenges.
Milestone Helps Local Little League Shutout Vandalism
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), announced that employees at its Beaverton, Oregon facility responded to recent local news coverage regarding vagrancy and vandalism concerns at a Centennial School ball field, in Gresham. Located in southeast Portland, Centennial Little League had a dangerous situation on their hands. According to news reports, Rob Diesel, with the league, said that over the past year he and his team have found locks broken off its portable bathrooms and harmful, miscellaneous items left inside.
Milestone Systems Delivers Free Version Of Award Winning VMS
Milestone Systems, the leading open platform company in video management software (VMS), announced the availability of XProtect Essential 2016 R3 as a free download to users worldwide. The software can be downloaded from the Milestone homepage and only demands registration to be fully functional. Making XProtect Essential free gives thousands of new users the chance to take advantage of Milestone’s award winning software for use in businesses, organizations, and at home. XProtect Essential is designed to provide a professional-grade safety experience as a standalone video security solution.