Milestone Systems, the Danish IP video management software (VMS) company, announces Milestone Arcus. The makers describe it as an embedded video surveillance platform for low-complexity security installations. Milestone Arcus runs on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows operating systems, within network storage and cameras or other devices on the edge.
Hardware partners embedding Milestone Arcus in any kind of hardware form factor can offer a video management tool. Milestone Arcus is described as multi-platform VMS for security hardware companies to embed in their products, to be sold by their channels. These embedded solutions will be co-branded with Milestone.
Milestone Arcus is the first delivery from Milestone’s new Incubation & Ventures business unit that was created in 2012. Lars Nordenlund, pictured, VP of Incubation & Ventures at Milestone, says: “Milestone Arcus is a multi-platform VMS that hardware vendors can embed in their products for customers wanting simple, inexpensive surveillance tools. Milestone Arcus makes the move from analog to IP easy and fast for partners and their customers.” According to the company about 60 pr cent of the physical security market is estimated to be using analogue equipment so there is considerable potential business that will be moving to IP networks.
Balaji Srimoolanathan, Principal Consultant – Aerospace, Defence & Security, at research firm Frost & Sullivan, said: “There is conservatively $6B in analog sales by 2015 that will be converting to IP in the security equipment market, not including service and maintenance. Milestone Arcus opens up new growth opportunities in which hardware vendors can accelerate their business. Milestone Arcus is timed right for this trend and can reach the low end of the security market that will be in transition. It will be a major driver, with huge impact in motivating a lot of people to move toward IP.”
Milestone adds that it will provide the integration and software upgrade paths in ongoing new releases. Several early adopter partners will be announcing their products with Milestone Arcus. Learn more at the Milestone Systems booth #20053 at the ISC West trade show in Las Vegas April 10-12 and at www.milestonesys.com/Arcus.
