Milestone Systems, the Danish IP video management software (VMS) company, held its tenth annual MIPS partner conference, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The firm reports that it was their largest-ever gathering with close to 500 attendees and 50 exhibiting companies. Milestone Partner Awards were announced on the final night, for the year 2014. Pictured centre is Scott Schafer of US company Arecont Vision, winner of ‘camera manufacturer of the year’. Other awards went to:
National Partner: Johnson Controls, Inc.
Distributor: Anixter Inc.
Technology Partner: EMC
Integration: ISONAS
Solution Partner: SICK, Inc.
Regional Partner: Continental Computers/WLANmall
Installation: Mainline Information Systems, WinStar Casino
CEO Lars Thinggaard and CSMO Kenneth Petersen welcomed the distributors, installers, end users, software solution partners, camera manufacturers and storage providers to the event, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s new concert venue, The Chelsea. ‘Winning Together – The Power of Partnership’ was the event theme.
The Utah Transit Authority, hhgregg retail chain, Iberdrola power utilities management, a major metropolitan police force, and Hyatt Hotels presented case studies. A panel discussion involved five camera manufacturers: Axis Communications, Arecont Vision, Bosch, Samsung Techwin and Sony. Managers from these companies shared their opinions on the future of the industry and ideas on 4K expectations, recording at the edge, and the cloud’s potential impact.
A ‘Technology Showcase’ included Milestone Partners exhibiting:
Network camera manufacturers Arecont Vision, Axis Communications, Bosch, Canon, Lilin, MicroPower Technologies, Panasonic, Pelco, Samsung Techwin, Sentry360, Sony, Vicon, Videotek and Vivotek;
Server and storage providers App-Techs, DDN, EMC, HP, IBM, Iomnis, Oracle Storagetek, Pivot3, Quantum, Razberi, Seneca, Spectra Logic, Veracity;
Access control vendors Axis Communications, ISONAS, Keyscan and Open Options;
Analytics and biometric solutions from Agent Vi, Ganetek, Ipsotek, Mango & Mate, NEC Corporation and VCA Technology;
Perimeter scanners and GPS locators from SICK Sensor Intelligence, Optex and Savvux Technology/The Hawkeye Effect;
Display, infrastructure, device and software applications from BriefCam, Moxa, RGB Spectrum and Snap;
Wireless technology from Digital Barriers and Fluidmesh;
Distribution and security service partners ADI, NMS, ScanSource and SYNNEX.
Lars Thinggaard, President & CEO, Milestone Systems, said: “The constantly growing number of Milestone Solution Partners illustrates that winning through partnerships is the key to solid growth through the freedom of choice provided when doing business with our open platform. The multi-faceted expertise throughout our global ecosystem is enabling the industry to continually improve safety and security as well as efficiency in business operations.”
The Chickasaw Nation WinStar World Casino and Resort installation is a 4000 channel system covering more than 7,400 electronic games, 100 gaming tables and 50 poker tables – the largest casino in North America. Milestone’s XProtect video management software is using two petabytes of storage with system fail-over to meet state gaming regulations; and zero downtime.
