Milestone Systems Announces Release of Newest VMS and High Performance NVR’s at Security Essen

New products for the Milestone community will be showcased at Security Essen 2016, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Milestone Systems has announced the forthcoming release of XProtect 2016 R3, Milestone Husky M20 NVR and the server class NVR Milestone Husky M550A at Security Essen 2016 in Germany. The full range of Milestone products will be displayed at Booth 2B22. A number of partners are showcasing integrated solutions at the Milestone booth and throughout the showroom.

Milestone XProtect 2016 R3 – General Availability: October 10, 2016
XProtect 2016 R3 Advanced VMS has numerous enhancements, primarily developed based on feedback from the partner community. Milestone’s ongoing commitment to the partner community is to maximize the business value of video management systems for partners and customers. A rapid development cycle enables Milestone to fulfill market needs and partner demands, keeping the Milestone community agile and responsive.

Innovative video storage handing can save more than 80% in disk activity
Designed for low bandwidth camera networks
Support for H.265 video compression saves in storage and network costs
Situational navigation through innovative use of maps
Cybersecurity enhancements

Milestone Husky M20 NVR – General Availability: November 2016
Installation of this high performance unit is fast and easy for Milestone community partners who depend on Milestone Husky M20 as a quickly deployable building block for easy video business solutions. The software used is an NVR-optimized version of XProtect Professional with Smart Start, enabling compatible cameras to be automatically configured when connected to the Milestone Husky M20. The Smart Start plug-and-play features enable automatic camera discovery, automatic IP address allocation, automatic allocation of camera storage to hard drives to balance load and automatic allocation of the camera to a view in XProtect.

Plug-and-play solution easy to deploy
Integrated PoE+ switch
High performance, dependable NVR
Integrated alarm I/O for a complete solution

Milestone Husky M550A – General Availability: December 2016
This new model expands upon the established Milestone Husky design with a dual power supply for added resiliency, an industry first, and the use of Intel’s X550 converged network adapter.

This adapter allows native 10 GbE connections to enterprise class storage from EMC, Dell and HP, as well as using iSCSI and FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet). The ability to interface to high-level, high-performance storage solutions gives secure and fail-safe access to virtually limitless storage.

By leveraging the customer’s existing storage infrastructure, storage costs can be minimized. The video data can be regarded as true enterprise data accessible from any application. These benefits postively contribute to the bottom line.