| Guest speaker Peter Biltsted gave a presentation about the advantages of choosing an open platform VMS |
VIVOTEK presented a joint symposium with Milestone Systems during Intersec Dubai on Jan. 16, 2012. Guest speaker Peter Biltsted, Sales Director of the Middle East for Milestone Systems, gave a talk on "Open Platform VMS - with Emphasis on Integration to 3rd Party Applications" at VIVOTEK's booth 106C in Hall 4.
"The presentation illuminated the advantages of choosing an open platform VMS, with emphasis on integration third party applications," Biltsted said. "The importance of interoperability through an open platform is now more important than ever when building effective security systems: it is the future-proof approach that is flexible and powerful enough to fulfill requirements both today and tomorrow."
Biltsted has been in the computer industry since 1985, and has extensive experience from working with manufacturers, resellers and distributors. He has been stationed in Dubai as territorial sales director managing multiple geographical regions including the Middle East, Africa, India, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand.
In addition to the joint symposium at Intersec Dubai, VIVOTEK and Milestone have been collaborating closely, particularly on the device integration front. VIVOTEK FD8162/62V, MD8562/62D, FD8161, SD83x3E, SD83x2E, SD83x1E, IP8335H, SD8111, and VS8401 network video surveillance cameras are listed in Milestone Systems' latest hardware support announcement for XProtect Device Pack 5.7.
Milestone Systems, headquartered in Denmark, is a leading global developer of open platform software for network-based video surveillance management. Milestone XProtect software solutions help businesses reduce costs, optimise processes, protect people and assets, and most importantly, increase value in an organisation‘s products and services. XProtect Device Pack 5.7 is the latest support update of Milestone's video management software, released in October 2011.
"VIVOTEK and Milestone Systems have established a strong partnership in delivering cutting-edge solutions for reliant and consistent protection of people and assets," said William Ku, Director of Brand Business at VIVOTEK. "Together, we make the world a safer place."
The VIVOTEK Symposium in Dubai commenced at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 15 and ended at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17. Milestone‘s seminar took place at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, January 16.
Other speakers included Aimetis, Axxonsoft, Genius Vision Digital, Instek Digital, Mirasys and QNAP.