Benefits and summary

Milestone Interconnect is a unique concept that allows all paid versions of Milestone XProtect VMS and Husky products to be interconnected with Milestone’s premium software XProtect Corporate. It allows the deployment of a central surveillance systems interconnected with multiple geographically dispersed sites in a flexible and cost-efficient way. Furthermore, it provides access to the advanced surveillance functions of XProtect Corporate for all interconnected sites regardless of what products are installed on the remote sites, creating a comprehensive and powerful security solution.

Milestone Interconnect complements Milestone Federated Architecture, and both technologies are designed to excel in their respective areas. For instance, Milestone Federated Architecture is designed primarily for a tight connection of fewer, but larger sites, while Milestone Interconnect is optimized to connect many smaller, distributed sites that are connected through low-bandwidth or intermittent connections.

Milestone Interconnect offers several powerful capabilities, such as:

• Cost-efficient multi-site deployment

  Allows customers to freely select what XProtect product to use per site to meet the specific needs and budget of the sites, including the possibility to use different XProtect products across the sites

• Cross-domain support

  Milestone Interconnect does not require sites to be on the same domain or have domain trust configured when the central and remote sites are on different domains, or when they are not joined to a domain at all

• Intelligent video storage management

  With support for Scalable Video Quality Recording (SVQR), Milestone Interconnect enables optimal use of remote and central video storage and available network bandwidth with a choice to store video recordings remotely, centrally, or combined with flexible retrieval of the remotely stored video

• Flexible retrieval

  Optimizes the use of available network bandwidth by controlling the maximum bandwidth usage allowed and by scheduling the retrieval to preserve bandwidth for critical business systems

• Proactive monitoring

  The central site receives notifications when there are issues in any of the connected sites. This way, administrators can identify errors proactively and ensure a problem-free and stable operation

Although Milestone Interconnect can be used by any business or organization with the need to optimize its surveillance operations across multiple sites or locations, Milestone Interconnect is particularly relevant to:

• Retail – Interconnecting different stores and branches into a common central site, enabling cost-efficient monitoring 24/7 and centralized evidence management

• Transportation – where remote sites are installed onboard vehicles, enabling continuous fleet monitoring, efficient evidence handling, and seamlessly correlated surveillance with stationary surveillance installations at stations, waiting areas, etc.

• Alarm Centers and Monitoring Stations – can use Milestone Interconnect to offer video monitoring as a service to their clients

• City surveillance – interconnecting different geographic areas and organizational units into a common central surveillance site