Milestone Systems ties up partnership with Soliton Systems

Soliton Smart Telecaster

Milestone Systems, the global leader in IP video management software (VMS), is partnering with mobile video streaming specialist Soliton Systems.

Headquartered in Japan, Soliton develops live video streaming solutions for the public safety market. Its Smart telecaster range can stream real-time video over 3G and 4G LTE networks from remote locations via body-worn and other forms of mobile video cameras.

Cameras can live stream from fast-moving vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, motorcycles and helicopters or from a static location, such as a video surveillance van. The lightweight units are easy to carry on a person.

Software that facilitates live streaming from a smartphone to a command centre, including GPS information can be downloaded from the App Store.

H.265 encoding technology

The Smart telecaster range uses H.265 encoding technology, which compresses real-time video for streaming over multiple 3G and 4G mobile networks simultaneously. More effectively than its predecessor, H.264, it can successfully operate even when mobile signal weakens.

Founded in Denmark in 1998, Milestone Systems is one of the biggest players in the the global VMS market. Milestone, whichwas acquired by Canon for an undisclosed sum in 2014, was ranked as the number one global video management software provider by revenue in 2014.

“It is a great privilege for Soliton to work with Milestone,” says Mogens Jensen, managing director at Soliton Systems Europe. “Many of our public safety and emergency service customers already have Milestone so by partnering, this will allow them to manage their mobile video feeds from a central management console from the leading manufacturer of VMS solutions.”

Says Henrik Sydbo Hansen, group manager of devices and integrations at Milestone Systems: “Many of our integrations to date have been from static type cameras. Given Soliton’s strength in live streaming from a mobile device, we see this as a natural extension of our own offering and something that many in the Milestone community have been requesting.”

VMS solutions from Milestone, whose architecture is open platform, can remotely manage a wide range of surveillance cameras, using event or alarm-based, continued or selective video streaming. Video can be secured for law enforcement and evidence storage.

Thanks to Milestone’s certification plan, third-party video surveillance systems and devices are readily integrated with Milestone platforms like XProtect.

“Soliton’s H265 technology which is in line with our roadmap, and their commitment to ONVIF, a standard for video surveillance, gives us a synergy that not only works now, but provides a road-map in an industry that is constantly evolving,” continues Hansen. “We look forward to a successful and long partnership.”

Soliton Systems will be presenting at Milestone’s upcoming MIP partner event in Dubai from 8-10 May 2017.

Check out security solutions from Milestone Systems at IFSEC International, 20-22 June 2017, London ExCeL. You can find Milestone Systems UK & Ireland on stand E750. Get your free badge now.

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