Submitted Wed 4th Jun 2008
Milestone releases XProtect SDK version 3.2 for powerful IP video integrations
COPENHAGEN – 3 June
2008. Milestone Systems, a global leader in open platform IP video management
software, has released a new version of its Software Development Kit, or SDK.
The SDK provides rich and robust tools for Application Programming Interfaces
(APIs) used by consultants and systems integrators to create network-based
surveillance solutions that are inter-operable with other systems and devices.
Examples of these include Milestone IP video integration with analytics, access
control, Point-of-Sale, people counting, HVAC building management, lighting,
fire alarms, baggage handling, fencing, gates, barriers, and much more.
The SDK is used by authorized and certified Milestone partners around the world
to create value-adding integrated solutions for more efficient and
comprehensive security or business needs. Milestone Systems also uses the SDK
internally to develop such integrated surveillance offerings as retail and
transaction system loss prevention, central surveillance, and matrix solutions.
“The open platform of Milestone IP video software allows best-of-breed
solutions with support for the widest choice in hardware from over 40 network
camera manufacturers, and the SDK expands the concept further with unlimited
options for surveillance integrations with other systems and devices,” says Kim
Macallan, Head of Product Management at Milestone Systems.
By creating integrated solutions that combine the Milestone video management
platform with other systems and devices, customers get even more effective and
efficient systems to handle their security and business needs. For example, by
combining surveillance with Point-of-Sales systems, retailers manage loss and
shrinkage through video evidence displayed simultaneously with transaction
information from the register. When access control systems operate together
with integrated surveillance, verification is possible on who is actually
entering (as in the case of stolen access cards or “tailgating” which is
slipping in behind someone else when a door is opened) along with sending an
alert or alarm for fast response by security personnel.
Some of the Milestone partners who use the SDK include Activu Corporation,
Agent VI, Cernium Corporation, CheckPoint, J-Systems, John Lay Electronics,
Johnson Controls, JVC Professional, KeyProcessor Security Solutions, Maxxess,
Netgenium Systems Limited, Nippon Techno Lab, ObjectVideo, OPAX, Open Options,
Pango Security Systems, Paxton Access, S2 Security Corporation, Secured by Web,
Siebold Security, Transact Payment Systems, V.A.S. and Vidient Systems. Several
of these integrated solutions have been demonstrated at security trade shows
like ISC West and IFSEC and presented at the Milestone Integration Platform Symposiums
held twice yearly.
XProtect SDK 3.2, the newest version of the Milestone Software Development Kit,
includes new API code samples, enhanced features in the .NET library, updated
and new documentation, guides and manuals, a redistributable installer,
technical support, and optional consultancy for programming interfaces with
both the Milestone XProtect Corporate and XProtect Enterprise IP video
management software platforms. There are APIs for the Milestone ImageServer,
XProtect Matrix, and XProtect Central, as well as Milestone EngineManager and
ImageViewer ActiveX Controls.
The Milestone SDK provides limitless integration options with the XProtect™ IP video open platform.
For
more information contact:
Courtney Dillon Pedersen, Communications Manager at +45 88 300 330.
About Milestone:
Milestone Systems is a global developer of open platform IP video management
software. XProtect™ gives users a powerful surveillance solution that is easy
to manage, reliable and proven in more than 35,000 customer installations. With
support for the industry’s widest choice in network hardware and integration
with other systems, XProtect provides best-of-breed solutions to “video enable”
organizations - reducing costs, optimizing processes, and protecting assets.
Milestone software is sold through authorized partners in 90 countries.