Milestone Systems, the networked video management software (VMS) company, has released XProtect 2017 R2.
There are three new products – XProtect Essential+; XProtect Express+ and XProtect Professional+. These cover installations from a few to thousands of cameras. All the products fully support hardware acceleration, where system performance can be boosted by adding a supported graphics card that can handle the decoding of video, leaving room for the system to handle other tasks. As the products support for Milestone’s integration programming platform (MIP SDK) and come with built-in customisation options with the rules engine, Milestone partners can tailor systems with video analytics or integrations to other systems like building management systems, financial systems or other enterprise systems. XProtect Express+ and XProtect Professional+ support Milestone Interconnect, enabling these systems to be part of a larger network of video business systems.
Bjørn Skou Eilertsen, Chief Technical Officer, Milestone Systems, pictured, said: “As the number one global VMS vendor, we are positioned to drive open platform innovation through the solution power of the Milestone Community. With these new products, we are giving our community a whole new range of possibilities. Milestone proactively designs for the market trends we see growing with networked systems.”
The XProtect 2017 R2 update includes several enhancements for cyber-security, including securing the video recordings using strong encryption for the media database. The integrity of the recordings is ensured by digitally signing using SHA-2 (Secure Hash Algorithm 2), a security standard. Audio functionality in XProtect has been enhanced. New features have also been added for handling maps.
