Milestone Systems IP video management software (VMS) is proving the advantages of the open platform approach for Western Kentucky University's diverse surveillance needs with the ability to expand and customize the system for growing requirements over the years.
Spread across 200 acres with dozens of buildings and thousands of students, Western Kentucky University is like a small city. The unive...
Milestone Systems IP video management software (VMS) is proving the advantages of the open platform approach for Western Kentucky University's diverse surveillance needs with the ability to expand and customize the system for growing requirements over the years.
Spread across 200 acres with dozens of buildings and thousands of students, Western Kentucky University is like a small city. The university has numerous departments, each with a unique set of requirements for a video surveillance solution. Meanwhile, a single small team in the IT division must be able to plan, deploy and manage all these different surveillance situations.
The solution for the IT division at Western Kentucky University was to implement Milestone's open platform IP video management software. Over time, they have deployed more cameras as needed and now have roughly 300 network video cameras around the campus. The team uses various add-ons for additional advanced features, such as Milestone Smart Wall, and leverages Microsoft Active Directory for managing permissions of users in various departments.
Milestone's flexible VMS has also allowed the university's network team to deploy custom solutions for different departments throughout the university. Thanks to the Milestone open platform, they have been able to tweak their system, install add-ons and create specialized integrations with the Milestone Integration Platform (MIP) Software Development Kit (SDK) to support different scenarios, such as pulling up the video from emergency call phone locations around campus.