The recent acquisition of Milestone Systems by Canon Europe has caused a flurry of chatter in the security industry. Worries that being acquired by a camera company would compromise Milestone’s open platform policy has been of main concern, but Sunny Kong, Director of Sales for Milestone Systems in Asia assures that Mi
The recent acquisition of Milestone Systems by Canon Europe has caused a flurry of chatter in the security industry. Worries that being acquired by a camera company would compromise Milestone's open platform policy has been of main concern, but Sunny Kong, Director of Sales for Milestone Systems in Asia assures that Milestone's open platform policy isn't going anywhere.
Milestone has been doing well in the Southeast Asia region, particularly in countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, according to Kong, despite competition from local brands.
Questions now about the future of VMS companies within the security industry have arisen, wondering how VMS companies will cope with increasing competition, as well as market consolidation. With many smaller VMS companies already disappearing, along with NVRs taking the place of small VMSs, expanding one's scope is crucial to future survival.
Milestone, whose customer base has generally been the mid- to high-end, is hoping to capture more of the market with Husky, the company's highly anticipated new line of NVRs. With models such as the M10, a Linux-based, plug-and-play NVR with preloaded and configured Milestone VMS, Milestone is targeting small and medium enterprises.