Frontier is designed for multi-location enterprises that can't deploy expensive GPU hardware across all their sites (for on-prem AI) and don't have enough upload bandwidth (for cloud-based AI).
Third-party VMSes have been around for a while. Large companies like Milestone and Genetec have met customer requirements across verticals. But for the most part, customers who use products from them are large companies with a few sites to monitor. Realizing this gap, Dragonfruit AI, known for its video analytics solutions, recently launched its
cloud-based VMS, Frontier.
Speaking to asmag.com recently, Amol Kulkarni, Co-founder and VP of Dragonfruit AI, explained that the current VMS market is very skewed towards customers with a large, single location deployment. They typically have many cameras and a server room that manages the footage...