November 3, 2008 The seven-campus university in upstate New York manages food services that total USD 20 million annually from vending machines, convenience stores, cafes and restaurants. Loss prevention is an important part of this, centrally handled with efficient network surveillance from Milestone Systems, the global leader for open platform IP video management software.
Security for the widespread locations has previously been costly to manage with DVRs, which have limited life spans that create gaps in surveillance coverage when the hardware fails on a regular basis. They have now moved to an open platform IT approach with a centrally managed solution using Milestone XProtect IP video management software, operating over 100 cameras, with more to be added over time. The surveillance hardware is a best-of-breed mix from Axis, Sony and Pelco.
With this IP-based security technology, the University has gained flexibility and scalability, centralized administration with decentralized access for use of the system, wide geographic distribution, and Power Over Ethernet hardware in the Axis cameras, notes Milestone.
In addition to managing loss prevention and other security issues, the University has gained the cost efficiencies of using standard IT resources, both the equipment and network infrastructure, as well as the IT Department’s expertise and maintenance routines for keeping the system up and running, or expanding it as needed.
For more information, see the Milestone Web site.
