Milestone Kite™ is flying

Press Release

2 min. read

January 10, 2023

Milestone Systems, a leading provider of open video management software, is proud to announce the take-off of our new Kite cloud solution. Milestone Kite™ is from today available in North America, the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and the UK and will be introduced in the Asia Pacific region and Latin America during 2023.

Powered by Arcules, Milestone Kite is a simple, secure, and scalable video security as a service (VSaaS). The cloud-based solution is primarily designed for small- to medium-sized businesses and larger organizations with multiple satellite and remote locations.

First introduced at the Milestone Partner Summit in fall 2022, Milestone Kite is our newest cloud offering. It is tailor-made for clients and customers looking for a cloud-based VSaaS solution that is easy to deploy, simple to use, has low bandwidth requirements, is scalable across locations, and is secure. Milestone Kite is an ideal choice for businesses and enterprises with multiple diverse geographic locations, such as banks, retail chains, schools, and residential buildings.

As promised, we are now broadly launching the Milestone Kite for our partners, clients and end-users. Based on a strong customer demand for cloud solutions that only require minimal maintenance, we have – together with Arcules – developed Kite as the solution that is simple to install and use, without compromising the highest level of data security. With its built-in video analytics and access control capabilities, Kite offers an extremely compelling package for both physical and video security within one product,

says Jan Lindeberg, senior product manager at Milestone Systems.

Kite is designed with cybersecurity in mind and delivers continuous security updates and global backup to guard against outages. It comes with an option to store video data on the edge and has built-in people and vehicle detection, heat maps and forensic search, turning video into intelligent data to improve security and increase operational efficiency.

Milestone Kite is a great complementary addition to our Milestone XProtect^® video management software (VMS). With Kite part of the product family, Milestone will now be able to meet the needs of our customers, whether they require on-premise, hybrid, hosted, or pure cloud-based solutions.

Milestone Kite will cater for the growing cloud market, which is estimated to account for about 20% of the VMS market today. By 2026, that figure is expected to jump to more than a third of the total market.

About Milestone Kite

Milestone Kite is a cloud native Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) designed for small- to mid-sized businesses and organizations. With a foundation in Milestone’s open platform DNA, and powered by the Arcules cloud platform, Milestone Kite supports more than 6,000 cameras and devices from 100+ manufacturers.

Milestone Kite is fast to install, easy to use and seamlessly scalable, which makes it equally suitable for single site or multi-site security deployments. Milestone Kite further offers flexible hybrid video storage with low bandwidth needs, where video data can be stored in the cloud or at the edge, all dependent on available bandwidth.

Designed with cybersecurity in mind, it delivers continuous security updates and global backup to guard against failure. It comes with an option to store video data on the edge, and it has built-in people and vehicle detection, heat maps and forensic search turning video into intelligent data to improve security and increase operational efficiency.

About Milestone Systems

Milestone Systems is a leading provider of data-driven video technology software in and beyond security that helps the world see how to ensure safety, protect assets, and increase business efficiency. Milestone enables an open platform community that drives collaboration and innovation in the development and use of network video technology, with reliable and scalable solutions that are proven in more than 500,000 customer sites worldwide. Founded in 1998, Milestone is a stand-alone company in the Canon Group. For more information visit: www.milestonesys.com. For news and other press releases, visit our Newsroom.