Milestone Systems recently held in Abu Dhabi its Milestone Partner Open Platform Days (MPOP) event for its Middle East and Africa partners. Hi-Tech Security Solutions editor Andrew Seldon was there to hear the latest from the company and some of its partners.
“Peter Biltsted, Milestone’s director for the Middle East and Africa, said the conference attracted about 270 people from 24 countries as well as demonstrations from 24 exhibitors. These exhibitors ranged from Milestone’s Diamond partners like IBM, to Platinum partners like Arecont Vision and Razberi Technologies, Gold partners like Sony, Bosch, Pivot 3 and Allied Telesis, and other sponsors like Pelco, Axis, Sentry 360, Vivotek and Raytek, among others.
Chief sales and marketing officer, Eric Fullerton noted that Milestone’s compounded growth between 2004 to 2012 averaged 34,3%. He then highlighted Milestone’s leadership in open platform video management over the years. Two of the focus areas he highlighted was Milestone’s decision to commit to its channel and establishing the Milestone ecosystem – allowing third parties to create applications that could be integrated into and enhance the value-add of the core Milestone platform.”
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