A server-based VMS enables a multi-site surveillance system to be centrally managed. The system may have CCTV set-up in 15 locations Australia-wide, but will allow you to operate a centralised management server that controls all of them at a head office. VMS therefore enables seamless control and operation of several different CCTV systems at the same time. For example, users working in a Melbourne head office can log onto the central management server to talk to recorders in Sydney and Perth. 

Furthermore, VMS platforms like Milestone’s Husky IVO, Digi-Fort & Hik-Central (all available through Jim’s Security) provide analytics above and beyond standard client software. Customers employing these systems have seen increases in operational efficiencies through utilising the commercial analysis features of VMS. Tools such as heat analysis, pathway analysis and people counting give users the ability to monitor customer trends whilst in store to maximise sales and productivity. They have also been able to increase loss prevention through tools such as vehicle analysis and facial recognition while monitoring the status of each recorder integrated into their system to ensure it is not tampered with or turned off.