Milestone introduces AI-ready XProtect App Platform and new BriefCam Engine to advance video analytics

Milestone Systems announced significant advancements to its XProtect video management software (VMS) and BriefCam video analytics. The XProtect App Platform, a new containerised application platform for VMS, and a new BriefCam analytics engine are designed to deliver increased reliability, greater customisation, more efficient hardware utilisation, and full readiness for Generative AI and analytics, empowering security teams to stay ahead as demands evolve.

Cameras and sensors collect more data than ever before. Today, the challenge has shifted from capturing information to understanding it – and turning it into actionable insight. Surfacing the most urgent threats and the most valuable operational insights require AI and analytics tools built for the scale of modern video.

Even as capabilities advance, integrating new functionality still requires time, expertise, and coordination. Even routine software updates introduce operational risk. The possibility of system downtime often forces security teams to delay the very innovations that would ...