United States. Dallas was the venue chosen for Milestone Systems to hold the Milestone Integration Platform Symposium – MIPS 2020 on February 18 and 19, where around 700 professionals gathered among dealers and associates of the brand, in addition to more than 1,500 participants who observed the presentations virtually.
The focus of this event, which had as its motto "The Power of Open" focused on highlighting the importance of integration software platforms or open VMS as opportunities to provide solutions, not only security, but also aimed at other sectors such as marketplace or digital commerce, something that they have already been working with Amazon. This facilitates the management and logistics of chains focused on this market segment, using its flagship: the Xprotect solution.
The two-day show also included an exhibitor pavilion, in which 64 brands of leading Milestone partners such as Axis Communications, Arcules, Dell, Intel, Herta, Lenel S2, and Seneca Data, gave participants a glimpse of how their technologies are successfully integrated with Milestone's developments, leveraging the cloud as their main technology and working on other outstanding concepts such as Video Security as a Service.
MIPS 2020 offered a wide group of topics and speakers, among others, TEDx speaker Anders Sorman-Nilsson and one of the ten best futurists in the world, Gerd Leonhard, who gave their vision of the present and what the future holds both in business and in everyday life. An innovation exhibit was also held with the three most promising ideas from Milestone's incubator program: Kickstarter.
At the opening of MIPS, Tim Palmquist, Vice President for the Americas of
Milestone Systems, highlighted the 15 years that the brand has been celebrating this event in different cities of the United States and that began in the city of Miami.
"MIPS is a unique destination for innovation applied in the video surveillance sector. Each year we learn from different speakers who challenge our way of conceiving current technology and the new frontiers of tomorrow. We learn about new products and programs from the most innovative companies in our industry. Hand in hand with XProtect, they meet the needs of our many customers. Finally, we glimpse the future through the ideas of the contestants of the Kickstarter competition. MIPS is a space where business, contacts and, above all, new ideas come together," said Tim Palmquist.
Kenneth Hune Petersen, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Milestone Systems, spoke about the reasons why the motto "The Power of Open" was chosen for what was the largest MIPS they have ever made: "The Power of Open" allows you to make the right decision to grow your business quickly, thanks to the possibility of innovating with greater flexibility, having more selection opportunities and obtaining much more important results".
On the other hand, during the closing ceremony, Milestone awarded different recognitions to its associates and distributors in the Americas. On the Latin American sides, the mention of Brako of Brazil as the Distributor Partner of the Year 2019 for LATAM stood out; while the company L8 Group, also Brazilian, received the award as Partner of the Year 2019 for the region.
The organization confirmed that MIPS 2021 will be held in the city of Denver, on dates to be confirmed.
