Hitachi goes aggressive in Video Security Market with VMP Platform models

Hitachi Insight Group has introduced three new Hitachi Video Management Platform (VMP) models, designed to aggressively move the company into the video security and monitoring market. Hitachi also announced that it is growing its partner ecosystem and expanding its strategic alliances with digital video management system (DVMS) industry leaders Milestone Systems and OnSSI to develop and deliver joint solutions that offer increased levels of enterprise security, workplace safety, and industrial and operational efficiencies.

Mark Jules, Vice-President, Public Safety and Smart City Solutions at Hitachi Insight Group, said, “We designed Hitachi Video Management Platform to take their video security deployments to the next level. Together with our world-class channel and alliance partners, Hitachi is supporting video analytics and other advanced technologies that will future-proof their security environments and help them fully capitalize on digital video and IoT. We’re pleased to be working with Milestone, OnSSI and other industry leaders to deliver the next-generation solutions that will propel our customers’ businesses forward.”

To extend the benefits of Hitachi VMP and help customers further maximize the potential of their video assets, Hitachi is working with partners Milestone Systems and OnSSI to deliver next-generation video management solutions built on their trusted and market verified technologies. Hitachi VMP has been fully tested and certified compatible by its partners to support the XProtect VMS software from Milestone Systems, and the Ocularis 5 VMS software from OnSSI, respectively. Hitachi is collaborating with both companies to co-develop solutions, accelerate GTM and expand opportunities in the fast-growth video security and monitoring market.

Hitachi VMP is built on trusted commercial technologies from the Hitachi Group family of companies, including Hitachi Data Systems’ (HDS) Virtual Storage Platform (VSP). Similar to Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP), Hitachi VMP combines best-in-class storage, network and compute technologies delivered as a tightly integrated converged platform that is optimized for virtualized environments. Hitachi VMP was specifically architected and built ground-up for video security and monitoring deployments to provide maximum scalability, performance and support a variety of enterprise applications, including video analytics.

Hitachi VMP is now available in three configurations to support medium to large enterprise security environments ranging from 150 to 10,000 or more cameras: the VMP 150, VMP 500 and VMP 1000.

Hitachi VMP is generally available now in North America, the United Kingdom and all APAC countries, excluding Japan, through Hitachi and select partners. The company will also expand availability to France, Germany and other EMEA markets this year, to meet the growing demand for digital and IoT-optimized video security and monitoring solutions.