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Milestone Systems Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

The Danish-based company was founded in 1998 by engineers John Blem and Henrik Friborg Jacobsen. The pair started the business from a basement and had approximately $11,500 in seed funding. Today, Milestone has annual revenues over $140 million and employs more than 1,200 people globally.

The first version of XProtect—Milestone’s open platform video management software and core product—was sold in 2002 in Canada. Since then, Milestone’s video technology products have been deployed in more than 500,000 security installations through a network of distributors and resellers. Milestone’s products are used by a variety of end users, from airports to cities to hospitals to many others—virtually all industries use video technology software to protect people and assets and optimize workflows. Milestone’s XProtect can be integrated with the vast majority of cameras, sensors, and other security devices.

Open Platform IP-Based Video Technology Software

Beginning in 2003, Milestone expanded its footprint beyond its Brøndby headquarters on the outskirts of Copenhagen. The company now has a presence in 26 locations around the globe, including offices in the United States, Singapore, Bulgaria, Mexico, Australia, India, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Over the years, Milestone has played an important role in creating software that is truly based on an open platform, free from propriety hurdles. Its products are robust and scalable and integrated with most cameras, sensors, and other security devices available on the market. The company emerged during the transition from analog to IP cameras. IP cameras enabled Milestone to build a reliable, open platform upon which third-party technology partners can create add-on applications.

Looking Ahead

For Thomas Jensen, chief executive officer of Milestone Systems, celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary provides an opportunity to consider how far the company has come—and what the coming decades will bring.

“During the early 2000s, together with three or four other companies, we revolutionized the security industry by leading the transformation from analog to IP (digital) technology,” said Thomas Jensen. “Looking ahead, we are preparing to innovate again. We see a future in which data-driven video technology is a game changer that will help to make society safer and a better place for us all to work and live.”

As the company continues to grow, Milestone aims to further its work in creating responsible technology. Since 2006, the company adopted a set of core values in which it puts people before technology. In 2009, Milestone incorporated a human rights clause into its end user license agreements. In 2017, it co-authored the Copenhagen Letter, a declaration calling on innovative companies to prioritize people when designing and using technology.

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