Today there is a huge spike in new, third-party software and hardware technologies available for video management systems (VMS). This fact alone means that the VMS may be the most important component of your customer’s surveillance system. When selecting a VMS, security integrators should evaluate not only how it collects, records/stores and displays live and recorded video from cameras; they also should consider the vast array of additional tasks the VMS can do through third-party software and hardware.

There are hundreds of different applications available today — many of which are powered by artificial intelligence — that a VMS can administer. Among them are: