At the 15th annual Milestone Integration Platform Symposium (MIPS), held at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas February 17-19, Milestone sought to drive home a singular message, which was also the tagline for the event: The Power of Open. With a variety of general and breakout sessions — including keynotes by not one but two noted futurists — the company debuted some big news as well as discussed the future roadmap for both products and the larger scale trends, particularly cloud.
Welcoming the more than 700 live attendees (another 1,500 watched it livestreamed), Milestone Vice President Americas Tim Palmquist said from its start 15 years ago MIPS has helped its partners face change in the industry. “They were coming together to discuss how to navigate the changing situation they were finding themselves in. the IP camera was about 10 years old and having a disrupting effect on analog,” he recalled. “Ever since that year we gather with a purpose.”