VSaaS is a cloud-based solution that allows video footage from your security cameras to be recorded, stored, and managed remotely via the internet, rather than using traditional on-site recorders like servers, NVRs or DVRs.

With VSaaS, you can:

• View live and recorded video from anywhere using a secure web portal or mobile app
• Easily bring remote cameras into a central VMS such as Milestone XProtect
• Store footage securely in the cloud, with flexible retention options
• Expand and scale easily by adding or removing cameras as needed — without major hardware upgrades
• Receive analytics events and alarms for motion, intrusion, human or vehicles, ANPR and more from remote cloud cameras
• Reduce on-site infrastructure, making it ideal for multi-site businesses or remote locations

VSaaS is especially useful for businesses looking for a simple, cost-effective, and secure way to manage their video surveillance, whether fully in the cloud or as part of a hybrid setup with on-premises systems like Milestone XProtect or Axis Camera Station.

Yes, you can do this easily. Any camera added into the Arcules VSaaS system can be viewed live and played back via your on-premises Milestone XProtect system, provided you are running XProtect Professional+, Expert or Corporate. XProtect Express is not a multi-site system, so does not support cloud cameras.

Cloud VMS stands for 'cloud-based video management system'. Traditionally, video management software is run on computers, servers or network video recorders (NVRs) that are located on site, also called 'on-premise'. With a Cloud VMS, the video management software application is run in the cloud, which means it is run on computers and servers in data centres and is accessible via normal web browsers or smart phone apps.

Yes. When using a trusted provider, your video data is highly secure in the cloud. Cloud-based video platforms like Milestone Arcules and Morphean Cloud use industry-standard strong encryption of data in transit and at rest, and access controls to keep your footage safe.

Yes. There are a number of ways to acheive this, but the most accessible is to implement Milestone Arcules. A Milestone Arcules gateway would be installed and this will relay all the video feeds from your existing cameras to the Arcules cloud VSaaS platform. Arcules supports 1,000s of different cameras and manufacturers and also the ONVIF standard, so it is highly likely your cameras will be supported. Once you have your cameras into the Arcules cloud there are many clever things you can then do. Talk to us about migrating your cameras across to Arcules.