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“We have a multitude of customers that
we support and it is important that we use technologies that offer multi-solution options, not just top-of-the-line packages.”
“When I started here in 2007, I worked as an internal installer with our surveil- lance integration team. Then in 2012, I became the head of surveillance,” May- field said. “That same year, we decided we needed to migrate all our systems toward a single video management platform, and used our internal IT team as an in-house integrator, which started the formal pro- cess of solidifying a single, network-based video management solution. In 2014, Nick joined our senior surveillance staff.”
The team faced a large surveillance hur- dle because they were running a multitude of digital and analog systems, Burger said.
“We had four primary VMS that were scattered throughout our gaming facilities alone,” Burger said. “We needed to stan-
dardize on a single video platform and a single camera supplier for all properties and have it all work as a single system. We’ve been working on this now for several years.”
The team spent a great deal of time testing and comparing video management systems to decide on the single VMS that would give them the performance, flexibil- ity and scalability needed to cover their many properties and facilities.
“We had some Milestone VMS within our older system mix, and I always liked how it worked,” Burger said. “But as we went deeper into the process of standard- izing, and after meeting with Milestone and seeing their willingness to partner with us, the deployment of this system be- came an obvious choice for us.”
Mayfield and Burger standardized on Milestone XProtect Corporate open plat- form VMS to meet their diverse needs. With an open platform, systems integra- tion is easy via Application Program In- terfaces (APIs) to share data between systems, devices and components for an efficient, unified solution. Potential de- vice integration can include network video cameras, encoders, digital video recorders, storage equipment, access control, alarm and detection systems, video analytics, GPS technology, laser scanners and emer- gency call boxes.
“We run this solution for large facili- ties like our casinos, and use XProtect Pro Plus for non-gaming sites — and that flex- ibility is a big factor for us,” Mayfield said. “We have a multitude of customers that we support and it is important that we use technologies that offer multi-solution options, not just top-of-the-line pack- ages. There are always budgets and costs involved, and sometimes we simply don’t need all the bells and whistles at a smaller location.”
In evaluating camera suppliers, the team looked at a number of different data components, including image quality, reli- ability, fail rates, model and option avail- ability, and advanced in-camera process- ing and apps.
“We have an excellent working relation- ship with Milestone and Axis, and they have both been very helpful in supporting us with such a huge project,” Burger said. “And with Axis being so tightly integrated with Milestone, our selecting Axis became an easy choice.”
WinStar World Casino
Located in Thackerville, OK, near the Oklahoma–Texas state line, the WinStar World Casino and Resort is owned and operated by the Chickasaw Nation and is considered the largest casino in the United States and one of the largest in the world based on gaming floor space. WinStar’s nearly 600,000 square feet of gaming space plays host to nine gaming plazas and over
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