In the security industry these days it has become almost embarrassing for a company to admit having a proprietary (single vendor) solution - everyone now understands that an open platform's flexibilities and efficiencies are the way to go. Market research reports repeatedly shore up this trend, and it seems that every manufacturer is therefore claiming their offerings to be IP and Open Platform.

There are many different Video Management System (VMS) platforms out there that claim to be "Open Platform". How can you be sure that what you're purchasing stacks up?

This article has some great tips and tricks to accomplishing just that.