VIDEO MANAGEMENT SERVERS Co.
Our Mission
"To make VMS and analytics simple and affordable"
What we do
Video Management Servers Co. supplies a rationalised, affordable and value-engineered range of servers optimised for video management and analytics applications. These are available to purchase outright or through our unique, MOSS™ (Managed On Site Server) subscription.
Our purpose is to make video management systems more affordable, increasing their use in CCTV, security, and site management applications.
How we support our customers:
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Affordable servers optimised for VMS and analytics
VMS Co. supplies servers optimised and value-engineered specifically for video management and analytics applications. These are available to buy outright or through our MOSS™ (Managed On-Site Server) subscription.
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MOSS™ subscription service
VMS Co.’s unique, MOSS™ (Managed On-Site Server) subscription service delivers optimised video management and analytics servers to your site. These are owned, managed, maintained and warrantied by VMS Co. within the subscription fee.
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Rationalised product range for simple selection
VMS Co.’s product range is rationalised to help make selecting the right servers simple and easy.
Our services include:
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Reducing network failure points and streaming costs
VMS Co.’s MOSS™ subscription and on-site server approach addresses critical Cloud VMS deployment issues, including removing multiple points of system failure and reducing video streaming costs to the Cloud
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UK technical and project support from VMS and IT experts
VMS Co. provides UK technical and project support from VMS and IT experts, including warrantied, Next Business Day engineer attendance for hardware faults according to agreed SLA's.
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End-of-Life replacement and mid-term upgrades
VMS Co. provides End-of-Life (EOL) replacements and simple, MIGRATE hardware upgrade options for its servers. This can be applied when a VMS system's hardware reaches EOL, or if the VMS system expands or changes mid-term and requires different hardware.
Benefits to your business include:
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MOSS™ is a maintenance subscription fee and Operational Expenditure
VMS Co.’s MOSS™ subscription service is an Operational Expenditure not a Capital Expenditure. VMS Co. owns the server hardware, so customers need only pay a maintenance subscription fee which is from the OpEx budget.
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Wide VMS brand compatibility
VMS Co. servers work with all leading, open-platform VMS and Analytics brands.
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Sustainable and carbon-neutral
VMS Co.’s MOSS™ subscription service is carbon neutral, offsetting emissions against operations. Our MOSS™ service could help your company boost its own sustainability credentials.
Why MOSS™ and where it fits in
The MOSS™ subscription service sits between purchasing a server or using a Cloud service. MOSS™ has many of the benefits of a Cloud service, including affordable, monthly subscription payments; managed servers; upgrade capability; full warranties and comprehensive technical support. However, unlike Cloud, video streaming and broadband costs are kept low, on a local server, and there is less dependence on unreliable broadband or WAN networks.
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Payment |
Subscription |
Capital payment |
Subscription |
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Budget |
OpEx |
CapEx |
OpEx |
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Managed server? |
VMS Co. |
Integrator |
Datacentre |
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Server owner |
VMS Co. |
Integrator |
Datacentre |
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System expansion* |
Subscription |
Additional server |
Subscription |
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Secure access** |
Local/Remote |
Local/Remote |
Remote only |
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Simple configuration |
Local/Remote |
Local/Remote |
Remote only |
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Failure modes |
Low |
Low |
High |
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Streaming cost |
Low |
Low |
High |
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Bandwidth cost |
Low |
Low |
High |
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Mission critical |
Proven |
Proven |
Unproven |
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Warranty |
VMS Co. |
Manufacturer |
Datacentre |
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SLA |
Flexible |
NBD |
Datacentre |
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Power consumption |
Local |
Local |
Remote |
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Failover resilience |
VMS dependent |
VMS dependent |
Provider |
*MOSS™ allows mid-term system upgrades for site expansion.
**Many high security applications allow no remote access.
Further benefits of MOSS™ include:
Keep cash in your business
Keep cash in your business with our MOSS™ Managed Server on Site service. It is a simple, monthly subscription for a fully managed, maintained and warrantied server, deployed at your site.
Reduce cost of entry of VMS
Our MOSS™ subscription service is designed to reduce the cost of using optimised VMS and VA servers, making them more affordable and less onerous to support. We support them for you!
Reduce video streaming costs
VMS Co.'s MOSS™ service and on-site server approach removes expensive broadband costs by streaming video to a local server instead of across a broadband network to the cloud. The server is managed, maintained and warrantied by VMS Co. like a cloud server, removing the need to rely on erratic broadband or network connections.
Stay within the Operational Expenditure budget
Our unique MOSS™ subscription service is designated, in accounting terms, a ‘maintenance fee’ keeping server and PC costs within the Operational Expenditure budget of a business.
We fit and you forget!
Our MOSS™ service includes delivering the VMS server to site, complete with storage HDDs, and supporting and maintaining it thereafter, to an agreed SLA. This saves installation and support time for our customers.
Managed server continuity
When a MOSS™ server reaches end of life (EOL), we replace it as part of our service. We also offer a ‘VMS software transfer’ service, moving the VMS software from the original server to its replacement. This gives continuity of site operation, without the installer or integrator even needing to attend site!
MIGRATE - upgrade flexibility
If a site CCTV system expands and the original server is no longer optimal, such as if more cameras are added to the system, MIGRATE is a service offered by VMS Co. to allow for this to happen seamlessly. The site can scale up with the additional servers it needs, or the original site servers can be replaced with higher specification upgrades. That is the flexibility of MOSS™.
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
We offer a next business day (NBD) SLA as standard, however, we have a 4-hour call out option for mission-critical applications through to a lower cost, 3-day call out – flexibility for all applications.
Warrantied by Video Management Servers
The MOSS™ servers are warranted by VMS Co. and fully supported. Our purchased server option comes with the manufacturer’s warranty, where customers can select from a ‘return to base’ entry level service through to ‘next business day’ onsite support or ‘4-hour’ call out.
Sustainability
Did you know our MOSS™ service can contribute to your company's sustainability and carbon neutral policy. Contact us for more information.
Working with leading brands
VMS Co. works with many leading server and PC brands to bring you our simple and affordable, optimised VMS and Analytics hardware solutions. We always deliver high-performance, affordable and reliable solutions as a MOSS™ subscription or to buy outright.
