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No Human Intervention
Needed: Without automatic
updates, users and/or integrators
must remember to manually check to
see if a VMS soware update is avail-
able. ere is a pretty good chance that
this is not being done, leaving secu-
rity systems vulnerable to breaches
that exploit soware vulnerabilities.
Automatic updating eliminates the
need for human action to update so-
ware, ensuring end-users always have
the most up-to-date VMS solution.
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Increased Security:
Soware providers are con-
stantly testing their solutions for
bug fixes in order to develop patches,
which are delivered as new soware
versions via updates. Oen, these
updates address potential vulnera-
bilities that have yet to be exploited,
essentially closing the door to hackers
before they can even attempt to enter.
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Fewer Truck Rolls: In
many cases, updating end-users'
soware requires integrators to
travel to the customer's site. While this
is an important service to provide, it
can also become costly; aer all, the
time a technician spends on site could
be better spent on tasks like installing
additional cameras and storage. is
challenge can be further compounded
when performing a soware update is
the sole reason for rolling a truck to
multiple sites. Auto-updating elim-
inates the need to manually update
each recording server used by the
VMS, saving time and solidifying the
profitability of maintenance contracts.
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RMR: Auto-updating capabil-
ities enable integrators to offer
soware updating as a val-
ue-added service to go with traditional
maintenance contracts. Rather than
taking technicians away from installa-
tions and eroding the profitability of a
contract, VMS updates are performed
automatically, making maintenance
agreements more profitable while
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recurring monthly revenue.
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Peace of Mind: e potential
dangers of failure to update so-
ware are very real and expose
organizations to a tremendous amount
of risk. Auto-updating removes this
concern and provides both integrators
and end users with peace of mind that
their VMS soware is up to date and as
secure as possible. ■
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