Most businesses with more than one site end up with a mess of CCTV: a different recorder at each location, a different app for each, and nobody quite sure which one is recording properly. A server-based video management system (VMS) like Nx Witness changes that.
What Nx Witness is
Nx Witness, developed by Network Optix, is video management software that runs on a server rather than a standalone recorder box. Cameras stream to the server, which handles recording, storage and events. Staff then use one desktop or mobile app to see every camera at every site.
Same system, every site
The big advantage for multi-site customers is consistency. Each property gets the same platform, the same layouts and the same way of doing things. Add a new site and it slots into the same system. Users log in once and see what they're allowed to see across the whole business.
Using the cameras you trust
Nx Witness works with a huge range of IP cameras, so we can keep using proven hardware like Hikvision cameras while gaining a far more capable platform on top. Existing compatible cameras can often be brought across rather than replaced.
Built for reliability
When a site has more than one server, they keep each other in sync. If one fails, its cameras can automatically move to another server and keep recording. That kind of redundancy is hard to achieve with standalone recorders.
Fast search and smart events
Finding footage is quick: search by time, camera, motion in an area, or events. Rules can send alerts, trigger outputs or bookmark footage when something specific happens, which saves hours when you're chasing an incident.
Who it suits
- Businesses with multiple properties or branches.
- Villages, body corporates and property groups managing several sites.
- Larger single sites with lots of cameras and multiple people viewing.
- Anyone who wants to own their system without ongoing per-camera cloud fees.
Planning a move
Moving to a server-based system is a design job, not just a swap. Network, storage, server sizing and remote access all need to be right. We look at what you have, what can be kept, and build a plan that can be rolled out site by site.