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At ISC West, we sat down with a few of our member companies to hear their perspectives on how interoperability has benefitted their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jeff Corrall, Strategic Partnerships and Integrations, March Networks<\/em><br>Interoperability is important to us because it allows us to focus on other things besides direct camera integrations, so we\u2019re able to focus our development on customer-specific applications. That\u2019s really the benefit to March Networks. For our customers, they don\u2019t want to be tied to a single recorder brand, they don\u2019t want to have to replace cameras if they want to integrate into other platforms in the future. We understand that importance and we support it greatly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Brad Eck, Strategic Alliances Program Owner, Americas, Milestone<\/em><br>Interoperability is the core element of what Milestone believes. It\u2019s in our DNA. 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