Case Study: Swinburne University of Technology achieves campus-wide, scalable IP surveillance protecting 45,000+ students and staff with Milestone Systems' XProtect Corporate

Swinburne University of Technology - Customer Case Study

Swinburne University of Technology protects more than 45,000 students and 2,500 staff across six campuses and faced the challenge of rapidly scaling and future‑proofing its IP surveillance while avoiding network instability and preserving multi‑week archives during upgrades. As the estate grew with new multi‑storey buildings, the university needed a centralized, easy‑to‑manage solution that could handle hundreds of cameras without overburdening IT operations.

The university centralized 320 Axis IP cameras on a 10Gb fibre backbone using Milestone XProtect Corporate, supported by 11 servers with Direct Attached Storage (~9TB per server) and SmartWall rule‑based automation; the in‑house IT team handled the migration (about three months) while maintaining archives. The result was simplified global management, faster archive review, 4–6 weeks of retention, improved incident response with remote‑focus and wireless rapid‑response cameras, and clear capacity to add 100+ cameras as the campus expands.

Swinburne University of Technology

Chris Goetze

IT security officer, Swinburne University of Technology