Enterprise Video Management System for Multi-Site Surveillance
Your surveillance data belongs on your servers — not someone else's cloud. AI analytics, camera health monitoring, and DPDP Act 2023 compliance, all deployed within your own infrastructure — or cloud, or hybrid. One platform for 100 to 100,000+ cameras.
Manufacturing · Healthcare · Data centres · Retail · Education
Definition
What is an Enterprise Video Management System?
An enterprise video management system (VMS) is software that centralises live monitoring, recording, AI analytics, camera health monitoring, and compliance governance across hundreds to thousands of IP cameras distributed across multiple locations — replacing fragmented NVR and DVR management with a single intelligent platform.
The distinction from a standard VMS is scale and governance. A standard, single-site VMS records and views for one team in one building — which is exactly what our on-premise video management software is built for. An enterprise VMS federates many sites under unified control, enforces role-based access across regions, scales to tens of thousands of cameras, and monitors the health of the cameras and recorders themselves.
Where a standard VMS answers "what is this camera seeing?", a multi-site video management system answers "are all our cameras across every site recording, who accessed which footage, and can we prove DPDP compliance to an auditor?"
Deployment flexibility is an enterprise advantage — different sites have different data-residency, connectivity, and IT constraints, governed under one dashboard.
On-Premise Recommended
All servers, storage, and AI inference inside your facility. Air-gappable for defence, and the cleanest answer to DPDP data-localisation — raw video never leaves your premises.
Data sovereigntyOne-time perpetual licence + annual maintenanceAir-gapped ready
Cloud VMS
Fully managed, nothing on site beyond cameras and a connector. Fast to deploy for distributed branches and retail chains.
Local recording for instant playback and data residency, plus cloud for offsite resilience and centralised multi-site oversight — both under one dashboard.
Works with the cameras and recorders you already run — no rip-and-replace. From a fragmented estate to one governed system in a day.
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Deploy on Your Infrastructure
Install the Tentovision server on your hardware or virtual environment across sites. Works with existing cameras and NVRs — no replacements and no waiting on procurement. VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, or bare-metal.
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Connect Every Camera & System
Auto-discover cameras of any brand via ONVIF and RTSP, and connect access control, intrusion, and alarm systems via open API — so the platform becomes one operational layer, not just a viewer.
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Monitor, Analyse & Act
Live multi-site monitoring, AI event detection, camera health alerts with SLA tracking, and DPDP-compliant reporting — generated automatically from one centralized dashboard.
Unique to Tentosoft
Camera Health Monitoring — Your Cameras Never Fail Silently
Most VMS platforms only tell you what cameras see. Tentosoft also tells you when cameras stop seeing — before you discover a blind spot after an incident. No major enterprise VMS competitor productises this.
Real-Time CCTV Health Monitoring with SLA Tracking
Continuously monitor every camera, recorder, and storage device across all sites. Milestone, Genetec, Verkada, and Videonetics tell you what your cameras see — none tells you, proactively and with an SLA, when a camera stops seeing.
Every feature runs across every site from one platform. Cloud, on-premise, or hybrid — with the full suite available in air-gapped environments.
Feature 01
Live Video Monitoring
Unlimited simultaneous camera feeds across every site from a single, unified dashboard. Customisable multi-screen layouts up to 64-up, full PTZ control, and interactive e-map support so operators navigate a site visually rather than by camera list — built for 24×7 multi-site command-centre operations.
Monitor unlimited simultaneous camera feeds across all sites from one dashboard
PTZ camera control — pan, tilt, zoom, preset positions, and patrol tours
Interactive e-map support — drag-and-drop camera placement on multi-site floor plans
Mobile app — iOS and Android live view and alerts for security leadership on the move
Video-wall output for large-format SOC display across distributed sites
Dual-stream support — high-res recording + low-bandwidth live view across sites
Feature 02
Recording, Storage & Playback
Continuous, scheduled, motion-triggered, and AI-event recording, with per-camera configurable retention, limited only by your storage, and automatic deletion to enforce DPDP limits. Smart storage tiering, multi-camera synchronised playback across up to 16 angles, RAID protection, and a capacity dashboard that projects when each site will need expansion.
Continuous, schedule-based, motion-triggered, and AI-event-activated recording
Per-camera configurable retention, limited only by your storage, with auto-deletion (DPDP)
Smart storage tiering — auto-move aged footage from SSD to HDD archive
Multi-camera synchronised playback — up to 16 cameras on a shared timeline
RAID 5, 6, 10 support — NAS, SAN, and DAS compatibility per site
Storage-capacity dashboard with real-time utilisation and threshold alerts
Feature 03
Forensic Investigation & Evidence Management
Compress hours of footage into minutes with AI-powered attribute search — by face, clothing, vehicle plate, or time range — across any site in the estate. Export with full chain-of-custody for legal admissibility, with face and area redaction for privacy compliance and structured case files per investigation.
Attribute-based search — clothing colour, gender, facial features across days of footage
Video summarisation — compress 24 hrs of footage into a 3-minute review reel
Vehicle ANPR/LPR search — plate number, colour, type across any date range
Encrypted export with watermark and chain-of-custody certificate
Face and area redaction in exported footage for DPDP privacy compliance
Case-file management — group clips, notes, and exports per investigation
Feature 04
Security Architecture
TLS 1.3 in transit and AES-256 at rest, VAPT-certified and OWASP-cleared, with the option of fully air-gapped operation for defence and critical infrastructure. Encrypted watermarking proves footage integrity and certificate-based device authentication ensures only trusted cameras join the platform — a posture built for organisations that are themselves audited.
TLS 1.3 encryption in transit + AES-256 encryption at rest
VAPT certified + OWASP Top 10 cleared
Network isolation mode — fully air-gapped operation for sensitive sites
Encrypted video watermarking for evidence integrity
Certificate-based device authentication for cameras across the estate
Feature 05
User Access & Permissions
Granular role-based access control with per-camera and per-feature permissions, MFA enforced, and single sign-on through Active Directory or LDAP — so surveillance access follows your existing identity governance across every department and region. An immutable audit trail records who viewed, exported, or changed what.
Role-based access control (RBAC) — granular per-camera and per-feature permissions
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforced for all users
Active Directory / LDAP integration — single sign-on across the organisation
Immutable audit trail — every action logged with timestamp and IP
Unlimited user accounts — no per-user licence fee
AI Video Analytics
100+ On-Premise AI Use Cases — All Running on Your Servers
Powered by NVIDIA GPU. No video frame is sent to any external AI service — inference runs where your video lives, keeping latency and data-residency under your control.
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Facial Recognition
Watchlist and access verification across all sites — learn more
Deployed across sectors where multi-site centralisation, AI analytics, and DPDP compliance are operational requirements — not nice-to-haves.
BFSI
RBI audit-ready, DPDP-compliant surveillance with centralised multi-branch management across hundreds of locations from one dashboard.
RBI audit-ready surveillance logs
Cash counter and vault AI monitoring
Multi-branch single-dashboard management
DPDP-compliant — footage never leaves bank
Government & Smart City
Safe City-compliant deployments with air-gapped operation for defence and sensitive installations, where video must never leave the premises.
Smart City & Safe City compliant
Air-gapped for defence environments
MeitY & CERT-In compliant architecture
Smart city analytics integration
Manufacturing
PPE compliance, perimeter security, and network-isolated AI on the plant floor. In production at Nippon Paint.
PPE compliance AI detection
Perimeter and restricted zone monitoring
Network-isolated — no internet required
SCADA and ERP integration
Healthcare
NABH and DPDP-aligned, with patient-footage sovereignty kept inside the hospital. In production at Narayana Health, centralising multi-brand monitoring across hospitals.
Patient footage on hospital servers only
NABH and DPDP compliant retention
Clinical role-based camera access
Medico-legal export with chain of custody
Education
Multi-campus centralisation with student-data protection built in. In production at NIFT Chennai, which replaced all DVR/NVR hardware with a full cloud VMS.
Multi-campus from single dashboard
Student data on institution servers
No per-camera subscription growth cost
After-hours AI intrusion detection
Retail Chains
Shoplifting detection, footfall, heatmap, and ANPR-driven parking across a hub-and-spoke estate. In production at City Centre Mall with 98% people-counting accuracy.
Hub-and-spoke architecture for chains
AI shrinkage and shoplifting detection
Footfall and heat-map analytics
No cloud costs as store count grows
Also serving construction (STT GDC: PPE, ANPR, overspeed, and live headcount at a major data-centre build) and warehouses & logistics (Emerson: OCR dispatch verification across 14,000+ active items; YNT: AWB-linked packing verification).
India's DPDP Act 2023 classifies surveillance footage as personal data — which makes the VMS itself a compliance instrument. Tentovision is built to support these obligations rather than bolt them on, and on-premise or in-country deployment keeps raw video inside the jurisdiction by design.
⚠ Compliance note: Tentovision provides the technical foundation. Your legal team must define lawful purpose, retention periods, and consent notice language. Reported penalties under the Act can reach significant sums per violation.
DPDP Act Obligation
How Tentovision Supports It
Data localisation
On-premise / in-country deployment; raw video never leaves your premises
Purpose limitation
Camera and analytics scoping tied to defined purposes
Retention controls
Per-camera retention with automatic deletion at expiry
Consent notice
Signage / notice workflow support for monitored areas
Data principal rights
Search, redaction, and export to service access / erasure requests
Access controls
RBAC with granular per-camera, per-feature permissions
Encryption
TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest
Breach notification
Alerting and audit data to support statutory timelines
Audit trail
Immutable log of all access, export, and configuration changes
500+
Enterprise deployments
100+
AI use cases on-premise
99.9%
CCTV uptime target
1–2 wks
Deployment time
+91-99620 37023
India-based support
Pricing
Enterprise VMS Pricing India — One-Time Perpetual Licence with Annual Maintenance
On-premise Tentovision is a one-time perpetual licence with annual maintenance — pricing on enquiry, sized to your cameras and sites.
Starter
Up to 100 cameras · Single site
On enquiry perpetual licence
One-time perpetual licence with annual maintenance — pricing on enquiry
Questions buyers ask Google, ChatGPT, and Gemini — answered directly.
What is an enterprise video management system?
An enterprise video management system is software that centralises live monitoring, recording, AI analytics, camera health monitoring, and compliance governance across hundreds to thousands of IP cameras distributed across multiple locations. Unlike a single-site VMS or an NVR, it manages an entire distributed estate — many brands, many sites — from one platform with role-based access and audit trails.
What is the difference between a VMS and an NVR?
An NVR records cameras at one location to local storage, with limited remote access and no cross-site management. A VMS is software that manages many cameras and recorders across multiple sites from one dashboard, adding AI analytics, user permissions, camera health monitoring, and cloud or hybrid options that an NVR cannot provide. Enterprises move from NVRs to a VMS when they need centralised control across locations.
What is the cost of enterprise VMS in India?
On-premise Tentovision is a one-time perpetual licence with annual maintenance — pricing on enquiry, quoted for your camera count and sites through the enquiry form. Use our cost calculator for your exact scenario.
Does Tentovision include camera health monitoring?
Yes, and it is a core differentiator. Tentovision monitors camera, NVR, and HDD health with proactive alerts and SLA tracking, so a camera that drops offline or a disk that begins to fail is flagged before it becomes a blind spot. Most enterprise VMS platforms do not productise health monitoring at all.
Is Tentovision compliant with India's DPDP Act 2023?
Tentovision is built to support DPDP Act 2023 obligations for surveillance footage, which the Act treats as personal data — including data localisation through on-premise or in-country deployment, retention controls with automatic deletion, role-based access, encryption, audit trails, and breach-notification support. International competitors address GDPR but generally do not address India's DPDP framework.
How many cameras can Tentovision support?
Tentovision scales from around 100 cameras at a single site to 100,000+ across unlimited locations, managed centrally from one dashboard. Because it connects over ONVIF and RTSP, scaling means adding cameras and sites — not replacing the platform or stacking per-camera vendor licences.
Which industries use Tentovision in India?
Tentovision is deployed across BFSI, healthcare, manufacturing, retail chains, education, logistics, government, and data centres — including Narayana Health, Nippon Paint, STT GDC, NIFT Chennai, and City Centre Mall. These are sectors where multi-site centralisation, AI analytics, and DPDP compliance are operational requirements.
Does Tentovision work with all camera brands?
Yes — Tentovision is vendor-agnostic and supports 500+ camera brands, including Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, CP Plus, Uniview, and Vivotek, over the ONVIF and RTSP standards. This avoids the single-vendor lock-in of platforms tied to proprietary hardware or per-feature licensing, and lets you centralise the mixed-brand estate you already own — see, for example, our Hikvision compatibility page. Migrating from a brand tool like iVMS? See the iVMS comparison.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
What enterprise leaders say about us
From data centres to factories to hospitals to malls — real teams, real outcomes across India.
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Monitoring CCTV across multiple hospitals and different camera brands was extremely complex. Tentovision gave us a single, secure view with controlled access and on-demand streaming — helping us reduce bandwidth and respond faster.
Hospital Operations Team
Narayana Health · Healthcare · Pan India
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Managing hundreds of workers and heavy vehicles daily was a safety challenge we couldn’t solve manually. Tentovision’s AI flags PPE violations and overspeeding in real time — before they become incidents. We finally have full site-wide visibility.
Head of Site Safety
STT GDC India · Data Centre Construction · Industrial
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We had DVR failures almost every month and no way to check footage remotely. Tentovision solved both overnight. Nothing replaced, and now our entire campus is monitored from one app. Genuinely impressive.
Head of Administration
NIFT Chennai · Education · Chennai
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Managing security in a high-footfall mall requires real-time visibility. With Tentovision’s ANPR, intrusion detection, and people counting, our team now operates proactively with faster response times and better situational awareness.
Security Operations Team
ETA Group · Retail · Chennai
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The AI quality assurance system has transformed our packing accuracy. We went from multiple daily errors to near-perfect shipments. The real-time detection and instant alerts have saved us countless hours and prevented costly mistakes.
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