March Networks Gives Enterprises a Practical Path to Intelligent Video Modernization

As video volumes grow and IT teams face tighter security, compliance and cost pressures, March Networks helps multi-site organizations modernize at their own pace with hybrid architecture, cloud storage, AI analytics and connected business intelligence.

For banks, retailers, restaurants, convenience stores and other distributed enterprises, video has become one of the most important data sources in the business. It is evidence after an incident, proof in a liability claim, a compliance record, and a way to understand what is happening at the register, the ATM, the back door, the drive-thru, the branch or the sales floor.

But the value of video has also created a new challenge for IT leaders.

More cameras mean more data. Longer retention requirements mean more storage. Cybersecurity expectations are higher. Operations teams want faster answers. And many organizations are being asked to modernize without replacing systems that still work, overloading networks or giving up control.

March Networks is built around that reality.

With more than 25 years of enterprise video experience, a presence in more than 75 countries and thousands of customers across banking, retail, restaurant, transportation and commercial markets, March Networks helps organizations turn video from a passive security record into an active source of business insight.

The company’s value is not just in delivering better surveillance solutions. It is in giving CIOs, security leaders and operations teams a practical path to video modernization.

Many organizations want the benefits of cloud video, but not every workload belongs in the cloud on day one. Bandwidth, compliance, latency, cost, retention policy and local access all matter, especially for large, regulated or highly distributed businesses.

March Networks gives customers flexibility across on-premise, hybrid and cloud models. This means that organizations can keep recent video local for fast access, use cloud services where they make sense, and expand over time without forcing a rip-and-replace project.

“Modernizing video should not force organizations into an all-or-nothing decision. Our focus is to help customers move at the pace their operations, bandwidth and compliance requirements allow, while giving them a secure path to lower storage costs, faster investigations and more value from the systems they already rely on.”

Peter Strom, President and CEO, March Networks

Long-term video retention is one of the clearest examples of where modernization can create measurable value. Traditional storage expansion can be expensive and difficult to manage across multi-site environments. March Networks Long Term Cloud Storage, built on Amazon Web Services (AWS), uses Amazon S3 Glacier for secure, scalable archive storage. For qualifying deployments, March Networks says the model can reduce long-term video storage costs by up to 80% while reducing the need for additional storage hardware.

The next challenge is video search. Video only creates value when teams can find the right moment quickly. March Networks AI Smart Search helps users search large volumes of video snapshots using natural language prompts or reference images. Instead of reviewing footage camera-by-camera, teams can search for specific scenes, objects or activities, such as unattended cash, an open back door, outdated signage, empty shelves or a vehicle of interest.

That can turn hours of review into minutes of focused investigation, helping security, loss prevention and operations teams verify events faster and respond with more confidence.

Yet, the broader opportunity is connecting video to the systems that run the business. March Networks Searchlight Cloud brings video together with point-of-sale data, ATM activity, access control, sensors, alarms and other operational systems. For a retailer, that could mean matching a refund, void or suspicious transaction with the relevant video. For a bank, it could mean linking ATM or branch activity with visual evidence. For a restaurant or convenience store, it could mean reviewing transactions, drive-thru activity, inventory issues or safety events across many locations.

This turns surveillance into a more useful business tool. Video becomes part of the daily workflow, not a separate system that teams only open after something has gone wrong.

As organizations look toward 2027 and beyond, video will continue to grow in both volume and value. March Networks is well-positioned for that moment because it does not ask customers to choose between legacy control and cloud innovation. It gives them a way to use both.

With hybrid architecture, AWS-backed cloud storage, AI-powered search and integrations that connect video to business data, March Networks helps organizations modernize video infrastructure in a way that is practical, secure and measurable.

The future of video is not just recording more footage. It is making video easier to store, faster to search and more useful across the business.