Industry News
Briefings on standards updates, product developments, industry events, and technology trends for Canada's security and infrastructure professionals.
AXIS OS 13 lands in September, and it breaks things on purpose
HTTPS-only by default, signed video, mandatory ACAP signing, and a 64-bit time rebuild for 2038. Integrators running Axis fleets have one month to find out what stops working.
AMD announces 256-core EPYC Venice and the Instinct MI400 series
Zen 6 EPYC reaches 256 cores with PCIe Gen 6, while the MI400 accelerators and Helios rack target large-scale AI inference.
HID brings Amico facial recognition readers to North America
HID's Amico biometric readers land in North America with five authentication methods and a template-on-card privacy option.
NVIDIA pushes video AI to the edge with mainstream Jetson Thor and Metropolis updates
Jetson Thor T3000 and T2000 bring Blackwell compute to compact analytics hardware, while Metropolis tooling claims 6x faster vision-agent development.
Hanwha Vision launches second-generation X series compact AI cameras
Three compact X series models bring Wisenet 9 dual-NPU analytics, real-time privacy masking, and single-gang-box mounting.
Bill C-26 and the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act
What Canada's critical-infrastructure cyber law means for integrators, consultants, and connected physical security systems.
Axis ships a global shutter camera and a broad summer product wave
AXIS P1486-LE brings a CMOS global shutter to surveillance, alongside new fisheyes, a bispectral camera, and 4K bullets and mini-domes.
What Canada's ULC Alarm Standards Cover
A practitioner guide to ULC S301, S303, S304, and S319, and why Canadian installs reference ULC over UL.
Cisco's new Catalyst switches put 90W PoE on every access port
Catalyst 9350 delivers full 802.3bt Type 4 power across all 48 ports; the 9550 core series brings 400G uplinks to campus networks.
Gallagher Command Centre v9.50 adds AccessNow workflow automation
Command Centre v9.50 integrates the cloud-native AccessNow platform, adds VisionPass SP Fingerscan support, and opens reporting data to Power BI and Tableau.
HPE ProLiant Gen12 and Supermicro X14 target edge AI and core density
HPE ships ruggedized Gen12 edge servers and an NVIDIA Vera-based DL394; Supermicro's X14 platforms reach 576 E-cores per server on Xeon 6+.
i-PRO's generative-AI fisheye cameras reach global availability
i-PRO's 12.5MP X series fisheyes run a generative AI engine fully on-camera, adding free-text detection without cloud dependency.
Intel's Xeon 6+ arrives with 288 E-cores on the 18A process
Clearwater Forest is Intel's first 18A data-centre CPU, aimed at packing many concurrent inference and analytics workloads per rack.
AI Video Analytics in Canada: Privacy and Practice
How AI video analytics fit Canadian privacy law, with notes on retention, minimization, and facial recognition caution.
Dell launches 18th-gen PowerEdge and a 5.8PB PowerStore appliance
New PowerEdge servers reach 256 cores per system on 6th-gen EPYC; PowerStore Elite packs 5.8PB effective into 3U, both relevant to VMS back ends.
Brivo opens its platform API to AI coding agents
Brivo's Security Platform API adds agent-ready documentation and tooling, aiming to make custom access and video integrations cheaper to build.
Verkada ships third-gen bullets and a four-door controller with cellular backup
Verkada's spring platform update pairs new bullet cameras and AI detections with the AC43 controller, a FIPS-grade variant, and the AF64 Access Station Pro.
Fortinet extends FortiGate G Series with 3500G and 400G firewalls
ASIC-accelerated firewalls for the data centre and enterprise edge add encrypted-traffic inspection and shadow-AI visibility on FortiOS 8.0.
Ubiquiti announces UniFi EAV switches for AV and camera distribution
The EAV line pairs a 2,150W PoE budget and low-latency switching with a 24-slot SFP+ fiber model, priced well under enterprise equivalents.
CANASA and the Canadian Security Industry
What the Canadian Security Association does, how it fits licensing, and why its events matter to integrators.
90W PoE (IEEE 802.3bt) in Security Deployments
How IEEE 802.3bt Type 3 and Type 4 deliver 60W and 90W for PTZ cameras, multi-sensor units, and heaters.
Intel's Arc Pro B65 and B70 bring 32GB workstation GPUs near $1,000
Battlemage-based workstation cards pair large VRAM with strong media engines, a practical fit for VMS clients and video walls.
NIST CSF 2.0: What Changed for Canadian Practitioners
CSF 2.0 added a Govern function and widened its scope, with practical notes for Canadian integrators and consultants.
Cloud Video (VSaaS) and Data Sovereignty in Canada
The trade-offs of cloud video, from bandwidth to data residency, with the privacy and contract points for Canada.