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Access controlPricingCommercial doors
How much does access control cost for a commercial building?
Access control pricing depends on doors, hardware, cabling, controller design, programming, and site conditions more than on the reader alone.
Read the articleIntercomMulti-tenantPricing
How much does an intercom cost for a multi-tenant building?
Intercom costs vary by entrance type, user count, audio or video needs, cabling, door release, and access-control integration.
Read the articleIntercomVideo intercomCommercial entrances
Audio or video intercom: which is right for your commercial entrance?
Audio is simpler and often cheaper. Video adds verification and context when the entrance risk or visitor flow justifies it.
Read the articleStructured cablingNetwork dropsPricing
How much does structured cabling cost in an office or retail space?
Structured cabling pricing depends much more on paths, drops, rack condition, testing, and finish quality than on cable alone.
Read the articleIP camerasCCTV migrationSecurity cameras
How to migrate an analog CCTV system to IP cameras
Analog-to-IP camera migration should account for cabling, PoE, network capacity, storage, coverage, and transition planning.
Read the articleNetwork roomRack cleanupInfrastructure
When should you clean up the network room or rack?
Rack cleanup makes future camera, WiFi, access control, and cabling work easier to support and safer to modify.
Read the articleMultifamily buildings
WiFi and network foundations for multifamily buildings
Targeted pages that explain what changes as the building size grows.
WiFi and network infrastructure for multifamily buildings
When that foundation is planned properly, WiFi, cameras, intercom, access control, and the other building systems stay more stable, easier to expand, and simpler to manage together.
View this pageWiFi and network infrastructure for 10 to 25 units
A readable main network room, clean cable paths, well-placed WiFi access points, and a realistic scope for the common areas.
View this pageNetwork infrastructure for 25 to 100 units
A main network room, floor cabinets or closets, cleaner vertical links, and a real distribution logic between the building zones become much more common.
View this pageWiFi and infrastructure for 100+ unit buildings
The larger the building, the earlier the main room, floor distribution, fiber, common areas, entry systems, and operating logic need to be made clear.
View this pageArticles
Loss prevention guides, statistics, and news
Three starting points for understanding the workflow, national data, and recent retail-theft trends.
Video analyticsAlertsGuide
How AI video analytics supports retail loss prevention
From the camera feed to the alert received by your team: the workflow, limits, and technical conditions to understand before evaluating a solution.
Read the articleStatisticsCanadaRetail
Retail theft in Canada: statistics to know in 2026
The latest complete national figures cover 2024. Here are the confirmed numbers, what they measure, and the limits that matter.
Read the articleNewsStatistics CanadaUrban retail
Shoplifting was about four times more frequent in urban areas, Statistics Canada reports
A 2026 Juristat release compares police-reported incidents from 2024 in urban and rural areas.
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