From .Net To Neural Nets
Building AI That Actually Understands Its Environment Almost two decades in software gives you a certain kind of confidence. You know how systems are supposed to work. You know how to spot a problem, trace a failure, build something that holds. But, building AI for the physical world is a different discipline entirely, and it’s […]
A System Is Only As Good As Its Foundation
The Foundation Factor When I joined Refraime, I was immediately drawn in by the intersection of AI and real-worldinfrastructure. Not the theoretical kind. I was intrigued by the infrastructure that matters in aSouth African context, where security is not a luxury and the consequences of a system failureare felt immediately, on the ground, by real […]
Why Training Is The Most Underrated Part of Your Tech Investment
The Night Before Everything Changed There’s a specific kind of anxiety that comes before you step into a room and ask people to trust you with their workflows. I know it well. Before my first training session at Refraime, I didn’t sleep. Not because I didn’t know the platform, but because I understood that knowing […]
AI Security: Why Most Of The Hype Misses The Point.
Everyone Is Selling “AI” As Magic. Watch every camera. Catch every threat. Replace your entire control room overnight. Yet clients keep telling me the same story: months after deployment, their security teams are still drowning in false alarms, while real risks slip through unnoticed. Across Africa this disconnect is even sharper. Generic overseas AI models […]
BEYOND THE BUZZWORD
A buyer’s guide to separating real AI from re-packaged automation in video surveillance. BY DAVE KEATING – REFRAIME – APRIL 2026 THE AI GOLDRUSH HAS A CREDIBILITY PROBLEM Open any product brochure in the physical security industry today and you will find the letters “AI” on virtually every page. Artificial intelligence has become the most […]
From Detection to Understanding
Building AI That Works in the Real World We recently had the opportunity to join SMART Security Solutions for a virtual round table discussion on surveillance, AI and the changing face of operational intelligence. The session brought together multiple industry perspectives and unpacked some of the most pressing questions in the market today, from the […]
The Magic Behind the Machines – And Where Refraime Fits In
In my last piece, I wrote about how Refraime is building a high-performance engine for AI-powered surveillance. A platform shaped by precision engineering, careful tuning and a team that treats reliability like a craft. But engines do not appear out of nowhere. They are built on decades of ideas, breakthroughs, experiments, side projects and the […]
Keeping Pace: Life Inside the Fast-Moving World of Refraime AI
If you’ve spent more than five minutes online lately, you know that AI moves fast. It’s the kind of fast that makes “dog years” look like a slow stroll. Working at Refraime, we don’t just watch this evolution from the sidelines. We’re right in the thick of it, navigating the waves as they come. But […]
Operational Drift in Surveillance: The 3 Degree Threat
Why the security industry’s biggest blind spot isn’t a gap in coverage – it’s a camera that shifted 3 degrees to the left. It starts with something small. A maintenance crew bumps a bracket while painting a fascia board. A gust of coastal wind nudges a dome camera just enough. A well-meaning gardener adjusts a […]
False Confidence. The Risk Undermining Modern Surveillance Systems.
The “False Sense of Security” is the Biggest Risk in Our Industry. Here’s How We’re Ending It. There’s a dangerous trend taking hold in physical security and risk management.We call it “Deploy and Pray.” As demand for AI analytics scales, too many vendors are rushing to install cameras, attach an algorithm, and move on to […]
