KINNEX insights
Practical guidance for better technology decisions
Clear, field-informed thinking on infrastructure, security and operations.
CCTV and Video Surveillance
How to size CCTV storage retention without guessing
A practical walkthrough of the variables that actually determine how many days of footage a CCTV system can retain.
KINNEX Team
Networking and Connectivity
CAT6 vs CAT6A vs fibre for commercial sites
When each cabling standard actually makes sense, based on distance, bandwidth and future-proofing rather than habit.
5 min read
Cybersecurity and Firewalls
What a firewall project includes beyond the appliance
Buying a firewall and deploying one properly are two different projects — here is what the second one actually involves.
5 min read
Managed IT and AMC
Managed IT AMC vs break-fix support
Two different support models with genuinely different trade-offs — not just a pricing decision.
4 min read
Networking and Connectivity
How to plan enterprise Wi-Fi coverage
Access-point placement, capacity and interference planning that actually holds up once the office fills with people and devices.
6 min read
Servers, Cloud and Data Centre
Server-room readiness checklist: rack, power, UPS, cooling and monitoring
The physical checks that get skipped before new server hardware arrives — and the outage they usually cause when they are.
6 min read
CCTV and Video Surveillance
A practical CCTV health-audit checklist
Most CCTV failures are discovered during an incident review, not before. Here is what a proactive health audit actually checks.
5 min read
Cybersecurity and Firewalls
How network segmentation protects business systems and cameras
Why putting everything on one flat network is the single most common finding in a security review — and what segmentation actually looks like in practice.
5 min read
IT Procurement and Licensing
Writing a BOM that survives hardware lead times
Why a bill of materials with no equivalent options built in is the most common cause of a stalled project.
4 min read
Access Control and Building Systems
Card, biometric or mobile credential: choosing an access-control system
The real trade-offs between credential types — and why the busiest entry point should usually decide the answer.
5 min read
Automation and Digital Systems
What makes an internal tool worth building vs. buying
A practical way to decide between an off-the-shelf product and a purpose-built internal tool, before committing budget to either.
5 min read
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