Video transformed: Insights from Intersec Dubai 2026

Intersec Dubai 2026 made one thing clear: The future of security isn’t just about seeing more — it’s about understanding more, instantly, at the edge. At the event held Jan. 12-14 at the Dubai World Trade Center, more than 50,000 policy makers, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and investors gathered to work toward a safer, more efficient world.

Big shift: At shows like Intersec, the focus has changed from video as passive surveillance to video as real-time, active intelligence.

“Generative AI is enhancing video and analytics well beyond traditional security,” says Seagate Vice President for Edge Marketing Melyssa Banda. “We’re seeing enterprises across many industries using AI tools to pinpoint meaningful segments and patterns scattered across hundreds and thousands of video hours.”

Computer vision recognizes events in real time. Automated indexing makes footage as searchable as text and GenAI distills hours into instant insights.

As a result, organizations no longer have to rely on guards scanning monitors or investigators combing through archived footage. Instead, AI transforms video into searchable, actionable data at the edge.

To take advantage of this potential, organizations are processing video where it’s captured — on devices or on-premises — for instant, actionable insights. This approach also reduces latency and costs, while keeping sensitive data under local control to support compliance and build trust.

“We’re witnessing a transformation,” says Sameer Bhatia, Seagate’s senior regional director for IMETA (India, Middle East, Turkey and Africa). “The conversation has moved from ‘how much can we record?’ to ‘how quickly can we act on what matters?’”

The implications are clear across sectors:

• Public safety teams automatically dispatch first responders
• Retailers optimize layouts based on anonymized shoppers’ movements
• Healthcare providers receive immediate alerts when patients fall
• Manufacturers gain annotated, real-time oversight of assembly lines

The video-AI boom is swelling data volumes and dollars spent. The video analytics market is projected to surge from $15 billion in 2025 to nearly $95 billion by 2034. And a study from the research firm IDC finds that 75% of enterprises expect their video file content to double over the next five years.

The bottom line: The future on display at Intersec Dubai 2026 isn’t about recording more video. It’s about tapping intelligence to understand more and act faster where it matters most — at the edge.

“The winners,” says Bhatia, “will be those who build trust by keeping insights close, secure and transparent. Without robust, local storage, the promise of AI-powered video analytics simply cannot be realized.”

Discover how the right infrastructure can unlock the full value of video at the edge.