Hyperconverged ROI: when HCI beats three-tier infrastructure
Hyperconverged (HCI) replaced three-tier (separate compute + storage + network) as the default mid-market virtualisation architecture between 2016-2024. But HCI doesn't fit every workload. This is the…
Dell PowerEdge T560 tower buyer's guide: a quiet, expandable server for branch and SMB (UK 2026)
Not every business has a rack, a server room, or even a cupboard with proper cooling. Plenty of UK offices, branches and small sites need datacentre-grade capability sitting under a desk or in the cor…
Best RAID for virtualization (VMware/Proxmox/Hyper-V)
Virtualisation hammers storage with mixed, random I/O from many VMs at once — so the best RAID prioritises IOPS and low latency. Here's how to choose for VMware, Proxmox or Hyper-V, and size it in the…
Migrating from legacy AV to modern EDR (CrowdStrike or SentinelOne): UK playbook
Legacy signature-based antivirus (Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, ESET) is end-of-life for ransomware defence. Modern EDR — CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Sophos Intercept X, or Microsoft…
The EU AI Act: UK impact analysis for IT teams
The EU AI Act entered force August 2024 with phased application through 2027. UK organisations deploying AI in EU markets, AI vendors serving EU customers, and UK-headquartered firms with EU subsidiar…
HPE Apollo vs standard rack server density: the break-even analysis
A dense storage chassis like the HPE Apollo is not automatically the right answer just because it holds more disk. It carries its own costs and constraints, and for smaller deployments a couple of sta…
Best SASE platform UK 2026: Zscaler vs Palo Alto Prisma vs Netskope vs Cato vs Microsoft Entra Internet Access
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is now the default replacement for legacy VPN + perimeter firewall + URL filtering. The UK shortlist is Zscaler, Palo Alto Prisma Access, Netskope, Cato Networks — an…
Dell PowerEdge R960 buyer's guide: maximum four-socket capacity for mission-critical workloads (UK 2026)
When a single workload outgrows everything else you run, the answer is sometimes one very large server rather than a fleet of medium ones. The Dell PowerEdge R960 is the top of Dell's four-socket line…
Manufacturing OT/IT convergence: a UK practitioner's view
UK manufacturing IT/OT convergence has been talked about for a decade. In 2026, NIS2 + IEC 62443 + targeted ransomware attacks have made it operationally urgent. This is the practitioner's view from S…
Object storage server hardware: speccing nodes for S3-compatible workloads (UK 2026)
On-prem S3-compatible object storage has gone from niche to mainstream, driven by backup targets, data lakes, application object stores and the simple economics of owning capacity rather than renting …
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