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 2016-202…
Best HCI platform UK 2026: Nutanix vs VMware vSAN vs Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
The UK hyperconverged shortlist has narrowed to three: Nutanix, VMware vSAN, and Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (now Azure Local). The Broadcom acquisition…
AWS vs Azure for UK mid-market 2026: how to choose your primary cloud
For UK mid-market organisations (100-2,000 employees), the cloud decision is almost always AWS or Azure (or both — multi-cloud is the norm at this siz…
Microsoft 365 licensing optimisation: 8 common UK wastes
Microsoft 365 licensing waste is endemic in UK mid-market — Servnet audits typically find 15-30% over-licensing on first review. This is the 8-point c…
Buying Microsoft licences in the UK: EA vs CSP vs MCA
UK organisations buying Microsoft licences in 2026 navigate four programmes: Enterprise Agreement (EA), Cloud Solution Provider (CSP), Microsoft Custo…
SaaS vs IaaS vs PaaS for UK workloads: choosing the right cloud model
The cloud "as-a-service" stack — SaaS, PaaS, IaaS — gets thrown around in UK IT discussions without much rigour. The right choice for each workload de…
Cloud vs on-prem TCO 2026: the honest UK mid-market analysis
Cloud is not always cheaper than on-prem. This is now widely acknowledged — yet most UK mid-market organisations still under-model on-prem TCO + over-…