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 — <a href="/crowdstrike">CrowdStrike Falcon</a>, <a href="/sentinelone">SentinelOne Singularity</a>…
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 subsidiaries are in scope. Th…
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 — and as of 2025, Micros…
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 Servnet engagements w…
Migrating from Backup Exec to Veeam: a 90-day UK playbook
Veritas Backup Exec served UK SMB + mid-market well for two decades but most organisations now migrate to <a href="/veeam">Veeam Data Platform</a> as Backup Exec reaches a natural refresh point or as ransomware-recovery …
Financial services IT stack 2026: UK FCA-regulated firm reference architecture
UK FCA-regulated firms (asset managers, brokers, fund administrators, family offices, wealth managers, private banks, fintechs) face shared IT architecture decisions: DORA + Operational Resilience compliance, trading-flo…
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 of VMware in 2024 reshuffled the market — many UK customers are activ…
DSP Toolkit 2026 submission guide for NHS organisations
The Data Security and Protection (DSP) Toolkit is the annual mandatory submission for any UK organisation accessing NHS data. The 2025-26 version refreshed multiple assertions, increased evidence expectations, and tighte…
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 size). Google Cloud sits behind both in UK enterprise share. The right an…
Arista vs Cisco vs Juniper for 800G AI fabric (2026): UK data centre networking buyer's guide
AI training clusters and large-language-model inference workloads have pushed data centre networking into 800G as the new default. Arista 7060X6, Cisco Nexus 9332D-H2R, and Juniper QFX5240 are the three platforms most UK…
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