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 checklist that identifies the most-common wastes + the actions that fix…
Fortinet vs Cisco vs Palo Alto SD-WAN 2026: UK multi-site buyer's guide
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, and Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN are the three platforms 90% of UK multi-site SD-WAN refresh decisions consider. All three deliver SD-WAN + integrated security. The differentiato…
ISO 27001:2022 Annex A control mapping for UK IT teams
ISO 27001:2022 restructured Annex A from 114 controls (2013 version) down to 93 — but the change is substantive, not cosmetic. The new structure organises controls into 4 themes: organisational (37), people (8), physical…
NHS Trust IT procurement through DSP Toolkit
NHS Trust IT procurement runs through specific frameworks (Health Tech Connect, NHS SBS, CCS) and assurance processes (DSP Toolkit, DCB0129/0160 clinical safety, HSCN). This is the practical playbook for Trust IT teams +…
Choosing a UK disaster recovery provider: the 9 questions that matter
UK Disaster Recovery providers — 11:11 Systems (ex-Sungard), Daisy, IPL, IOmart, Pulsant DRaaS, plus Azure Site Recovery + AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery + Veeam Cloud Connect partners — all promise the same thing: "we'll…
Dell PowerEdge vs HPE ProLiant vs Lenovo ThinkSystem 2026: UK server buyer's guide
Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, and Lenovo ThinkSystem are the three platforms 90% of UK enterprise server refresh decisions land on. All three offer comparable Intel Xeon + AMD EPYC platforms with similar memory, storage,…
Cyber insurance discounts: how Cyber Essentials Plus cuts UK SII premiums
UK cyber insurance premiums rose 50-200% across 2022-2024 as ransomware claims escalated. <a href="/insights/cyber-essentials-plus-2026-uk-guide">Cyber Essentials Plus</a> increasingly attracts material discount — typica…
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 Customer Agreement (MCA-E direct), and the legacy MPSA / Open programmes (m…
How to choose your UK IT reseller (without vendor bias)
Choosing a UK IT reseller has more impact on long-term IT operations than most procurement teams credit. Good resellers compress procurement cycles, get better commercial outcomes, and stop you making expensive vendor mi…
IT buying playbook for UK law firms 2026
UK law firm IT in 2026 has three priorities most firms underweight at procurement: SRA + Lexcel cyber posture, document management (DMS) modernisation, and hybrid-working infrastructure that protects matter confidentiali…
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