A blog about my adventures in IT
It is tempting to look at a Cyber Essentials update and assume this is mainly one for the compliance team. That would be a mistake. For reference, the National Cyber Security Centre has published...
Background Back in 2020, I wrote that ransomware was getting smarter and that relying on a single, always-online backup target was going to end badly sooner or later. That core idea still holds up....
The AI Layer: What “Layers of Data Protection” Missed TL;DR: The classic data protection layers (connectivity, cyber, recovery) were designed for a world of human users and known attackers. AI changes that. It is...
The Many Layers of Data Protection: From Cyber to Connectivity to Recovery TL;DR: Disaster recovery planning got you the social contract. Turning that contract into something that actually works under pressure means stacking three...
Disaster Recovery Is Not a Diagram: Planning, People and Buy-In TL;DR: A disaster recovery and business continuity solution is a social contract, not a set of features. It’s an agreement between the business (on...
AI is everywhere. It’s in your diagramming tools, your IDE, your browser, your slide decks – even in your stickiest procrastination apps. It’s tempting to treat it as a kind of vibes engine: ask...
Inside a Real Disaster Recovery Day: What Actually Happens When Everything Breaks We’ve all seen the glossy DR diagrams. Colour‑coded tiers, neat arrows flowing between regions, “RTO 15 mins” stuck in bold above some...
Setting the scene Think of the Veeam 100 Summit as the ultimate meetup for Veeam Vanguards, Veeam Legends, Veeam MVPs, and select Veeam User Group leaders, all tuning in to hear directly from Veeam’s...
The Journey Begins Let’s hop in the time machine and zip back to late 2013 – picture it: I’m the Support Services Manager for a buzzing VMware-focused IT solutions provider in the rainy U.K....
Background Entra ID or the artist formerly known as Azure AD, is one of those workloads that few backup vendors seem to support, but there are many requests from people to protect it. This...
Background This one came about as I just built a new PC for the kids to do their homework on. I’m waiting for the inevitable “Daaaaad, the computer is broken” conversation! Rather than having...
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