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Azure Backup vs Veeam: Where Each One Fits

COMPARISONPublished 08/09/20269 min read

Azure Backup and Veeam are often compared as if they were interchangeable. They are not. Azure Backup is a Microsoft-native service with tight Azure integration and sensible protections for Microsoft-centric estates. Veeam is a broader backup platform built for mixed infrastructure, migration, and recovery control. The right choice depends less on branding and more on what you need to protect, where it lives, and how much operational flexibility you want.

StorageVERIFIED SEP 2026

How to Troubleshoot Fibre Channel SAN Path Failures

HOW-TOUpdated 09/09/202611 min read7 views

Troubleshoot a Fibre Channel SAN by proving the failed path first, then working from link state and optics through fabric login, zoning, LUN masking and host multipathing. Capture evidence before resetting anything; the failure pattern usually tells you where to look.

AI & Emerging TechnologyVERIFIED AUG 2026

Should You Adopt AWS AI? A Practical Test for Cost, Risk and Readiness

ANALYSISPublished 07/09/202610 min read

AWS AI can suit teams with sound AWS practices, usable data and a bounded problem. But Bedrock or SageMaker AI access alone does not establish readiness: costs, security, governance, skills, lock-in and measurable value all need testing.

AI & Emerging Technology

AI Agents in the Enterprise: The Identity Problem Nobody Should Ignore

ANALYSISPublished 07/09/202610 min read

The enterprise rush to deploy AI agents is running into a familiar problem in a new form: identity. If an agent can act, call tools, move data or trigger workflows, it needs a proper identity model, not a vague service account and a hope that logs will be enough. That shifts the discussion from ‘what can the model do?’ to ‘what can this agent prove it is allowed to do, and how is that enforced?’

InfrastructureVERIFIED AUG 2026

US Data Centres’ Water Demand Is Becoming a Local Infrastructure Test

ANALYSISUpdated 09/09/20269 min read6 views

US data centres consumed an estimated 17.4 billion gallons of water on site in 2023, but national totals obscure the decisive questions: local supply, seasonal demand, electricity-related water use and who funds new capacity.

General Geekery

Keep Your Observability Stack Replaceable with OpenTelemetry

SURPRISEPublished 06/09/20268 min read

OpenTelemetry can separate application telemetry from a commercial observability backend, making a future move less disruptive. That freedom depends on controlled Collector pipelines, shared telemetry conventions and a realistic plan for the proprietary features that do not travel.

VirtualisationTRENDING

Use a migration gate before upgrading to Proxmox VE 9

GUIDEUpdated 09/09/202612 min read7 views

A Proxmox VE 9 upgrade is an operating-system and platform migration, not a routine package update. Check restores, boot recovery, storage, networking, repositories, guests and cluster health before approving any node for the move.

Consumer Technology

LEGO Pokémon SMART Play Is Promising but Demanding

REVIEWUpdated 09/09/20268 min read7 views

LEGO Pokémon SMART Play makes brick-built Pokémon react to physical play without making a phone or tablet the game. Its inventive screen-free appeal comes with a pricier, less effortless ownership experience than ordinary LEGO.

CybersecurityTRENDINGVERIFIED SEP 2026

Critical RCE flaw affects Silicon One-based Cisco Nexus 9000 switches

SECURITY ALERTUpdated 09/09/20268 min read7 views

Critical unauthenticated code execution in specified Silicon One-based Cisco Nexus 9000 switches can give a reachable attacker root privileges and reload the device. Operators should urgently establish exposure, restrict access and upgrade using Cisco’s platform-specific guidance.

LEGO

LEGO’s Executor Super Star Destroyer Is a 136cm Display Challenge

NEWSUpdated 09/09/20265 min read6 views

LEGO’s 6,130-piece Executor Super Star Destroyer is a 136cm-long UCS display model that prioritises structural engineering and cinematic scale over play. At £649.99 and more than 5kg, it demands both collector commitment and serious furniture.

Cybersecurity

Microsoft Entra ID: The Security Controls I Would Enable First

GUIDEUpdated 07/09/202612 min read

If you are tightening up Microsoft Entra ID security, the first wins are usually not exotic: they are the controls that reduce password abuse, shrink admin exposure, and stop legacy sign-in paths from becoming an easy route in. The trick is to turn on the right controls in the right order, without breaking sign-in for the people who keep the business running.

Cybersecurity

Entra ID’s move from SMS/voice MFA to passkeys: what breaks

NEWSUpdated 09/09/20269 min read9 views

Microsoft is steering Entra ID away from SMS and voice MFA and towards passkeys. The shift is security-led, but it’s operationally risky: recovery, Conditional Access interactions, legacy apps, and helpdesk load can all change the outcome.