From 30 July 2026, Jersey will share limited identity data (name, address and date of birth) with Experian and Equifax. Islanders can opt out online via services.gov.je, but it won’t automatically erase records already held.
Microsoft Foundry Hosted agents on the initial public-preview backend reach their final documented support date today. Microsoft will not migrate them automatically, leaving teams to redeploy, rework identities and endpoints, and test session behaviour before cutover.
Proxmox VE 9 is a meaningful release for enterprise virtualisation, but it is not a free lunch. Before you migrate, check storage behaviour, cluster compatibility, backup integration, firmware, and whether your operational model fits a Debian-based platform with a faster-moving release cadence.
A newer Microsoft Defender security intelligence update appears to restore failed scans on affected Windows PCs, highlighting why rapidly delivered endpoint-protection updates need monitoring, staged deployment and clear recovery procedures.
Jersey’s Telecommunications Security Framework has moved from consultation to enforceable obligations, with security duties in the 2002 law, a 2026 Security Measures Order and a Code of Practice. For operators and enterprise buyers, the issue is now assurance, procurement and resilience planning.
A hardened repository is a Linux backup target with immutability controls, not a ransomware shield. This guide covers what Veeam supports, why dedicated repositories are often more resilient than appliance deployments, and how filesystem support, credentials and the immutability window affect real recovery.
Microsoft’s new time-based immutability for Azure SQL Database long-term retention backups makes them non-modifiable and non-erasable during the immutability period. That strengthens the trustworthiness of recovery points, but teams still need recovery discipline and tested restores—especially for Managed Instance.
Microsoft’s Instant Access snapshots for Azure Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 change the restore story in a small but operationally important way: snapshots can be used immediately for rapid disk creation before the background copy finishes, then later settle into standard durable snapshot storage. For teams designing backup, DR, and environment-refresh workflows, that reduces waiting time — but it does not remove the need to think carefully about durability, region-copy behaviour, and failure domains.
Backups are essential, but they are not the same thing as recovery. A proper disaster-recovery strategy has to cover restore time, alternate systems, access control, testing, and the ugly reality of ransomware, regional outages and human error.
For most of the past two decades, VMware was the unquestioned standard for enterprise virtualisation. It delivered stability, enterprise features, and a broad ecosystem of tools and support.…
