Author: Guru Esdebe

As a network security professional, I’ve spent years battling the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats. One thing I’ve learned is that reactive security is a losing game. To truly protect our networks, we need to be proactive, anticipating and mitigating threats before they materialise. This is where dark web monitoring and network segmentation come into…

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Right, let’s talk about something that’s been keeping me up nights – or rather, filling my days with frantic testing and head-scratching: integrating emerging storage technologies like NVMe and Persistent Memory (PMem) in multi-vendor environments. We’re not just talking about sticking a shiny new NVMe drive into a server and calling it a day. It’s…

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Right, let’s dive into something that’s been keeping me busy – the increasingly thorny issue of heterogeneous storage environments in the enterprise. We all know the promise of best-of-breed solutions, but the reality can be a messy, expensive headache of integration challenges and vendor lock-in. For years, many organisations have leaned on a single-vendor approach…

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Right, so I’ve been wrestling with the ever-present beast that is data backup for years. It’s not the sexiest topic, I’ll admit, but trust me, a good backup strategy, especially the monitoring aspect, can be the difference between a minor hiccup and a full-blown business meltdown. I’ve spent a lot of time looking at strategies…

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Alright, buckle up, fellow network defenders. Today, we’re diving deep into the fascinating (and often terrifying) world of perimeter security, but with a crucial Zero Trust twist. We’re talking about how to integrate robust network segmentation with your existing perimeter defenses to create a truly layered, and frankly, much more effective security posture. Forget the…

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Right, so, let’s talk about something that keeps every IT professional (and frankly, anyone who cares about their data) up at night: data backup. It’s a sprawling topic, encompassing everything from on-site devices to the vast expanse of the cloud. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been knee-deep in researching effective strategies for backing up…

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Okay, let’s talk about the headache that’s keeping many enterprise IT folks up at night: wrangling disparate storage technologies. We’ve all been there, right? The siren song of ‘best-of-breed’ solutions lures you in, only to find yourself in a multi-vendor nightmare where everything speaks a different dialect. I’ve certainly lost sleep over trying to get…

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Just finished a fascinating chat with Lilly about something that’s been keeping a lot of enterprise IT folks up at night: storage. Specifically, the whole vendor lock-in versus open standards debate, and how Storage Management Platforms (SMPs) are changing the game. I wanted to share what we discussed. Lilly, who works for a large financial…

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Right, let’s talk storage snapshots. Sounds simple enough, right? Take a point-in-time copy, roll back if things go south. But in the real world, especially in large enterprises, it’s rarely that straightforward. The problem? Heterogeneity. We’re not living in a one-vendor utopia anymore. Most organisations have a Frankenstein’s monster of storage arrays – a bit…

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