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By Nick Watson, Chief Technologist
If your renewal quote has doubled or tripled, you are not an outlier, and you are very likely being quoted for capability you will never use. How the new licensing works, why the number jumped, and how to right size before you sign.
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Whether you are weighing a Dell to Pure migration, looking at NetApp or VAST, or facing an array at end of life, the questions are the same: which platform genuinely fits, and how do you move the data without a painful surprise.
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A vendor neutral path from experiment to production, built on the IDEAL framework, without the hype and without betting the business.
By Nick Watson
Everyone thinks they are a good negotiator. The vendor, who does this daily, knows otherwise. How to close the gap and keep the relationship.
By Paul Smith
Most attacks still arrive by email, and the weak point is rarely the technology. How the layers fit together, and why training alone is not enough.
By Nick Watson
Cloud was sold as cheaper and often was not. But ripping it all back is usually wrong too. How to think about repatriation and hybrid properly.
By Nick Watson
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Renewal strategy after Broadcom, right sizing, and the real cost of migration versus staying put.
Infrastructure refresh, rising server and memory costs, and modernising estates built on Dell, NetApp and Pure.
Human risk, email security and the controls that matter, drawn from real Mimecast deployment experience.
Cutting through vendor noise, fixing broken RFP processes, and buying for long term value rather than lowest cost.
Cloud integration, system modernisation and where transformation projects genuinely pay back.
Practical guidance on adopting AI safely in the enterprise, from data readiness to the controls leadership will ask about.
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