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Practical guides on software, cloud, security and data, written by the people who do the work.

Cloud
Azure, AWS or Google Cloud? Choosing a cloud provider in the UK
A practical way to choose between Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, based on what you already use, where your data must live and who will run it.
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Security
How to know your backups will actually restore
Having backups isn't the same as being able to restore them. A practical routine for setting recovery targets, keeping an offline copy and testing restores on a schedule.
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Planning
What a written scope should include before a software project starts
The sections every software project scope needs, from the problem and what's out of scope to running costs and who owns the code, so nobody is surprised later.
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