Notes from the rack.
What we've learned running regulated infrastructure for Sigma, Armellini, Exchange Bank and others — told through the decisions they actually made, not the marketing version.
The Broadcom VMware Price Increase: What a Ten-Server Business Can Actually Do
Why the post-Broadcom VMware renewal lands so hard on a small estate, the three realistic responses, and what moving to Proxmox on your existing hardware involves.
HIPAA-Compliant Hosting: The Questions a Practice Manager Should Ask Before Signing
HIPAA-compliant hosting is a contract and a set of answered questions, not a badge. What the BAA has to say, what 'no-view' hosting means, and the five questions to ask any provider before your practice's server moves.
Running an LLM On-Prem: What a Community Bank Actually Needs
On-prem LLM for a regulated business, without the vendor reference design: hardware sized for the real workload, models chosen by testing, data that never leaves the perimeter, and an audit trail the examiner can read.
Windows Server 2016 End of Support: The Three Options Before 12 January 2027
Three ways to deal with the Windows Server 2016 deadline, what each one actually involves, and how Armellini Express Lines handled its upgrades without a cutover anyone noticed.
SOC 2 Bridge Letters Explained: What They Are, When You Need One, and How We Get Them for Clients
What a SOC 2 bridge letter is, when your auditor will accept one, the small details that quietly invalidate the ones you receive, and how the request actually goes for a client whose servers we host.
Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud: What Two Regulated Companies Actually Chose, and Why
The honest version of the private-vs-public cloud decision, told through an insurance underwriter and a refrigerated freight carrier who have each run on dedicated hardware for over a decade.
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Quarterly field report.
One email per quarter. What we've seen in the field, what we're building, and the frameworks that matter for regulated operators. No noise, no re-targeting.