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Practical Linux, cloud, security and open source guidance for South African businesses.
We're building out a library of straight-talking technical guidance for South African businesses — covering Linux infrastructure, cloud and DevOps, cybersecurity, backups, and the open source platforms we deploy every day. No fluff, no vendor spin — just what we've learned running this stuff for real clients.
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A real licensing cost breakdown in Rand terms, including the support and skills factors most TCO comparisons leave out.
A practical, technical checklist for businesses self-hosting infrastructure rather than relying on a cloud provider's compliance posture.
Load shedding, data sovereignty, and bandwidth costs all change the backup-strategy math for local businesses.
How to tell when it's time to move from pay-as-you-go support to a proper monthly SLA — and what that should include.
A plain-English explanation of security information and event management, and when it's genuinely worth deploying.
Where your data actually lives, who can access it, and what that means under South African law.
UPS sizing, graceful shutdown scripts, and the configuration choices that keep your infrastructure resilient through outages.
An accessible explanation of containerisation for business owners, written without assuming any technical background.
How to choose a remote access architecture for hybrid teams, weighing security, cost, and complexity.
An honest Rand-figure cost and feature comparison for South African small and mid-sized businesses.
