strategy
Zombie PCs: Windows 10 End of Support
Windows 10 reached end of support on Oct 14, 2025. Unsupported endpoints now create audit findings across HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, CJIS, and more.
2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
· 3 min
Field Notes
Infrastructure insights, decision notes, and field reports.
brownfield
When Time Breaks Identity
Why authentication failures feel random when clocks drift and trust boundaries are misunderstood.
2026-01-14
· 1 min
brownfield
When the Floor Stops: IT Failures in Manufacturing
A plant manager's guide to the IT problems that shut down production lines. ERP crashes, network outages, and the hidden cost of 'good enough' infrastructure.
2026-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
· 3 min
strategy
What to Ask Your IT Provider Before Renewal
Before you sign the next MSP contract, ask these questions. The answers will tell you whether your IT provider is maintaining your infrastructure—or just keeping it alive.
2026-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
· 4 min
strategy
What Operators Actually Check on Monday Morning
The minimal checks that prevent silent regression when the consultants are gone.
2026-01-14
· 2 min
strategy
What Downtime Really Costs a Medical Office
When the EHR goes down in a medical office, the cost isn't just IT. It's missed appointments, compliance risk, and staff scrambling with paper charts. Here's what that actually looks like.
2026-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
· 3 min
strategy
What Counts as Proof of Recovery
A minimum evidence bar for recovery readiness, focused on artifacts over dashboard signals.
2026-01-14
· 1 min
brownfield
The VDI Reality Check: Medical vs. Retail vs. The Road
VDI is not a desktop strategy; it's a constraint management strategy. We break down where it works (Hospitals), where it's fading (Retail), and where it fails (The Road).
2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
· 7 min
brownfield
The iPad Epiphany: How VDI Saved a Healthcare Deployment
CASE STUDY: Replacing failed tablet PCs with iPads + Horizon View for 200+ providers in 8 weeks.
2026-01-24
· 4 min
brownfield
The Idempotency Audit: When Scripts Run Twice
Why 'check-then-act' logic is fragile, and how a script that ran twice broke production.
2026-01-17
· 1 min
brownfield
The Abstraction Trap: When Policy Engines Lie
Where software-defined promises run into physics—and how to recover.
2026-01-12
· 1 min
strategy
Restore Tests That Actually Prove Readiness
Cadence, evidence, and RPO/RTO alignment in under 60 minutes.
2026-01-14
· 1 min
strategy
Moving from vSphere to Azure: The Pre-Flight Check
A practical checklist for network paths, dependencies, and rollback before you schedule a cutover.
2026-01-20
· 3 min
strategy
Deep Roots: Before the Cluster, There Was Dial-Up
An informal history of late-night tech talks, Windows 95 Betas, and how a PhD candidate's question started a career.
2026-01-24
· 1 min
strategy
Decision Note: Deferring a Major Version Upgrade
Why a high-impact upgrade was postponed to protect recoverability and operational stability.
2026-01-14
· 2 min
strategy
Azure Foundations: The Governance Baseline
The boring but essential checklist that prevents Azure environments from rotting into ClickOps chaos.
2026-01-17
· 1 min
brownfield
Anatomy of a Rescue
From snapshot sprawl to restore-tested backups and stable baselines.
2026-01-09
· 1 min
checklist
5 Signs Your IT Infrastructure Is Less Stable Than You Think
A non-technical checklist for office managers, practice administrators, and business owners. If any of these sound familiar, your IT infrastructure may be running on borrowed time.
2026-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
· 3 min