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Analysis, guides and field experience on networking, access security and business continuity for SMBs.

Illustration of a network and security architecture linking cloud, datacenters, and company sites, symbolizing the strategic role of the network and security architect.

Network and Security Architect: The Strategic Role Missing From Your Transformation Projects

The network and security architect turns a business need into coherent, documented, defensible technical decisions. Role, deliverables, and a self-assessment grid for architects, engineers, and IT managers.

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Hybrid Zero Trust architecture diagram with centralized access verification between an on-premise datacenter, AWS and OVHcloud, based on identity, device and workload.

Hybrid Zero Trust: securing your access across datacenter, AWS and OVHcloud

How do you design a Zero Trust architecture across a datacenter, AWS and OVHcloud? Principles, control points, legacy applications, resilience and roadmap.

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Business leader overseeing Zero Trust access control at an SMB: identity verification, device validation and access control across employees, remote workers, providers and cloud resources.

Zero Trust for SMBs: where to start without complicating your IT?

Zero Trust is neither a product nor an all-or-nothing project. Here's a progressive roadmap to better control access without slowing the business down.

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SMB whose IT infrastructure rests on several layers of debt: applications, data, backups, systems, network, documentation and governance.

Is your SMB accumulating IT debt? 10 signs your IT system is holding back your growth

Your IT works, but every change takes longer, feels riskier, or depends on more people? Assess your SMB's accumulated IT debt in 10 questions.

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Business leader and expert analyzing the operational losses linked to an SMB's IT infrastructure.

How much does neglected IT infrastructure really cost an SMB?

IT infrastructure can look like it's working while quietly costing you time, orders, margin and opportunities every single day. Discover how to identify, estimate and reduce these hidden costs by industry.

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Expert analyzing the mapping and performance of an SMB's IT network.

Network Audit: 10 Signs an SMB Must Act Before a Failure

A network doesn't always fail abruptly. Discover the ten signals showing an SMB should have its infrastructure audited before slowdowns, incidents or security risks disrupt its operations.

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