Kurt Paris
Director, Technology & AI Advisor, Sirap
Kurt Paris is Director, Technology & AI Advisor at Sirap and a software engineering leader with more than 20 years of experience building high-traffic platforms, payment systems and technology for regulated industries, including iGaming, finance and online media. He holds an MSc in Advanced Computer Science (Software Engineering) from the University of St Andrews, awarded with distinction, and a BSc in IT from the University of Malta, and is Zebra- and Cisco-certified. At Sirap he designed and built the AI platform behind the company’s quotation workflow and staff knowledge assistant, and he writes about the storage, UPS, labelling, coding and AI systems the team works with every day.
Kurt’s articles start from the manufacturer’s documentation and from the installation and service work of Sirap’s team in Malta, and name the source behind each figure.
What does Kurt Paris write about?
- UPS and power protection: sizing a UPS, battery runtime, and keeping servers and production lines running through a power cut.
- Backup and data storage: NAS, tape and backup appliances, and where each fits in a backup plan.
- Labelling and barcoding: label printers, scanners, mobile computers, RFID and the labels and ribbons they use.
- Industrial coding and marking: continuous inkjet, thermal inkjet and laser coders, and traceability on the production line.
- AI consultancy: staff AI training, process automation and private knowledge assistants built on a company’s own documents.
Articles by Kurt Paris
RFID trends 2026: what they mean for Maltese businesses
Most RFID projects come down to one of three jobs: counting what you hold, recording what passes a door, or finding where something is. Name
NAS vs Backup Appliance (or LTO): Choosing a Backup Target in Malta
Synology NAS, backup appliance or LTO library? What each survives, restore times worked out, and when the simpler one will do. Supplied in Malta by Sirap.
How We Built a Company Knowledge Assistant from About 1,400 Documents
How we compiled about 1,400 manuals and decisions into a private company knowledge assistant, what it cannot do, and how yours can start with a free call.
Power Cuts in Malta: What Happens to Your Equipment, and How a UPS Helps
What a power cut does to servers, NAS, coders, label printers and door access in Malta, and how a UPS gives each a clean shutdown or keeps it running.
LTO Tape for Compliance Retention in Malta
Regulated firms have two retention problems that disk and cloud handle awkwardly: keeping records intact for years at sensible cost, and being able to show
LTO Buyer’s Guide: Drive vs Autoloader vs Library
What the MGA requires for a Malta-located iGaming replication server, and how to build it: the server, the data, the replication method and MGA access. By Sirap.