The Future of Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6) – Part 1

The Future of Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6) – Part 1

It appears 2019 will be a definitive moment in the short 29-year history of Wi-Fi. Yes, it has been a long time coming. WPA3 will start becoming the wireless security standard by the end of this year. In this blog I will discuss Wi-Fi 6 and what it means for you.

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Megan's Day two VLOG at VMworld

Megan's Day two VLOG at VMworld

So yesterday was the second day of VMworld 2018 and once again was packed with extremely good session, announcements and content. Watch my video to find out what I got up to and learnt on day 2 of VMworld!

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NSX Basics - Creating Networks using Logical Switches

NSX Basics - Creating Networks using Logical Switches

In this video demonstration I will how you how to create new networks within the NSX environment and make them routable on an external network, all without making any changes to physical switches.

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NSX Basics - Creating Firewall Rules Based on Active Directory User ID

NSX Basics - Creating Firewall Rules Based on Active Directory User ID

NSX Manager can be integrated with Active Directory to allow Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules to be applied based on the used identity. In this video I will demonstrate how AD based security groups can be used with the DFW to allow access for the SSH protocol.

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Barracuda Tech Summit

Barracuda Tech Summit

Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Barracuda Tech summit in the breathtaking scenery of the small remote town of Alpbach in Austria. Which sits at over 3000ft above sea level in the Austrian mountains

The objective of the summit was for Barracuda to deliver to their top 400 partners and customers a technical update on all their products line and business update on how Barracuda is doing and what they are planning for the future.

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NSX Basics - Creating firewall rules to control RDP Access

NSX Basics - Creating firewall rules to control RDP Access

In this video demonstration I will configure the Distributed Firewall (DFW) to permit access to RDP only for a group of virtual machines. Using dynamic security groups within NSX manger allows new virtual machines meeting the criteria to be automatically protected when they are provisioned.

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NSX Basics - Creating a Firewall Rule to Block Ping Traffic

NSX Basics - Creating a Firewall Rule to Block Ping Traffic

In this video I will use security groups created in a previous demonstration to create a simple rule to block ping from a group of virtual machines.

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NSX Basics – Creating Security Groups

NSX Basics – Creating Security Groups

In this video I will walk through creating 3 type of security groups that can be used alongside the distributed firewall (DFW) to protect virtual machines.  

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Useful Dell OS9 Commands and their Cisco equivalent

Useful Dell OS9 Commands and their Cisco equivalent

This blog gives you some of the useful CLI commands on Dell’s OS9 (S & Z series) switch OS and how they compare to the Cisco IOS commands that people might be more familiar with.

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[VIDEO] What on earth is a WAF?

[VIDEO] What on earth is a WAF?

In this video, Barry Coombs of ComputerWorld and Steven Peake of Barracuda broach the subject that many people are asking 'what a Web Application Firewall?' Barry and Steven also discuss how Barracuda have made it easier for organisations to adopt a WAF with their WAF-as-a-service technology with Office 365. 

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Manual install of NSX VIBs to ESXi Hosts

Manual install of NSX VIBs to ESXi Hosts

I’ve had a few problems (predominantly in labs) where the NSX host preparation stage has failed.  There can be a few reasons for this but I have found the most consistent way around this is to deploy the vibs manually.

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VMware Community VMworld Recap

VMware Community VMworld Recap

I was invited by John Troyer of TechRekoning to join a group of VMworld attendees for recap conversation after VMworld Europe in Barcelona. Joining John on the call was Gareth Edwards, Andrea Mauro, Sam McGeown, Chris Porter, Keith Townsend, Torsten Volk and I.

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VMware Solution Summit - London VLOG

VMware Solution Summit - London VLOG

Follow our director Barry Coombs as he attends the VMware Solution Summit in London on July 4th. You will see clips from the event and Barry's thoughts on the content from the day. 

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How to configure Ruckus Virtual Smart Zone Console / Setup Wizard

How to configure Ruckus Virtual Smart Zone Console / Setup Wizard

The aim of this blog is to show users how to go through the setup process of the Ruckus Virtual Smart Zone (VsZ).

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How to deploy the Ruckus Virtual SmartZone on VMware ESXi

How to deploy the Ruckus Virtual SmartZone on VMware ESXi

The aim of this blog is to show users how to go through the setup process of installing the Ruckus Virtual Smart Zone into your VMware environment

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Ruckus Unleashed - Configuration of Guest Access

Ruckus Unleashed - Configuration of Guest Access

The aim of this blog is to show users how to go through the setup process of configuring guest access for the unleashed platform. 

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How to configure your wireless network - Ruckus Unleashed Dasboard

How to configure your wireless network - Ruckus Unleashed Dasboard

The aim of this blog is to show users how to go through the setup process of configuring your wireless network on the unleashed platform.

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Configuring a Master Access Point for Ruckus Unleashed

Configuring a Master Access Point for Ruckus Unleashed

The aim of this blog is to show users how to go through the setup process of configuring the master access point unleashed platform.

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BizTech Brief #15

BizTech Brief #15

With most of the big industry events over, the majority of announcements and updates have already been released and the news is a little quiet. However, we have put together the biggest stories of the past week into one place. 

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