Azure File Sync launches

Azure File Sync launches

While Microsoft might deem file shares to be old fashioned and prefer you to use SharePoint online, most businesses still use file shares to a greater or lesser extent.

Being able to replicate the files to Azure and back down to other sites is the aim of the newly-launched Azure File Sync.

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Start with why

Start with why

All too often technical conversations start with the what (What technology!) and forget about the why or the how. I think this can also be true of the tasks we undertake on a regular basis as well. We are too quick to get on, get it sorted, complete the task and don't actually stop and think why am I doing this. 

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[VIDEO] Barracuda's Sentinel Demo

[VIDEO] Barracuda's Sentinel Demo

In this video, Barry Coombs and Steve Peake discuss and demonstrate the Barracuda platform of Sentinels. Sentinels is an additional layer to your email security platform that uses AI and machine learning of your emails to understand when an email could be a threat, even without a malicious link or attachment. This video shows the simple platform and demonstrates the clear message your user will receive when Sentinels detects a possibly suspicious email.

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[VIDEO] Cloud to cloud backup platform demo

[VIDEO] Cloud to cloud backup platform demo

In this video, Barry Coombs and Steve Peake discuss and demo the Barracuda cloud to cloud backup platform and discuss how the platform makes the task of backing up your data within Office 365 easy understand and do. 

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[VIDEO] Defence against your doppelganger

[VIDEO] Defence against your doppelganger

With cyber attacks becoming more targeted and intelligent than before, your email security may not be able to detect the underlying threat within an email. In this video, Barry Coombs and Steven Peake discuss how Barracuda's Sentinel and Phishline products can help your business be more secure and help your users detect potential threats.

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[VIDEO] I don't need to backup Office 365...Do I?

[VIDEO] I don't need to backup Office 365...Do I?

Many people are under the impression that Office 365 automatically backs up your data, however this is false. In this video, Barry Coombs and Steven Peake discuss why it is critical to your business to backup your data within Office 365 and how Barracuda make this task an easy and painless process. 

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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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GravityZone Basic End-point protection mechanisms

GravityZone Basic End-point protection mechanisms

Following on from my previous blog post I wanted to explore in a little more detail precisely how GravityZone protects the end-points it is installed upon.

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What you missed at Define Tomorrow - Business Technology Experience Day

What you missed at Define Tomorrow - Business Technology Experience Day

For those that missed our Define Tomorrow event in June 2018, this webinar summarises the event in under 1 hour.

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VMware UEM Troubleshooting

VMware UEM Troubleshooting

UEM has pretty decent in-built logging which can and should be used to initially troubleshoot both slow logon and application launch times.  As it crops up for me relatively frequently I thought I would do a video running through some of the processes I use.

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Slow Windows Logon? Enable Verbose Messages

Slow Windows Logon? Enable Verbose Messages

Slow Logons can be a real pain.  I am in the business of trying to create as fantastic a user experience as possible, so a 2 minute logon is not a good start, especially if we are talking about a non-persistent VDI environment where every logon is an initial logon!

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VMware UEM script repository

VMware UEM script repository

The ability for EUC administrators to easily deploy scripts who may not have access to NETLOGON shares and group policy management can be tricky.  UEM provides an environment variable created by default pointing to a script repository in the Configuration share.

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Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 3 NSX Installation

Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 3 NSX Installation

Continuing from where we left off in part 2 the next step is to prepare the hosts. Host preparation simply means installing several VIBS to each of the hosts within the cluster to enable functionality such a distributed firewall, distributed routing and VXLAN.

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Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 4 Deploying NSX Controllers

Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 4 Deploying NSX Controllers

This part will cover deploying NSX Controllers to the environment. These are responsible for control plane information for all logical networks as well as maintaining VTEP, MAC and ARP tables.

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Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 2 NSX Manager Initial Configuration

Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 2 NSX Manager Initial Configuration

Following from Part 1 the NSX Manger virtual machine should now be running and accessible via the web interface. To begin the configuration login to the NSX Manager Virtual Appliance using the admin account.

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Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 1 Deploying NSX Manager

Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 1 Deploying NSX Manager

In this series of blogs posts, I’m going to cover the deployment process of NSX-V and how to configure some of the components required to demonstrate functionality such as micro-segmentation, logical switching and distributed routing.

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Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event - CloudGen Firewalls

Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event - CloudGen Firewalls

Another big growth area from Barracuda is their CloudGen Firewalls, not just as traditional or NextGen firewalls, but because of their SD-WAN capabilities.

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Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event - Network Security

Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event - Network Security

Barracuda’s complete Security Platform orchestrates, monitors and protects across Users, Apps,Data, Sites and Devices, with more deployment options than ever.

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Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event - Email Security

Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event - Email Security

With the rapid adoption of Office 365, as well as need for compliance, data protection and an increase in security attacks, Barracuda have seen their number of customers on their Essential Platform increase.

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Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event

Barracuda Discover 18 Partner Event

I was fortunate enough recently to attend the EMEA Partner Event for Barracuda in Monte Carlo. In this blog series, I will summarise the key advancements that Barracuda have made and any announcements that were made at the event.

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