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The Next2IT Palo Alto end-of-life checker showing a result for the PA-220 firewall, with end-of-sale and end-of-life dates and upgrade options. security

Palo Alto End of Life: Check Your PA-Series Dates

The PA-7000 series has stopped selling and the PA-5450 follows in November. Our free Palo Alto EOL checker gives you the dates and upgrade options.

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The Next2IT FortiGate end-of-life checker showing a result for the FortiGate 60E, with end-of-order and end-of-support dates and upgrade options. security

FortiGate End of Life: Check Your Firewall's Dates

Popular FortiGate E-series models lose support in 2026. Our free EOL checker gives you the dates and your upgrade options, including Palo Alto and SASE.

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The Next2IT Meraki end-of-life checker showing a result for the MR33 access point, with its end-of-support date and upgrade options. networking

Is Your Meraki Kit End of Life? Check in Seconds

A wave of popular Meraki models loses support in July 2026. Our free EOL checker gives you the dates, the upgrade path and the UniFi alternative.

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Meraki to UniFi: Work Out What You'd Really Save. A laptop shows the Next2IT total cost of ownership calculator comparing Cisco Meraki and Ubiquiti UniFi, flanked by Meraki switches and UniFi access points, switch and gateway. connectivity

Meraki to UniFi: Work Out What You'd Really Save

Cisco Meraki charges a licence for every device, every year. Our free calculator shows the total cost of ownership of switching to licence-free Ubiquiti UniFi.

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A retired rack server on a data centre floor, with a glowing signpost redirecting its data path up to the cloud Cloud

Goodbye, File Server: Move to Azure Files Unnoticed

How we retire ageing file servers into Azure Files with a cutover nobody notices, and why DFS Namespaces is the clever bit that makes it painless.

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Microsoft Azure Arc connecting to Azure Local, shown as a cloud running on local servers Cloud

Azure Local: The Cloud in Your Server Room

Azure Local puts Azure's control plane over servers in your own building. What it is, how it works, what it really costs and where it fits for UK businesses.

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Epicor 9.05 reborn in Azure: a case study in passing Cyber Essentials Manufacturing

Epicor 9.05 in Azure: Passing Cyber Essentials

How we rebuilt a legacy Epicor 9.05 ERP in Azure with AVD access and a modernised database, helping a UK manufacturer pass Cyber Essentials.

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An IT professional inserting a hardware security key into a laptop in a modern office security

Kill the Password: Phishing-Resistant, Passwordless Sign-In

Passwords and even app-based MFA are being phished daily. Here's how we move businesses to phishing-resistant, passwordless sign-in with Entra ID, security keys and EAP-TLS.

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The Next2IT connectivity and speed test tool, showing download and upload speed measurements with latency checks to cloud services. connectivity

How Good Is Your Connection, Really? Test It Free

Our free connectivity test measures speed, latency and jitter to AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365 and Teams, then tells you if your line is good enough for calls.

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