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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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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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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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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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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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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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Company News Next2IT Joins the Claude Partner Network
Next2IT has been accepted into Anthropic's Claude Partner Network, so we can help UK organisations adopt Claude AI in a practical, secure and useful way.
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security Is Your Firewall Locked Down on the Way Out?
Most firewalls guard the front door and ignore the back. Our free outbound security test checks your egress filtering in seconds, from your browser.
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AI Cutting Through the AI Noise: ERP and Your Data
Past the AI hype, two use cases earn their keep: automating ERP data entry and classifying your data. Here's how they work, plus a calculator to size the ROI.
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