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Palo Alto Networks

How to Fix Palo Alto Firewall “Error: Image File Aut...

Keeping your Palo Alto Firewall up to date with the latest PAN-OS software updates is an important step to ensure your organization is protected against...
Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Firewalls Security Zones – Tap Zone, Virtu...

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls rely on the concept of security zones in order to apply security policies. This means that access lists (fi...
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The Benefits of Palo Alto Networks Firewall Single P...

What makes Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) so different from its competitors is its Platform, Process and Architecture. Palo Alto Net...
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How to Register a Palo Alto Firewall and Activate Su...

This article explains how to register and activate your Palo Alto Firewall Appliance to obtain technical support, RMA hardware replacement, product upda...

Windows Servers

How to Enable & Configure Shadow Copy for Shared Fol...

When you shadow copy a disk volume, you are actually generating a snapshot of the changes made to the folders and files within the disk volume at a cert...
Windows Servers

New Features in Windows Server 2012 - Why Upgrade t...

There is no doubt that Cloud Computing is hot topic these days. Innovations in cloud computing models have made every industry and company IT department...
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Windows Server 2016 VM Backup with Altaro's New VM B...

Altaro has released Altaro VM Backup, a faster and lighter upgrade to its flagship Hyper-V and VMware backup solution, which now supports all Windows Se...
Windows Servers

Creating a Virtual Machine in Windows Hyper-V. Confi...

Our previous articles covered basic concepts of Virtualization along with the installation and monitoring of Windows 2012 Hyper-V. This article takes th...

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VLANs - Access & Trunk Links

If you've read our previous article The VLAN Concept - Introduction to VLANs  then you should feel comfortable with terms such as 'VLAN', 'Sta...
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Free Webinar & eBook on Microsoft Licensing for Virt...

Microsoft Licensing for Virtual environments can become a very complicated topic, especially with all the misconceptions and false information out there...
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OSPF - Part 6: OSPF LSA Types - Purpose and Function...

Our previous article explained the purpose of Link State Update (LSU) packets and examined the Link State Advertisement (LSA) information contained with...
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Introduction To Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualizatio...

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Cisco Services & Technologies

Comparing Cisco VPN Technologies – Policy Based vs R...

Virtual Private Networks constitute a hot topic in networking because they provide low cost and secure communications between sites (site-to-site VPNs) ...
Cisco Routers

Cisco Router 'User Exec' Mode

Introduction Let's see what it looks like to be in User-Exec mode on a Cisco router. Below, we have telneted into our lab router and are in User Exec M...
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How and Why You Should Verify IOS Images On Cisco Ro...

Chances are we’ve all needed to upgrade our Cisco’s device IOS software at some point. While upgrading the IOS software on a Cisco device is considered ...
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How To Configure Dynamic DNS Server On A Cisco Router

Hosting your own webserver or email server would normaly require a static IP address from your ISP. This ensures that your services are always reachable...