Palo Alto Networks Deployment · Durham
Palo Alto Networks Deployment in Durham
Deploying Palo Alto Networks firewalls for Durham organisations, where the headline throughput is not the number to size against. Enabling threat prevention reduces it substantially and decryption reduces it again, so a device chosen on its datasheet figure can be comfortably undersized once the features you bought it for are switched on.
Why this comes up
The problem
The firewall was sized on datasheet throughput and struggles once inspection is enabled.
What you get
What we deliver
- Sizing based on throughput with your intended features enabled, not the headline figure
- Decryption impact modelled, since this is the heaviest single addition
- Actual traffic volumes measured rather than estimated from connection counts
- Growth allowed for, as replacing an undersized device is expensive and disruptive
- High availability configured where an outage would be material
- Policy built application-aware from the start rather than migrated as port rules
Want this scoped for your business in Durham?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what palo alto networks deployment would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Durham
North East
Durham's economy is dominated by its university and cathedral, so the commercial base is small and much of the local demand comes from spinouts and suppliers attached to the institutions rather than from independent industry.
Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones.
Sectors we work with in Durham
- Higher Education
- Tourism & Heritage
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Research
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- Palo Alto Networks
- Panorama
- SSL decryption
- High availability
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Public sector
- Professional services
Why us
Why Durham businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Palo Alto Networks Deployment in Durham — common questions
- How much does inspection reduce throughput?
- Considerably, and it varies by feature. Threat prevention costs a substantial proportion of the raw figure and decryption costs more again, so the number to size against is the one measured with your intended configuration rather than the one on the front of the datasheet.
- Is decryption worth the capacity?
- Where inspection genuinely matters, yes — most traffic is encrypted, so a device not decrypting is inspecting very little. It carries privacy and legal considerations alongside the performance cost, and both belong in the decision rather than only the second.
- How should traffic be measured?
- From what your current device reports, at peak rather than average. Sizing against average throughput produces a firewall that struggles exactly when the business is busiest, which is the moment nobody wants to discover it.
- Why build application-aware policy immediately?
- Because migrating port rules and intending to improve them later rarely happens. The deployment is the natural opportunity to write policy the way the platform expects, and doing it then costs a fraction of returning to it once the rules are established.
- Do you work with businesses across County Durham?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout North East, including Durham and the surrounding County Durham area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Durham businesses do you usually work with?
- Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones. Beyond that we work across Higher Education, Tourism & Heritage, Public Sector, Retail and Research.
- Do you cover the areas around Durham?
- Yes — we work throughout North East, including Newcastle, Sunderland, York. Durham is an urban area of roughly 70,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Durham region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Palo Alto Networks Deployment in Durham
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise