Wireless Consulting Services

A large and growing array of portable devices are available to connect mobile workers wirelessly to vital applications such as email or to enable remote, realtime access to corporate data. Products such as Apple iPhones and iPads, Android and Windows-based smartphones and tablets, and RIM BlackBerries can dramatically enhance on-the-road productivity. Wireless PDAs and smartphones have also created a demand for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) support within the corporate firewall, which can be a serious challenge for network managers responsible for maintaining data consistency and tight security.

Progent’s consultants offer expertise in multiple disciplines related to mobile connectivity including network infrastructure design, wireless data synchronization, security, and mobile application development. Progent's certified professionals can save your business time and money by using their wireless expertise to help you select and configure mobile connectivity solutions that make sense for your business. Progent can also optimize your IT infrastructure so that mobile data devices work better. For example, Progent can help you with a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 migration, which includes a vastly enhanced release of Outlook Web App, Microsoft's renamed version of Outlook Web Access. This new edition of OWA allows users to benefit the advanced features of Office Outlook 2010 via any popular web browser including Firefox and Apple Safari. OWA also allows users to synchronize from virtually all smartphones including the RIM BlackBerry and the Apple iPhone.

Smartphones and Wireless Tablets
The latest generation of smartphones and tablets have revolutionized wireless connectivity but have also been the source of headaches for IT departments tasked with maintaining security and resolving synchronization and device management issues for a workforce where virtually everyone carries around a handheld computer. Progent's consultants can be a valuable resource to help you integrate Apple iPhones and iPads as well as Android and Windows-based smartphones and tablets into your IT network by offering expertise in network infrastructure, data synchronization, security, and mobile application development.

Progent's Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants can assist you in creating and administering a network infrastructure that reliably supports users who work in the office, at home or on the road. Progent's wireless specialists can help you configure handheld devices, email systems, databases and applications to synchronize seamlessly in order to keep business data consistent and readily available.

Because smartphones and tablets have large storage capacity and the ability to connect to personal, local and wide-area networks, it is critical to include them in your organization’s security plan. Progent's CISSP-certified security consultants, CISM-certified security experts, CISA-certified security audit engineers, and GIAC-certified security professionals can help you refine your security policies and procedures so you can safely support a variety of wireless handheld devices. Security issues that Progent can address include technologies for authenticating users, encrypting data and communication links, configuring Virtual Private Networks, and remotely managing volume deployments of mobile devices.

Blackberry from Research In Motion
Research In Motion's BlackBerry is one of the most popular families of wireless handhelds, providing access to a wide range of applications on a variety of ultra-portable devices. Blackberry combines handheld computers, software and wireless services to keep mobile professionals connected to the people, data and resources that drive their day.

BlackBerry keeps you ‘in-the-loop’ while you’re on the go with push-based technology that automatically delivers email and other data to your BlackBerry device. Versions with an integrated phone, SMS support, web browser and organizer applications allow you to manage all your information and communications from a single, integrated device.

Progent's BlackBerry-certified consultants can help you with Microsoft SQL Server configuration and Microsoft Exchange Server setup so that your database and messaging infrastructure work optimally with BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Progent can also help you migrate from previous versions of Blackberry and Microsoft software, set up easy-to-use administration tools so you can track and manage BlackBerry devices throughout your company, recommend security policies that make sense for your business, customize wireless applications, and ensure that your network infrastructure is properly designed to accommodate your Blackberry users.

If you wish to get in touch with Progent about consulting support for wireless networking, phone 1-800-993-9400 or email wireless-help@progent.com.