Onsite Service Available in Petaluma, Sonoma

IT outsourcing allows small businesses in Petaluma and Sonoma County to control network management expenses and improve productivity. A major benefit of IT outsourcing is that it allows a small company to have access to certified IT experts without the need to build up a large internal support group. IT outsourcing allows you to concentrate on your core business and leave network management to certified experts.

The economics of IT outsourcing have resulted in its widespread adoption, especially by small companies who were previously ignored by large service organizations. The latest technologies for network monitoring, management and remote support now make it possible to offer small companies a high level of service and support at affordable prices. Surveys have shown that small businesses outsource IT services several key reasons:

  • Focus senior management on business issues
  • Control IT costs while improving operations
  • Free up internal resources
  • Receive the services of expert consultants
  • Supplement, not replace, the in-house IT support group

Progent's IT outsourcing experience can help your business solve network support problems in a way that aligns with your budget and operational needs. Progent's IT outsourcing services are affordable, easy to engage, and require no long term commitments. Progent can also supply a depth and breadth of technical expertise impossible for independent consultants or small consulting firms to match.

Progent can deliver small and midsize organizations a broad range of computer consulting options highlighted on Progent's web site. The following links describe some of the services and advantages provided for businesses in Petaluma and Sonoma County:


Virtual Server Hosting Services

Progent's Virtual Data Center Hosting options offer complete hosting of a small or mid-size company's production servers in a solution that gives the highest level of availability and expandability and is also easy to transfer to any data center. Progent's Virtual Data Center Hosting and Management options are based on proven virtualization platforms that enable small and midsize businesses with mixed- platform environments to save significantly on the expense of capital investments, system support, and IT management while achieving world-class reliability and an unmatched degree of vendor flexibility.

Citrix Desktop Virtualization Solutions Experts

Virtual Windows desktops and applications provide the advantages of easier management, reduced PC costs, increased availability, and improved security and compliance. Progent's Citrix virtual desktop consultants can help you to plan, install, manage, and troubleshoot a virtualized Windows application delivery system by providing XenDesktop expertise and XenApp support services. Progent's Citrix desktop virtualization engineers can help your company to integrate Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp software with your physical and virtual servers, end-user computers, and printers; migrate your existing desktop virtualization software to the latest releases of XenDesktop or XenApp; and deliver advanced remote troubleshooting. Progent can also train your IT staff to follow industry leading practices to maintain your XenDesktop or XenApp solution efficiently.

Server Virtualization Technology Consultants

Virtual server techniques allow businesses to run multiple virtual machines on a single actual computer. Common usage scenarios for virtualization are resource efficiency, inexpensive hosts for applications that require older OS software, and economical quarantining of application programming or testing environments from production ones. Progent's virtual server engineers can provide Windows Server 2012 network virtualization consulting, Microsoft Windows 2008 Hyper-V Virtualization consulting, VMware vSphere virtualization expertise, and Citrix Virtualization support. Progent can deploy virtual servers to optimize performance, dependability and ease of administration while simultaneously lowering costs; propose and verify disaster recovery strategies that reduce downtown in case of a major failure; and provide continuing maintenance, repair, and consulting services as virtualization technology evolves.

SQL Server 2008 Consulting Services

Progent’s Microsoft certified consultants can provide small and medium size companies advanced MS SQL Server 2008 support. SQL Server 2008 is a comprehensive, web-ready database and data analysis platform that enables the rapid creation of advanced business applications that offer your company a competitive advantage. SQL Server provides core support for XML and can query across the Internet and beyond the corporate firewall. In addition to offering expertise, support and problem solving services, Progent’s SQL consultants can help you use Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence to increase the productivity of your information network. Progent can also assist your company to migrate from older versions of Microsoft SQL Server to SQL Server 2008 or to transition to SQL Server 2012 from SQL Server 2008.

Excel Support

Progent's Excel consultants can help your company to develop state-of-the-art Excel-based programs or provide one-on-one training in the sophisticated capabilities of MS Office Excel 2007 and Excel 2010. Progent's experts can also assist your company to create and maintain a secure, robust IT architecture to host your Excel solutions. Progent's SharePoint Server consultants can show you how utilize Excel Services to expand the capabilities of Office Excel 2007 and 2010 by integrating dynamic spreadsheets into business intelligence portals and scorecards. Progent's Microsoft Dynamics professionals can demonstrate how to share information between Excel 2007 and 2010 and products such as Dynamics GP and Dynamics SL.

MySQL Development and DBA Consulting

Progent's MySQL application developers, database architects, and database administrators offer cost-effective remote DBA or application programming services and can assist businesses of all sizes to configure and maintain MySQL in a reliable network environment that offers advanced speed, scalability, and protection. Progent also has proven skill assisting businesses to migrate databases from Oracle to MySQL.

Desktop Technical Support

Progent can deliver a wide range of cost-effective desktop support services to assist your business to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and manage desktop PCs and notebooks powered by Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, or various editions of Linux. Progent's desktop support services feature remote and on-premise help and range from emergency help to complete outsourcing of workstation management and technical support.

Progent White Paper: Why Outsource?
Progent has published a white paper that discusses the advantages a small company can realize from outsourcing network support functions. To read this white paper and learn the various ways outsourcing can control expenses, simplify administration, and enhance productivity, visit Small Business IT Outsourcing Benefits.

Progent provides onsite computer support, remote technical services, and optional 24x7 emergency assistance in Petaluma, Sonoma and other cities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Peninsula and the California Central Valley.

If your small business is in Petaluma, Sonoma or anywhere in the San Francisco North Bay area and you require technical help, information technology outsourcing, or high-level services from a Progent professional:

Call 707-559-7400 or send email to information@progent.com
















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