Progent's UNIX support services offer small companies and developers help with managing and servicing UNIX, Linux, or Solaris networks that may operate alongside Microsoft-based environments. Progent provides your organization contact with UNIX support experts, authorized Microsoft consultants, Cisco-certified CCIEs, and security specialists accredited by CISSP. This broad array of expertise offers you a readily available single resource to assist your business to create and support a protected and robust multi-vendor connectivity and communications infrastructure that blends Microsoft Windows with popular versions of UNIX such as: Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX (Hewlett Packard UNIX), BSD, SCO UNIX and SGI/Irix or important Linux platforms including RedHat, SUSE, Debian-GNU and Slackware.

UNIX, Windows and Cisco consulting services available from Progent include:


Immediate Online Support for UNIX Networks

Progent provides nationwide urgent help and troubleshooting services for businesses who operate UNIX, Linux, or Sun Solaris networks or whose information systems include a combination of UNIX and Microsoft technology. Online network consulting provides maximum leverage for your IT budget by extending client productivity and limiting the hours charged for network repair services. Advanced online support utilities and experienced technicians and engineers combine to enable Progent to solve the majority of network problems without wasting time and expense by traveling to your location. In most of cases your network issues can be remediated by telephone or via a mix of telephone help and online network analysis. Progent can offer the services of Cisco CCIE infrastructure engineers and CISM and CISSP certified security specialists to assist with the most challenging system problems. Learn more about Progent's immediate assistance for UNIX and Linux networks.

Support for UNIX Developers on Mixed Platform Environments

If you are developing UNIX or Linux software on a network that has Microsoft Windows-based processors, desktops, and office applications, Progent can provide comprehensive network support outsourcing that frees you to focus on your field of high-value expertise while avoiding the constant hassle of maintaining your company information system. By using automated network monitoring and by delivering online and in-person support when your company needs it, Progent represents an affordable way for supporting an information system that provides excellent dependability, security, and efficiency. Progent's developer support offerings include full-service it outsourcing, virtual infrastructure, remote and in-personsupport and troubleshooting, network monitoring, and help desk call center services. Find out more concerning Progent's consulting for UNIX application developers.

UNIX Integration with Microsoft Windows

If your office network mixes UNIX, Linux or Sun Solaris platforms with Windows, Progent can help you to incorporate your computers into a unified network that allows all your operating systems to coexist for simple management, seamless dataflow, high availability, enhanced performance, and tight protection. Progent's UNIX and MS Windows coexistence assistance services feature network infrastructure integration and support, consulting for Windows services for UNIX, online network monitoring and management, online network help and troubleshooting, on-site technical support, and help desk support. For additional information concerning Progent's UNIX and Windows coexistence support.

CISSP Qualified Corporate Security Consulting

If your company operates a UNIX, Linux, or Sun Solaris network or a mixed-platform IT environment, Progent's CISM and ISSAP-certified consultants can help your entire enterprise in a broad range of security topics such as security administration practices, security design and models, access management systems and techniques, software development security, operations security, hardware security, communications, network and web security, and disaster recovery preparedness. CISM, CISA and ISSAP stipulate the core skills and international standards of knowledge that network security professionals are required to master. These accreditations offer executive management the assurance that consultants who have achieved their CISA or CISSP qualification have the experience and theory to deliver effective security management and engineering services. Find out more about Progent's CISM-qualified security help.

Expertise with UNIX-based Network Monitoring Solutions

Nagios and MRTG are useful, license-free monitoring utilities that run under the Linux OS and can be deployed to monitor UNIX/Linux environments, Microsoft Windows networks, or mixed-platform environments in which UNIX and Windows run side by side. Nagios allows system managers to monitor system services including SMTP, HTTP, SSH, and NNTP. MRTG allows you to track the bandwidth in and out of SNMP network appliances including servers, routers, and switches. Progent's network integration experts can help you use both these utilities to tune and troubleshoot your computer network. For more about Progent's network monitoring services.

Moving from UNIX to
Microsoft Windows

Progent can assist your business to design and implement an efficient transition from a UNIX-based information environment to a network based on Microsoft Windows and suited for running Microsoft's familiar office productivity suites, business applications, and software development platforms. Progent's UNIX, Windows and Cisco engineers and application experts can help you preserve your information and reduce business discontinuity by designing an effective migration strategy that protects your current assets in UNIX application and technology. UNIX-to-Windows migration consulting expertise offered by Progent include analysis of existing environment, transition planning and validation, MS Exchange migration support, information and application porting, and server and storage system transition and consolidation. Find out more about Progent's UNIX to MS Windows migration support.

To find out how to get in touch with a UNIX consulting expert, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or send Progent an email at experts@progent.com.
















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