Small businesses move from UNIX to Microsoft Windows in order to derive more competitive advantage from hardware and applications. The resulting Windows-powered systems simplify management, enhance the productivity of workers and network support staff, minimize information replication, increase information integrity, and allow for smoother rebounds from catastrophic failure. A Windows system helps businesses create solutions rapidly and demands less time to be expended on writing, deploying, and managing application software.
Progent can assist you to design and carry out a smooth move from a UNIX-powered network to a Microsoft Windows network for running Microsoft's powerful Office suite, commercial applications, and software development tools. Progent's skilled UNIX, Windows MCSE, and Cisco CCIE consultants and application specialists can help you to keep your data and reduce productivity discontinuity by creating and implementing an effective migration plan that protects your past investments in UNIX software and network equipment. Progent can also assist to educate your workers and IT staff so your business remains productive.
UNIX-to-Windows migration consulting expertise available from Progent include:
- Analysis of Current Infrastructure
Progent will assist you determine the potential benefits and risks of transitioning an operating system, software application, computer, storage system, or information base. The exercise produces a comprehensive assessment of your IT environment, establishes a basic network inventory, reduces engineering risks, and inevitably leads to a lower cost of migration by conserving time and dodging expensive mistakes.
- Migration Strategy and Validation
Progent will develop a comprehensive transition implementation plan which may include validation installations. Progent uses a phased methodology with specified milestones in order to comply with budgetary, scheduling, and engineering objectives while minimizing productivity disruption. This approach is modeled after the best industry practices outlined in the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF).
- Exchange Migration Services
Progent can create and implement a complete strategy for transitioning from UNIX-powered email to Exchange Server and can assist you to port Lotus Notes or Novell Groupwise applications to a Microsoft SQL application or a SharePoint solution. Progent's experienced Exchange Server 2007 consultants can evaluate the costs and benefits of migrating to Exchange Server and generate a comprehensive inventory of your current email system. Progent can also manage a test implementation to confirm an MS Exchange migration plan. Progent will also audit your current messaging protection and recommend polices and tools to guard against threats.
- Data and Application Transition
Progent can develop and carry out an information and software application migration plan that includes definitions of information and applications to be migrated, identification of tools and processes to be utilized for the migration, risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies, detailed project management support, critical path projections of the transition and anticipated network downtime, proof-of-concept processes, and critical back-out plans. Progent's consultants can ensure the success of your data and software application porting project by providing accredited Microsoft SQL Server experts and data migration consultants who are veterans of major engagements such as Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains migration.
- Processor and Storage Transition and Consolidation
Server and storage migration and economization from UNIX to MS Windows can simplify network administration, improve information integrity and speed system performance. By eliminating unnecessary equipment and software and by configuring server and storage resources efficiently, you can build an information infrastructure that is extensible, safe, easy to backup and recover, and affordable to administer and maintain. Progent's server and media migration and economization support features a comprehensive strategy with an assessment of your current server and mass storage environment plus recommendations for hardware, applications, services, education, and support for validation piloting. Progent can assist you to design and execute a consolidated, fault-tolerant IT infrastructure informed by in-depth performance analysis and capacity modeling and can specify backup and disaster recovery strategies.
If you need help migrating from a UNIX platform to a Windows-based network, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or send email to
experts@progent.com.
Microsoft, Cisco, and Applications Consulting from Progent
Progent's Microsoft and Cisco certified professionals provide businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, and in cities across the United States a broad array of expertise concerning the fundamental information technology needs shared by typical small business environments. Progent's core services include system support, Microsoft Exchange help, system security consulting and HelpDesk outsourcing and staffing. Progent's Experts Team offers deep expertise in strategic application topics. By providing a one-stop resource for IT generalists and experts, Progent can tailor fast, affordable and thorough network solutions that align with the exact requirements of your business.
