During a keynote speech at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the beta release of the Windows 7 OS. The new incarnation of Windows was available for a limited time for downloading at several Microsoft sites. During the presentation, Balmer demonstrated new features and key enhancements incorporated into Windows and driven by market demands. Aspects addressed by Windows 7, said Balmer, cover speed, protection, dependability, functionality, battery life, and intuitive operation. In all of these categories, Windows 7 delivers dramatic improvement.
Microsoft Windows 7 features faster startup, power off, and recovery from sleep mode; easier LAN configuration and file and printer access; centralized peripherals management; plus sophisticated multitouch support. To view Microsoft's news release, refer to Microsoft's Chief Executive Announces Availability of Windows 7
How Progent's Certified Engineers Can Assist Your Company to Plan for Microsoft Windows 7
Progent's Microsoft certified consultants can assist you to test the pre-release version of Microsoft Windows 7 to verify application compatibility and to determine its speed and reliability running with your applications. Progent can also help you assess the potential business benefits of adopting Microsoft Windows 7. In case Windows 7 fits your business strategy, Progent can assist your IT organization to design and execute a smooth upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7 from a an older version of Windows.
Progent's IT professionals offer a range of other low-cost services to enhance the efficiency, dependability, protection, speed, and maintainability of information systems that include desktops powered by Microsoft Windows 7:
Desktop Support Services
Progent's Microsoft Gold certified desktop support consultants offer a wide array of cost-effective consulting and support services to assist you to install, integrate, troubleshoot, and manage workstations and notebooks powered by Microsoft Windows. Progent can provide onsite or online assistance for single machines or notebooks or work with you to plan and carry out a large-scale rollout of Microsoft Windows 7. Progent can also install Microsoft Office or Microsoft Dynamics applications on your workstations so they integrate efficiently with other Microsoft programs, software from popular vendors, database servers, and key solutions network-wide. Progent can also supply engineers and technical workers to assist your company to plan for and complete a site move or consolidation designed to cause minimal interruption to your business.
Virtual Education for Desktop Applications
Progent provides online virtual education for a range of client applications and environments such as Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows XP and Vista. Live online training offers all the benefits of conventional classroom seminars, such as instant interaction between students and trainers, but eliminates the costs of travel and the challenge of attempting to accommodate the availability of multiple students. Offered to individuals or groups of any size, virtual training permits the trainer to conduct the class from a remote facility while the clients can be spread across an office or across the country. Live online training deploys proven learning tools such as broadcast white boards, real-time questions, and collaborative desktops. Classes can be short and personalized for specific subjects or longer in time and broader in scope. Teachers and clients can go through problems one-on-one or as a group.
64-bit Upgrade Consulting for Windows 7 and Windows Servers
Microsoft Windows 7 is offered in a 64-bit version that represents a new standard for workstation reliability and capacity. However, for the majority of organizations the transition to 64-bit technology is challenging due to the need to make a new setup on each workstation. This requires re-installing applications, saving and restoring data files, and running 64-bit device drivers. Though businesses in most cases are already using 64-bit computers, the effort needed to take full advantage of this untapped potential can seem too time-consuming. Yet since Microsoft Windows 7 often requires a from-scratch install, it can be a great opportunity to move up to 64-bit performance, which requires little extra effort. Progent's Microsoft Gold-certified consultants have in-depth backgrounds designing and performing major, efficient operating system upgrades of in-place workstations and can assist your company get the most out of your network dollars by making the move to Microsoft Windows 7 and to 64-bit technology at the same time.
Change and Update Management Automation
Progent's network management professionals can help you set up an information network based around Microsoft Windows 7 PCs that is simple to administer. Progent's engineers have extensive backgrounds providing small companies Systems Management Server 2003 expertise to streamline network administration's processes, improve network protection, improve efficiency by making sure that all application updates are current, police licensing adherence, and monitor patterns of software usage to enable smarter purchasing strategy. In addition, Progent can assist your company to execute a smooth upgrade to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager from SMS Server 2003 for more complete management automation and can assist you to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
Network Security Inventory Scanning and Evaluation Packages
Progent's qualified security engineers can provide a variety of budget-friendly small business security inventory packages and network security assessment packages created to give businesses of any size an opportunity to receive a professional look at the effectiveness of their security environment. The packages range from an ultra-affordable external scan and assessment option for small businesses up to a high-level package for corporations who have to comply with security standards required by government regulators or by customers. For each security assessment package, consultants with high-level security credentials analyze and summarize scanned information and provide suggestions for effective remediation.
Fault-tolerant Network Infrastructure
Progent’s consulting experts can assist your company to configure a high-availability system architecture that offers features such as Windows Hyper-V failover clustering, auto-failover Internet connections, system load balancing, and dispersed collocation sites. Progent offers access to Microsoft and Cisco-certified network professionals who can help you utilize virtualization to enhance fault tolerance. Progent can also show you how to define a complete business continuity strategy that incorporates periodic disaster response preparedness audits and drills.
Call Center Support and Expertise
Progent is a Microsoft and Cisco Certified Partner and Progent's remote Help Desk support staff of authorized technical experts offers your clients instant access to a reliable support resource with years of experience delivering telephone support and online repair for IT systems powered by Microsoft and Cisco Systems technology. Progent's concentration is on earning the Call Center a positive image as a solid contributor to company productivity. Progent's goal is to fix and not simply report problems. Progent can deliver full Helpdesk support or transparently supplement your existing Call Center. Progent can also assist your company to identify and deploy the latest technology for creating or enhancing your in-house Helpdesk.
To learn more information concerning Progent's consulting services for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, phone 1-800-993-9400 or send email to windows-server-help@progent.com.
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