Enlarging your at-home workforce may have a major impact on IT architecture, security/compliance, and company culture. Progent has 20 years of experience assisting SMBs to design, configure, manage, tune, and troubleshoot IT networks that support a remote workforce. Progent can help your Allentown organization to select the right tools and follow leading practices in creating and operating a secure virtual solution for telecommuters that facilitates teamwork and delivers maximum business value. Progent offers support services ranging from as-needed expertise for getting you past occasional IT roadblocks to comprehensive project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical tasks.
Progent's consultants can help Allentown, Pennsylvania businesses to succeed with any aspect of creating a high-functioning work-from-home ecosystem by delivering network infrastructure configuration services, IP voice expertise, video conferencing support, collaboration platform selection and deployment, cloud integration, Call Desk outsourcing, cybersecurity, backup/restore solutions, and streamlined management.
Network Infrastructure for a Remote Workforce
Integrating the physical and software infrastructure required for a remote workforce can be especially complicated if you must accommodate a mix of personal equipment like PCs and notebooks, Internet routers, and Wi-Fi appliances from various vendors and with a variety of OS software and firmware levels. Progent's experience delivering remote help for both outdated and modern technologies in remote office venues allows you to make cost-effective use of your available network infrastructure and offers fast access to top-tire consultants for making necessary updates. Services available from Progent to help your company to implement a productive telecommuting ecosystem include:
- VPN connectivity makes it possible to establish a safe tunnel for authorized at-home workers to use IT resources located at your corporate data center or in a public cloud. Progent's consultants can assist you to deploy and manage VPN connections between your teleworkers and your key IT resources by providing remote VPN configuration support. For organizations using Cisco's ASA firewalls, Progent's Cisco ASA Firewall consultants can assist your at-home workers to utilize Cisco's AnyConnect client software for secure VPN connections for a wide range of endpoint devices such as Windows, macOS, Apple iOS, Linux, and Android.
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) products allow an at-home worker to see and use a remote PC's desktop. This gives network managers more control over the computing environment of telecommuters and offers them a familiar work experience. Progent's VDI services include Windows Remote Desktop integration and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI solutions.
- Routers attach home computer networks to the Internet and typically support VPN connections, home Wi-Fi networks, and firewall services. Progent offers top-tier online support for deploying home routers from a range of vendors. See router integration services from Cisco-certified consultants.
- Home Wi-Fi networks, typically shared by an entire household and guests, are frequently utilized by telecommuters to access their router for work. This can create throughput as well as security problems. Progent can help businesses to resolve these issues by delivering expertise that include Cisco Aironet configuration consulting, Cisco Meraki wireless deployment expertise, and Ubiquiti Unifi wireless AP setup assistance.
- Internet access solutions impact the performance and availability of connections between at-home workers and the company data center. Vital processes may demand backup Internet connections in the event the primary connection fails. Progent can provide expertise for identifying service providers, choosing sensible service bundles, and integrating high-availability Internet connections. Refer to Internet connectivity integration services.
Contact Progent for At-Home Worker Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about creating and managing an efficient telecommuter solution for your Allentown, Pennsylvania company, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.