Progent offers fast and economical support from cloud integration consultants to assist you to design, implement, manage, and troubleshoot hybrid information networks that incorporate Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud products and services with local datacenters and with other public clouds such as Azure.
Progent can help you assess the strengths and weaknesses of Amazon AWS services compared to other cloud platforms, move apps and infrastructure to Amazon AWS, develop data protection solutions that leverage Amazon AWS cloud storage technology, and resolve firewall and VPN connectivity problems. Progent can provide help from Cisco-certified CCIE networking experts to show you how to build a resilient network architecture so your clients have a consistent experience regardless of whether they are working from your corporate headquarters, a branch office, at home, or on the road.
Amazon is a trail blazer in the public cloud computing market and is the world's leading vendor of public cloud computing services. Amazon AWS can provide a wide selection of cloud services including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for on-demand compute capacity for virtual servers, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for dynamically scalable high-performance storage, and Amazon Glacier for low-cost extended backup. These Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions enable organizations of all sizes to transfer some or all of their IT infrastructure to the cloud, taking advantage of a pay-for-use model to minimize capital expenses while simplifying management overhead and slashing the time needed to roll out new apps.
Hybrid Cloud Solutions
For most businesses, using public cloud products and services is assumed. The question is how to find the proper balance between cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure. Many companies have legacy mission-critical applications which are not easy to adapt to a cloud environment. Performance-sensitive transaction processing database applications may require on-premises systems to deliver the highest possible throughput. Also, company culture or government and industry standards may demand more control over key types of data than can be achieved with public cloud environments. Consequently, hybrid networks, which combine local and cloud-based resources, are often adopted as the right solution.
To complicate things further, Amazon AWS is in competition with other vendors of public cloud services including Microsoft, whose Azure offerings include Infrastructure-as-a-Service options and also a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) model optimized for Windows environments. Essentially, careful evaluation is required for any business to select the best cloud solution.
Progent's veteran system architects can assist your company to define and implement a hybrid cloud environment that includes Amazon AWS in a way that optimizes business value. Progent can help your IT team with every phase of Amazon AWS integration including requirements analysis, readiness evaluation, architectural design and review, testing, deployment, administration, performance tuning, licensing management, disaster recovery mechanisms, and security. Progent can provide advanced expertise with firewall configuration and VPN access and can help you deploy all-cloud or hybrid cloud ecosystems that efficiently incorporate Amazon AWS services. Progent can provide occasional support or deliver comprehensive project management outsourcing or co-sourcing to help you move efficiently to the Amazon AWS platform.
Popular Amazon AWS Services
The Amazon AWS line of cloud-based products includes more than 70 infrastructure options that cover computing, primary and archival storage, databases, networking, mobility, enterprise applications, administration, Internet of Things (IoT), and cybersecurity, Amazon AWS services popular with businesses of any size and for which Progent offers advanced support include:
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, or Amazon EC2, is a virtual machine hosting service that lets you provision, expand, and manage cloud-based virtual machines, referred to as EC2 instances. Subscribers can deploy any number of instances and you pay just for the capacity you actually use. You can control the server and cluster-level functions of a selection of operating systems, add your hosted applications, and control access rights. You also manage your own software licenses based on a Bring-Your-Own-License policy. You can utilize a standard Amazon Machine Image template and go online instantly or you can create your own image that incorporates your apps, software libraries, data, and setup information. Amazon EC2 can scale compute capacity on demand to align with variations in workloads, eliminating the hassle of complex capacity management. You also can request separate geographic sites for improved resilience and you can use static IP endpoints to accommodate your application environment.
Amazon Simple Storage Service, or Amazon S3, is a cloud-based storage service that provides low-latency storage for any amount of data. Amazon S3 scales dynamically and you are billed only for the storage you need. Amazon S3 is often implemented as remote storage for data protection but is also appropriate for high-use applications, most notably Amazon's giant commercial web site. Amazon S3's interface supports a range of storage types meant for different usage cases. These include Amazon S3 Standard for general-purpose storage of frequently accessed data, Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access for persistent but rarely used data, and Amazon Glacier for archives. You can also specify your own lifecycle policies so your Amazon S3 data automatically and seamlessly migrates to a different storage category without requiring modifications to your apps. Amazon S3 cloud storage can be integrated with Amazon EC2 or as an independent service.
Amazon Glacier is a cloud storage service designed to offer low-cost archiving and long-term storage for data that is rarely retrieved. Amazon Glacier does not deliver the performance of Amazon S3 cloud storage and is not suitable for real-time applications. But restore time is glacially slow and can take hours, storage costs are less than a penny per gigabyte each month, which is lower than local storage. Also, you can cut overall storage costs by specifying lifecycle rules to move groups of Amazon S3 objects automatically to Amazon Glacier. Amazon Glacier can also help businesses to meet regulatory requirements for data retention by offering highly-dependable offsite backup with features that include periodic, systematic data integrity audits and automatic self-healing capability.
How Progent Can Help You with Amazon AWS Solutions
If you intend to incorporate Amazon's AWS services into your information network using either a fully cloud-based or a hybrid architecture, Progent can help you assess the advantages of the Amazon AWS cloud platform compared to alternative cloud solutions. Progent can provide expertise for every phase of your cloud integration migration including needs analysis, system design, validation testing, configuration, administration, performance tuning, software license management, and disaster recovery planning. Progent also offers access to certified data security consultants to ensure. make sure your system is protected and in compliance with government and industry regulations.
Progent can help you to determine which of your critical apps are suitable for Amazon AWS and help you upgrade legacy or custom applications so they can be migrated to the Amazon AWS cloud. Progent can provide affordable online and onsite consulting to help you deal with occasional technical issues, or Progent can provide comprehensive project management outsourcing or co-sourcing to make sure you execute your cloud integration project on time and within budget.
A typical issue encountered while integrating your network with Amazon AWS, or with any other cloud platform, is configuring secure access for various devices situated either inside or outside your corporate firewall. Progent can provide the skills of Cisco-certified CCIE infrastructure engineers as well as firewall configuration experts certified by Symantec, Barracuda, WatchGuard, Check Point and others to show you how to deploy and administer firewalls for accessing Amazon AWS services. Progent also offers the support of iOS technology consultants and Android configuration experts to help you to set up smartphones and tablets for your Amazon AWS environment.
Examples of online integration services provided by Progent to assist businesses integrate with the Amazon AWS cloud include:
Additional Hybrid Cloud Integration Consulting Services Offered by Progent
Progent offers support for all major public clouds and can provide fast remote access to a public cloud integration specialist. Key cloud platforms and services supported by Progent include:
Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) is an integrated collection of APIs that allows Amazon sellers to streamline their operations by automating key sales activities such as listings, orders, payments, fulfillment, and finances. By leveraging Amazon's vast online selling environment and automating their sales processes, vendors can expand their reach, reduce their cost of sales, improve reaction time to customers, and add to their profits. Progent's Amazon Marketplace Web Service developers can work with your development staff and provide application programming, workflow integration, project management support, and mentoring to help you cut development time and speed up your return on investment.
Progent's Microsoft Azure cloud planning and integration consultants can help you with every aspect of Azure cloud migration such as requirements definition, readiness assessment, system architecture, pilot testing, implementation, automated administration, performance tuning, software license controls, disaster recovery strategies, security policy enforcement, and regulatory compliance assessment. Progent can help you to set up and debug firewall appliances and VPN connections so that your users can securely connect to Azure-based resources, and Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting experts can assist you integrate critical Microsoft platforms to work in the cloud including Microsoft Windows Server, Exchange Server, SQL Server and Skype for Business. Progent can also help you to set up a hybrid environment that transparently integrates on-premises datacenters with Azure-based resources.
Microsoft allows you to create seamless hybrid environments that combine Microsoft 365 and on-premises installations of Exchange. This permits you to have specific mailboxes located on your corporate datacenter or private cloud and other mailboxes resident on Microsoft 365. Progent's Microsoft-certified Exchange consulting team can assist you with any facet of planning, integrating and troubleshooting your hybrid Microsoft 365/Exchange solution. Progent's Exchange specialists can provide occasional support to help you through stubborn technical bottlenecks and also can provide comprehensive project management outsourcing or co-sourcing to ensure your hybrid Exchange solution is completed on schedule and on budget. To find out more about Progent's online consulting expertise for integrating Microsoft 365 Exchange and on-prem Exchange systems, see Exchange Online integration with on-premises Exchange.
Progent's certified Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 consultants can assist companies of any size to incorporate Microsoft Office desktop and Microsoft 365 apps such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Project and OneNote into a cohesive productivity solution that provides quick return on investment and enables improved business results. Progent can assist your company to integrate Office or Microsoft 365 apps with one another and with additional key Microsoft platforms including SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server running on-premises or hosted in the cloud. Progent can also help you to fix compatibility issues with different versions of Microsoft Office desktop and can provide live online Office and Microsoft 365 instruction to individuals and teams.
Progent's Google Cloud Platform planning and integration experts can provide cost-effective online and on-premises support to help companies of any size to move any portion of their core network infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform services. This can save time and hardware costs and enable the use of Google's cutting edge AI and machine learning technology. Progent can help you with every aspect of Google Cloud Platform integration including needs analysis, readiness evaluation, system design and review, pilot testing, configuration, administration, performance optimization, licensing management, disaster recovery mechanisms, and security.