macOS and OS X, Linux, Solaris Expertise
Consulting and Troubleshooting for Apple macOS and OS X and Apple iOS:
Support for Apple Macintosh Applications
Progent's Macintosh experts can assist with the creative aspect of Mac environments by offering consulting and training in graphics, sound, and video. Progent's Mac professionals can offer know-how in a range of Apple Mac compatible applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Apple Logic, MOTU Digital Performer, Digidesign Pro Tools, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, and After Effects. Progent can also help you with specific projects such as scanning or digitizing audio or video or configuring an audio/video post production facility.
Progent's support and training services for Macintosh imaging, audio, and video products include:
- Photoshop
Photoshop software is the professional raster image editing standard and leader of the Adobe digital graphics line. Progent’s training professionals can assist you to understand PhotoShop’s design tools and benefit from PhotoShop’s various editing, scripting, and file handling features to streamline your creative efforts. - Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator is the top professional tool for creating vector graphics. Progent’s education consultants can help you to hone your Illustrator ability for important tasks such as transforming raster graphics to vector graphics and designing more intuitively. Progent’s Adobe Illustrator consultants can also help you to learn efficient methods for producing commercial-looking designs for print, video, the web, and mobile devices. - Adobe InDesign
Closely integrated with Adobe's other popular applications, the Adobe InDesign publishing solution delivers faster production workflows and a provides a more fluid design environment for producing commercial layouts with advanced imaging and typography. - QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress is widely used by periodicals, news media, advertising agencies, printers, corporate publishers, design companies, catalog designers, book publishers, and form designers. QuarkXPress is also utilized by corporations with publishing needs. Progent’s QuarkXPress education experts can show you how to take advantage of QuarkXPress as a productive tool for media-independent publishing. - Logic Pro
Logic Pro is the industry-leading product for music development and sound production and the first choice of numerous successful artists and producers. Progent’s Apple Logic Pro professionals can teach you how to employ Apple Logic Pro’s extensive collection of utilities for advanced music creation and versatile sound production. - Digital Performer
MOTU Digital Performer is an advanced MIDI and sound sequencer created from scratch for Macintosh users and offering compatibility with built-in Macintosh sound and MIDI. For studio recording, movie scoring, live performance, and remixing, MOTU Digital Performer is the choice of professionals worldwide. Progent’s MOTU Digital Performer training specialists can teach you how to use MOTU Digital Performer for complete audio and MIDI projects. - Digidesign Pro Tools HD
Digidesign Pro Tools HD incorporates advanced engineering to provide high sonic quality and price/performance for sound production work in music, film, broadcast, and new media projects. Featuring dramatic DSP power, sweeping sample rate support, the latest high-quality sound interfaces and peripheral options, large track count and I/O capacity, and powerful routing flexibility, Digidesign Pro Tools gives you complete mastery over your audio environment. Progent’s Digidesign Pro Tools HD consulting professionals can show you how to turn Digidesign Pro Tools HD into a comprehensive audio platform. - Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro delivers powerful and accurate editing capabilities that operate with virtually any format, from DV and HDV to uncompressed HD. With a high-performance multistream effects design, multicam editing tools, high-end color correction, and intuitive integration with the entire family Apple professional video and sound products, Final Cut Pro gives you a full set of creative functions and detailed control. Progent’s Final Cut Pro experts can help you set up and run Final Cut Pro for productive real-time editing for DV, SD, HD and film. - Apple Motion
Apple Motion, a part of Apple’s Final Cut Studio product suite, features a 64-bit architecture for designing motion graphics for titles, transitions, and effects. You get dramatic detail, quality, and breadth of color that seamlessly scales with the latest releases of GPUs. Motion 5 features a wealth of filters, effects and particle presets and includes intelligent templates and parameter rigs to streamline production. Progent’s Apple Motion 2 professionals can help you use Motion for sophisticated animation projects. - After Effects
After Effects software allows you to create compelling motion graphics and visual effects with efficiency, detail, and variety. Adobe After Effects permits you to take advantage of seamless integration with other Adobe products, versatile 2- and 3-D compositing, and 100's of effects and Animation Presets to bring a sophisticated dimension to your film, video, DVD, and Macromedia Flash productions. Progent’s Adobe After Effects experts offer education and consulting services to help you to enhance your skill in running After Effects to generate motion graphics and visual effects.
If you are looking for a Macintosh application specialist, call Progent at
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GIAC Certified Protect
GIAC Information Assurance Security Auditor
GIAC was established in 1999 to certify the skill of IT security experts. GIAC accreditations are recognized by companies and government organizations all over the world including and the U.S. National Security Agency. Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance specialists can provide help with all of the network security capabilities covered under GIAC certification including auditing infrastructure vulnerability, incident management and response, intrusion detection, web-based application security and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.
Professionals Solaris
Solaris Professional
If your office network combines Sun Solaris platforms with Windows, Progent can show you how to integrate your servers into a cohesive environment that allows all your operating systems to run side by side for easy management, transparent information exchange, high reliability, enhanced throughput, and strong security. Progent's Sun Solaris and MS Windows integration support offerings include network infrastructure configuration and support, support for Windows services for UNIX, online server monitoring and administration, online technical support and repair, in-person technical support, and Help Desk outsourcing.
Systems Management Server 2003 Onsite Technical Support
SMS Upgrade Network Consultant
Progent’s certified experts offer small and mid-size businesses enterprise-class consulting services for SMS Server and System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Microsoft's standard tools for change and deployment automation. Configuration Manager is the new name for the update management platform formerly called Systems Management Server. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 provides a variety of enhancements to Microsoft Systems Management Server such as full automation, built-in Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 awareness, NAP security support, and device driver management. Progent’s certified engineers can help you use SMS Server or System Center Configuration Manager effectively for automated OS and application deployment, security patch administration, software tracking, and licensing compliance. Progent's consultants can also assist your company to migrate efficiently from Microsoft Systems Management Server to System Center Configuration Manager.
Professionals Hybrid Microsoft 365 Exchange integration
Office 365 AD Connect Computer Engineer
Office 365 Exchange Online lets you utilize cloud-resident virtual machines, mailboxes and other Exchange infrastructure to lower hardware expense and administrative hassle. You can deploy Office 365 Exchange Online to host all your mailboxes, or you can integrate a hybrid architecture that combines on-premises as well as cloud-resident mailboxes. Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting experts can provide budget-friendly online technical support to help your organizations to assess the benefits of Office 365 Exchange Online, design a network topology that aligns with your functional requirements and budget, carry out an efficient migration from your existing Exchange organization to one that includes Exchange Online, train your IT staff and users, and deliver as-needed consulting and technical support.
Hybrid Office 365 solutions Outsourcing
Office 365 Exchange Online and on-premises Exchange IT Consultants
Office 365 is Microsoft's growing family of productivity programs and cloud-hosted services available on a monthly or annual subscription basis. Office 365 applications and cloud-based services are available in a variety of subscription plans targeted at markets ranging from individuals and home offices to enterprises. Progent can provide quick and affordable remote access to consultants with in-depth knowledge of Microsoft, macOS, Apple iOS, and Android technology. Progent can help your business to evaluate the wealth of subscription options available with Office 365 and integrate your information network with Office 365 in a way that delivers top business value. Progent supports cross-vendor environments that incorporate Windows, macOS, and Linux technology. Progent can also assist your business to create and manage hybrid ecosystems that transparently combine local and cloud products and services.
SharePoint 2013 eDiscovery Center Computer Consulting
Computer Consultant SharePoint 2013 Community Sites
Progent has been providing SharePoint consulting services since the first SharePoint product was released more than a a dozen years, and Progent has the scope of IT knowledge to help organizations of all sizes to design and carry out a SharePoint Server 2013 installation and create SharePoint 2013 applications that add significant business value to your information network. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to assess the risks and benefits of upgrading to SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online from older releases of SharePoint or from another collaboration solution; decide if an in-house, Cloud-based or hybrid deployment is best suited for your organization; and select the most appropriate version of SharePoint 2013 for your applications. Progent can provide full project management support or can assist in individual tasks related to your SharePoint 2013 deployment.
CCDP Expert Certified IM and Presence Service Support Outsourcing
CUBE IT Consulting
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), formerly branded CallManager, functions as the foundation of Cisco's collaboration portfolio. CUCM and Cisco Unified CM Express offer a borderless IP-PBX by integrating with unified messaging applications like Cisco Unified CM IM and Presence Service, Cisco Unity Connection for voicemail, Mobile Connect for Single Number Reach, and Cisco Contact Center Express (Unified CCX or CCX) for creating an advanced customer contact center. Progent's CCIE-certified network consultants can deliver efficient and affordable online and on-premises expertise to help organizations of any size to build and maintain CUCM ecosystems by providing Cisco Unified Communications Manager integration and technical support consulting services that deliver maximum business value. Progent's consultants can help with any aspect of Unified Communications Manager support and troubleshooting in areas such as integrating Cisco VoIP phones and Video phones, reviewing dial plans, configuring SIP trunking and PSTN calling, deploying ISR G2 routers with CUBE support, designing UCS server failover solutions for survivability, capacity planning, and integration with Exchange and Skype for Business.
Part-Time CIO Technical Consultant
After Hours Integration CIO
Progent can supply small businesses with an IT management professional who can function as a part-time CIO. This part-time CIO can provide long-term direction to help you integrate sensible technology to improve business processes so they match better with your business objectives. Your business can develop and implement a well thought out information technology plan without absorbing the cost of a full-time senior IT executive.
Cisco VoIP Phones and Presence Computer Consultants
Telepresence Support and Help
Progent's CCIE-certified networking consultants offer high-level support for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (previously CallManager). Progent can help you to integrate VoIP phones, design dial plans, configure SIP trunking and PSTN support, deploy Cisco ISR G2 routers with CUBE support, and deploy UCS server failover systems.
Les Kent has a 35-year track record of effective network integration, corporate administration, marketing, and operations. He has shown a knack for developing elegant information technology solutions in his roles as as a system architect, application developer, project manager, deployment consultant, and problem solver for small businesses, start-ups, and major corporations.
Colo Network Consultants
Hosting Support and Setup
Progent’s colocation center support services are intended for businesses with equipment housed at IDCs or data center collocation hosting sites and requiring on-demand on-site help at the colo facility as well as remote help from Microsoft and Cisco Certified experts. Progent offers a full array of Internet Data Centers and IDC and collocation consulting services including system architecture analysis, Windows and Linux server integration and maintenance, tech support for server and communications networking, development and deployment of zero-downtime systems, architecting and deploying layered security structures, firewall configuration and support, designing load balancing solutions, and creating fault tolerant server cluster systems.
