macOS and OS X, Linux, Solaris Expertise

Progent's Mac networking experts can assist your company with a wide array of network design issues such as system architecture, online and wireless connectivity, internetwork compatibility, security, and rapidly evolving technologies such as VoIP and high-speed wireless connectivity. For information networks built exclusively on Mac OS X or for environments that utilize a combination of Mac, Linux, and Windows-powered servers and desktops, Progent has the experience and depth to deal with the complexity of planning, configuring, and supporting a connectivity infrastructure that is dependable, safe, productive, and appropriate for your company's objectives. Progent can assist you to install Apple's Xserve enterprise servers, Xserve fault-tolerant storage solutions, and Apple's Xsan SAN technology. Progent can in addition offer Cisco-premier CCIE experts to support Cisco network appliances.

Connectivity infrastructure engineering expertise available from Progent for Apple Macintosh environments include:

• System Architecture
  Progent's system architects can provide consulting support in all facets of network infrastructure including fault-tolerant servers and disk systems, multi-path Internet connectivity, enterprise-wide security that meets industry standards, scalability, server clustering, load balancing, multi-site networking, business continuity planning, and efficient use of outsourced data centers. Progent's offers the aggregate expertise of professional consultants with expertise in Apple Mac, Cisco, Microsoft, and other leading platforms and can apply industry leading practices to help you to build a reliable and easy-to-manage information network.

• Online and Mobile Access
  Progent's specialists in Apple macOS and OS X and Cisco integration can help you to build and manage a network infrastructure that dependably supports users who need access from branch offices, from home, or on the road. Progent's wireless connectivity specialists can help you to set up notebooks, handheld devices, email systems, databases, and line-of-business software to sync seamlessly so that they keep your vital information current and easily accessible. Progent has long experience assisting businesses configure and administer wireless appliances by providing services that include Apple iPhone and iPad integration, Google Android phone and tablet integration, and Blackberry management. Progent's CISM and CISA-accredited consultants can also help you to strengthen your security mechanisms and procedures to deal with remote and wireless security issues such as technologies for validating clients, encoding data links, setting up Virtual Private Networks, and remotely administering mass deployments of wireless computing products.

• Internetwork Connectivity
  Progent's system engineers have the breadth of background to offer expertise in a wide range of networking mechanisms and topologies. Progent's Apple macOS and OS X specialists can assist your company to benefit from Open Directory, Apple's open-systems directory and connection validation services platform. Open Directory relies on proven standardized technologies such as Open LDAP and Kerberos for transparent compatibility with other LDAP servers. Progent's expertise with MS Windows and other networking platforms can help you integrate with Microsoft's proprietary Active Directory and Novell's eDirectory. If your infrastructure deploys a combination of Mac, Windows, and Linux systems, Progent can assist you to integrate and manage a common directory instead of a separate directory or separate client records for each platform. Your clients will be enabled to shift effortlessly between Mac and MS Windows computers — and benefit from secure one-time sign-on access to directory-based network resources.

• Voice over Expertise
  Voice over IP is phone technology that transmits digitized voice over a network utilizing Internet Protocol (IP) standards. Progent's network consultants are experienced with a variety of VoIP platforms, such as devices and applications built around Cisco's AVVID architecture. Progent can give you access to a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or Cisco Certified Network Professional to assist you to install Cisco Voice over IP solutions. Progent can evaluate your existing network infrastructure to see whether your system is optimized to handle Voice over IP, assist you to select and integrate Cisco products that fit with your current situation and future growth strategy, and integrate your Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) products with products from other vendors.

• Apple Computer Xserve Servers, Xserve RAID, and Xsan SAN Solutions
  Progent's long experience with UNIX in business environments allows Progent to offer consulting services for Xserve technology that lets you maximize the strategic value of your Mac system. Apple's Xserve is powered by the macOS and Mac OS X Server, a UNIX OS based on open standards network services. Xserve offers multi-platform capability for file exchange, plus Apache web serve, POP and IMAP mail, QuickTime Streaming Server, and DHCP. Xserve RAID offers economical, high-capacity Ultra ATA drive technology with a standards-based 2Gb Fibre Channel for high-performance, high-availability data access. Xserve RAID works with macOS and OS X Server, Windows servers, or Linux servers and permits network users to share as much as two petabytes (2PB) of files and volumes. A Storage Area Network (SAN) allows you to pool data over multiple RAID drives for better performance, giving every client access to centralized information via a fast Fibre Channel network.

• High-speed Wireless Access
  If you are deploying 802.11 (WiFi) wireless technology to increase the reach or expedite the installation of your office LAN, Progent can help you to design a viable WiFi layout, recommend appropriate components, configure Apple Airport or other access points, and set up client adapters, bridges, antennas, and associated equipment. Progent can in addition assist you to develop a wireless security strategy that aligns with the security plan for your corporate network. In addition, Progent can show you how to design, configure, and support point-to-point/multipoint bridges that give you an inexpensive way to include many physical buildings into a seamless network.

If your organization is looking for an Apple macOS or OS X network consultant or system engineer, phone Progent at 800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.