Expanding your remote workforce can have a significant impact on IT architecture, security/compliance, and corporate workflows. Progent has 20 years of background assisting SMBs to design, deploy, manage, tune, and troubleshoot IT environments that incorporate a remote workforce. Progent can help your Arlington company to select the right technologies and adhere to best practices in building and operating a safe virtual solution for telecommuters that facilitates collaboration and delivers top business value. Progent can provide services that go from as-needed expertise for getting you past occasional technical bottlenecks to full project management to help you successfully complete mission-critical tasks.
Progent can assist Arlington, Texas businesses to with any aspect of building a high-functioning work-at-home ecosystem by delivering infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX troubleshooting, voice/video conferencing support, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud connectivity, Help Desk augmentation, security monitoring, data protection solutions, and centralized management.
Network Infrastructure for Telecommuters
Configuring the network infrastructure required to support a remote workforce can be particularly complicated if you have to manage a combination of personal equipment such as desktop computers and notebooks, Internet routers, and Wi-Fi APs from an assortment of manufacturers and with a variety of OS software and firmware releases. Progent's background providing remote support for both legacy and modern technologies in remote office solutions allows you to make cost-effective use of your existing infrastructure and provides you with fast access to expertise for making essential upgrades. Support services offered by Progent to help your company to implement a high-functioning work-at-home ecosystem include:
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity makes it possible to establish a safe tunnel for authorized remote workers to use IT assets situated at your corporate datacenter or in a public cloud. Progent can assist your company to deploy and maintain VPN connections between your at-home workforce and your various network resources by providing online VPN integration consulting. For businesses with Cisco's ASA firewalls, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA Firewall consultants can help your remote workers to utilize Cisco's AnyConnect client software for safe VPN connections for a broad selection of endpoint devices such as Microsoft Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, and Android.
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) platforms allow an at-home worker to view and interact with a remote computer's desktop. This gives network managers significant control over the computing ecosystem of telecommuters and ensures them a consistent and more productive work experience. Progent's virtual desktop services include Windows Remote Desktop support and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI solutions.
- Routers connect at-home computer networks to the Internet and support VPN connections, local Wi-Fi connectivity, and firewalls. Progent offers top-tier online consulting for deploying home routers from all major vendors. See router configuration services from Cisco-certified consultants.
- Home Wireless networks, often shared by an entire household and guests, are commonly utilized by telecommuters to connect to their router for work. This can create throughput and security issues. Progent can help you to resolve these problems by providing expertise that include Cisco Aironet integration expertise, Cisco Meraki WiFi installation consulting, and Ubiquiti wireless AP setup assistance.
- Internet connectivity methods affect the speed and reliability of connections between at-home workers and the corporate network. Vital processes may require redundant Internet connections in the event the primary connection breaks. Progent can provide guidance for selecting service providers, selecting sensible bandwidth and data volume offerings, and setting up redundant Internet access. See Internet connectivity integration services.
Contact Progent for Telecommuter Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about creating and managing an efficient work-from-home solution for your Arlington, Texas business, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.