Expanding your at-home workforce may have a major impact on IT infrastructure, security/compliance, and corporate processes. Progent has two decades of experience assisting businesses of all sizes to plan, configure, administer, tune, and troubleshoot IT networks that support work-from-home employees. Progent can assist your Augusta-Richmond County organization to select the appropriate technologies and adhere to leading practices in building and maintaining a safe virtual solution for telecommuters that facilitates teamwork and delivers maximum business value. Progent offers services ranging from on demand expertise for getting you past challenging technical roadblocks to comprehensive project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical tasks.
Progent's consultants can assist Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia businesses to succeed with any aspect of building a high-functioning work-from-home ecosystem by providing infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, voice/video conferencing integration, collaboration platform selection and deployment, public cloud connectivity, Call Desk services, data security, data protection solutions, and unified management.
Infrastructure for Teleworkers
Integrating the network infrastructure required for a remote workforce can be especially complex if you have to manage a mix of worker-owned hardware like PCs and notebooks, Internet routers, and wireless appliances from an assortment of vendors and with a mix of OS software and firmware levels. Progent's background delivering remote help for both outdated as well as current technologies in remote office venues allows you to make cost-effective use of your available infrastructure and provides you with ready access to expertise for making necessary upgrades. Support services offered by Progent to help you to implement a high-functioning telecommuting ecosystem include:
VoIP Solutions for an At-Home Workforce
Extending the corporate phone environment to include telecommuters is vital to maintaining a productive at-home workforce. A broad range of cloud-centric IP voice products are popular with small and mid-size businesses to support telecommuters. Many enterprises depend on Cisco's current or older products for IP voice management. Progent can assist businesses of all sizes to plan or maintain a remote VoIP service that provides the versatility, transparency and protection needed for at-home workers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE Voice consultants can provide advanced support to assist businesses tune their current Cisco VoIP environments to support an expanding remote workforce.
Voice/Video Conferencing for Remote Workers
A broad selection of video conferencing products from leading technology companies support virtual meetings, video conferencing, chat, and content sharing for both local workers and teleworkers. Many companies use a mix of conferencing products to meet the needs of their various partners and clients. Progent can help your organization to maintain your existing voice/video conferencing ecosystem and optimize the productivity of your at-home workforce.
Microsoft Integrated Collaboration Software for Remote and Hybrid Workers
Microsoft's collaboration products are closely integrated with Microsoft's familiar Office and Microsoft 365 families, offering a rich environment of productivity apps that create a cohesive user interface for sharing data and ideas across multiple sites and on a broad range of endpoint computers. Progent has provided online consulting services for Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange since their initial releases and can assist your company to tune these flagship collaboration products to maximize the effectiveness of your at-home workforce.
Microsoft's collaboration platforms are tightly integrated with Microsoft's popular Office suite, providing a rich ecosystem of applications that deliver a consistent user experience for sharing information across multiple sites and on a wide variety of endpoint devices. Progent has provided remote consulting services for SharePoint and Exchange since their initial releases and can help at-home workers set up and use these flagship collaboration platforms to maximize productivity.
Microsoft Teams works on top of Microsoft 365 and supports third-party cloud services to deliver real-time collaboration. Designed as a replacement for Skype for Business Online, Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium can enable chat, video meetings with screen sharing, calling, cloud voicemail, group email, as well as file and application sharing. Teams is tightly integrated with Microsoft 365 and relies on Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Azure Entra (formerly called Azure Active Directory) for delivering its complete range of capabilities. To learn more about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft Teams, see planning and deployment expertise for Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium.
SharePoint utilizes web sites to allow collaboration and knowledge sharing by offering policy-driven access to content, business processes, and utilities for looking through enterprise-wide information silos. SharePoint enables you to create secure web portals that permits at-home workforce to see and update consolidated corporate intelligence by means of Wikis, Blogs, social networking web sites, and Web Parts (Widgets). To learn about Progent's SharePoint consulting services, refer to SharePoint configuration and development consulting.
Exchange and Exchange Online offer secure collaboration features including public folders, shared mailboxes, and shared calendars and contacts. Progent's Microsoft certified Exchange experts can show you how to activate and utilize these features for your at-home workers. To learn about Progent's Exchange consulting services, see planning and configuration consulting services for Exchange.
OneDrive is Microsoft�s shared cloud file hosting and synchronization service, comparable to GoogleDrive. Remote workers can store files to the OneDrive service, and co-workers anywhere can access them safely through a web browser. Included with Office 365, OneDrive enables remote workers to co-edit documents. Edits created offline are automatically uploaded when you reconnect to the Internet. To find out about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft OneDrive, refer to Microsoft Onedrive configuration experts.
Public Cloud Integration for Remote Workers
Progent offers fast and affordable online support for enabling organizations to create, manage and optimize cohesive hybrid network models that combine internal data centers, telecommuters, branch offices, plus public cloud services. Progent can provide top-tier consultant for all types of cloud service delivery including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service. Progent can help at-home workers fix problems with cloud access, identity, and security.
Azure is a leading platform for public cloud services that allows you to use IT infrastructure, virtual servers, and key apps hosted on Microsoft's massive cloud. Azure features over 100 cloud-based services such as the ability to host Windows and Linux-powered virtual machines, on-demand cloud storage, messaging, app development with Visual Studio, and data backup. Progent can help your organization to set up virtual machines on Azure Virtual Machines, configure storage on Azure Storage services, streamline identity control with Azure AD, and plan data backup and recovery solutions with Azure Backup. Progent's cloud experts can also show you how to create secure connections to Azure for telecommuters by configuring and debugging firewall appliances and VPN IPsec tunnels. For details about Progent's consulting services for Azure, refer to Azure consulting.
Microsoft 365, formerly branded Office 365, is Microsoft's popular family of client productivity applications and cloud-based services available on a subscription basis. Microsoft applications and services are marketed in a variety of plans intended for customers ranging from individuals and households to major enterprises. Progent can provide fast and easy remote contact with experts knowledgeable about Microsoft 365-compatible clients running Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google Android technology. Progent can assist your business to assess the numerous subscription plans offered with Microsoft 365 and deploy 365 applications for your remote workers in a way that delivers top business value. For details about Progent's expertise for Microsoft 365, refer to Microsoft 365 consulting services.
Microsoft 365 Exchange Online is one of the most widely used applications in Azure-hosted Microsoft 365 product line. Exchange Online offers the benefits of reduced spending for physical infrastructure, easier management, on-demand scaling, high reliability, and other advantages associated with cloud computing. Microsoft has engineered Exchange Online to operate smoothly with on-premises deployments of Exchange, allowing you to build hybrid information systems. Progent's Exchange experts are available for as-needed assistance to get you through challenging IT roadblocks and also offer end-to-end project management services to ensure your telecommuters have easy and safe access to your Microsoft 365 Exchange Online environment. To find out Progent's consulting expertise for Exchange Online, see Exchange Online configuration and troubleshooting consulting.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a trailblazer in the public cloud arena and is the world's biggest source of cloud-based services. Progent can provide quick and affordable online contact with cloud integration consultants who can assist your business to plan, implement, manage, and troubleshoot hybrid IT networks that incorporate Amazon AWS cloud-based services with on-premises resources and with other public clouds such as Azure. Progent also offers the skills of Cisco-certified CCIE networking experts to assist your company to create a high-uptime network model so your employees have a productive computing experience regardless of whether they are working from your headquarters, a remote branch, from home, or on the move. To learn about Progent's support services for Amazon AWS, see Amazon AWS consulting expertise.
Google Cloud (GCP) is a popular collection of cloud services that provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service products. Progent's certified Microsoft, Linux, and Cisco consulting experts can help your business to expand your existing IT resources with the Google Cloud Platform, and Progent's DBA consultants can help you make your critical applications cloud friendly so your telecommuters can take full advantage of Google Cloud services. Progent's consultants can help you to set up virtual machines on GCP Compute Engine, plan an efficient storage solution with Google Cloud Storage, and simplify identity management for remote workers with GCP Cloud Identity. Progent's consultants can also help your business to use GCP's management technology to administer and track your GCP environment. To find out, refer to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) consulting expertise.
Help Desk Call Center Services for At-Home Workers
A rapid, company-wide changeover to a from-home business model, which might be the result of an epidemic or as part of a disaster recovery/business continuity plan, can overstretch even a well-staffed in-house Help Desk. Progent's Help Desk services make it possible for businesses of any size to outsource or expand their Support Desk with Progent's remote Technical Response Center (TRC) team.
Cybersecurity for Teleworkers
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members commonly utilize their personal computing devices and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This situation increases their vulnerability to malware threats and requires judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, extensive user training, and the development of policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran group of cybersecurity solutions consultants can assist your business to plan, implement and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that guards vital IT resources in networks that include telecommuters.
Firewalls allow you to build a network that can be safely utilized by local users as well as by an at-home workforce, mobile users, vendors, clients, and other stakeholders. Next-generation firewall devices permit you to configure and control different permissions to different classes of users and to scale your IT network and modify your cybersecurity posture as your business evolves and as cyber threats become more complex. Progent works with both current and legacy security devices from all major vendors including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. For details about Progent's firewall configuration expertise, visit firewall support services.
Online Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it easy to watch over the various computers utilized by an at-home workforce and either reject or spot and mitigate the latest cyber attacks such as ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring services, a lightweight software agent is put on every protected endpoint device, watching all activity and using state-of-the-art machine learning and full execution context from SentinelOne to detect new attacks at inception. When an attack is spotted, ProSight ASM instantly isolates the targeted endpoint from the corporate network to contain the malware. Because the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is self-contained, endpoint devices stay protected even if they are not connected to the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. For details about ProSight ASM, refer to remote endpoint security monitoring for telecommuters.
Progent's Duo authentication Managed Services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against password theft by using two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity verification on iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. Using 2FA, whenever you log into a protected application and give your password you are asked to verify who you are via a device that only you have and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide selection of devices can be utilized for this second means of authentication including an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can designate several verification devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, visit Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for remote workers.
Security Audits can evaluate the exposure of your network to all types of outside and local security threats for a network that incorporates an at-home workforce. Progent can deploy remote, automated cybersecurity analysis scanning for quickly and economically detecting a wide variety of security weaknesses that can be found via the Internet. Progent's endpoint security audit experts, which can be managed by data security professionals with top credentials including CISM, ISSAP, and GIAC, can help you to evaluate your workflows and policies and assess your IT infrastructure to allow you to implement the highest level of security for your at-home workers.
Horizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver automated threat assessment of your work-from-home connectivity solution and your internal and perimeter networks to help you expose, rank, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity weaknesses before malicious hackers can exploit them. Progent can help you to use NodeZero to perform comprehensive pentests of your perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure in order to determine your present security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your existing network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity ecosystem that streamlines management and provides maximum protection for on-prem, multi-cloud, at-home, and perimeter IT assets. To learn additional details about Progent's threat assessment services based on on NodeZero's penetration test platform, visit Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.
Download White Paper: Protecting a Work-From-Home Environment
To read or download a white paper about critical things to concentrate on for securing an IT environment that includes work-from-home staff, click:
Securing a Work-From-Home (WFH) Network White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)
Data Protection Solutions for Teleworkers
The field of Data Protection covers saving and restoring critical information in order to avoid data loss and reduce restoration time and effort in the event of storage problems resulting from equipment issues, software hiccups, user mistakes, cyber attack, or any other reason. Dependable data protection strategies can be particularly challenging to design and maintain in hybrid environments that incorporate in-house data centers, public clouds, and at-home workers.
Unified Management for Telecommuters
Microsoft has rebranded and rebundled its endpoint management platforms under the title Microsoft Endpoint Manager, which encompasses Intune for cloud-based management of remote endpoints and Configuration Manager for managing on-premises endpoints. Endpoint Manager provides a unified solution for protecting corporate data by managing local, mobile, and at-home endpoint devices.
Microsoft Intune
Intune is a component of Microsoft's Endpoint Management family that also includes Microsoft Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud-based service for managing and securing mobile computers and software. Managed endpoint devices can be user owned or company owned. Network admins managing the enrolled endpoint devices of at-home workers can utilize Intune to provision and validate apps on devices, push patches and certificates, set up rules for permission to access information and networks, manage passwords, establish VPN connections, control how teleworkers share information, establish threat protection, ensure compliance, and wipe sensitive data from missing, stolen or deactivated endpoint devices. Intune runs with iOS/iPadOS, Google Android, Windows, and macOS/OS X computers. To learn about Intune and to find out how Progent can assist you to use this platform to administer the endpoint computers of your at-home workforce, visit Intune mobile device management expertise.
VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is a feature-rich centralized MDM platform that allows network administrators to keep remote endpoint devices up to date and secure. Workspace ONE uses VMware AirWatch technology for centralized endpoint administration combined with VMware's Horizon virtual software delivery technology for access control, app management, and configuration management of endpoint computers. Workspace ONE runs with devices powered by Windows 10, macOS, Apple iOS, Google Android, Chrome OS, or popular distributions of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is available by subscription as a cloud service or as an on-premises deployment via a one-time purchase. Key capabilities of Workspace ONE include rapid over-the-air deployment of new notebooks, quick onboarding of new users, policy setting and enforcement for all categories of endpoints, aggregated reporting and analytics, an email encryption gateway, and tight integration with Microsoft apps and cloud-based services. For information about Progent's expertise for VMware Workspace ONE, see VMware Workspace ONE remote endpoint management expertise.
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