Enlarging your telecommuter workforce can have a major impact on network architecture, cybersecurity, and company workflows. Progent has two decades of experience helping small and mid-size businesses to design, configure, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot IT networks that incorporate at-home workers. Progent can assist your Barueri-Alphaville organization to pick the appropriate technologies and adhere to leading practices in building and maintaining a secure virtual office ecosystem for telecommuters that facilitates teamwork and returns top business value. Progent offers services that go from as-needed guidance for helping you over challenging IT roadblocks to full project management to help you successfully complete business-critical initiatives.

Progent's consultants can assist Barueri-Alphaville, São Paulo businesses to succeed with any facet of building a high-performing work-from-home ecosystem by delivering network infrastructure configuration services, IP voice expertise, video conferencing support, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud integration, helpdesk services, security monitoring, backup/restore solutions, and streamlined management.

Network Infrastructure for Teleworkers
Setting up the physical and software infrastructure required for an at-home workforce can be particularly complex if you have to manage a combination of worker-owned hardware such as PCs and laptops, Internet routers, and wireless appliances from various vendors and with a mix of operating systems and firmware levels. Progent's background providing remote help for both outdated as well as current technologies in virtual office venues enables you to make cost-effective use of your existing network infrastructure and offers fast access to expertise for implement essential upgrades. Support services offered by Progent to help your company to implement a productive telecommuting infrastructure include:

  • Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology allows you to establish a safe tunnel for authenticated at-home employees to use IT resources situated at your corporate datacenter or in the cloud. Progent's consultants can help your company to deploy and manage VPN connections between your teleworkers and your various IT resources by providing online VPN integration consulting. For organizations with Cisco's ASA security appliances, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA consultants can assist your remote workers to set up Cisco's AnyConnect software to provide safe VPN connections for a broad selection of endpoint devices including Windows, macOS, Apple iOS, Linux, and Google Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure products enable an at-home worker to view and interact with a remote PC's desktop. This technology provides network managers significant control over the computing ecosystem of telecommuters and offers remote users a familiar work experience. Progent's virtual desktop services include Windows Remote Desktop integration and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops expertise.
  • Routers attach at-home computer networks to the Internet and support VPN connections, home wireless networks, and firewall services. Progent offers expert online consulting for configuring home routers from all major vendors. See router configuration support from Cisco-certified experts.
  • Home Wi-Fi networks, typically shared by an entire household and visitors, are frequently used by at-home employees to connect to their Internet router for work. This can cause performance and security issues. Progent can assist businesses to resolve these problems by delivering expertise that include Aironet integration consulting, Cisco-certified Meraki WiFi deployment expertise, and Ubiquiti wireless AP integration help.
  • Internet connectivity solutions impact the speed and reliability of connections between at-home workers and the company network. Vital applications might require redundant Internet access in the event the normal connection fails. Progent can provide expertise for identifying service providers, selecting appropriate service packages, and integrating redundant Internet access. Refer to Internet access integration services.

VoIP Integration for Remote Workers
Extending the company phone system to accommodate remote users is vital to maintaining an effective work-at-home solution. A variety of cloud-centric IP voice platforms are used by small and mid-size businesses to support teleworkers. Many larger organizations rely on Cisco's current or older platforms for IP voice management. Progent can help businesses of all sizes to plan or tune a telecommuter VoIP service that provides the versatility, transparency and protection needed for teleworkers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE Voice consultants offer high-level support to assist businesses optimize their current Cisco VoIP environments to handle an expanding at-home workforce.

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) delivers high-end IP telephony features to devices such as VoIP phones, media processing products, VoIP gateways, and mixed media software used throughout the network. Unified Communications Manager supports additional mixed media services like messaging, video conferencing, and team collaboration networks. For more information about Progent's Cisco Unified CM or CUCM expertise, refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager expertise.
  • Cisco CallManager is Cisco's earlier call-processing software and has been replaced by CUCM. Progent's consultants can help you to maintain your existing CallManager environment or migrate smoothly to Cisco's current IP telephony solutions. For details about Progent's expertise for Cisco CallManager and Cisco's other older IP voice platforms, refer to CallManager expertise.
  • Cisco IP Gateways provide connectivity with public telephony networks and with clients working outside the corporate firewall like telecommuters. Progent offers expert support for Cisco's earlier generation IP gateways like the UC520, UC540 and UC560 products as well as for modern Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateways. See Cisco SIP gateway configuration expertise.
  • Additional VoIP Products supported by Progent's consultants include Vonage, RingCentral and 8x8. Progent can help you to update your WAN infrastructure to work with these solutions and deliver online configuration and debugging services.

Voice/Video Conferencing for At-Home Workers
A wide selection of video conferencing platforms from major technology companies enable virtual discussions, video and voice conferencing, chat, and screen/content sharing for both local workers and at-home workers. Many companies utilize a mix of conferencing products to accommodate their different partners and customers. Progent can help you to manage your existing conferencing ecosystem and optimize the engagement of your at-home employees.

  • Skype for Business is Microsoft's leading unified communications platform that enables real-time presence, instant messaging, voice and video calling and conferencing plus the seamless integration of these capabilities within Office desktop and Microsoft 365 productivity software including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. Progent can provide the skills of Microsoft-certified consultants who can assist you to set up and manage Skype for Business clients to support your at-home workforce. For details about Progent's support services for Skype for Business, refer to Skype for Business consulting services.
  • FaceTime is Apple's group video calling app for compatible iOS, iPadOS, iPod and Mac devices. FaceTime works over Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connections. Newer versions of FaceTime allow up to 32 simultaneous users for video sessions. For details about Progent's support services for FaceTime, visit Progent's FaceTime configuration expertise.
  • Webex Meeting Center provides remote conferencing for virtually all computing devices. Offered via Cisco's Webex Cloud, Webex services include sharing granular content or screens, presentations that embed rich media including Microsoft PowerPoint, network-based capture, plus editing and playback for training. To learn more about Progent's support services for Cisco Webex as well as for additional IP video products from Cisco, refer to Progent's Webex Meeting Center support services.
  • Teams is Microsoft's next-generation replacement for Skype for Business. Teams provides a portal for conversations, contacts, and information with capabilities such as voice/video conferencing, persistent chat, plus data sharing. For details about Progent's support services for Microsoft Teams and for additional Microsoft 365 apps, see Progent's Microsoft Teams consulting services.
  • Additional Conferencing Platforms supported by Progent include Google Meet, Amazon Chime, Zoom, and Slack. Progent can deliver integration and troubleshooting services for these conferencing platforms and assist your business to optimize your network infrastructure to host them.

Microsoft Collaboration Platforms for At-Home Workers
Microsoft's collaboration platforms are tightly integrated with Microsoft's familiar Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 families, offering a powerful ecosystem of productivity apps that create a cohesive user experience for sharing data and ideas across multiple sites and on a broad range of endpoint computers. Progent has provided remote consulting services for Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange since their first releases and can assist businesses to deploy these flagship collaboration products to maximize the productivity of your at-home workers.

SharePoint Deployment Consultants for At-Home WorkersSharePoint utilizes web sites to promote collaboration and information sharing by offering policy-based delivery of content, business processes, and utilities for searching through enterprise-wide information silos. SharePoint allows you to build protected web portals that permits at-home workers to view and edit aggregated business intelligence via Intranets (Wikis), Blogs, social networking web sites, and Web Parts. For information about Progent's SharePoint support services, visit SharePoint configuration and development expertise.

Exchange Deployment Experts for At-Home WorkersExchange 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. For information about Progent's Exchange consulting expertise, refer to deployment expertise for Exchange Server.

Microsoft Onedrive Deployment Consultants for At-Home WorkersOneDrive is Microsoft's shared cloud storage service, comparable to GoogleDrive. Remote workers can store files to the OneDrive service, and co-workers anywhere can access them securely through a browser. Provided with Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365, OneDrive enables home workers to jointly author documents. Revisions created offline are uploaded when you reconnect to the Internet. For details about Progent's expertise for OneDrive, go to Onedrive integration consulting.

Public Cloud Integration Services for Teleworkers
Progent offers fast and affordable online assistance for enabling businesses to create, maintain and optimize integrated network models that include internal data centers, telecommuters, branches, plus cloud resources. Progent offers expertise for all types of cloud service delivery including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service. Progent can help remote workers resolve issues with public cloud access, authentication, and security.

Azure Integration for Remote WorkersMicrosoft Azure is a leading platform for public cloud software and services that allows you to use infrastructure, servers, and key apps hosted on Microsoft's extensive cloud. Microsoft Azure offers over 100 services services including the ability to host Windows and Linux-based VMs, scalable cloud storage, email and messaging, application development with Visual Studio, and data backup. Progent can assist your organization to deploy VMs on Azure Virtual Machines, configure storage on Azure Storage services, streamline identity management with Azure Active Directory, and plan data backup and restore solutions with Azure Backup. Progent can also show you how to create secure access to Azure for teleworkers by setting up and debugging firewalls and VPN IPsec tunnels. To find out about Progent's support services for Azure, refer to Microsoft Azure consulting services.

Microsoft 365 Integration Services for TeleworkersMicrosoft 365, formerly branded Office 365, is Microsoft's growing family of client productivity software and cloud services available by subscription. Office applications and services are provided in a variety of bundles designed for customers ranging from students and households to large enterprises. Progent offers quick and easy remote contact with experts knowledgeable about Microsoft 365-compatible endpoint devices based on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google Android operating systems. Progent can help you to assess the numerous subscription bundles offered with Microsoft 365 and deploy 365 apps for your telecommuters to achieve maximum business value. To learn about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft 365, go to Microsoft 365 consulting support.

Exchange Online Integration Services for Remote WorkersMicrosoft 365 Exchange Online is among the most widely used applications in the Microsoft 365 product line. Microsoft 365 Exchange Online offers the benefits of reduced costs for physical infrastructure, easier management, dynamic scaling, high reliability, and additional advantages associated with cloud computing. Microsoft has designed Exchange Online to run smoothly with local deployments of Exchange, enabling you to build hybrid networks. Progent's certified Exchange consultants are available for as-needed help to get you past challenging IT bottlenecks and can also provide comprehensive project management services to ensure your remote workers have convenient and secure access to your Microsoft 365 Exchange Online environment. To learn Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, go to Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration and support consulting.

Amazon AWS Integration for TelecommutersAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a trailblazer in the public cloud arena and is the industry's biggest provider of cloud services. Progent offers fast and economical online access to cloud integration consultants who can help your organization to design, implement, manage, and debug hybrid information networks that incorporate Amazon AWS cloud services with local resources and with other public clouds like Azure. Progent also can provide access to Cisco-certified CCIE networking consultants to help your company to build a high-availability network model to make sure your users have a consistent computing experience regardless of whether they are working from your main office, a branch office, from home, or on the move. For details about Progent's consulting services for Amazon AWS, visit Amazon AWS integration services.

Google Cloud Platform Integration for At-Home WorkersGoogle Cloud Platform is a popular suite of cloud services that offers Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) products. Progent's Microsoft, Linux, and Cisco experts can help your organization to scale your current IT resources with the Google Cloud Platform, and Progent's DBA consultants can show you how to make your mission-critical apps cloud ready so your teleworkers can benefit fully from Google Cloud services. Progent can help you to set up virtual machines on Google Cloud Compute Engine, design an efficient storage system with GCP Storage, and streamline identity control for teleworkers with Google Cloud Identity services. Progent's experts can also help your organization to use GCP's management technology to administer and monitor your Google Cloud environment. For details, see Google Cloud Platform consulting support.

Help Desk Call Center Support for Remote Workers
An emergency, organization-wide transition to a from-home business model, which might be driven by a pandemic or as a component of a disaster recovery/business continuity plan, can overwhelm even a high-performing internal Call Desk. Progent's Help Desk Call Center services make it possible for businesses to outsource or augment their Help Desk Call Center with Progent's online Technical Response Center team.

  • Progent's Standard Support Desk support services utilize Progent's nationwide team of online IT support specialists combined with enterprise-class trouble ticketing and follow-up technology to provide an affordable, advanced Help Desk Call Center. Progent's Standard Help Desk Services provide an end-to-end solution that handles all facets of remote Level 1 PC technical support from initial service requests through trouble ticket creation, desktop sharing, problem resolution, and incident reporting. A web-based User's Service Portal allows at-home employees to check or update the status of their active trouble tickets, enter information, and append screenshots and relevant files. Technical support services are provided at a substantial discount off Progent's normal Level 1 desktop service charges, and Progent makes available optional rapid escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 support experts to resolve complex issues. For details, visit Progent's Standard Helpdesk Services for small companies.
  • Progent's Help Desk Supplemental Service allows your business to expand your existing Call Center organization by sharing responsibilities for Help Desk Call Center support transparently between your regular support staff and Progent's nationwide pool of PC support technicians and subject matter experts. Progent's co-managed Call Center service is based on a co-sourcing support solution utilizing the leading professional services automation (PSA) platform for handling help requests and ticketing, establishing responsibility, monitoring progress, and generating reports. To find out how Progent's Support Desk Augmentation Services can enable your company to provide world-class desktop support to your teleworkers, see Progent's Help Desk augmentation Services.

Security and Compliance for At-Home Workers
Work-from-Home employees typically utilize their personal computing devices and often operate in a poorly secured physical environment. This multiplies their vulnerability to malware threats and requires judicious deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, multi-factor authentication, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive end-user training, and the creation of security policies built on leading practices. Progent's veteran roster of IT security solutions consultants can help your business to design, deploy and manage a compliant cybersecurity solution that guards vital information assets in environments that include telecommuters.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to create a network environment that can be securely utilized by on-premises users and by an at-home workforce, mobile workers, vendors, customers, and other stakeholders. Modern firewall devices permit you to assign and manage different access rights to different classes of users and to expand your network and adjust your security as your business evolves and as network attacks grow increasingly sophisticated. Progent works with both current and older firewall devices from all major vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. For more information about Progent's firewall support expertise, visit firewall support expertise.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring and Management Services for At-Home WorkersOnline Endpoint Monitoring makes it easy to track the various computers utilized by at-home workers and either block or identify and respond to modern threats like ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a lightweight software agent is installed on each secured endpoint, watching all activity and utilizing advanced machine learning from SentinelOne to detect new threats on arrival. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring immediately disconnects the targeted device from the network to quarantine the threat. Since the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is self-contained, endpoint devices remain secure even when they are offline. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. For more information about ProSight ASM, see remote endpoint security monitoring for telecommuters.

Two-factor Authentication Services for TeleworkersProgent's Duo MFA Managed Services utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation on iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With Duo 2FA, when you sign into a protected application and enter your password you are requested to verify your identity via a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be used as this second form of authentication such as a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may designate multiple validation devices. To learn more about ProSight Duo identity authentication services, go to Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for telecommuters.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the exposure of your network to all types of outside and internal security threats for an environment that includes an at-home workforce. Progent can run remote, automated security inventory software for quickly and affordably uncovering a wide variety of security weaknesses that can be found over the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be managed by security professionals with top credentials including CISA, ISSAP, and GIAC, can help you to evaluate your procedures and governance policies and assess your network architecture to allow you to design the highest level of security for your teleworkers.

NodeZero Pentetration Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver autonomous threat assessment of your at-home environment as well as your internal and perimeter networks so you can identify, rank, remediate, and verify cybersecurity vulnerabilities before threat actors can take advantage of them. Progent's pentest experts can help you to use NodeZero to carry out thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure in order to determine your current security posture. Progent can also assist you to harden your network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity ecosystem that simplifies management and delivers maximum protection for on-premises, cloud-based, remote, and perimeter IT resources. To find out more information about Progent's vulnerability analysis solutions based on on NodeZero's PEN test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Products.

Download White Paper: Securing a Work-From-Home Network
To read or download a white paper about critical areas to concentrate on for protecting a network that includes telecommuters, click:
Securing a Work-From-Home (WFH) Network White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Data Protection for Remote Workers
Data Protection involves saving and restoring critical information in order to prevent data loss and minimize recovery time and effort in case of storage failures due to equipment issues, software glitches, operator error, cyber attack, or other causes. Reliable data protection strategies can be especially challenging to design and manage in hybrid networks that incorporate local data centers, cloud resources, and an at-home workforce.

  • Backup/Restore solutions for teleworkers must address multiple types of personally owned endpoints. Progent offers fast online help from consultants familiar with a broad range of platforms for protection Windows, Apple and Linux/UNIX servers and desktops as well as notebooks, tablets and handhelds. Leading backup/recovery products maintained by Progent's backup/recovery consultants include Barracuda Backup, Microsoft Azure Backup, DoubleTake Software, Acronis Backup and Recovery, Mozy, and Time Machine. To protect data spread throughout a wide area network, Progent offers ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a managed backup/recovery service that uses cloud storage and includes granular restore and centralized management.
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity (DR/BC) plans typically anticipate circumstances that call for a quick switch to a work-at-home environment. Progent's senior disaster recovery preparedness consultants and business continuity specialists can assist you to produce, document and test a DR/BC strategy that includes the process of moving to telecommuting.

Unified Management for Telecommuters
Microsoft has rebranded and reshuffled its endpoint management platforms under the title Endpoint Manager, which encompasses Intune for cloud management of mobile and remote endpoints and Configuration Manager for managing on-premises endpoints. Microsoft Endpoint Manager provides a centralized platform for safeguarding corporate information by controlling local, mobile, and at-home endpoint devices.

Microsoft Intune
Intune is a component of Microsoft's Endpoint Management suite that also includes Microsoft Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud-based service for managing and securing remote computers and software. Managed endpoint computers can be user owned or business owned. Network admins managing the enrolled endpoint devices of at-home workers can use Intune to provision and validate apps on managed devices, push updates and certificates, configure policies for permission to access data and networks, manage passwords, create VPN tunnels, determine how home-based workers share data, establish threat defense, verify security compliance, and delete corporate data from lost, stolen or decommissioned endpoint devices. Intune works with Apple iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS endpoints. To learn about Microsoft Intune and how Progent can help you to use Microsoft's Endpoint Management to manage the endpoint devices of your teleworkers, go to Intune remote endpoint management expertise.

VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is an advanced centralized Mobile Device Management platform that allows network managers to keep remote endpoints up to date and protected. Workspace ONE incorporates VMware AirWatch for centralized endpoint administration combined with VMware's Horizon virtual software delivery technology for authorization control, application management, and configuration management of endpoint devices. Workspace ONE runs with devices powered by Windows 10, macOS, Apple iOS, Google Android, Chrome OS, or popular distros of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is available by subscription as a cloud-based service or as an on-premises product through a one-time purchase. Top capabilities of Workspace ONE include rapid remote provisioning of out-of-the-box laptops, quick onboarding of new users, policy set up and enforcement for all categories of devices, aggregated management reporting and analytics, email encryption, and tight integration with Microsoft applications and cloud services. For information about Progent's support services for VMware Workspace ONE, see VMware Workspace ONE remote endpoint management consultants.

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Expertise
To contact Progent about building and maintaining an efficient telecommuter solution for your Barueri-Alphaville, São Paulo organization, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.