Fast and Affordable Online Support for Birmingham Alabama Computer Networks
For businesses in Birmingham Alabama, Progent provides remote support for computer systems powered by Microsoft, Cisco, Apple macOS and OS X, or Linux/UNIX platforms. Progent's Microsoft Certified consulting experts have delivered online troubleshooting to businesses in all 50 states in the United States. (See testimonials from Progent's clients.) Progent also can furnish the expertise of Cisco CCIE network specialists to solve challenging networking problems, as well as the services of CISA and CISSP-accredited cybersecurity experts to help with advanced security architecture and troubleshooting issues.
Progent's remote technical support experts provide excellent leverage because they have the practical experience and are equipped with the sophisticated tools necessary to solve the majority of information system issues quickly. This reduces immediate expenses because solutions use up fewer chargeable consulting minutes. Remote support also avoids the cost of sending an engineer to your location. Your organization benefits additionally in indirect expenses by minimizing or avoiding network downtime and related losses resulting from business discontinuity, upset customers and vendors, unproductive workers, and de-focused management. Progent's advanced online technical support expertise is particularly valuable for organizations that are dependent on public clouds for critical infrastructure or software like Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, Amazon AWA, Google Cloud, or where onsite support may not be useful.
Progent's billing model for online support is designed to leverage your IT service investment. Progent charges per minute for telephone-based assistance, so you pay exclusively for the services that you receive. Unlike many remote service firms, Progent asks for no service activation fee or minimum job duration. Progent's per-minute granularity and clean policy for billing avoid scenarios where fast fixes somehow turn into big invoices. Progent's skill at dealing with technical issues efficiently means your business spends less cash.
Progent's Remote Consulting and Troubleshooting Services
Over time, Progent has fine tuned an arsenal of optimized technologies and field-tested methodologies that ensure the highest degree of efficiency for remote technical support and troubleshooting for IT systems of all sizes. Progent provides safe VPN support for gateways from multiple leading companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, SonicWall and Checkpoint. Secure VPN connectivity permits the engineers of Progent's remote service group to link to your company's environment without violating corporate security.
Progent's proven customer support database application includes thorough records of all service that Progent's customers have received. Progent's team service personnel have access to the records of assistance provided to each Progent client by every Progent engineer. This archive of problems and fixes is structured as a quickly exploitable support knowledge base that allows Progent's remote support engineers to share their experiences company-wide to make sure that the efficiency of Progent's support grows daily. Progent's extensive list of certifications and working associations with key industry leaders such as Cisco and Microsoft open up other vast support databases and permit fast response from manufacturers' in-house engineering staff with the result that Progent's remote service experts can determine the best resolutions promptly.
Remote services offered by Progent to companies in Birmingham Alabama include:
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Certified Windows Experts
Progent's Microsoft-certified online support professionals can deliver computer problem solving and consulting support for all Microsoft server products. Progent is a Microsoft Certified Partner and can provide your company the expertise of support professionals who can assist you with a broad variety of platform support such as Microsoft Windows Server 2022 solution design and migration expertise,
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 migration,
Windows Server 2016 integration for hybrid environments, Windows Server 2012 R2 integration,
Windows Server 2008 R2 maintenance,
MS Exchange Server 2019 deployment,
MS Exchange 2016 Server planning and deployment, Exchange Server 2013 consulting,
Microsoft Exchange 2010 monitoring and support,
SharePoint Server 2019 planning and integration, SharePoint 2016 migration and hybrid deployment consulting, Microsoft Teams planning and integration, Skype for Business Server migration support, Microsoft Lync Server integration, and Microsoft Office Communications Server troubleshooting,
Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 administration and ISA Server 2006 maintenance, MS SQL Server 2019 integration consulting, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 consulting, SQL Server 2016 integration and programming and Microsoft SQL Server 2014 support,
Systems Center Operations Manager system monitoring,
Project Server and Project Server Online training,
Microsoft Office Access Application Development and Troubleshooting,
Small Business Server support, and
Windows 2012 R2 Essentials migration and cloud integration.
Progent in addition offers a wide range of cost-effective desktop services to help your business to deploy, integrate, troubleshoot, and administer desktop PCs and laptops based on Microsoft Windows. Progent's PC desktop support services cover areas such as offering Windows 11 planning and migration support and Windows 10 integration assistance, plus Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012) design and installation, System Center 2016 Configuration Manager hybrid cloud integration, and Microsoft Intune expertise to centralize the administration of your desktops and cloud-connected tablets and smartphones.
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Contact a Cisco CCIE for High-level Network Troubleshooting
The Cisco CCIE certification is the highest accreditation for networking professionals, and certifies a person's networking knowledge at the expert level. CCIEs can deal with the most challenging challenges occurring in network infrastructure design, integration, maintenance, protection, and problem solving. CCIEs operate on a privileged basis with Cisco's internal support staff in analyzing anomalies with Cisco IOS Software network administration utilities and developing alternate approaches or identifying software patches. Cisco qualified CCIEs provide exceptional cost-effectiveness since their depth of experience permits them to find solutions for problems rapidly. In typical cases, less experienced engineers can wrestle for hours or days with identical problems that a Cisco-qualified CCIE can dispose of in a few minutes. Progent's Cisco-qualified CCIE engineers can communicate with your environment by means of advanced on-line troubleshooting technology in order to perform efficient, secure, and affordable diagnosis and repair.
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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout Alabama.
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Progent's Cisco-qualified CCIEs can provide expertise in the complete line of Cisco's industry-leading selection of connectivity products by providing services such as:
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Ransomware 24x7 Hot Line: Call 800-462-8800
Progent's Ransomware 24x7 Hot Line is designed to help organizations to carry out the urgent first step in responding to a ransomware assault by containing the malware. Progent's remote ransomware expert can help businesses to identify and isolate breached servers and endpoints and protect clean assets from being compromised. If your Birmingham network has been penetrated by any strain of ransomware, don't panic. Get immediate help by calling Progent's Ransomware Hot Line at 800-462-8800. For details, see Progent's Ransomware 24x7 Hot Line.
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Ransomware Removal Help
Progent's ransomware recovery experts can assist your Birmingham business to rebuild a system damaged by a ransomware attack such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, DopplePaymer, Snatch or Egregor. Progent's team of IT security experts bring the wide range of knowledge necessary to reconstruct all vital facets of a compromised system quickly and with minimal data loss. To find out more, visit Progent's ransomware cleanup and business restoration services.
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CISM and CISSP Premier Network Security Experts
Progent's qualified CISSP and CISSP-ISSAP security and compliance consultants can provide a variety of security solutions to bolster the safety of your Windows, Apple macOS and OS X, Linux network against assaults or help you to recover quickly following a serious penetration. Security solutions available from Progent cover in depth network security evaluation using utilities such as GFI LANguard, EEYE Vulnerability Scanner, and products from Metasploit and Hydra; rapid recovery from virus and worm assaults; configuring firewalls; establishing safe architectures for off-site and mobile communication; securing your messaging infrastructure against spam and DHA attacks; and initiating 24x7 proactive monitoring.
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Cloud Integration
Progent offers expert remote consulting services to help companies of all sizes connect their information networks with leading public cloud platforms such as Azure and Amazon AWS. Progent can assist you to design and manage hybrid environments that support Windows and Linux systems and applications in either cloud-only solutions or in hybrid topologies that utilize on-premises IT assets along with public cloud services. To help you to incorporate public cloud services with networks, Progent can provide a range of cloud migration support services such as Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration with local Exchange deployments,
Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud design and integration services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) hybrid cloud integration support, Amazon Web Marketing Service programming and debugging, and Google Cloud Platform planning and integration expertise. Progent has over two decades of experience delivering advanced consulting expertise online, and Progent can make sure you successfully carry out your cloud integration initiatives quickly and affordably.
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VMware Site Recovery Manager Planning and Deployment
VMware's Site Recovery Manager is a component of VMware vCenter that lets you specify, automate and test a repeatable runbook for recovering services quickly after a breakdown. Site Recovery Manager supports centrally managed and automated recovery, application mobility, and non-disruptive site migration, failback and re-protect. Site Recovery Manager also allows non-intrusive testing for site recovery, upgrades and patches and can generate reports to confirm full service restoration, validate Service Level Agreements and demonstrate disaster recovery compliance. Progent offers the skills of a VCDX certified VMware SRM consulting expert to assist you to design, deploy, test and maintain a disaster recovery system based on VMware Site Recovery Manager.
Progent's VMware vSphere experts have in-depth understanding of VMware vCloud Director, vRealize Automation, vRO and vCloud used for managing private and public cloud and hybrid cloud environments that deliver high availability, data security, and disaster recovery. Progent can also provide advanced VMware NSX expertise from a VCDX-NV certified network designer to assist you to plan and deploy a fully virtualized Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) that can be provisioned or re-purposed in minutes and administered with a high degree of automation independent of the hardware making up the underlying IP network.
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UNIX/Linux, Solaris, and Apple macOS and OS X Support Services
Progent's UNIX/Linux consultants and Apple macOS and OS X specialists can provide remote support services to cover a wide spectrum of information technologies such as system infrastructure, messaging systems, network and operational security, plus UNIX and Windows coexistence. For server consolidation and simplified administration in networks that incorporate Linux with Microsoft Windows, Progent offers VMware vSphere consulting and Citrix expertise. Progent can also assist with transitioning from older systems to Microsoft Windows or Linux-powered environments. Progent's group-based methodology for solving network problems promotes quick escalation, if necessary, to consultants with task-relevant expertise to handle challenging situations. This accelerates solutions of critical problems, minimizes lost productivity, and cuts support expense.
Major Linux variants for which Progent offers expertise include:
RedHat Linux
SUSE
Debian GNU/Linux
Slackware
Ubuntu
ProSight Fixed-price IT Services for Small and Mid-size Organizations
Progent provides a family of budget-friendly, flat-rate services designed to enable small and medium-size organizations to benefit from the same cutting-edge IT solutions deployed by some of the industry's leading corporations. Progent's ProSight line of network monitoring and management services covers all key areas of information technology including email protection, behavioral-based threat defense, cloud-based backup and disaster recovery, infrastructure management, virtual server hosting, and IT resources documentation management. ProSight managed services include:
- ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) is an endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution that incorporates SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior analysis tools to defend endpoints and physical and virtual servers against new malware assaults like ransomware and email phishing, which routinely escape legacy signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight Active Security Monitoring protects on-premises and cloud-based resources and offers a single platform to manage the entire threat progression including protection, infiltration detection, mitigation, remediation, and forensics. Key features include single-click rollback with Windows VSS and real-time system-wide immunization against new attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) endpoint security and ransomware recovery based on SentinelOne technology.
- ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security and Exchange Filtering
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services deliver affordable multi-layer security for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP utilizes adaptive security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and reacting to security threats from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP provides firewall protection, intrusion alerts, device control, and web filtering via leading-edge technologies packaged within a single agent accessible from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization experts can assist your business to design and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your organization's unique needs and that allows you achieve and demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information protection regulations. Progent will help you define and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alarms that call for urgent attention. Progent can also assist you to install and verify a backup and disaster recovery solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business rapidly from a potentially disastrous security attack such as ransomware. Read more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint security and Exchange filtering.
- ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS): Managed Backup and Disaster Recovery
Progent has worked with leading backup/restore technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a portfolio of management outsourcing plans that provide backup-as-a-service. ProSight DPS products automate and monitor your data backup processes and enable non-disruptive backup and fast restoration of important files/folders, applications, system images, and virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps your business avoid data loss resulting from hardware failures, natural disasters, fire, malware such as ransomware, human mistakes, ill-intentioned insiders, or software glitches. Managed backup services available in the ProSight Data Protection Services portfolio include ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup, ProSight 365 Total Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup, ProSight DPS ECHO Backup using Barracuda dedicated storage, and ProSight DPS MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent consultant can assist you to determine which of these fully managed backup services are best suited for your IT environment.
- Patch Management: Software/Firmware Update Management Services
Progent's support services for software and firmware patch management offer businesses of all sizes a versatile and cost-effective alternative for evaluating, validating, scheduling, applying, and tracking updates to your dynamic information network. Besides maximizing the security and reliability of your computer network, Progent's patch management services permit your in-house IT staff to concentrate on line-of-business initiatives and tasks that deliver maximum business value from your network. Read more about Progent's patch management support services.
- ProSight Duo Multi-Factor Authentication: Identity Validation, Endpoint Remediation, and Protected Single Sign-on (SSO)
Progent's Duo authentication service plans utilize Cisco's Duo technology to defend against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation on iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and give your password you are asked to verify who you are on a unit that only you possess and that is accessed using a different network channel. A wide range of out-of-band devices can be utilized for this added form of authentication such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware token, a landline telephone, etc. You can register several verification devices. To learn more about Duo two-factor identity validation services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for access security.
- ProSight Reporting: Real-time Reporting for Ticketing and Network Monitoring Platforms
ProSight Reporting is a growing suite of real-time and in-depth management reporting plug-ins created to work with the top ticketing and network monitoring applications including ConnectWise Manage, ConnectWise Automate, Customer Thermometer, Auvik, and SentinelOne. ProSight Reporting incorporates Microsoft Graph and utilizes color coding to surface and contextualize critical issues like inconsistent support follow-up or machines with out-of-date AVs. By identifying ticketing or network health concerns clearly and in near-real time, ProSight Reporting improves network value, lowers management hassle, and saves money. For more information, see ProSight Reporting for ticketing and network monitoring applications.
- ProSight Email Guard: Inbound and Outbound Spam Filtering and Data Leakage Protection
ProSight Email Guard is Progent's spam filtering service that uses the infrastructure of leading data security companies to deliver web-based control and world-class protection for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard integrates cloud-based filtering with an on-premises security gateway device to provide complete protection against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based malware. Email Guard's cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and keeps most unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your exposure to external attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance provides a deeper level of inspection for inbound email. For outbound email, the local gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, protection against data leaks, and email encryption. The local gateway can also help Exchange Server to track and protect internal email traffic that stays within your corporate firewall. For more details, see ProSight Email Guard spam and content filtering.
- ProSight WAN Watch: Network Infrastructure Management
ProSight WAN Watch is an infrastructure management service that makes it easy and affordable for smaller businesses to diagram, track, reconfigure and debug their connectivity hardware such as routers, firewalls, and wireless controllers as well as servers, printers, endpoints and other networked devices. Incorporating cutting-edge Remote Monitoring and Management technology, WAN Watch makes sure that network diagrams are always current, captures and manages the configuration of virtually all devices on your network, tracks performance, and generates notices when potential issues are discovered. By automating complex management activities, WAN Watch can knock hours off ordinary tasks like making network diagrams, reconfiguring your network, finding appliances that need important updates, or identifying the cause of performance problems. Learn more about ProSight WAN Watch infrastructure management consulting.
- ProSight LAN Watch: Server and Desktop Monitoring Services
ProSight LAN Watch is Progent's server and desktop remote monitoring service that incorporates advanced remote monitoring and management (RMM) techniques to keep your network operating at peak levels by checking the state of critical assets that drive your business network. When ProSight LAN Watch uncovers a problem, an alarm is sent automatically to your designated IT management personnel and your assigned Progent consultant so that any looming issues can be resolved before they can disrupt your network Learn more about ProSight LAN Watch server and desktop monitoring services.
- ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted Virtual Machines at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size organization can have its key servers and apps hosted in a protected Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's network support experts. Under the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the OS software, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to an alternate hosting solution without a lengthy and difficult configuration process. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, your business is not tied a single hosting provider. Find out more details about ProSight Virtual Hosting services.
- ProSight IT Asset Management: Network Documentation and Password Management
ProSight IT Asset Management service is a cloud-based IT documentation management service that makes it easy to capture, update, retrieve and safeguard information related to your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can quickly locate passwords or serial numbers and be warned about impending expirations of SSL certificates ,domains or warranties. By updating and organizing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate up to half of time spent looking for critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for holding and sharing all documents required for managing your network infrastructure like standard operating procedures and self-service instructions. ProSight IT Asset Management also offers advanced automation for gathering and relating IT information. Whether you're planning improvements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the information you need as soon as you need it. Find out more about ProSight IT Asset Management service.
ProSight Network Audits
Progent's ProSight Network Audits are a quick and low-cost way for small and mid-size businesses to obtain an objective assessment of the overall health of their network. Powered by a selection of the top remote monitoring and management platforms in the industry, and overseen by Progent's world-class team of information technology experts, ProSight Network Audits help you see how closely the configuration of your essential infrastructure devices adhere to best practices. Both the Basic and Advanced options for ProSight Network Audit services are offered at a budget-friendly, one-time cost and deliver instant ROI such as a more manageable Active Directory system. Both versions also come with one year of cutting-edge remote network monitoring and management (RMM). Benefits can include easier management, better compliance with data security regulations, more efficient utilization of network assets, faster troubleshooting, more reliable backup and restore, and increased uptime. See more information about ProSight Network Audits IT infrastructure review.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report service is an affordable service based on a brief discussion with a Progent backup/recovery consultant. The fact-finding interview is intended to evaluate your company's ability either to block or recover rapidly after an assault by a ransomware strain like Ryuk, WannaCry, MongoLock, or Hermes. Progent will work with you personally to collect information concerning your current antivirus tools and backup system, and Progent will then deliver a written Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how you can follow industry best practices to build a cost-effective security and backup environment that meets your company's needs. For additional information, see The ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report.
Additional Support Services Available from Progent
Progent can provide the skills of seasoned online consulting professionals for contract information technology programs. Billing charges for ongoing consulting projects are set according to the level of expertise of the consultants required. Progent's experience with these special areas of information technology enables customers to complete critical projects within budget and on time. Progent's project-based online consulting services include:
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Help Desk Services
Progent's Call Center support programs for companies with networks that incorporate Windows, Cisco, Apple macOS and OS X, or UNIX/Linux platforms include comprehensive Help Desk Call Center services, shared Help Desk support services, and Help Desk operations consulting.
Progent's Standard Help Desk Services offer smaller organizations a complete solution that manages all aspects of online desktop technical support from initial requests through trouble ticket generation, screen sharing, progress tracking, problem solving, and management reports. Progent offers help desk services at a substantial discount off Progent's regular Level 1 desktop support rates, and Progent can provide the option of rapid as-needed escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 experts to handle complex problems.
Progent's Co-managed Help Desk services make it possible for your IT organization to share responsibilities for Help Desk support transparently between your IT team and Progent's nationwide pool of veteran technical support engineers and subject matter experts. Progent's shared Help Desk service is a collaborative service desk solution built around the top professional services automation (PSA) platform for managing end-user service requests, ticket lifecycle, ownership, status tracking, and metrics.
Progent's Help Desk staff of veteran information technology experts provides your customers in Birmingham Alabama fast assistance from an efficient support resource with substantial experience offering telephone-based support and remote repair service for IT systems based on Windows, Cisco, Apple macOS and OS X, UNIX, or Linux technology. Progent's concentration is to give the Help Desk recognition as a solid contributor to business productivity, and Progent's aim is to fix and not just track network problems.
- Applications Services: Education, Customization, and Integration
Progent's Applications Experts Group provides remote professional consulting support and training in key application fields including ERP, Manufacturing Requirements Planning, custom programming for accounting packages, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Progent also can deliver consulting, custom programming, and education for familiar Microsoft applications such as Microsoft CRM, MS Project, Office Word, and Office Excel. To find out additional information on Progent's consulting, customization, and education offerings, see Progent's Applications Experts Team.
- Unified and Streamlined Administration of Hybrid Cloud Networks
System Center unifies and automates the administration of hybrid cloud environments by offering comprehensive integration with Windows Server 2022 servers, Windows 10 and Windows 11; seamless integration of heterogeneous environments that include various Linux distributions, Hyper-V and VMware vSphere; and expanded cloud support including tighter integration with Intune for Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphone management plus native integration with Microsoft Operations Management Suite for cloud-based analytics. Progent's System Center consulting experts can provide world-class online and onsite support for all elements of System Center2including Operations Manager, Configuration Manager (SCCM), Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Data Protection Manager, Orchestrator, and Service Manager (SCSM). Progent can help organizations of any size to design and install a new deployment of System Center2, extend or tune your current one, upgrade smoothly from an earlier release of System Center, or debug your System Center environment.
- Online Hybrid Network Monitoring Services
Progent offers companies in Birmingham Alabama online IT infrastructure monitoring and reporting by providing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) consulting services. Progent can adapt SCOM to accommodate your business so your IT support is proactive and automated. By exposing possible issues before they expand into network outages, remote monitoring can avoid stressful and expensive service breakdowns. Progent can also deploy system monitoring utilities like Nagios and MRTG Graphical Traffic Load Monitor to analyze UNIX, Linux, Solaris, or macOS and OS X environments, Microsoft networks, or networks powered by a variety of platforms.
How Your Birmingham Business Can Contact Progent's Remote Service Experts
To contact Progent about emergency online help with Microsoft Windows, macOS and OS X, or Linux environments, visit Progent's Emergency Remote Help, call 1-800-993-9400, or visit Contact Progent.
For offices and new businesses in Birmingham Alabama, Progent's phone-based computer support engineers can provide expert and economical IT help the moment your business needs it. More than two decades of providing online tech support has led to Microsoft Partner certification for Progent's consultants and has allowed Progent to acquire high-end troubleshooting skills and to refine remote access technology to repair IT problems rapidly while avoiding the expense and lost productivity that comes with in-person service visits.
Even if your Birmingham office relies on a local independent support technician or maintains a full time IT staff that can deal with common network problems, Progent's Microsoft certified engineers are available to provide a convenient and transparent remote extension of your local resources in cases when your regular service personnel either lack the availability or the knowledge to resolve sudden system crises or especially tough integration problems.
Details of Progent's Remote Network Services for Birmingham Alabama
Progent's online support, remote repair, system security expertise, and network administration services give businesses in Birmingham Alabama the greatest leverage for your support budget. Whether you require occasional phone help and Internet-based network repair or full-time Help Desk support and system administration, Progent's professionals can deliver your business enterprise-level network support while permitting you to eliminate the cost and administration overhead of carrying a large in-house IT staff. Highlights of Progent's National Remote Support services include:
- Immediate Telephone Contact with Microsoft Certified Support Specialists
Progent's team of Microsoft-certified engineers can deliver fast and affordable expertise to offices in Birmingham Alabama and is also ideal for networks in geographic regions that have a limited supply of consultants with proven experience supporting Microsoft's current family of server platforms. All Progent engineers have at least 10 years of background integrating Microsoft solutions. As a Microsoft Certified Partner support firm, Progent has access to a broad array of Microsoft support tools, technical databases, and continuing education.
- By the Minute Rates to Minimize Expenses
Progent offers remote help on a minute-by-minute basis, so you are charged only for the support you use. Progent has no minimum fee for online service and requires no monthly subscription fee for services provided during regular business hours. This protects you from paying big bills for simple fixes.
- Access to Cisco Certified Network Design Specialists
Progent's certified experts for Cisco offers help from authorized specialists with skill in designing, deploying, and managing networking environments based on Cisco technology. Progent can provide a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or Cisco Certified Network Professional to show you how to create high-speed, reliable, and secure infrastructure for local and remote networking.
- Application Experts Group
Progent's core consulting services consist of system integration, MS Exchange Server expertise, system security design, and Help Desk sharing services. Progent's Application Experts group can provide world-class consulting support in critical application areas. Help offered by the Application Experts staff includes:
Microsoft Dynamics GP Consulting and Programming
MS Project Training
Microsoft Office 365 solutions support
Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office 365 Excel Technical Support and Application Development
Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office 365 Word Consulting
Business Information (BI) Reporting Development and Training
Microsoft Power BI Integration Consulting
UNIX, Linux and Sun Solaris Support
MS SQL Server 2019 solution design, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 migration, Microsoft SQL 2016 Software Development, and Microsoft SQL 2014 Application Development and Debugging
Oracle Management and Software Development
MySQL Project Management and Software Programming
Apple Mac Integration
Amazon MWS Programming and Debugging
By providing a convenient one-stop source for network generalists and application experts, Progent is able to deliver timely, cost-effective, and comprehensive IT solutions that meet the unique requirements of your company.
- Sophisticated Online Connectivity Software
Protected online connectivity allows Progent's support professionals to see precisely what your users see. This makes it possible to produce fast fixes to problems that could otherwise demand a costly personal visit. State-of-the-art remote access tools and experienced engineers combine to allow Progent to repair most IT issues quickly and affordably. Progent is an industry leader in online troubleshooting and automated network analysis.
- Compatibility with Popular VPN Products
Progent can provide safe Virtual Private Network access for gateways from leading VPN vendors including Microsoft, Cisco, NetScreen and CheckPoint. Protected VPN remote connectivity allows the experts at Progent's Technical Response Center to repair your system remotely without weakening system security.
- Round-the-Clock Service for High Network Uptime
For companies with line-of-business applications, Progent offers optional round-the-clock remote technical services. Used in conjunction with remote 24x7 network monitoring based on MS Operations Manager, this offering can help ensure high network availability.
- Help Desk Outsourcing
Progent's Help Desk outsourcing programs are intended especially for budget-conscious businesses whose clients require instant access to a Help Desk Call Center with effective phone support and full escalation ability.
How Is Progent Different from Other Support Firms?
Progent is a Microsoft Partner consulting firm and Progent's number of employees, breadth of technical background, fine tuned remote support tools, and understanding of enterprise networking allow offices to escape the limitations associated with exclusive dependence on smaller service firms, individual freelance service providers, or over-stretched internal resources.
Progent adds value by offering:
- Best Practices
Progent's team of Microsoft and Cisco Premier experts average more than a decade of real-world professional experience, in the trenches of network service, performing a broad variety of IT tasks for a large mix of customers. Every Progent support professional shares a proven set of personal best practices which are combined into company-wide best practices training that Progent instills in its consulting personnel. This means that you get not only world-class technical help, but also a support engineer with field-tested approaches for using technical knowledge to solve actual network problems rapidly.
- Value Pricing
Progent's pricing policy is to bill for online service and on-premises help per minute. Consequently, you owe just for received support. Progent does not demand a higher rate for off-hours or priority service, and within California or in areas where Progent provides on-premises support, Progent does not bill for travel except for urgent support where on-site work is less than 4 hours. In addition, Progent applies no minimum fee and requires no retainer for services delivered during regular working hours. Many service organizations demand substantial minimum payments or charge for every fifteen minutes or longer. Progent's fine granularity does away with big bills for quick fixes so you won't be tempted to permit simple problems to stay unaddressed.
- Information Transfer
Progent practices knowledge transfer from Progent's consultants to clients. By educating customers to handle technical issues that are within their comfort zone, Progent can concentrate on delivering hard-to-find skills where Progent has little competition. Businesses who work with trusted freelance service providers or who employ internal support personnel benefit when Progent passes on knowledge about new technology and proven processes to make their IT environments more robust, protected, and productive.
- Automated Network Monitoring with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
Progent is one of the few support firms to provide round-the-clock remote monitoring services based on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. MS System Center Operations Manager allows your computer support to be anticipatory instead of reactive. By anticipating potential issues before they cause downtime, system monitoring can save your information network from stressful and costly service disruptions.
How Does My Business Begin Getting Online Computer Help from Progent?
To initiate Progent's online help offerings or to learn more about Progent's online support options, call Progent at 1-866-PROGENT (866-776-4368) or see Contact Progent. If you have an urgent need for IT support, go to Immediate Network Support.