Fast Online Help for Calgary Alberta Computer Systems
For organizations in Calgary Alberta, Progent offers online support for computer systems based on any mix of Microsoft, Cisco, macOS and OS, or Linux/UNIX platforms. Progent's Microsoft Certified professionals have delivered online troubleshooting to companies in every state in the U.S. (See testimonials from Progent's customers.) In addition, Progent can furnish the consultation services of Cisco CCIE engineers to handle challenging networking issues, plus the assistance of CISSP-accredited cybersecurity experts to handle advanced security architecture and diagnostic issues.
Progent's remote support engineers provide exceptional leverage because they have the real-world background and are equipped with the advanced tools required to resolve most information system issues rapidly. Efficient support lowers direct expenses because service calls use up minimal billable minutes. Online support also eliminates the cost of sending an engineer to your location. Your organization benefits additionally with indirect costs by minimizing or avoiding system downtime and associated costs stemming from business disruption, disgruntled clients, idle employees, and distracted executives. Progent's advanced remote technical support expertise is especially helpful for organizations that depend on public clouds for vital infrastructure or software such as Microsoft Azure, Exchange Online, Amazon AWA, Google Cloud, or where onsite tech support may not be useful.
Progent's billing policy for online help is designed to leverage your network support dollar. Progent bills on a per-minute basis for telephone-based consulting, so you are invoiced exclusively for the support that you receive. Unlike many online support organizations, Progent asks for no service activation surcharge or minimum job duration. Progent's per-minute billing unit and simple policy for billing prevent situations where speedy. minor solutions manage to turn into major tabs. Progent's penchant for handling problems quickly means you saves money.
Progent's Online Consulting and Troubleshooting Services
Over the years, Progent has fine tuned a collection of optimized technologies and proven processes that permit the maximum level of efficiency for remote help and repair for computer systems of any size. Progent offers protected VPN support for VPN gateways from multiple leading companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, SonicWall and WatchGuard. Protected VPN connectivity allows the experts of Progent's remote service group to connect to your environment remotely without breaching system security.
Progent's sophisticated technical support database application stores thorough documentation for the service that Progent's clients have received. Progent's team service personnel have access to the specifics of support delivered to each client by any engineer. This database of issues and repairs is structured as a conveniently exploitable support database that enables Progent's online support experts to share their experiences with the whole team to ensure that the quality of Progent's support services improves over time. Progent's extensive list of certifications and working associations with major industry leaders including Cisco and Microsoft make available additional vast technical support knowledge bases and allow fast response from manufacturers' internal product engineers with the result that Progent's remote service experts can find the most efficient resolutions quickly.
Online technical support services available from Progent to customers in Calgary Alberta include:
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Certified Microsoft Windows Expertise
Progent's Microsoft-premier remote service engineers can provide computer system repair and consulting support for all Microsoft server products. Progent is a Microsoft Certified Partner and can offer your business the assistance of consulting engineers who can assist you with a wide variety of platform support services including Microsoft Windows Server 2022 planning and migration services,
Windows Server 2019 migration,
Windows Server 2016 configuration for hybrid environments, Windows Server 2012 R2 integration,
Windows Server 2008 R2 migration,
MS Exchange Server 2019 deployment,
Microsoft Exchange 2016 Server planning and deployment, Exchange 2013 integration,
Microsoft Exchange 2010 maintenance,
SharePoint Server 2019 planning and configuration, SharePoint Server 2016 migration and hybrid integration expertise, Microsoft Teams planning and integration, Microsoft Skype for Business planning and deployment consulting, Microsoft Lync Server integration, and Microsoft Communications Server 2007 upgrade,
Forefront TMG administration and ISA Server 2006 migration, Microsoft SQL Server 2019 migration expertise, MS 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 Access Development and Training,
Small Business Server 2011 consulting, and
Windows 2012 R2 Essentials migration and cloud integration.
Progent also can deliver a wide array of affordable desktop consulting and support services to assist you company to install, integrate, troubleshoot, and manage workstations and notebooks based on Windows. Progent's PC desktop consulting services cover areas such as providing Windows 11 planning and upgrade support and Windows 10 configuration support, plus System Center 2012 Configuration Manager planning and installation, System Center 2016 Configuration Manager hybrid cloud integration, and Intune consulting to streamline the administration of your PCs along with your web-facing tablets and smartphones.
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Contact a Cisco CCIE for Complex Network Troubleshooting
The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert credential is the top recognition for networking professionals, and validates a person's network technology skills at the expert level. Cisco-qualified CCIEs can resolve the most difficult challenges associated with network design, deployment, maintenance, compliance, and troubleshooting. CCIEs can cooperate closely with Cisco's internal product support engineers in isolating problems with Cisco IOS network management utilities and developing workarounds or identifying software patches. Cisco CCIEs are an exceptional value since their deep experience permits them to solve problems rapidly. In common instances, less qualified service providers can wrestle for many hours or days with identical tasks that a Cisco CCIE can fix in minutes. Progent's Cisco CCIE certified engineers can tie into your network using the latest remote support technology to perform fast, safe, and economical analysis and remediation.
Calgary Metro Contact Information:
Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout the Calgary metro area.
Progent locations in Calgary Metro
Progent's CCIEs can provide help for the complete line of Cisco's market leading selection of networking products by providing consulting services that include:
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CISSP, ISSAP, and CISM Premier Network Security Specialists
Progent's accredited CISSP and CISSP-ISSAP cybersecurity experts can provide a range of system protection solutions that can strengthen the safety of your Windows, Apple macOS and OS X, or Linux network against internal or external threats or help your business to clean up rapidly following a damaging penetration. Security consulting services offered by Progent include: thorough network security and compliance assessment using utilities such as GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner, AMAP Application Scanner, and products from Solar Winds tools and Netcat; rapid recovery from virus and worm assaults; setting up firewalls; building secure mechanisms for off-site and mobile connectivity; securing your messaging infrastructure against viruses, spam and directory harvest attacks; and instituting round-the-clock network monitoring.
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Hybrid Cloud Integration Solutions

Progent offers expert remote consulting support to help organizations of all sizes integrate their information networks with leading public clouds such as Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Progent can help you to plan and administer cost-effective ecosystems that can include Windows and Linux systems and applications in both cloud-only solutions or in hybrid architectures that utilize physical IT assets along with public clouds. To assist you to integrate public cloud services with networks, Progent can provide a variety of cloud integration support services such as Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration solutions with on-premises Exchange,
Azure hybrid cloud design and deployment consulting, Amazon Web Services (AWS) hybrid cloud migration, Amazon Web Marketing Service (WMS) programming and debugging, and Google Cloud integration consulting. Progent has more than 20 years of experience delivering advanced consulting expertise remotely, and Progent can make sure you complete your cloud integration initiatives quickly and affordably.
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VMware Site Recovery Manager and NSX Consulting
VMware's Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is an extension to VMware vCenter that allows you to define, automate and verify a repeatable workflow for recovering services rapidly following an outage. SRM supports centrally managed and automated disaster recovery, application mobility, and transparent site migration, failback and re-protect. Site Recovery Manager also supports non-disruptive testing for disaster recovery, upgrades and patches and can generate reports to confirm full service recovery, validate Service Level Agreements and demonstrate compliance. Progent can provide the support of a VCDX certified VMware SRM consultant to assist you to design, configure, test and manage a disaster recovery system powered by VMware SRM.
Progent's VMware vSphere experts have extensive understanding of VMware vCloud Director (vCD), vRealize Automation (vRA), vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) and vCloud Suite used for managing private and hybrid cloud solutions that deliver high uptime, data security, and disaster recovery. Progent can also provide world-class VMware NSX expertise from a VCDX-NV certified network designer to assist your organization to create a fully virtualized Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) that can be set up or re-purposed in minutes and managed with a high level of automation regardless of the hardware used by the underlying IP network.
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UNIX/Linux, Solaris, and macOS and OS X Support Services
Progent's UNIX, Linux experts and macOS and OS X technology specialists offer remote support services to cover a wide spectrum of information technologies such as system architecture, messaging solutions, network and operational security, plus UNIX/Linux and Microsoft Windows integration. For server hardware economization and easy administration in networks that incorporate Linux-based systems and Microsoft Windows, Progent offers VMware consulting and Citrix XenServer support. Progent can also assist with transitioning from legacy applications to Windows or Linux-powered solutions. Progent's team-oriented methodology for solving network problems enables quick escalation, when required, to engineers with task-relevant experience to handle challenging scenarios. This accelerates solutions of urgent problems, minimizes network downtime, and lowers support expense.
Progent's UNIX and Linux support engineers can offer urgent phone-based help resolving anomalies affecting UNIX, Linux, or Solaris systems powered by popular variants of UNIX such as:
Mac OS X
Sun Solaris
IBM AIX Operating System
HP-UX
BSD
Silicon Graphics IRIX
ProSight Subscription-based Managed Services for Small and Medium Size Organizations
Progent offers a family of affordable, fixed-price services designed to enable small and medium-size organizations to benefit from the same best-of-breed technology used by many of the industry's leading corporations. The ProSight series of network management outsourcing services covers all key aspects of modern networking such as email protection, security and compliance, cloud-based backup and disaster recovery, network infrastructure management, VM hosting, and IT asset documentation management. ProSight managed services include:
- ProSight Active Security Monitoring: Endpoint Protection and Ransomware Defense
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution that utilizes SentinelOne's cutting edge behavior machine learning tools to defend endpoint devices as well as servers and VMs against new malware assaults such as ransomware and file-less exploits, which easily escape traditional signature-matching AV products. ProSight ASM protects local and cloud-based resources and offers a unified platform to manage the entire threat lifecycle including protection, identification, containment, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Top features include one-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and automatic network-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. Learn more about Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring endpoint protection and ransomware defense powered by SentinelOne technology.
- ProSight Enhanced Security Protection: Physical and Virtual Endpoint Security and Exchange Filtering
Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection managed services deliver affordable in-depth protection for physical servers and VMs, workstations, mobile devices, and Microsoft Exchange. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced machine learning for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber threats from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, intrusion alerts, endpoint control, and web filtering through leading-edge tools packaged within a single agent managed from a unified control. Progent's data protection and virtualization consultants can help you to design and implement a ProSight ESP environment that addresses your organization's unique requirements and that helps you prove compliance with legal and industry data security regulations. Progent will help you specify and configure policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alerts that require immediate action. Progent can also help you to set up and test a backup and restore 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. Find out more about Progent's ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) unified endpoint protection and Exchange filtering.
- ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS): Managed Backup and Recovery
Progent has partnered with leading backup technology vendors to produce ProSight Data Protection Services, a family of subscription-based management offerings that provide backup-as-a-service. ProSight DPS services manage and monitor your data backup processes and allow non-disruptive backup and fast recovery of important files/folders, applications, system images, plus virtual machines. ProSight DPS helps you avoid data loss resulting from equipment breakdown, natural calamities, fire, malware like ransomware, human mistakes, malicious employees, or software bugs. Managed backup services available in the ProSight Data Protection Services product line include ProSight Altaro VM Backup, ProSight 365 Total Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup, ProSight ECHO Backup based on Barracuda dedicated hardware, and ProSight MSP360 Hybrid Backup. Your Progent service representative can assist you to identify which of these fully managed services are best suited for your IT environment.
- Patch Management: Patch Management Services
Progent's support services for patch management provide organizations of all sizes a flexible and affordable alternative for evaluating, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting software and firmware updates to your dynamic IT system. In addition to maximizing the security and reliability of your computer environment, Progent's software/firmware update management services free up time for your IT team to concentrate on line-of-business projects and tasks that deliver maximum business value from your information network. Find out more about Progent's software/firmware update management services.
- ProSight Duo Multi-Factor Authentication: Identity Validation, Endpoint Remediation, and Secure Single Sign-on
Progent's Duo MFA service plans incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices. Using 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are requested to confirm your identity via a device that only you possess and that uses a separate network channel. A broad range of devices can be utilized for this added form of ID validation such as a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You may designate multiple verification devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for access security.
- ProSight Reporting: In-depth Reporting for Ticketing and Network Monitoring Platforms
ProSight Reporting is an expanding suite of real-time and in-depth reporting plug-ins designed to integrate with the industry's top ticketing and remote 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 exposing ticketing or network health concerns clearly and in near-real time, ProSight Reporting enhances productivity, lowers management hassle, and saves money. For more information, visit 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 and email encryption service that uses the infrastructure of leading data security vendors to provide web-based management and world-class security for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service combines cloud-based filtering with a local security gateway device to provide advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter acts as a preliminary barricade and keeps most threats from making it to your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to external attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage space. Email Guard's on-premises gateway appliance adds a further layer of inspection for incoming email. For outgoing email, the on-premises security gateway offers AV and anti-spam filtering, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The onsite security gateway can also help Exchange Server to track and protect internal email traffic that stays inside your corporate firewall. For more information, visit Email Guard spam and content filtering.
- ProSight WAN Watch: Network Infrastructure Remote Monitoring and Management
ProSight WAN Watch is an infrastructure monitoring and management service that makes it easy and inexpensive for small and mid-sized businesses to diagram, track, optimize and troubleshoot their connectivity hardware such as switches, firewalls, and load balancers plus servers, endpoints and other networked devices. Using state-of-the-art Remote Monitoring and Management technology, ProSight WAN Watch ensures that infrastructure topology diagrams are always updated, copies and displays the configuration information of virtually all devices on your network, tracks performance, and generates notices when problems are detected. By automating tedious management and troubleshooting activities, ProSight WAN Watch can cut hours off ordinary tasks like making network diagrams, reconfiguring your network, finding devices that require critical software patches, or isolating performance problems. Learn more about ProSight WAN Watch network infrastructure management consulting.
- ProSight LAN Watch: Server and Desktop Monitoring
ProSight LAN Watch is Progent's server and desktop remote monitoring managed service that incorporates state-of-the-art remote monitoring and management (RMM) techniques to help keep your network operating at peak levels by checking the state of vital assets that power your business network. When ProSight LAN Watch uncovers an issue, an alert is sent immediately to your designated IT management staff and your assigned Progent engineering consultant so that any potential problems can be addressed before they have a chance to disrupt your network Learn more about ProSight LAN Watch server and desktop remote monitoring services.
- ProSight Virtual Hosting: Hosted VMs at Progent's World-class Data Center
With Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service, a small or mid-size business can have its key servers and apps hosted in a secure Tier III data center on a high-performance virtual machine host set up and managed by Progent's network support professionals. With the ProSight Virtual Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the operating system software, and the apps. Because the system is virtualized, it can be moved easily to an alternate hosting solution without a lengthy and technically risky configuration procedure. With ProSight Virtual Hosting, you are not tied one hosting service. Learn more 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, maintain, retrieve and protect information related to your IT infrastructure, procedures, applications, and services. You can instantly locate passwords or serial numbers and be warned automatically about upcoming expirations of SSL certificates or warranties. By updating and managing your IT infrastructure documentation, you can eliminate up to 50% of time thrown away trying to find critical information about your network. ProSight IT Asset Management includes a common location for holding and sharing all documents related to managing your business network like standard operating procedures and How-To's. ProSight IT Asset Management also supports a high level of automation for gathering and associating IT information. Whether you're making enhancements, performing regular maintenance, or responding to a crisis, ProSight IT Asset Management delivers the data you need the instant you need it. Learn more details about ProSight IT Asset Management service.
ProSight Network Audits
Progent's ProSight Network Audits offer a fast and low-cost alternative for small and mid-size businesses to obtain an unbiased evaluation of the health of their IT system. Powered by a selection of the top remote monitoring and management tools available, and overseen by Progent's certified team of IT professionals, ProSight Network Audits help you see how closely the configuration of your essential infrastructure devices conform to industry leading practices. The Basic and Advanced versions of ProSight Network Audit services are offered at a budget-friendly, one-time cost and provide immediate benefits such as a cleaner Active Directory (AD) environment. Both versions also include one year of cutting-edge remote network monitoring and management. Advantages can include simpler management, better compliance with government and industry security standards, more efficient utilization of IT assets, quicker problem resolution, more dependable backup and restore, and less downtime. Read more about Progent's ProSight Network Audits IT infrastructure assessment.
The ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report Service
The ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is a low-cost service built around a brief phone discussion with a Progent backup/recovery expert. The interview is designed to help assess your organization's ability to block or recover rapidly following an attack by a ransomware strain such as Ryuk, WannaCry, MongoLock, or Locky. Progent will consult with you directly to collect information concerning your existing cybersecurity posture and backup platform, and Progent will then deliver a custom Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how you can apply best practices to create an efficient AV and backup/recovery environment that aligns with your business requirements. For more information, see Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report.
Additional Support Services Available from Progent
Progent can provide the skills of world-class online consulting experts for special information technology programs. Progent's rates for ongoing development or consulting tasks are determined based on the qualifications of the engineers involved. Progent's experience with these important areas of computer technology enables customers to complete critical initiatives within budget and on time. Progent's project-based online engineering services include:
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Call Center Services
Progent's Help Desk Call Center service options for businesses with environments that incorporate Microsoft Windows, Cisco, Apple macOS and OS X, UNIX, or Linux technology include comprehensive Help Desk Call Center services, shared Help Desk support services, and Call Center consulting.
Progent's Standard Help Desk Services provide small organizations a complete service desk solution that handles all aspects of remote Level 1 desktop technical support from service requests through trouble ticket generation, remote desktop control, status tracking, problem resolution, and reporting. Progent provides help desk services at a significant discount from Progent's regular Level 1 desktop support rates, and Progent offers the option of rapid on-demand escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 experts to resolve complex problems.
Progent's Help Desk Co-management services allow your IT organization to split the load for Help Desk services seamlessly between your in-house IT team and Progent's nationwide pool of veteran technical support engineers and matter experts (SMEs). Progent's Co-managed Help Desk service is an advanced support solution based on the top professional services automation tool for managing end-user service requests, ticket lifecycle, responsibility, progress tracking, and reporting.
Progent's Help Desk team of experienced network professionals provides your customers in Calgary Alberta rapid communication with a dependable technical support resource with years of experience offering telephone-based consulting and online repair service for IT systems powered by Microsoft, Cisco, Apple macOS and OS X, or UNIX/Linux technology. Progent's charter is to earn the Help Desk perception as a significant enabler of business productivity, and Progent's target is to resolve and not just track IT issues.
- Applications Services: Training, Custom Programming, and Troubleshooting
Progent's Applications Experts Team offers phone-based professional engineering support and education in specific business application fields that include ERP, Manufacturing Requirements Planning, custom programming for accounting packages, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Progent also can provide consulting expertise, custom development, and training for popular Microsoft business applications including Microsoft CRM, MS Office Project, Microsoft 365 Word, and Microsoft 365 Excel. To learn more concerning Progent's consulting, custom development, and training offerings, go to Progent's Applications Experts Services.
- Unified and Automated Management of Hybrid Cloud Networks
System Center unifies and automates the administration of hybrid cloud networks through comprehensive integration with Windows Server 2022, Windows 10 and Windows 11; cohesive management of heterogeneous networks that incorporate Linux, Hyper-V and VMware vSphere; and better cloud support such as closer integration with Intune for iPhone and Android smartphone management plus native integration with Operations Management Suite for cloud-based analytics. Progent's System Center consultants offer world-class online and on-premises expertise for all elements of System Center2including Operations Manager (SCOM), Configuration Manager (SCCM), Virtual Machine Manager, Data Protection Manager, Orchestrator, and Service Manager (SCSM). Progent can assist your business to plan and configure a new deployment of Microsoft System Center2, expand or tune an existing one, upgrade smoothly from a previous version of System Center, or troubleshoot your System Center solution.
- Remote Hybrid Network Monitoring and Reporting Support
Progent can deliver companies in Calgary Alberta remote hybrid network monitoring and reporting by providing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) expertise. Progent can tune Operations Manager for your environment so your IT maintenance is proactive and automated. By anticipating potential problems before they result in network outages, automated monitoring can head off stressful and costly network breakdowns. Progent can also assist with server and infrastructure monitoring utilities such as Nagios and MRTG Graphical Traffic Load Monitor to analyze UNIX, Linux, Solaris, or macOS and OS X systems, Microsoft Windows networks, or networks powered by a combination of OS platforms.
How Your Calgary Business Can Contact Progent's Remote Support Professionals
To contact Progent about urgent remote help with Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and OS X, or Linux networks, go to Progent's Emergency Phone-Based Help, telephone 1-800-993-9400, or visit Contact Progent.
For companies and new ventures in Calgary Alberta, Progent's phone-based network support engineers are ready to deliver expert and affordable system help the instant your business requires it. Over two decades of providing remote technical assistance has earned Microsoft Partner status for Progent's consulting experts and has enabled Progent to acquire high-end troubleshooting capability and to refine online access technology to repair computer problems quickly while eliminating the cost and lost productivity that comes with on-premises support visits.
Even if your Calgary organization works with a local independent consultant or maintains an in-house IT staff that can deal with typical computer problems, Progent's Microsoft certified consultants can still offer a convenient and transparent virtual extension of your on-site resources for situations when your regular service personnel either don't have the bandwidth or the experience to solve sudden system crises or particularly challenging integration projects.
Features of Progent's Remote Network Services for Calgary Alberta
Progent's phone support, Internet-based troubleshooting, network security expertise, and network management services give companies in Calgary Alberta the greatest leverage for your IT investment. Whether you need occasional telephone help and Internet-based troubleshooting or ongoing Help Desk services and network administration, Progent's professionals can provide your company world class network support while permitting you to eliminate the expense and hassle of running a large internal IT organization. Key features of Progent's National Remote Support services include:
- Fast Phone Contact with Microsoft Certified Support Specialists
Progent's team of Microsoft-certified engineers can provide immediate and affordable expertise to businesses in Calgary Alberta and is also ideal for customers in geographic areas that lack technicians with in-depth experience supporting Microsoft's current family of server technologies. All Progent phone support staff have over 10 years of background supporting Microsoft solutions. As a Microsoft Certified Partner support company, Progent has access to a broad range of Microsoft support utilities, service databases, and continuing education.
- Per Minute Billing to Minimize Costs
Progent provides remote support on a by-the-minute basis, so you are billed only for the support you use. Progent requires no minimum fee for phone support and asks for no periodic retainer for services delivered during regular working hours. This saves you from facing big bills for routine repairs.
- Access to Cisco Certified Network Design Experts
Progent's certified experts for Cisco offers the services of authorized specialists who have skill in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting networking environments powered by Cisco technology. Progent can offer a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert or CCNP to help you build fast, reliable, and protected infrastructure for fixed and mobile networking.
- Application Specialists Consulting
Progent's basic consulting services consist of technology integration, Microsoft Exchange Server consulting, system security planning, and shared Help Desk services. Progent's Experts Team offers world-class consulting support in critical business applications. Support offered by the Application Experts Group includes:
Microsoft Dynamics GP Support and Customization
Microsoft Office Project and Project Online Expertise
Office 365 integration consulting
Office Excel and Microsoft Office 365 Excel Consulting and VBA Programming
Microsoft Office Word and Office 365 Word Consulting
Business Information (BI) Reporting Development and Training
Power BI Integration Consulting
UNIX, Linux and Solaris Help
MS SQL Server 2019 solution design, MS SQL Server 2017 planning and migration, Microsoft SQL 2016 Software Development, and Microsoft SQL 2014 Application Programming and Debugging
Oracle DBA Services and Software Programming
MySQL Project Management and Software Programming
Apple Mac Support
Amazon MWS Software Integration
By providing a convenient centralized source for IT generalists and application experts, Progent is able to deliver timely, inexpensive, and comprehensive IT solutions that address the special needs of your company.
- State of the Art Remote Connectivity Tools
Protected remote access allows Progent's support professionals to observe precisely what your users see. This makes it possible to find fast solutions to problems that might otherwise require a costly personal visit. Effective online access software and expert engineers together allow Progent to repair most network problems rapidly and economically. Progent is a pioneer in offsite troubleshooting and remote network analysis.
- Compatibility with Leading VPN Products
Progent can provide secure VPN connectivity for gateways from leading VPN providers such as Microsoft, Cisco, Sonicwall and CheckPoint. Secure VPN remote connectivity enables the engineers at Progent's Technical Response Center to access your network remotely without weakening network security.
- 24x7 Service for Maximum Network Uptime
For organizations with line-of-business applications, Progent can provide optional round-the-clock remote technical services. Used in conjunction with automated 24x7 server monitoring based on MS System Center Operations Manager 2007, this service can help produce high network availability.
- Help Desk Outsourcing
Progent's Help Desk support services are intended especially for budget-constrained organizations whose workers need instant recourse to a Help Desk service with expert phone support and full escalation ability.
What Makes Progent Different from Other Support Organizations?
Progent is a Microsoft Certified Partner consulting company and Progent's staff size, depth of IT expertise, fine tuned support tools, and understanding of corporate IT allow companies to escape the pitfalls of excessive reliance on smaller consulting firms, individual freelance consultants, or limited in-house resources.
Progent stands out by offering:
- Proven Methodology
Progent's staff of Microsoft and Cisco Premier Certified experts average more than ten years of real-world professional background, in the trenches of IT service, executing a wide range of technical tasks for a large array of clients. Every Progent support professional shares a refined collection of personal best practices which are combined into company-wide best practices training that Progent teaches its support staff. This means that you get not only expert IT capability, but also a support engineer with proven methods for using technical knowledge to fix actual network problems efficiently.
- Value Pricing
Progent's pricing policy is to charge for online support and on-site help per minute. As a result, you are charged exclusively for delivered support. Progent does not impose a higher rate for off-hours or emergency service, and inside California or in regions where Progent offers in-person support, Progent does not bill for travel time except for urgent calls where on-site work is less than four hours. In addition, Progent applies no service activation charge and requires no monthly commitment for services delivered during normal working hours. Many service organizations demand substantial minimum payments or charge for each quarter hour or longer. Progent's one-minute granularity avoids big invoices for quick fixes so you will not be tempted to allow simple problems to stay unaddressed.
- Complete Records of IT Services
Progent has developed a sophisticated support reporting system that stores and formats complete documentation for all delivered support activities. Unlike many independent consultants or local service organizations who offer scant documentation or specifics of tasks done, every service provided by Progent is tracked by comprehensive documentation. Every Progent staff member has use of the support reports sent by each consultant to every client. The practice of documenting and organizing service records allows more effective support and avoids a variety of typical problems such as when a service client is effectively held hostage to a consultant who won't release the keys to the kingdom.
- Remote Network Monitoring with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
Progent is one of the few IT service firms to offer 24x7 remote tracking services based on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. MS System Center Operations Manager causes your network maintenance to be anticipatory rather than reactive. By anticipating possible problems before they cause lost productivity, system monitoring can keep your information network from painful and expensive service disruptions.
How Does My Business Start Receiving Online Computer Help from Progent?
To initiate Progent's online help services or to find out more about Progent's phone support programs, contact Progent at 1-866-PROGENT (866-776-4368) or visit Contact Progent. If you have an urgent requirement for IT help, visit Immediate Network Support.