Cisco Network Consulting

Progent's organizational structure is optimized to make top network support talent accessible quickly and economically. Progent is a leader in the network support arena for the ability to provide convenient, rapid, and cost-effective access to Cisco CCIEs. Cisco-certified CCIEs are elite networking engineers who earn this rare certification only after intense examination by Cisco.

CCIE is the most advanced recognition for networking engineers, and certifies an individual's networking skills at the expert level. Individuals who succeed in both of the mandatory exams, one written and one in a hands-on lab environment, are awarded a CCIE credential from Cisco. Becoming a CCIE usually requires at least three years of real-world seasoning architecting, implementing, managing, and troubleshooting complex Cisco environments. Earning a CCIE credential also demands experience with Cisco devices and Cisco networking solutions, extensive knowledge of LAN and WAN mechanisms, and a detailed understanding of the network protocols used on routers, switches, bridges, and security devices. The elite CCIE credential has been voted the most advanced IT certification by CertMag.

The Skills of a Cisco CCIE Consultant
Cisco's CCIE certification recognizes experts with the knowledge and experience to handle the most difficult assignments in networking. The CCIE tests given by Cisco are regularly revised to evolve along with network technology, focusing on current environments and real-world problems. The CCIE credential is active for two years, and to renew it engineers have to pass a Cisco recertification test. This guarantees that CCIE engineers don't become out of date or overly focused so that they can provide the most advanced solutions to the widest range of problems associated with the most current networking technology.

CCIEs are an elite class of consultants. Below 3% of all Cisco certified professionals make it to the CCIE level, a tiny fraction of information technology professionals worldwide. By 2010, approximately 5,000 Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts were estimated to be in the United States. Progent offers the skills of around a dozen CCIE-certified engineers on its phone-support and on-site IT consulting group, which represents an exceptionally large number for an independent small business IT service company.

CCIEs can resolve the most difficult issues involving network planning, deployment, administration, protection, and repair. CCIEs work on a privileged basis with Cisco's internal support staff in identifying problems with Cisco IOS Software network administration utilities and coming up with alternate approaches or obtaining software patches to correct problems. CCIEs are an exceptional value because their depth of expertise enables them to solve complex problems quickly. In many instances, less qualified consultants can burn up hours or even days struggling with a task that an experienced CCIE can resolve in just a few minutes.

Most Progent CCIEs are not only expert at Cisco technologies, but also have multiple recognized industry certifications such as Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and an important security certification such as CISSP or CISM. This permits Progent to offer comprehensive solutions that incorporate a broad range of technologies without incurring needless costs and delays orchestrating multiple consultants.

Progent's CCIE Support Services
The vast majority of CCIEs work for large enterprises or national ISPs, and so their skills are not readily available to the general public. Progent is one of the few consulting organizations that makes CCIEs available to help small and mid-size companies. In addition, Progent can provide fast contact with a CCIE by phone so that you can get timely support for complex network issues that are hurting worker efficiency but are beyond the scope of your ordinary IT maintenance providers. Progent's CCIE support experts can tie into your environment via the latest remote support technology in order to provide quick and affordable diagnosis and remediation of urgent network problems. To learn how to get in touch with a Progent CCIE for timely help with your IT infrastructure, go to Progent's Online Support Services.

To see additional details about Progent's consulting help for Cisco solutions, choose a topic:

• Overview of Progent's Cisco Engineering Services
• Cisco Firepower Firewalls: Integration and Troubleshooting Expertise
• Cisco ASA 5500-X Firewall with Cisco Firepower Services: Consulting and Troubleshooting Support
• ASA 5500 Firewall Consulting Support
• Cisco PIX 500 Firewall Upgrade. Migration Expertise
• Cisco Routers Engineering Support
• Cisco Wireless Engineering Support
• Cisco Aironet Wireless APs Engineering Help
• Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Wireless Access Points Consulting Help
• Catalyst Wi-Fi 6/6E Wireless Access Points Solution Design, Configuration and Debugging Consulting
• Cisco Wireless Controllers Support Services
• Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Points Engineering Expertise
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM or Unified CM) and CallManager Integration and Technical Support
• Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Phones and IP Video Desktop Phones Consulting Services and Wireless IP Phone Solutions
• Cisco Jabber and Management Expertise
• Cisco Catalyst Switches Consulting and Support Services
• Nexus Switches Consulting and Support Expertise
• Meraki MS Switches Consulting and Support Expertise
• Cisco Security and VPN Integration Help
• SIP and CUBE Infrastructure Solutions: SIP Trunks and CUBE Integration Expertise
• Cisco Duo MFA Two-factor Authentication Services for an At-Home Workforce
• Design Solutions for Cisco-based Datacenters and Colocation Centers
• Data Center Optimization Services for ISPs
• Centralized Cloud-based and Hybrid Network Management Solutions for Cisco-powered Infrastructure

In order to contact Progent about consulting assistance for Cisco technology, phone 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.