Cisco Certified Expert Network Consulting and Support

Progent's organizational structure is geared towards making top information technology skills accessible on short notice and for a reasonable cost. Progent is a leader in the IT consulting industry for being able to provide easy, rapid, and cost-effective access to Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIEs). CCIEs are sought-after networking engineers who earn this prestigious certification by passing strenuous examination by Cisco.

CCIE is the most advanced recognition for network professionals, and indicates an individual's networking knowledge at the master level. Candidates who pass the two mandatory exams, one written and one in a hands-on lab setting, receive a CCIE credential from Cisco. Becoming a CCIE usually requires at least three years of real-world experience architecting, implementing, managing, and troubleshooting large-scale Cisco environments. Qualifying for a CCIE certificate also requires a familiarity with Cisco devices and network software, extensive understanding of Local Area Network and Wide Area Network mechanisms, and an in-depth understanding of the protocols used on routers, switches, bridges, and security devices. The elite CCIE certification has been recognized as the most advanced IT certification by CertMag.

The Capabilities of a CCIE Consultant
Cisco's CCIE credential recognizes experts with the knowledge and experience to succeed in the most difficult assignments in their field. The CCIE exams administered by Cisco are continually updated to grow along with the state of the art, focusing on current environments and real-world problems. The CCIE certification is active for two years, and to renew it holders have to take a Cisco recertification exam. This ensures that CCIEs don't get out of date or too specialized so that they can provide the latest solutions to a broad array of problems associated with the most recent network and security technology.

CCIEs are a highly-select class of engineers. Less than 3% of all Cisco certified professionals make it to the CCIE credential, a tiny minority of information technology professionals worldwide. By 2010, about 5,000 CCIEs were estimated to be in the United States. Progent offers the skills of about 12 CCIEs on its phone-support and on-site IT consulting team, which represents an exceptionally high number for a publicly accessible network service company.

CCIEs can resolve the most difficult problems encountered in network design, integration, management, protection, and troubleshooting. CCIEs work closely with Cisco's in-house support staff in isolating anomalies with IOS Software network management utilities and developing workarounds or installing software updates to resolve problems. CCIEs are an excellent value because their depth of expertise enables them to fix seemingly intractable problems quickly. In many instances, less qualified engineers can burn up many hours or days struggling with a task that a certified CCIE can resolve in a few minutes.

The majority of Progent CCIEs are not only expert at Cisco products, but also have a variety of recognized technical certifications including Microsoft MCSE, and an important network protection credential such as CISSP or CISA. This allows Progent to offer end-to-end services that address a broad array of technologies without incurring needless costs and interruptions managing multiple specialists.

Progent's CCIE Support Services
The vast majority of CCIEs are employed by large corporations or national Internet providers, and so their services are not easily available to small businesses. Progent is among the rare support providers that makes CCIEs accessible to support small and mid-size companies. Also, Progent can provide fast access to a CCIE by phone so that you can receive immediate support for urgent network problems that are hurting business efficiency but are beyond the scope of your ordinary network maintenance personnel. Progent's CCIE consultants can connect to your network by means of state-of-the-art remote troubleshooting tools in order to provide fast and economical analysis and remediation of urgent network trouble. To learn how to talk to a Progent CCIE for timely assistance with your network, go to Progent's Online Support Services.

To find out more details concerning Progent's consulting assistance for Cisco products, select a subject:

• Overview of Progent's Cisco Network Support
• Cisco Firepower NGFW Firewalls: Integration and Troubleshooting Expertise
• ASA 5500-X Series Firewall with Cisco Firepower Services: Consulting and Troubleshooting Services
• ASA 5500 Firewall Integration Support
• PIX 500 Firewall Engineering Assistance
• Cisco Routers Engineering Support
• Cisco Wireless Deployment Expertise
• Aironet APs Consulting Expertise
• Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Wireless Access Points System Design Services
• Cisco Catalyst 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6/6E Wireless APs Solution Design, Configuration and Troubleshooting Expertise
• Cisco WiFi Controllers Integration Consulting
• Meraki Wireless Access Points Deployment Support
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM or Unified CM) and CallManager Configuration and Technical Support
• Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Phones and IP Video Desktop Phones Consulting and Cisco Wireless IP Phone Integration
• Cisco Jabber Integration Services
• Catalyst Switches Deployment Expertise
• Nexus Switches Consulting and Support Services
• Cisco Meraki MS Switches Deployment Services
• Cisco VPN Consulting Support
• SIP and CUBE Infrastructure Solutions: SIP PSTN Trunks and Cisco CUBE Integration Expertise
• Design and Support for Cisco-powered Datacenters
• Infrastructure Optimization Expertise for ISPs
• Centralized Management Techniques for Cisco Infrastructure

In order to contact Progent about engineering help for Cisco networking, phone 1-800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.