Cisco Certified Expert Network Consulting

Data centers are the key to leveraging IT resources to optimize the strategic value of an information system. For small companies, data centers have typically grown in a haphazard manner, creating a situation where processors and storage devices are underutilized, available communications capacity is wasted, teamwork and knowledge sharing is limited, maintenance demands are excessive, expansion or reconfiguring is costly, security is patchy, nominally minor modifications turn into giant challenges, and full recovery from catastrophic failure becomes virtually impossible.

Cisco's most recent networking appliances and tools enable a new generation of data center design that permits continual improvements in processor, storage, connectivity topology, and applications in a maintainable and affordable way. Progent's engineers can assist you to identify and implement Cisco's network technology to create a solid foundation for your data center and to improve your operations in vital areas such as:

• Processor and storage efficiency
• End-to-end security enforcement
• Server proliferation
• Regulatory requirements
• Business continuance

The business benefits that can be realized from using Progent's network experts to optimize your data center include:

• Lower TCO: permits IT to significantly reduce acquisition costs via integration and higher use of formerly separate network resources, lower maintenance expenses by simplifying and automating management tasks, and cut HVAC and power bills.
• More Business Flexibility: enables IT management to respond quickly to changing business demands by allowing fast provisioning of application and infrastructure services from common aggregations of integrated server, disk, and network resources. This can improve operational processes and support policy-driven management.
• Enhanced Business Resilience: enables IT to react to disruptions or attacks by guarding connections, programs, and information through advanced degrees of fault tolerance, comprehensive security, and disaster recovery.
• Improved Service Levels: permits IT management to optimize network service levels by providing secure, accelerated access to data center-resident applications and information from any location and at any time throughout the organization.

• Building efficient firewall protection configurations powered by Cisco PIX and ASA firewall appliances
• Installing and troubleshooting protected VPN access for connecting data centers to other data centers, corporate offices, and mobile users
• Planning, and integrating resilient non-stop switching, routing, and Internet access environments so that single point failures do not interrupt operation of the network
• Configuring backup Internet providers with transparent failover using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Progent can help clients through the complete path of interaction with Internet supervisors, having Autonomous System numbers and IP addresses allotted, dealing with ISP carriers to set up their networks, and deploying and checking client devices.
• Implementing segmented and secure VLAN environments to support VMware virtual server deployments
• Designing, installing and helping clients to manage 24x7 IPS systems so that attacks can be detected rapidly and remediated so they don't disrupt your business
• Planning, configuring, and supporting load balancing solutions. Consulting with clients, Progent can align expressed needs to the most sensible solutions and deploy load balancing at the application level, server level, or connectivity infrastructure layer. These designs allow for transparent and scalable expansion, reliability, security, and fault tolerance.
• Progent knows how to design effective network management solutions based on Simple Network Management Protocol and Cisco's open Netflow protocols, along with Cisco Security Manager and CiscoWorks and various outside vendor products that allow network managers a powerful real-time view into the operation of their data center's infrastructure
• Configuring and supporting high-end data center capable infrastructure appliances such as the Cisco Catalyst 4500, 6500, and 6800 family switches, Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 family switches, and Cisco 7600 and 12000 routers.

To learn more details concerning Progent's professional support for Cisco technology, select a subject:

• Overview of Progent's Cisco Network Support
• Timely Remote Access to a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Consultant
• Cisco Firepower Series Firewalls: Configuration and Troubleshooting Support
• Cisco ASA 5500-X Firewall with Cisco Firepower: Consulting and Management Support
• Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall Consulting Support
• PIX Firewall Troubleshooting Expertise
• Cisco Routers Engineering Support
• Cisco Wireless Consulting Services
• Cisco Aironet Wireless Access Points Deployment Services
• Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 Wireless Access Points System Design Support
• Catalyst 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6/6E Wireless Access Points Planning, Configuration and Troubleshooting Expertise
• Cisco Wireless Controllers Consulting
• Cisco Meraki APs Consulting Expertise
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM or Unified CM) and Cisco CallManager Configuration and Technical Support
• Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Phones and IP Video Desktop Phones Consulting and Wireless VoIP Phone Configuration
• Cisco Jabber Configuration and Troubleshooting Services
• Cisco Catalyst Switches Engineering Expertise
• Nexus Switches Configuration and Maintenance Services
• Meraki MS Switches Consulting and Support Expertise
• Cisco Security and VPN Engineering Support
• SIP and CUBE Infrastructure Solutions: SIP Trunking and Cisco CUBE Integration Consulting
• Cisco Duo MFA Two-factor Authentication Services for At-Home Workers
• Network Optimization Consulting for Service Providers
• Unified Cloud-based and Hybrid Management Solutions for Cisco-based Infrastructure

To ask Progent about professional expertise for Cisco networking, phone 1-800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.