Data centers are the focal point of utilizing IT resources to optimize the strategic value of a computer network. For small organizations, data centers have often evolved in a haphazard manner, resulting in a situation where servers and disks are deployed inefficiently, usable communications bandwidth is wasted, teamwork and knowledge sharing is limited, maintenance demands are high, scaling or reconfiguring is expensive, protection is patchy, nominally simple changes turn into major challenges, and full recovery from catastrophic breakdowns becomes virtually undoable.
Cisco's latest connectivity appliances and tools enable a new model of data center design that allows continual improvements in processor, storage, connectivity infrastructure, and applications in a maintainable and cost-effective way. Progent's consultants can help you to select and deploy Cisco's connectivity products to create a solid foundation for your data center and to streamline your data center processes in vital areas such as:
- Server and storage utilization
- Comprehensive security enforcement
- Processor consolidation
- Regulatory issues
- Disaster recovery
The important benefits that can be realized from engaging Progent's Cisco-certified consultants to optimize your data center include:
- Lower ownership cost: allows IT management to substantially cut acquisition costs through integration and higher use of formerly isolated network resources, slash maintenance costs by simplifying and automating administrative jobs, and cut HVAC and energy bills.
- More Business Flexibility: permits IT to react dynamically to evolving competitive demands by allowing fast deployment of application and network functions from shared aggregations of consolidated server, storage, and network resources. This helps streamline administrative procedures and enable policy-driven control.
- Enhanced Business Robustness: allows IT to react to breakdowns or attacks by safeguarding infrastructure, programs, and data with advanced levels of fault tolerance, comprehensive protection, and business continuance.
- Improved Service Levels: allows IT management to optimize business service levels by providing safe, accelerated access to data center-hosted applications and data from any place and at any moment across the organization.
Examples of Progent's Consulting Assistance for Cisco-powered Data Centers
Progent's certified Cisco consultants offer a broad range of services that can help businesses of all sizes build a Cisco-based architecture that will give your data center a reliable and protected basis for current applications and downstream growth. Professional services include:
- Building effective firewall protection configurations powered by PIX and ASA firewall products
- Installing and troubleshooting protected Virtual Private Network connections for connecting data centers to other data centers, business offices, and mobile users
- Designing, and implementing complete zero-downtime switching, routing, and Internet connectivity environments so that single point failures do not disrupt operation of the network
- Configuring multiple Internet providers with transparent failover based on Border Gateway Protocol. Progent can help clients through the entire path of paperwork with Internet authorities, getting Autonomous System numbers and IP addresses assigned, dealing with ISP carriers to prepare their systems, and deploying and checking customer devices.
- Implementing segmented and protected virtual LAN architectures to compliment VMware virtual server systems
- Planning, installing and assisting clients to administer 24x7 intrusion prevention systems (IPS) so that assaults can be identified rapidly and remediated so they don't disrupt productivity
- Designing, configuring, and supporting load balancing solutions. Working 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 solutions permit transparent and convenient growth, dependability, security, and redundancy.
- Progent can create effective network management strategies based on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Cisco's Netflow protocols, along with Cisco Security Manager and various outside vendor solutions that allow customers a useful look into the activity of their data center's network
- Configuring and troubleshooting advanced data center class routers and switches including the Cisco Catalyst 4500, 6500, and 6800 family switches, Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 Series switches, and Cisco 7200 and 7600 routers.
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