Data centers are the focal point of utilizing information technology resources to optimize the business value of a computer network. For small businesses, data centers have often evolved in a haphazard fashion, resulting in a situation where processors and disks are underutilized, available communications bandwidth is wasted, collaboration and knowledge sharing is minimal, support requirements are excessive, scaling or reconfiguring is costly, protection is patchy, seemingly minor modifications become giant hassles, and full recovery from catastrophic breakdowns becomes virtually impossible.
Cisco's most recent connectivity appliances and tools enable a new model of data center architecture that allows continual improvements in processor, storage, network topology, and applications in a maintainable and economical way. Progent's Cisco-certified professionals can assist you to identify and deploy Cisco's connectivity products to build a robust foundation for your data center and to streamline your operations in vital areas such as:
- Server and storage utilization
- Comprehensive security enforcement
- Processor proliferation
- Regulatory requirements
- Business continuance
The business benefits that can accrue as a result of using Progent's network experts to enhance your data center include:
- Reduced total cost of ownership: enables IT to substantially reduce capital costs through integration and more efficient utilization of previously isolated network resources, slash maintenance costs through simplifying and automating management tasks, and cut air conditioning and energy bills.
- More Business Agility: permits IT management to respond dynamically to evolving competitive conditions by allowing rapid deployment of application and infrastructure functions from shared pools of integrated processor, disk, and network technologies. This helps improve administrative processes and enable policy-based management.
- Enhanced Network Robustness: allows IT to react to breakdowns or attacks by protecting connections, applications, and information through the highest levels of fault tolerance, pervasive security, and business continuance.
- Optimized Service Levels: allows IT to improve network service levels by providing safe, accelerated access to data center-resident applications and data from any location and at any time throughout the organization.
Samples of Progent's Professional Help for Cisco-powered Data Centers
Progent's network experts offer a wide range of consulting services that can help businesses of all sizes implement a Cisco-based environment that will offer your data center a dependable and protected basis for current applications and future expansion. Professional services feature:
- Building efficient firewall protection configurations using PIX and ASA firewall technology
- Installing and supporting secure Virtual Private Network connections for connecting data centers to other data centers, business offices, and mobile workers
- Designing, and integrating complete zero-downtime switching, routing, and Internet access architectures in which single component failures do not disrupt productivity
- Configuring multiple Internet providers with seamless failover based on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Progent can assist clients through the entire path of paperwork with Internet authorities, getting Autonomous System numbers and IP addresses allocated, working with ISP carriers to set up their environments, and configuring and testing customer equipment.
- Implementing segmented and protected virtual LAN architectures to compliment VMware virtual server deployments
- Architecting, installing and helping clients to administer 24x7 intrusion prevention systems (IPS) so that attacks can be detected rapidly and remediated so they don't disrupt productivity
- Designing, setting up, and supporting load balancing systems. Working with customers, Progent can map expressed requirements to the best solutions and deploy load balancing at the application and server levels, or network infrastructure layer. Progent's load balancing solutions permit seamless and scalable expansion, reliability, security, and redundancy.
- Progent can create efficient network management solutions using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Netflow protocols, along with Cisco Security Manager and various outside vendor solutions that offer network managers a useful look into the operation of their data center's network
- Setting up and troubleshooting advanced data center capable routers and switches including the Cisco Catalyst 4500, 6500, and 6800 switches, Cisco Nexus 6000 and 7000 Series switches, and Cisco 7600 and 12000 Series routers.
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