Data centers are the focal point of utilizing information technology assets to maximize the competitive value of an information system. For small companies, data centers have typically grown in a piecemeal fashion, creating a state where processors and disks are deployed inefficiently, usable communications capacity is wasted, teamwork and information sharing is limited, maintenance requirements are high, expansion or reconfiguring is expensive, protection is patchy, seemingly simple modifications turn into giant challenges, and complete recovery from catastrophic failure becomes virtually impossible.
Cisco's latest network devices and technologies support a new generation of data center design that permits ongoing enhancements in server, storage, network infrastructure, and application technologies in a manageable and affordable way. Progent's Cisco-certified professionals can assist you to identify and implement Cisco's connectivity solutions to create a robust foundation for your data center and to improve your operations in critical areas including:
- Server and storage efficiency
- Comprehensive security enforcement
- Processor consolidation
- Regulatory compliance
- Business continuance
The business benefits that can be realized as a result of using Progent's Cisco-certified experts to streamline your data center include:
- Lower ownership cost: allows IT management to significantly lower capital expenses through integration and more efficient use of previously separate network resources, slash operational costs through streamlining and automating administrative jobs, and cut HVAC and energy costs.
- More Business Flexibility: enables IT management to respond dynamically to changing business conditions by facilitating fast provisioning of application and infrastructure services from shared pools of consolidated server, disk, and connectivity resources. This helps streamline administrative processes and support policy-based control.
- Better Business Robustness: allows IT management to respond to breakdowns or intrusions by guarding infrastructure, programs, and information with the highest degrees of fault tolerance, comprehensive protection, and business continuance.
- Optimized Service Levels: enables IT management to improve network service levels by implementing safe, fast access to data center-resident applications and data from anywhere and at any moment throughout the enterprise.
Samples of Progent's Professional Assistance for Cisco-based Data Centers
Progent's certified Cisco consultants can provide a wide range of consulting services that can enable organizations of all sizes design a Cisco-powered infrastructure that will give your data center a resilient and secure basis for current applications and downstream expansion. Consulting services include:
- Building efficient firewall protection solutions using Cisco PIX and ASA firewall appliances
- Deploying and supporting protected VPN connections for linking data centers to other data centers, business offices, and mobile users
- Planning, and implementing resilient zero-downtime switching, routing, and Internet connectivity architectures so that single component failures do not interrupt operation of the network
- Setting up multiple Internet providers with transparent failover using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Progent can help customers along the entire chain of interaction with Internet authorities, getting Autonomous System numbers and IP addresses allocated, dealing with ISPs to prepare their networks, and configuring and checking customer devices.
- Implementing segmented and protected VLAN environments to support VMware and Microsoft virtual server systems
- Designing, installing and assisting customers to administer 24x7 IPS systems so that assaults can be detected rapidly and remediated before they impact productivity
- Designing, setting up, and supporting load balancing solutions. Consulting with customers, Progent can match expressed requirements to the best technology and implement load balancing at the application level, server level, or network infrastructure layer. These solutions allow for transparent and convenient expansion, reliability, performance, and fault tolerance.
- Progent can plan efficient network management solutions using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Cisco's open Netflow protocols, along with Cisco Security Manager and a variety of 3rd party solutions that offer customers a powerful look into the activity of their data center's network
- Configuring and troubleshooting high-end data center class routers and switches such as the Catalyst 6500 and 6800 Series switches, Cisco Nexus 5000 and 7000 switches, and Cisco 7200 and 12000 family routers.
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