Cisco Certified Network Consulting

Data centers are the key to leveraging IT assets to optimize the competitive value of an IT network. For small organizations, data centers have often grown in a piecemeal manner, creating a state where processors and disks are deployed inefficiently, usable communications capacity is overlooked, teamwork and knowledge sharing is minimal, maintenance requirements are excessive, expansion or reconfiguring is expensive, security is patchy, seemingly simple modifications become major challenges, and full recovery from catastrophic breakdowns becomes virtually impossible.

Cisco's most recent connectivity devices and technologies support a new model of data center architecture that permits ongoing enhancements in server, storage, connectivity infrastructure, and application technologies in a manageable and cost-effective way. Progent's engineers can assist you to select and implement Cisco's connectivity products to create a robust basis for your data center and to streamline your operations in vital areas such as:

• Server and disk utilization
• End-to-end security policy enforcement
• Server consolidation
• Regulatory issues
• Business continuance

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

• Reduced total cost of ownership: allows IT management to substantially lower acquisition expenses through consolidation and higher utilization of formerly separate equipment, slash maintenance expenses by simplifying and automating management tasks, and cut air conditioning and power costs.
• Greater Business Agility: enables IT management to respond quickly to evolving competitive demands by allowing fast provisioning of application and network services from common pools of consolidated server, storage, and network resources. This can improve administrative procedures and enable policy-driven control.
• Better Business Resilience: enables IT management to defend against breakdowns or intrusions by protecting infrastructure, programs, and data with the highest levels of fault tolerance, comprehensive protection, and disaster recovery.
• Improved Service Levels: allows IT management to optimize business service levels by providing secure, accelerated connectivity to data center-resident applications and data from any location and at any moment across the enterprise.

• Building efficient firewall security configurations using Cisco PIX and ASA firewall technology
• Deploying and troubleshooting secure VPN connections for connecting data centers to other data centers, corporate offices, and mobile workers
• Planning, and integrating resilient non-stop LAN and Internet access environments in which single component breakdowns do not disrupt delivery of services
• Setting up multiple ISPs with seamless transfer using Border Gateway Protocol. Progent can help customers along the complete chain of interaction with Internet supervisors, getting Autonomous System numbers and IP addresses allocated, dealing with ISPs to prepare their systems, and configuring and testing client devices.
• Building segmented and protected virtual LAN (VLAN architectures to support VMware and Microsoft virtual server systems
• Designing, deploying and helping clients to manage 24x7 IPS systems so that assaults can be detected rapidly and defeated before they impact your business
• Designing, setting up, and supporting load balancing solutions. Consulting with customers, Progent can map expressed needs to the appropriate technology and implement load balancing at the application and server levels, or network infrastructure layer. Progent's load balancing designs allow for transparent and convenient growth, reliability, performance, and fault tolerance.
• Progent can design effective network management strategies based on SNMP and Cisco's Netflow protocols, along with Cisco Security Manager and CiscoWorks and various outside vendor solutions that present customers a useful real-time view into the health of their data center's infrastructure
• Configuring and supporting advanced data center capable infrastructure appliances such as the Catalyst 6500 and 6800 Series switches, Nexus 6000 and 7000 switches, and Cisco 7200, 7600, and 12000 routers.

To learn more information about Progent's professional support for Cisco networking products, pick a subject:

• Introduction to Cisco Network Support
• Fast Remote Access to a Cisco CCIE Network Engineer
• Cisco Firepower NGFW Firewalls: Integration and Management Expertise
• ASA 5500-X Series Firewall with Cisco Firepower: Configuration and Troubleshooting Support
• ASA 5500 Series Firewall Troubleshooting Services
• PIX Series Firewall Troubleshooting Help
• Cisco Routers Configuration and Troubleshooting Expertise
• Cisco Wireless Deployment Help
• Cisco Aironet APs Deployment Help
• Cisco Small Business Wireless APs Consulting Expertise
• Cisco Catalyst Wi-Fi 6/6E Wireless APs Solution Design, Configuration and Troubleshooting Services
• Cisco Wireless Controllers Support Services
• Meraki Access Points Design Services
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM or Unified CM) and CallManager Configuration and Troubleshooting
• Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Phones and IP Video Phones Expertise and Cisco Wireless VoIP Phone Solutions
• Cisco Jabber and Management Expertise
• Catalyst Switches Deployment Services
• Cisco Nexus Switches Deployment Expertise
• Meraki MS Switches Configuration and Maintenance Services
• Cisco VPN and Network Security Integration Services
• SIP and CUBE Integration Solutions: SIP Trunks and CUBE Integration Expertise
• Cisco Duo MFA Two-factor Authentication Services for At-Home Workers
• Network Design Consulting for ISPs
• Centralized Cloud-based and Hybrid Management Technologies for Cisco-based Infrastructure

In order to contact Progent about engineering support for Cisco networking, call 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.