Cisco Expert Network Consulting
Cisco Firewall Consulting Services
From CCIE Certified Professionals
Cisco's security solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) provide a comprehensive range of manageable network protection hardware and software to enable you to secure your wired and wireless connectivity infrastructure. Cisco's extensive catalog of protection and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions features routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and Virtual Private Network access concentrators. Progent's seasoned support staff includes veteran consultants with Cisco's CCIE and CCNP credentials who can assist your organization to select and integrate VPN and security technologies that work best with your environment.
Cisco Virtual Private Networks
Cisco provides several options for configuring a Virtual Private Network solution, so you can select the approach that best fits your business needs. You can install both remote connectivity and site-to-site VPNs with IOS Software, with software and Advanced Integrated Module hardware encryption boards, or with hardware devices, such as a Virtual Private Network concentrator, router, ASA firewalls with Firepower Services, or dedicated VPN server for dial-up services. All Cisco Virtual Private Network approaches are easy to deploy and administer and provide the versatility to evolve with future business needs.
Components Associated with Cisco's Security Technology
Cisco offers a comprehensive catalog of security offerings designed for stopping stealing data, virus and worm infections, DDoS assaults, and other dangers to your network. Classifications and products include:
Secure Access
- Virtual Private Network device (Cisco Virtual Private Network access concentrators and clients): Devoted hardware or software mechanism for setting up and administering Virtual Private Networks
- Cisco Catalyst and Nexus Family Switch controlled: Identity-based features incorporated into switches
- Router controlled: Virtual Private Network functionality designed into Cisco routers
- Expanded perimeter protection
- Cisco PIX or ASA Firewall: Dedicated hardware or software mechanism to permit or deny connectivity to the network or processes
- Cisco Router controlled: Firewall features built into routers
- Network-attached appliance (Cisco Security Agent): Dedicated physical unit or software for detecting attacks within the company network
- Host-based software (Cisco Security Agent): Devoted physical unit or software for finding, remediating, and documenting attacks on hosts
- Firewall sensor: Detector built into a firewall to sense and report intrusions at the system public/private edge
- Catalyst Switch sensor: Sensing capability within a Cisco switch to find and document intrusions at the switch
- Cisco Router sensor: Sensing capability incorporated into a switch to find and document attacks at the router
- Cisco Access Control Server (ACS) using RADIUS and TACACS authentication: Central access management mechanism for user validation, permission, and accounting from a web GUI
- Cisco Security Manager: Expandable solution for device configuration and policies for Cisco firewalls, VPNs, and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
How Progent Can Assist Your Business with Cisco Security Products
Progent can give you access to a certified CCIE or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) to help you to choose, integrate, and maintain Cisco security solutions. Progent's CISM and CISSP security consultants can advise you about how to design security into your business operations. Progent can help you to develop a written security plan to establish precise policies, deploy scanning and tracking software, create and implement a secure connectivity infrastructure that includes technology from a variety of network companies, provide Microsoft ISA 2006 Server consulting services and
Forefront TMG configuration help, and recommend procedures to optimize the protection of your infrastructure. Progent's security consulting is available to help you configure a firewall, set up safe remote and mobile connectivity to email and business information, and implement or repair Virtual Private Networks.
To find out more information about Progent's engineering support for Cisco products, select a topic:
- Overview of Progent's Cisco Engineering Services
- Fast Remote Support from a CCIE Consultant
- Cisco Firepower Firewalls: Integration and Management Services
- Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewall with Firepower: Integration and Management Services
- ASA 5500 Firewall Consulting Expertise
- Cisco PIX 500 Series Firewall Engineering Assistance
- Cisco Routers Engineering Services
- Cisco Wireless Deployment Expertise
- Cisco Aironet Wireless Access Points Engineering Expertise
- Cisco Small Business 100, 300 and 500 WiFi APs Consulting Services
- Cisco WiFi Controllers Integration Consulting
- Cisco Meraki Access Points Deployment Support
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM or Unified CM) and CallManager Integration and Technical Support
- Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Phones and IP Video Phones Consulting Services and Cisco Wireless IP Phone Configuration
- Cisco Jabber Consulting and Support Expertise
- Catalyst Switches Configuration and Maintenance Services
- Nexus Switches Consulting and Support Expertise
- Cisco Meraki Switches Configuration and Maintenance Expertise
- SIP and CUBE Integration Solutions: SIP Trunks and CUBE Integration Expertise
- Infrastructure Design for Cisco-powered Data Centers
- Network Design Consulting for Service Providers
- Centralized Management Technologies for Cisco-based Environments
In order to get in touch with Progent about professional expertise for Cisco networking, phone
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Fault-tolerant Load Balancing Information Technology Consulting
Network Consultants Non-stop Load Balancing
Progent offers high availability load balancing consulting that addresses system load balancing, load balanced applications, network infrastructure routing, and content dispatching technology such as Cisco Content Engine. non-stop load balancing providers for which Progent can provide consulting expertise include Windows Server 2003 Network Load Balancing Manager, Citrix Access Suite and Presentation Server, Cisco CSS, Cisco Content Engine and LocalDirector 400 series, and F5 Networks BIG-IP.
64-bit Server Remote Consulting
Consult 64-bit Migration
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can help you plan, document, carry out, manage, and repair a network-wide move to 64-bit server and client operating systems and business applications. Progent can help you test your 64-bit environment to verify that it supports all of the key 32-bit programs that you want to keep as well as the new 64-bit editions of software you plan to run.
Catalyst Switch VSS On-site Technical Support
Emergency Catalyst 2940 Switch IT Consultants
With the Catalyst line of switches for small and mid-size businesses, Cisco enables organizations to realize all the benefits of adding intelligence into their IT infrastructures. Cisco's switching product line makes it possible to enable features that make your network infrastructure highly robust to accommodate time-critical needs, expandable to support growth, secure enough to protect confidential information, and capable of differentiating and managing all traffic to optimize network performance. Progent's Cisco certified engineers can help you pick out and deploy Cisco switches that make sense for your company. In addition, Progent's certified security consultants can show you how to develop a comprehensive protection plan and set up Catalyst switches so they help support your security strategy. Catalyst switching products that Progent provides expertise for include the Cisco Catalyst 2940 switches, Cisco Catalyst 3560 switches, Cisco Catalyst 4900 switches, and Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches.
After Hours Microsoft Office System Engineers
Professionals Microsoft Windows
Progent's pricing policy is to bill for remote service and on-site visits by the minute. Consequently, you are charged exclusively for delivered services. Progent does not impose a higher rate for off-hours or urgent service, and within California or in areas where Progent offers on-premises service, Progent does not bill for travel time except for emergency calls where on-site time is less than 4 hours. Also, Progent imposes no initialization charge and asks no monthly commitment for support services delivered during normal business hours. Many support firms impose substantial minimum fees or charge for each quarter hour or longer. Progent's small granularity does away with large bills for quick solutions so you will not be tempted to permit minor problems to stay unaddressed.
CISA Certified Security Expert Integration Services CIO
Top Quality IT Consultants CIO
Progent can supply small businesses with an information management professional who can function as a part-time Chief Information Officer. This part-time Chief Information Officer can provide strategic direction to help you deploy sensible IT products to enhance business operations so they match better with your business goals. Your company can create and implement a well conceived information technology plan without absorbing the cost of a full-time senior IT executive.
SCCM 2012 Planning Consultant Services
MCSE Expert Certified SCCM 2012 Migration Remote Troubleshooting
Progent can help your business to prepare for, implement, and administer Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Progent can help you to migrate efficiently to SCCM 2012 from an older device management solution or help you to modify your existing SCCM 2012 environment to support your evolving business requirements. In addition, Progent can help you to build an infrastructure that fully supports SCCM by delivering advanced consulting support for related Microsoft platforms such as Active Directory Domain Services, SQL SSRS, and Internet Information Services.
Urgent Private Clouds for Small Businesses Consult
ProSight VM Hosting Consultant Services
Progent's ProSight Virtual hosting services provide small and midsize companies a range of advantages such as reduced capital costs, reductions in operational costs, improved management focus, world-class security, greater availability, and business continuity.
Top System Center 2016 and Office 365 Integration Support Outsourcing
Online Consulting System Center 2016 Migration
Progent has over 10 years of background deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting the key platforms that make up Microsoft System Center and can assist you to plan, configure, support, and fix your Microsoft System Center solution to optimize the availability and performance of your critical IT resources across a mix of Windows and Linux/Unix OS environments and local and Cloud-connected datacenters. Progent can assist your organization to upgrade to the latest edition of Microsoft System Center from an older release or from a third-party IT management solution to deliver the advantages of enterprise-class deployment, management automation, security and compliance, plus infrastructure and application availability and performance monitoring.
Supplemental IT Staffing Configuration
Support and Setup Temporary IT Staffing
Progent's short-term staff augmentation services allow organizations to respond to the need for network support personnel without incurring the expense and delays associated with vetting and recruiting reliable technical workers and without adding to your full-time workforce.
64-bit Processing Consultant
64-bit Computing Specialists
Progent’s Microsoft-expert consultants can assist your organization to enhance your application servers or desktops from 32 bits to 64 bits. Progent can assist your company to calculate the risks and advantages of migrating to 64-bit computing, design an affordable upgrade process that reduces business interruptions, and provide inexpensive, professional remote help to aid your organization to configure 64-bit operating systems and application programs on your current hardware.
Exchange Hosting System Engineers
Trend Micro Scanmail Install
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have two decades of experience providing electronic messaging and integrated email/telephony solutions for businesses. Progent offers economical Microsoft Exchange Server support services to enhance email security and virus protection, provide high availability email, and facilitate remote and mobile email connectivity. Progent’s Microsoft Exchange help and support services can aid you in designing and implementing a Microsoft Exchange update or a move from a legacy SMPT server or older Microsoft Exchange software such as Exchange 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 Server Virtualization Consulting Services
Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machines Computer Consulting
Progent's certified consultants can assist you to analyze the possible benefits of Hyper-V-based virtualization for your company, conduct pilot implementations to verify Hyper-V's compatibility with your production applications, assess your network and server architecture for smooth operation with virtualization technology, assist you in upgrading to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and configuring Hyper-V, train your network management personnel to track and administer Hyper-V, provide expert consulting support for improving the protection of your virtual machines, establish and validate business continuity procedures that optimize network uptime, and deliver continuing consulting and technical support including low-cost online repair and comprehensive Help Desk outsourcing.
Enterprise Active Directory Information Technology Consulting Companies
Active Directory Onsite Support
For enterprises with branch offices in California or any region covered by Progent's engineers, Progent's Microsoft-Certified IT consulting experts and certified Cisco network consultants offer a variety of network consulting services including project management, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, site moves, enterprise security, system architecture, on-site or phone-based branch office support, and troubleshooting for data center hosting environments. A Progent IT consultant can help you plan a multi-site network that makes efficient use of collocation facilities and Internet data centers. Progent’s Microsoft Premier consultants can help major corporations plan, deploy and support major rollouts of updated versions of Microsoft technology including Enterprise Active Directory, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, and Enterprise Windows. Progent’s CCIE and CCNP experts can assist you to configure Cisco products for connectivity solutions that combine simple, high-speed, integrated, and wireless networking.
Services Documentation Professional
24/7/365 Services Documentation Technical Consultant
Progent uses a sophisticated service reporting system that records and organizes detailed documentation for all billed services. Unlike some independent consultants or local service organizations who offer scant documentation or details of tasks performed, each service provided by Progent is tracked by comprehensive documentation. Every Progent consultant has use of the service documentation sent by every staff member to each customer. The discipline of documenting and organizing service activity allows more efficient service and avoids a variety of common misfortunes such as when a service client is virtually held hostage to a consultant who won’t release vital service information.
Backup Consultant Services
Consultant Acronis Backup
Progent can provide economical remote access to consultants with expertise in a wide array of products and services that deliver solutions for backing up Windows, Apple Mac, and Linux/UNIX physical and virtual servers and desktops as well as laptops and handhelds. Progent offers consulting support for all major backup platforms including Acronis, Barracuda Backup, Altaro VM Backup, Symantec Backup Exec, BackupAssist, HP Data Protector, Double-Take Backup, Mozy, Retrospect for Macintosh, Time Machine, vSphere Data Protection, and Solaris FLARs. Progent can help you to implement, enhance, or troubleshoot backup systems for a range of topologies including local, edge to datacenter, cloud-based, or a mix.
Small Office Information Technology Consulting Firm
Top Small Business IT Outsourcing Firms
For small companies considering Progent's IT outsourcing, design expertise, or technical support services, phone 800-993-9400 or send email to information@progent.com.
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