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Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout Northern California.

Progent's experts can deliver a wide selection of consulting and technical support help for IT systems based on any combination of Microsoft, Cisco, Apple macOS and OS X, and Linux platforms. Network support services offered to small and mid-size organizations in San Francisco by Progent's team of Microsoft consulting experts include:

• Microsoft ISA Server and its replacement Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 are discontinued software solutions that contain an application-aware firewall that can defend networks from outside and inside attacks. The two products provide in-depth examination of Internet protocols to uncover exploits that routinely eluded traditional firewalls. Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server was replaced by Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, which was built on ISA Server's technology while delivering a number of improved capabilities. Forefront TMG has subsequently been retired by Microsoft, and the security features offered by the platform are now commonly handled by purpose-built physical devices from vendors that include Cisco, Check Point, Fortinet, Juniper, and WatchGuard. (See ASA 5500-X Firewall with Firepower Services integration and support.) Progent provides advanced Microsoft Forefront TMG maintenance and Microsoft ISA Server 2006 consulting services to help you maintain and debug your older firewall environment, and Progent can help you to upgrade smoothly to a modern security solution by providing planning, configuration, tuning, training and debugging.
  
  
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016, intended for local deployments of the SharePoint content management platform, offers integration with Azure-hosted SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 to enable hybrid network models that seamlessly combine local and cloud infrastructure and services. Additional enhancements include rapid deployment with the MinRole role-based topology feature, increased scale, higher performance, stronger security and compliance, advanced analytics with Power BI integration, and a more engaging client experience for collaboration and sharing. Progent's Microsoft-certified SharePoint consultants offer affordable online and onsite consulting expertise, software development, and technical support services for organizations of all sizes who intend to migrate to SharePoint 2016 or SharePoint Online from prior versions of SharePoint. Progent can also assist you to plan and implement an efficient migration from SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint 2019 on prem, SharePoint Online, or a hybrid network model that combines local and cloud-based infrastructure into a cohesive information management system. To find out more, visit SharePoint 2016 migration and hybrid integration consulting services.
  
  
• Progent's Microsoft Azure integration consultants can help you with any stage of Microsoft Azure integration including requirements analysis, readiness evaluation, system design, pre-production testing, implementation, automated management, performance tuning, license controls, disaster recovery preparedness, security policy enforcement, and compliance validation. Progent can assist your IT staff to configure and troubleshoot firewall appliances and VPN tunnels so that your clients can securely connect to Azure-based resources, and Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you integrate critical Microsoft platforms to work in the cloud including Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server and Skype for Business. Progent can also help you to create a hybrid environment that seamlessly combines physical datacenters with Azure services.
  
  
• Ubiquiti's UniFi line of Wi-Fi network devices includes indoor and outdoor Wave 2 802.11ax Wi-Fi access points, security gateways, and managed switches. Ubiquiti UniFi devices running on multiple sites with thousands of APs can be remotely provisioned and managed using free UniFi Controller software, which centralizes and streamlines deployment, discovery, management, optimization, debugging, monitoring, and reporting. Progent offers the expertise of seasoned wireless consultants who can assist you to assess the value of Ubiquiti’s UniFi technology for your business and help you to design, deploy, administer, and troubleshoot your UniFi solution. For details, visit Ubiquiti UniFi Wi-Fi APs consulting and wireless LAN integration.
  
  
• Progent's Amazon AWS cloud planning and integration consultants can provide cost-effective online support to assist businesses to integrate Amazon AWS cloud services including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for virtual server hosting, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for expandable low-latency storage, and Amazon Glacier for value-priced archival storage. Progent can help your IT team with every phase of Amazon AWS integration including requirements analysis, preparedness assessment, architectural design and review, testing, configuration, administration, performance tuning, software license management, backup/restore solutions, and security and compliance. Progent can provide advanced expertise with firewalls and VPN technology and can help you create all-cloud or hybrid ecosystems that seamlessly integrate Amazon AWS services. Progent can provide as-needed expertise or Progent can provide comprehensive project management outsourcing to help you move efficiently to the Amazon AWS cloud platform.
  
  
• Virtual compute, storage and networking techniques allow IT organizations to maximize resource utilization, streamline network administration, and enhance workload continuity and security. operate multiple virtual servers on one actual computer. Common applications for virtualization include hardware consolidation, inexpensive hosts for applications that only run on older OS software, and affordable quarantining of software development or pilot environments from production systems. Progent's virtualization technology engineers can provide Microsoft Windows 2022 Hyper-V Virtualization solutions, Microsoft Windows 2019 Hyper-V Virtual Server planning and deployment, Microsoft Windows 2016 Hyper-V hybrid cloud solutions, Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual networking consulting, VMware vSphere deployment, VMware NSX network virtualization architecture and integration, and Citrix XenServer virtual server support. Progent can deploy virtual servers to maximize performance, fault tolerance and manageability while at the same time cutting expenses; propose and test disaster recovery strategies that minimize productivity loss in case of a major failure; and provide ongoing support, repair, and engineering assistance as computer technology advances.
  
  
• Progent has produced a white paper detailing the benefits organizations of all sizes can derive from outsourcing or co-sourcing IT support from Progent. Progent's Information Technology Outsourcing and Co-sourcing report includes Progent's proven service delivery paradigm for IT consulting that can range from desktop configuration to full-service project management. The white paper also explains ways that Progent's outsourcing services can help clients to save money, improve productivity, and increase the value of their information system. To read Progent's white paper, click: Benefits of Outsourcing and Co-sourcing IT Services from Progent.
  
  
• Progent has put together two low-cost service packages designed to allow small companies to receive an independent security assessment from a premier security consultant. With Progent's External Network Security Inventory Checkup, a security expert runs an extensive examination of your IT infrastructure from beyond your firewalled perimeter to determine possible risks in the security posture you expose to the public. With Progent's Internal Network Security Inventory Checkup, a security engineer executes a system scan from a secure machine inside your company firewall to evaluate vulnerabilities to internal threats. The two security inventory services are set up and executed from a secured remote location.
  
  
• Progent's consulting services for high availability IT systems provide Microsoft and Cisco-certified network experts who can show you how to build a fault-tolerant network that incorporates key technologies and processes for line-of-business environments. Progent’s consulting experts can assist you to implement a system infrastructure with features such as redundant Internet connections, system load balancing, zero-downtime data centers, cloud backup and restore, high-availability interoffice connections, and fault tolerant multi-location systems. Progent can also provide workplace recovery preparedness experts to help you plan, validate, and document a disaster recovery procedure founded on best practices.
  
  
• Cisco Unity Connection, an integrated extension of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, is a converged voice messaging system that promotes teamwork by providing a variety of options for accessing calls and messages within a framework that is easy to implement and maintain. Unity Connection allows you to access and manage voicemail messages from your Exchange inbox, browser, Jabber, a Cisco Unified VoIP endpoint, a smartphone, or an iPad or tablet. Cisco Unity Express (CUE), offered in certain Cisco ISR routers, provides affordable voicemail, unified messaging, interactive voice response, and automated-attendant functions for small to mid-size businesses (SMBs) and corporate satellite offices with as many as 500 workers. Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE consulting experts offer Unity Connection and Unity Express (CUE) configuration and technical support services to make sure your CUE solution continues to deliver significant business advantage.
  
  
  
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If your small business is in the San Francisco area and you are in need of technical assistance, information technology outsourcing, or top-level services from a certified Progent engineer, call 415-321-5400 or visit Contact Progent.