Progent’s Microsoft-certified consultants offer businesses of all sizes consulting, technical support, and development expertise for Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online. Microsoft SharePoint is an advanced collaboration platform that utilizes web technology for efficiently connecting people, teams and data. Microsoft SharePoint provides a central location for your employees or clients to access, organize, distribute and manipulate relevant data, files, and applications and to interact with one another. SharePoint enables faster and better decisions, more efficient access across teams and more streamlined business processes. Windows SharePoint Services connect employees, customers, teams and major tasks with the data they’ve developed in a manner that makes data easy to find, retrieve and re-use. Progent's certified SharePoint consultants can assist you to manage your existing SharePoint ecosystem or migrate to the latest release of SharePoint.
Progent's Juniper-certified network engineers can assist your organization to design and carry out the installation of Juniper J Series firewall/VPN routers, configure security policies and fault-tolerant redundancy, and provide ongoing technical consulting and troubleshooting services.
To deliver economical IT services for small companies, Progent offers full-service IT outsourcing packages that offer small offices fast access to technical help without forcing you to recruit, train, and maintain a large in-house computer support staff. Progent’s IT outsourcing packages give you an economical alternative for building a protected and reliable environment for your favorite Windows office productivity products such as Office XP and Office 2003.
If your office computer system combines UNIX, Linux or Solaris technology with MS Windows, Progent can help you to incorporate your computers into a cohesive environment that allows all your operating systems to coexist for easy administration, transparent dataflow, high availability, enhanced throughput, and tight protection. Progent's UNIX and Windows coexistence assistance offerings include network infrastructure configuration and support, support for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), remote server monitoring and management, remote technical support and repair, in-person technical support, and Help Desk Call Center outsourcing.
Progent delivered a wireless networking environment that enabled a school to increase efficiency and eliminate the recurring expense of a dedicated wireline connection. Progent recommended a Proxim Tsunami wireless 60Mbps bridge. The low-cost building-to-building Proxim wireless bridge is designed for connecting remote locations as far as 2.5 miles apart and can extend to even longer ranges. This wireless alternative provided better bandwidth and reliability than simply amplifying the 802.11b wireless network, and since it utilizes the 5.8Ghz band it provided immunity to outside interference.
Progent's ProSight portfolio of managed services are intended to provide organizations who maintain minimal internal IT support staffs with affordable access to world-class management platforms and consulting experts. Advantages of the ProSight line of managed IT services include fixed network maintenance costs, smart automation of common management processes, ongoing absorption of new technology, smooth transition from legacy systems to current solutions, improved fit between information technology with strategic objectives, guidance from seasoned IT consultants, and freeing up management to concentrate on business instead of ever-changing information technology.
The server cluster feature set built into the high-end editions of MS Windows Server 2008 is dramatically re-engineered to simplify the installation, setup, and maintenance of server clusters that offer greater levels of system dependability, security, efficiency, and flexibility. New or enhanced features include automated cluster Validation, revamped configuration and installation, unified cluster administration, redesigned cluster architecture for maximum uptime, better protection and quorum models, elimination of failure points, more storage and memory capacity, and improvements for multi-site clusters. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help your company evaluate the business benefits of Windows clustering, plan and implement a deployment, educate your network support staff to manage your failover clusters, provide continuing consulting and technical help services, and create and test a workplace recovery plan.
The current ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls with Firepower Services deliver significantly more value than Cisco's previous firewalls and have replaced the ASA 5500 and PIX security appliances for all new installations. Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE network consultants can assist your company to maintain your current PIX or Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls or upgrade to Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services. Progent can also help you to design, configure, tune, manage and debug firewall solutions based on Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services.
Progent's Cisco-authorized IT consultants can help you build an economical, 24x7 Internet connection solution that can deliver 24x7 Internet access via a wide array of fault tolerant Internet network technologies including fault tolerant BGP, transparent fail-over, and multiple Internet Service Providers. Progent can provide CCIE engineers to help you utilize the most current techniques for high availability Internet access to build an affordable, completely redundant Internet network with automatic failover and other capabilities to deliver zero-downtime Internet connections.
Progent’s Microsoft consultants provide small and medium size companies enterprise-grade consulting support for Systems Management Server 2003 and Configuration Manager, Microsoft's standard tools for change and configuration automation. System Center Configuration Manager is the new name for the change management platform formerly known as Systems Management Server. Configuration Manager 2007 provides a range of enhancements to Systems Management Server 2003 such as comprehensive automation, integrated Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 support, NAP security support, and device driver management. Progent’s Microsoft certified consulting professionals can help you use SMS or System Center Configuration Manager effectively for automated operating system and application installation, security patch administration, software tracking, and software license reconciliation. Progent's consultants can also help your company to migrate smoothly from SMS Server to System Center Configuration Manager.
Progent's Juniper-certified network engineers can help you utilize Junos OS and the Junos platform of network management applications to configure, administer, and monitor Junos-powered devices; migrate to the Junos OS operating system from other Juniper software platforms such as ScreenOS; and upgrade your Juniper routers, switches, and gateways to the latest version of Junos OS.
Lync 2010 provides Instant Messaging, Real Presence, voice/video conferencing, desktop sharing, as well as IP-based and traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephony. Microsoft Lync 2010 can enhance the capability of Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint and Office desktop or cloud-based Office 365 and streamlines administration via integration with Windows AD. Lync can also cut capital and operational costs by doing away with VoIP equipment and subscription fees, PBX systems, or legacy video conferencing technology. Progent's certified unified communications consultants can provide online and onsite support to assist you to manage and troubleshoot your existing Lync 2010 deployment or evaluate the benefits of upgrading from Lync Server 2010 to Skype for Business, which is the new version of the product. Progent can also assist your organization to design and carry out an efficient Skype for Business migration.
Progent’s colocation center support services are intended for companies with hardware located at Internet Data Centers or data center colocation hosting sites and in need of on-demand in-person help at the collocation site as well as remote help from Microsoft and Cisco Premier professionals. Progent offers a full array of IDC and IDC and colocation support services such as system architecture evaluation, Windows and UNIX server installation and support, tech support for server and communications networking, development and installation of high availability configurations, architecting and deploying layered security structures, firewall configuration and support, designing load balancing environments, and planning fault tolerant server and storage cluster systems.
For small and midsize companies, network security and information assurance and compliance is excessively complicated to master but too dangerous to ignore. The world's biggest enterprises have been hacked, and the top cloud service providers have on occasion been knocked out. It seems as though there's nowhere to hide. Progent has made it affordable for small and midsize organizations to implement vital security projects successfully by offering the benefit of billable time to the nearest minute with no minimum charge for remote support. You can have the help of a seasoned computer expert to provide just the help you need whenever you need it. Progent’s CISA, CISM, GIAC, CISSP and ISSAP certified consultants can assist you with any level of network security including vulnerability audits, virus screening and recovery, spam and email content filtering, email data leak prevention, compliance reporting, and designing a complete security plan.
Progent's Citrix-accredited consultants can help you to evaluate the strategic benefits of XenServer and other Citrix platforms, and can assist your IT organization to plan, validate, execute, troubleshoot, and support a XenServer solution. Progent can in addition analyze your current Citrix technology deployment and help you to optimize resource utilization, responsiveness, security and compliance, availability, and recoverability.
Progent's SonicWall firewall experts can help you integrate, manage, and troubleshoot SonicWall firewall/VPN appliances including the current SonicWall TZ, NSa and NSsp families of firewalls and the legacy SonicWall PRO 2040 products. Progent's CISM and GIAC-certified network security experts can show you how to incorporate SonicWall security gateways into a complete security plan and design security into your corporate processes.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can provide online or onsite support to help businesses of all sizes to plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot a backup-and-restore solution based on System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager. Progent can help you to migrate from earlier versions of SCDPM or from a different backup/recovery platform, and Progent can optimize your Data Protection Manager implementation for on premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. Progent offers occasional help for fixing particularly challenging issues, or full project management services. Progent's consultants can also assist you to incorporate Data Protection Manager into a comprehensive disaster recovery strategy.
Progent can help your business to design and implement a smooth migration from a UNIX-powered information system to a network based on MS Windows and suited for running Microsoft's popular office productivity software, commercial applications, and developer platforms. Progent's UNIX, Windows and Cisco engineers and application experts can show you how to preserve your data and reduce productivity discontinuity by developing an effective migration strategy that protects your existing assets in UNIX application and technology. UNIX-to-Windows transition consulting services offered by Progent include evaluation of current environment, migration strategy and validation, MS Exchange migration services, information and application software migration, and processor and media transition and economization.
For custom program development, Progent can provide software design consultants to write line-of-business software in areas such as commercial transaction webs, web development, Microsoft Dynamics packages such as Microsoft Dynamics GP, and custom management reports based on Crystal Reports, Access Report, or FRx Reports. Progent’s consultants can use Internet Information Services to build custom eCommerce applications powered by Microsoft ASP.NET. Also, Progent offers expertise in a wide array of custom software development environments including SQL Server and Delphi. For custom e-Commerce programming, Progent also offers expertise in custom Microsoft Access, custom Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized development powered by any Microsoft development platform.
Progent’s Wireless Consulting Services provide a convenient, economical way for companies of all sizes to integrate, manage, monitor and repair advanced wireless connectivity solutions. For 802.11n and the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi networks, Progent can help you design and deploy hardware like Cisco's Aironet and Meraki access points and wireless controllers. For wireless messaging and web-based business applications, Progent supports Apple iPhones, Apple iPads, Google Android smartphones, and Windows phones and tablets.
Progent's wireless IP phone configuration consultants can provide online and onsite assistance to help you create and administer a Cisco wireless IP phone deployment by providing services that can range from troubleshooting the configuration of an IP phone or access point to offering project management outsourcing or co-sourcing services for modernizing the wireless architecture of a campus.
Progent offers one-on-one education designed for individuals who want to expand their knowledge of the Apple macOS and OS X operating system, Apple Mac computers, or Mac office applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook for Mac. Progent also offers customized group or one-on-one webinar training for Mac application software.
Progent's Microsoft certified consultants can help you design and implement a smooth in-place Microsoft Exchange 2003 upgrade plan that avoids productivity downtime, simplifies ongoing service requirements, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 easy to administer. For complex multi-server or multi-location migrations, Progent has the experience to finish your move quickly and economically. Progent's Exchange 2003 support, repair, and consulting services include assistance with the integration of third-party add-ons to Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server that are in keeping with your business needs.
Progent's certified Windows 2000 consulting staff can help you enhance the capability of your current Windows 2000 Servers and can streamline system administration, offer tech support and troubleshooting, and strengthen security. Progent can also help you design, rationalize, and implement a strategy to upgrade from Windows Server 2000 to Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. Progent is experienced in designing pilot programs to eliminate the technical risk associated with moving to Windows Server 2003 by identifying potential hardware and software compatibility issues.
Progent's certified ISA Server consultants have broad experience creating Microsoft-based security solutions for IT networks with multiple locations, mobile workers, and line-of-business eCommerce applications. A Progent ISA 2004 Firewall consultant can help your small business design and deploy a configuration of Microsoft ISA Server 2004 that meets your IT security requirements without limiting your network.
Progent's disaster recovery planning and business continuity consultants can show you how to create a disaster recovery plan to prepare for an IT system disaster. Progent can show you how to create a complete disaster recovery plan that includes periodic disaster recovery evaluations and drills. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-certified consultants can also help you build an affordable, high-availability network architecture that addresses reliability issues involving a wide array of network technologies and procedures.
Altaro VM Backup provides small and mid-size businesses a reliable and budget-friendly platform for backing up and recovering Hyper-V and VMware-based virtual machines. Altaro VM Backup can be deployed in local, offsite, multi-site, and cloud-hosted architectures and also supports low-cost backup to Azure storage. Top features include state-of-the-art inline deduplication to cut backup storage requirements, Continuous Data Protection with backup intervals as short as five minutes for minimizing your Recovery Point Objective, advanced encryption, item-level recovery options for specific files and emails, support for Windows Cluster Shared Volumes and for vCenter for handling larger deployments, and support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service to back up live VMs with zero downtime. Progent is a certified Altaro partner and can provide a broad range of consulting services to help you to plan, deploy, manage and troubleshoot a backup/restore system powered by Altaro VM Backup.
Office 365 is Microsoft's expanding family of client productivity programs and cloud-hosted services available on a subscription basis. Office 365 applications and cloud-based services are available in a variety of subscription plans intended for markets from students and households to enterprises. Progent offers fast and easy remote access to consultants with expertise in Microsoft, Mac, Apple iOS, and Android platforms. Progent can help you to evaluate the wealth of subscription options offered with Office 365 and integrate your network with Office 365 so you derive top business value. Progent supports multi-platform networks that include Windows, macOS, and Linux technology. Progent can also help you to build and maintain hybrid ecosystems that seamlessly combine on-premises and cloud-based resources.
Barracuda Backup is an affordable, subscription-based backup/restore service for small and medium-size businesses. A Barracuda Backup deployment can incorporate a purpose-built hardware storage device manufactured by Barracuda or a virtual appliance with comparable features but which utilizes your existing storage hardware. Barracuda Backup protects vital company data generated on-premises, at one or more remote sites, or in the cloud. For disaster protection, you can replicate data to the Barracuda Cloud, to Amazon Web Services (AWS), or to any location with a physical or virtual Barracuda appliance. Progent is a Barracuda partner and Progent's Barracuda Backup consultants can provide a broad array of consulting services to help your business to plan, configure, operate and troubleshoot a backup and disaster recovery solution built on Barracuda Backup.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to assess the benefits of Windows Server 2012 R2 for your company, develop test systems and rollout plans, tune your network for on-premises, multi-location, private or public cloud-based, and hybrid datacenters, educate your IT management, staff, develop an enterprise-wide security strategy, streamline IT management, help with application development, and build and test a disaster recovery/business continuity plan.
Progent's Meraki wireless AP consultants provide online and on-premises support services to assist businesses of any size to plan, deploy, maintain, expand or repair Wi-Fi systems that include Cisco Meraki APs. Progent can assist your business to configure and support Meraki-based Wi-Fi infrastructure for environments that range from a telecommuter's home or a remote office to a large campus or a multi-site enterprise. Progent can also assist you to configure other Cisco technology such as switches, routers and ASA firewalls to create a seamless network infrastructure that provides the same access, responsiveness, security compliance, ease of management and uptime for wired and Wi-Fi users regardless of their location or device.
Progent's Microsoft-certified SQL Server 2017 experts can assist you to design and carry out a smooth upgrade from your existing SQL Server deployment to SQL Server 2017.
Cisco's security and remote connectivity technology for small to mid-size businesses offer a full array of manageable security products to help you safeguard your wired and wireless information system. Cisco's VPN line includes switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and Virtual Private Network solutions. Progent's expert staff of consultants includes experienced specialists with Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert and Cisco Certified Network Professional qualifications who can help your organization to select Cisco VPN, Cisco RADIUS Security, and additional Cisco protection technologies that fit most closely with your corporate goals.
Progent's Cisco CCIE network experts can help you to configure, manage, update and debug Cisco network products. Progent offers Cisco, Meraki and Nexus switch expertise, ASA firewall expertise, Meraki and Aironet Wi-Fi access point support, Cisco VoIP phone support, and CUCM/CallManager software expertise.
Progent's wireless site survey services help you to design, implement and debug a Wi-Fi LAN adapted to your environment, providing your business a WLAN that has the coverage, speed, capacity, QoS, data protection, and roaming ability your company requires. Wireless site survey services from Progent include online predictive analysis for designing a wireless LAN and on-premises survey services for validating, optimizing, and troubleshooting an operational Wi-Fi LAN.
Progent's Cisco-certified wireless technology consulting experts can help organizations to configure, manage, and debug Cisco wireless products such as Cisco's Aironet and Meraki Wave 2 wireless access points (APs) as well as Cisco's Wireless Network Controllers.
The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) accreditation is a prestigious qualification that represents mastery in network security audit and control. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the CISA credential requires that consultants undergo a comprehensive test given by the ISACA international professional association. Progent can provide the expertise of a CISA-Premier Cybersecurity audit consultant trained to assist companies in the areas of IS audit process, IT administration, systems and infrastructure lifecycle, information technology support, protection of information resources, and business continuity preparedness.