If your business operates a Solaris environment or a multi-OS IT environment, Progent's CISM, CISSP and ISSAP-certified security specialists can help your whole organization in a wide array of security topics such as security management procedures, security design and models, access management products and methodology, software development security, business processes security, hardware security, communications, infrastructure and web security, and workplace recovery planning. CISM and ISSAP stipulate the fundamental competencies and international standards of knowledge that information security professionals are expected to master. These certification give IT management the assurance that consultants who have earned their CISM or CISSP certification have demonstrated the experience and knowledge to offer world-class security management and engineering services.
Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management helps small companies nurture positive client relationships. Built-in Sales and Customer Service components allow in-house staff to share data to help improve selling success and offer steady, effective customer service. Progent can configure the most sensible network infrastructure, including local and offsite wireless access, to back MS CRM, and Progent's Experts Team can provide your small business with a certified MS CRM professional who can help you combine Microsoft CRM with your marketing or customer service data.
Progent offers the part-time services of a seasoned CIO who can provide a broad perspective to assist your company select and maintain IT solutions to match your present needs and that can be a solid foundation for your growth. Progent's part-time CIO consulting services provide economic leverage to companies trying to maximize the benefits from their IT expenditures but who are without the budget or hesitant to take on one more executive-level position to their head count. Because Progent is vendor-neutral, with a sizable staff of consultants certified to maintain all major operating systems and connectivity technologies plus a broad range and business applications, Progent is in a unique situation to offer objective recommendations along with expert technical help for developing IT solutions that fit the special needs of your organization.
Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-certified network engineers can help you to determine the benefits of Exchange Server 2010 for your business and can help you to plan and implement a smooth upgrade to Exchange Server 2010 from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or Microsoft Exchange 2007 that will offer fast return on investment by increasing your productivity, lowering the cost of equipment and service, simplifying management, and consolidating your vital communications platforms.
Progent can help you to plan and carry out an efficient move from on-premises Active Directory to cloud-based Microsoft Entra ID (formerly called Azure Actve Directory) or to a hybrid solution that uses Microsoft Entra Domain Services and Microsoft Entra Connect to centralize identity and access management for both onsite and cloud assets.
NetApp MetroCluster is a disaster recovery software suite that uses failover storage clustering along with continual replication to deliver rapid, zero data loss disaster recovery between datacenters that are as far as 185 miles apart from each other. Progent's roster of seasoned network experts can assist you to design, configure, manage, upgrade, test and repair a disaster recovery solution built around NetApp MetroCluster. Progent can assist you to select an architecture for your MetroCluster environment that meets your functional needs and IT budget. Progent can make sure you follow best practices for installing your MetroCluster environment by delivering guidance with tasks like assigning disk pools, arranging aggregate layout, setting up NetApp FlexVol volumes, setting up Data ONTAP configuration replication service, provisioning Cisco and Brocade switches, designing a tiebreaker, setting up a configuration replication network between your storage clusters, and testing your MetroCluster DR system to prove compliance with information assurance standards and regulatory mandates.
Progent can assist you in all facets of your migration to Exchange 2016 such as designing HA architecture for an on-premises, cloud-based or hybrid deployment; licensing compliance for Exchange 2016 Server and Windows Server 2012 R2+; moving mailboxes; Hyper-V strategy; specifying mass storage capacity required for your VMs, databases and log files; configuring hardware load balancing for high-availability client access services; planning, building and testing Exchange and Windows Servers and Database Availability Groups (DAGs); integration with SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online; updating your firewall; resolving SSL issues; performing client remediation with Office 2010 or greater or Microsoft 365; and configuring Outlook on the web.
Small to middle size businesses can now enjoy all the advantages of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and in addition have quick access to Progent's Microsoft Certified network consulting experts. With Progent's economically priced IT service programs, small and midsize organizations can select a basic Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007-based co-sourcing service program with server monitoring, reporting, Help Desk and remote service or a comprehensive round-the-clock outsourcing package. Progent supports Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 to offer small business networks enterprise-class availability, security, and performance.
Progent's Cisco-certified Wi-Fi integration consultants can assist organizations to configure, administer, and debug Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points.
Progent offers small organizations two low-cost security evaluation packages that include, at a set fee, remotely administered inventory scans of your security profile which are evaluated by expert information security engineers who interpret the data collected by the remote scan, deliver objective summaries of your existing network security, and make recommendations for remediation. Progent has developed two non-overlapping network security inventory packages for external and internal security testing that are priced to fit the budgets of small businesses while offering enterprise-quality evaluations of your IT network's exposure to attack.
Progent's certified cybersecurity experts can perform NodeZero-based PEN tests to make sure your security defense systems and policies are properly configured and effective.
The new ASA 5500-X Series of firewalls with Firepower Services offer substantially more performance than Cisco's legacy firewalls and have superseded the ASA 5500 and PIX security appliances for new installations. Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE network experts can assist your company to maintain your current PIX or Cisco ASA 5500 security appliances or migrate to ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services. Progent can also help your business to plan, configure, tune, administer and debug firewall environments based on Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services.
Progent's veteran team of IT consultants and subject matter experts have years of experience delivering online and onsite support for businesses of all sizes who need to incorporate Android phones into their IT systems so that users can be productive while on the go. Progent offers the range of know-how to solve technical issues that span multiple vendors and that represent a combination of older and current technology. Progent provides affordable online consulting to assist you with any aspect of planning, deploying, managing and maintaining your Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) environment. Progent can provide occasional technical support to assist you to resolve especially stubborn IT problems, or Progent can provide comprehensive project management support to ensure that you finish strategic network initiatives on schedule and within budget. Progent can help with on-premises, cloud-centric, or hybrid network environments and can provide support for operating systems, apps, management utilities and hardware infrastructure. Progent also offers customized group or one-on-one training sessions to help you manage and operate Android phones securely and productively.
Progent can assist small and medium-size organizations to implement and debug teleconferencing platforms to enable their telecommuters to collaborate productively with fellow workers and clients.
Progent's consultants offer online and onsite expertise for organizations of all sizes to assess the benefits of migrating to Skype for Business from any version of Lync Server or Microsoft Office Communications Server. Progent can help you to plan a local, cloud or hybrid deployment; interface Skype for Business with Microsoft SQL Server,Exchange, SharePoint Server and Office or Microsoft 365; configure HA solutions; connect Skype for Business with your PSTN gateway; and integrate third-party collaboration platforms like Cisco Video Interop Server. Progent's certified information security experts can help you design and validate a security strategy for your Skype for Business deployment that meets government and industry requirements.
Exchange Servers and Macintosh workstations can co-exist efficiently. Progent's Mac and Microsoft premier consultants can help you install Microsoft Entourage and Microsoft Exchange Server so your Mac users can collaborate with colleagues who run Microsoft Outlook. With Microsoft Exchange and Entourage for Mac, Exchange and Apple Macintosh systems can collaborate, allowing Mac users to get and transmit email, search the Exchange global address list, import addresses, sync up appointments, and alert people to meetings via your Microsoft Exchange account. Progent will make sure that your Exchange Server is appropriately configured and that LDAP and Outlook Web connectivity are working. Progent also can provide specialized one-on-one Entourage training.
Progent's Symantec consultants can help you support discontinued Symantec firewall and VPN products including the Symantec Raptor and VelociRaptor family or show you how to upgrade to more recent firewall/VPN solutions. Progent can also help you design and implement a comprehensive security strategy that can include firewall and VPN appliances and utilities, managed security and network protection services, server and application monitoring software, and documented policies and processes. Progent has the skill to be your single resource for continuing network support, maintenance, education, and security consulting.
Progent offers online and on premises expertise to assist you with any phase of BI reporting ranging from debugging or modernizing applications to designing and deploying a comprehensive business intelligence environment. Progent's BI experts can assist you to maintain your current reporting environment, assist you to upgrade reports and databases from an outdated reporting product to a current solution, and deliver as-needed remote training tailored to your specific requirements. Progent's business reporting consultants can provide experience in all popular business intelligence reporting tools such as Microsoft's SQL Server business intelligence suite (SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS), Microsoft Management Reporter/FRx, Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Power BI, Excel business analytics tools such as Power Pivot, Power Query and Power View, and Report Builder.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 delivers powerful, familiar tools to computer experts and information workers, lessening the complexity of designing, deploying, administering, and using enterprise information and database applications in environments ranging from mobile devices to enterprise information systems. The sophistication and integration demands of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 call for an IT consulting firm with hands-on expertise and wide knowledge in designing and deploying information-based, end-to-end business technology applications. The experience of Progent's Microsoft-certified technical team, with an average of more than 10 years of professional work involving Microsoft integration, ensures you success in planning, configuring and managing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 applications that are well integrated with the Microsoft .NET platform.
For assistance writing, improving, or repairing applications for Microsoft Windows, Linux, or the Web, Progent's expert team of programmers, database architects, and software project managers can help make sure you get the job done on time and within your budget. Progent's seasoned application programmers offer affordable and efficient remote consulting for projects as simple as writing VBA macros for Excel or as challenging as rolling out mission-critical database applications based on SQL Server or MySQL.
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Cisco's network security and remote connection technology for small organizations provide a full range of easy-to-administer security solutions to help protect your wired and wireless information system. Cisco's Virtual Private Network product family features routers, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and Virtual Private Network appliances. Progent's professional staff of consultants includes experienced engineers with Cisco's Certified Internetwork Expert and Cisco Certified Network Professional qualifications who are able to assist your company to evaluate Cisco Virtual Private Network, Cisco RADIUS Security, Cisco Aironet and Meraki wireless access points, and other Cisco security technologies that fit most closely with your company goals.
Progent's Cisco certified networking experts can provide high-level support services for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (formerly CallManager). Progent can assist your organization to integrate VoIP phones, design dial plans, set up SIP trunking and PSTN support, deploy ISR G2 routers with CUBE support, and design UCS server high availability systems.
Windows Server 2008 R2 offers outstanding levels of performance, protection, availability, expandability, and versatility that improve output of local, remote, and mobile workers. Progent's Microsoft-certified experts can deliver cost-effective remote consulting, technical support, and education services to assist you to design, execute, and manage Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 to add significant strategic value to your information system.
E-Mail Guard is a comprehensive service for blocking spam and virus attacks. E-Mail Guard handles the security and administration of company email by offering continually improved spam and virus blocking, policy administration, content testing, and defense against email-borne DHA and DDoS attacks. E-Mail Guard also features tracking, administration and reporting utilities plus outgoing email filtering to help you troubleshoot your email environment and specify and regulate corporate security policy.
Progent's Technical Response Center (TRC) provides affordable nationwide after-hours online assistance for IT networks powered by Windows and Cisco technology. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-Premier support professionals provide 24x7 phone help and remote secure network access to isolate and repair network problems quickly and economically.
The Help Desk support model adopted by Progent gives small businesses an affordable option to dependence on independent service individuals by offering extensive expertise shared by numerous support teams, optional round-the-clock access to emergency assistance, escalation capability to top-level experts for solving even the most complex problems, support consistency and dependability, prompt follow-up overseen by veteran service administrators, a selection of easy-to-use mechanisms for initiating support jobs, plus excellent process transparency enabled by ticket updates and accessible through a web-based portal.
Progent offers high availability load balancing consulting that addresses network load balancing, load balanced applications, network backbone routing, and content delivery technology such as Cisco Content Engine. non-stop load balancing providers for which Progent offers consulting services include Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Network Load Balancing Manager, Citrix Access Suite and Presentation Server, Cisco Content Services Switch, Cisco Distributed Director and LocalDirector 400 series, and F5 Networks BIG-IP.
Stealth penetration testing is an important part of any overall network security strategy. Progent's security experts can perform extensive penetration tests without the awareness of your organization's internal network support resources. Stealth penetration testing shows whether existing security monitoring tools such as intrusion incident alerts and event log monitoring are correctly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can provide ongoing automatic penetration testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, compromised credentials, missing patches, and unsound product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-vector attacks common to modern versions of ransomware.
Progent's Microsoft certified consultants provide a variety of consulting services for Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains). Dynamics GP/Great Plains is a financial and business analysis package based, like all Microsoft financial solutions, on the scalable and familiar platform of Windows technology. Dynamics GP offers an affordable tool for managing and integrating accounting, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, on-site support, and HR. Dynamics GP is simple to deploy and integrate, and with its segmented approach you are able to purchase only the capability you currently need, with the option to expand clients and enlarge capabilities in the future. Progent's Dynamics GP/Great Plains support engineers can show you how to install, configure and manage the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP or migrate smoothly from an earlier edition.
For smaller companies, network security and regulatory compliance can be too complicated to stay ahead of yet too dangerous to overlook. The world's largest institutions have been breached, and the top cloud services have on occasion been taken down. It looks as though there's nowhere to run. Progent has made it economical for smaller organizations to implement vital security tasks successfully by providing the advantage of billed time to the closest minute with no minimum charge for remote support. This means you can have the help of a world-class information expert to deliver just the help you need whenever you need it. Progent's CISA, CISM, GIAC, CISSP and ISSAP certified security experts can help you with any aspect of network security including vulnerability assessments, malware defense and recovery, spam and email content filtering, email data loss and data leak protection, compliance reporting, and designing a complete security plan.
Progent can assist your IT team to plan and administer hybrid ecosystems that can include Windows and Linux operating systems and apps in both cloud-centric systems or in hybrid network models that utilize on-premises resources along with one or more public cloud services. To help you to integrate public clouds with networks, Progent can provide a range of public cloud integration services that include Azure enterprise hybrid cloud planning and deployment consulting, Amazon AWS cloud integration, and Amazon Web Marketing Service (WMS) development and troubleshooting. Progent has two decades of experience providing advanced consulting services remotely, and Progent can help you successfully carry out your cloud migration initiatives on schedule and within your budget.
Besides providing the expertise of Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) specialists, Progent can provide experts in Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP Software, Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, Macola ERP, MAS 90 ERP, and QuickBooks Pro by Intuit. Progent offers software development, troubleshooting, management help, migration assistance, and one-on-one or group online training classes customized to meet your particular needs. Progent's experts also can show you how to integrate and maintain a protected, robust network foundation to run your ERP, MRP and accounting solutions.
Progent believes that a carefully architected and implemented network can be a vital piece for accelerating a company's growth, and we apply this credo in our own network infrastructure. Progent has built a non-stop virtual office network that enables Progent's staff consultants and certified contractors to offer fast and effective service, cooperate closely on complex jobs, and gain from professional and personal maturity by being a member of an exciting business culture of self motivation and independence.
Progent offers nationwide online phone support and consulting services for businesses who run Sun Solaris environments or whose information systems feature a mix of Solaris and Microsoft Windows technology. Remote network consulting offers maximum leverage for your IT budget by protecting user productivity and limiting the hours charged for computer analysis and repair. Sophisticated online access technology and skilled technicians and engineers allow Progent to handle the majority of network problems without squandering time and expense by traveling to your site. In the vast majority of situations your IT problems can be dealt with over the phone or via a combination of telephone support and online connectivity. Progent can offer the services of Cisco certified CCIE network experts and CISSP certified security specialists to help you with the toughest network issues.
Progent's CISSP-premier network security consultants can help organizations of all sizes with any aspect of information system security. Progent can help implement efficient cybersecurity solutions that protect a small office against advanced malware attacks or Progent can plan, deploy, and monitor a comprehensive security strategy for hybrid networks that accommodate onsite, remote, and mobile clients sharing IT resources spread across multiple physical sites and various clouds.
Progent's wireless site survey services make it easy to plan, install and debug a Wi-Fi network adapted to your environment, providing you a wireless solution that delivers the reception, speed, density, security, and roaming capability your business needs.
Progent's Microsoft-certified Windows Server 2003 engineers can provide network support and expert consulting services for the complete line of Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2000. Progent's Windows 2003 migration, configuration, update, and support services include network planning, deployment, project management, on-premises and remote technical support and repair, Call Center services, CISM-certified security consulting, comprehensive outsourcing, and cost-effective co-sourcing.
Progent's Microsoft-certified ISA Server consulting experts have long backgrounds configuring ISA Server-based security installations for information systems with many sites, mobile workers, and mission-critical eCommerce applications. Progent's Microsoft Firewall experts are available to help your company in designing and implementing an installation of ISA Server 2000 or ISA 2004 Server that supports your information security needs without adversely restricting your IT system accessibility. Progent's consulting professionals can help you migrate from Microsoft Proxy Server from ISA 2000 Server to ISA 2006 Enterprise Edition Server or ISA 2006 Standard Edition Server.
Progent's ProSight Virtual hosting services provide small companies a range of advantages including lower capital costs, reductions in operational costs, better executive focus, enterprise-class security, greater fault tolerance, and business continuity.
Progent's Ransomware Hot Line provides 24x7 access to a proven ransomware recovery consultant who can help you to halt the progress of an ongoing ransomware breach. Call 800-462-8800
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can provide cost-effective online consulting and troubleshooting services for Microsoft Windows Server Essentials. Progent offers comprehensive project management support so you can design and execute an efficient move from Windows Server Essentials to Microsoft 365 and other Microsoft Cloud platforms and services.
Microsoft CRM helps small businesses build profitable customer relationships. Built-in Sales and Customer Service modules enable employees to share information to help improve selling success and deliver consistent, efficient customer service. Progent can set up the most sensible network environment, including local and offsite wireless connectivity, to support Microsoft CRM, and Progent's Experts Team can provide your small business with a certified MSCRM consultant who can show you how to combine Microsoft Dynamics CRM with your marketing or customer service databases.
Progent's Cisco certified networking consultants can provide advanced support services for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (formerly CallManager). Progent can assist your organization to integrate VoIP phones, create dial plans, configure SIP trunking and PSTN support, deploy ISR G2 routers with CUBE support, and design UCS server high availability solutions.
Progent's Duo managed services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation on iOS, Google Android, and other personal devices.
Progent is a dealer and integrator for SentinelOne's Singularity product line, a subscription-based, cloud-first cyberthreat management platform that includes machine learning technology and expert services to provide cutting-edge endpoint detection and response.
Even if your business has a small computer services group and a limited technology budget, your information system can still feature the same high reliability and performance that once required a large in-house service organization. Progent's 24x7 Network Support Services for small businesses combine the experience of world-class Microsoft-certified and Cisco-certified IT consultants, the most recent network management products for 24x7 monitoring and alerts, and economical support programs such as a help desk call center to keep your vital business applications and servers up and running.
Progent's certified cybersecurity experts can perform NodeZero-powered PEN tests to verify your security monitoring and protection systems and policies are properly set up and effective.
VMware's NSX virtual network platform allows you to create complete logical networks in software. NSX allows virtual networks to be provisioned in minutes and administered with a high degree of automation independent of the physical components making up the basic IP network. VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) allows automated recovery, application mobility, plus transparent site relocation, failback and re-protect. SRM also enables non-intrusive testing for site recovery, updates and fixes and can generate audit reports to verify complete service recovery, validate Service Level Agreements and demonstrate DR compliance. When integrated with VMware's NSX virtual network technology, VMware Site Recovery Manager can quickly restore the complete virtualized network topology at the recovery site. Progent can provide the support of a VCDX certified VMware NSX consultant and VMware SRM system architect to help you to design, configure, test and maintain a disaster recovery system based on VMware SRM and VMware NSX.
Stealth penetration testing is a key part of any comprehensive network security strategy. Progent's security professionals can perform thorough penetration checks without the awareness of your organization's in-house network support staff. Unannounced penetration testing uncovers whether existing security defense tools such as intrusion detection warnings and event log analysis are properly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can provide continuous autonomous PEN testing to define your internal and external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, improper configurations, harvested credentials, uninstalled patches, and unsound IT product defaults can be combined by hackers into the multi-front attacks common to the latest strains of ransomware.
Progent provides small organizations two specially designed network security inventory scanning packages that provide, at a preset fee, remotely administered scans of your security profile which are analyzed by professional information security engineers who interpret the data collected by the scan, deliver objective summaries of your current security vulnerability, and offer suggestions for remediation. Progent has developed two complementary security evaluation scanning packages for external and internal scanning that are priced to meet the budgets of small companies while providing enterprise-class assessments of your network's exposure to assault.
If you are producing Linux-based applications in an environment that has Microsoft Windows-based processors, PCs, and office applications, Progent offers comprehensive IT outsourcing that allows you to concentrate on your area of strategic expertise without the constant hassle of maintaining your company information system. Through the use of smart server monitoring and by delivering online and on-site assistance when your company needs it, Progent represents an affordable solution for managing an IT network that provides excellent reliability, protection, and efficiency. Progent's Linux developer support services include comprehensive information technology outsourcing, virtual infrastructure, online and on-premises service and troubleshooting, proactive network monitoring, and Help Desk Call Center outsourcing.
Progent's Windows 11 consulting experts can provide a range of services to support Windows 11 including Microsoft 365 integration, mobile device management, at-home workforce access, data and identity security, streamlined provisioning, and Help Desk support services.
Our compensation model is built on revenue sharing, so similar to being a freelance contractor, your earnings are directly driven by your generated revenue. Some Progent consultants stress quality of life and elect to work at an easy pace, utilizing our self-determined calendar to follow individual enthusiasms like mountain biking, motorcycle racing, skiing, surfing, travel, or spending private time with family and acquaintances. Other consultants take advantage of the opportunity to make major dollars via hard work and extended days. Progent completely supports either end of the spectrum and any point in the middle.