IT Connection Newsletter: Issue 4
Progent's Certified Experts Offer
Virtual Data Center Hosting
Virtual data centers offer world-class hosting services at down-to-earth prices, offering the benefits of a fault-tolerant infrastructure, vendor independence, and fast disaster recovery.
What Is Virtual Data Center Hosting?
Progent's Virtual Data Center Hosting service combines proven virtualization technology, a state-of-the-art data center, and the support expertise of Progent's Microsoft Gold Certified engineering team to provide small businesses with a comprehensive IT outsourcing alternative that enhances network dependability and security, eliminates management hassle, and saves money.
With Virtual Server Hosting, a small business can have all of its software platforms and critical applications hosted in a secure and fault tolerant data center on a fast, non-stop virtual host configured and maintained by Progent's network support experts.
By using virtualization technology, Progent can optimize the fault tolerance, security, performance, scalability, recoverability, and portability of the customer's environment while keeping hosting expenses low. Progent's clients retain ownership of operating system platforms and all application licenses. Progent owns the physical host servers and is responsible for maintaining them. This means Progent's clients do not have to invest heavily in capital equipment that can quickly become outdated and requires ongoing service.
Virtualization also means that customers can easily and inexpensively move their entire IT environment to another host if and when they believe such a move makes business sense.
A Smart Outsourcing Alternative for Small Businesses
Small businesses typically lack the money or the management time to build and maintain an information network environment that can match the dependability, security, and support quality demanded by large companies. Unfortunately, network downtime, unresolved technical problems, security breaches, poor performance, and low service levels all impair productivity for businesses of any size, and in the case of small companies the relative damage caused by a serious network problem can be far greater than for a larger organization. Mission-critical and line-of-business applications are by definition vital to any organization, but larger enterprises have the economy of scale to build network infrastructures and hire IT support staffs that provide acceptably high degrees of reliability, security, performance, and support. Small companies do not.
Progent's Virtual Data Center Hosting service allows small businesses to get the benefits of enterprise-class IT infrastructure and world-class support services at a cost that is significantly lower than what most small businesses would pay for creating and administering internal data centers and supporting large in-house IT support groups.
How is Virtual Data Center Hosting Different?
With ASP (Application Service Provider) or SaaS (Software as a Service) hosting models, customers own their corporate data but not the operating system platforms or the application licenses for the software that is being maintained by the hosting service. Because it is expensive and time consuming to move from an ASP or SaaS hosting service to another hosting provider or to bring the entire system in house, small businesses with limited IT budgets effectively become captive to their hosting service.
With Progent's Virtual Data Center Hosting model, the customer owns the data, the OS platforms, and the software applications. Because the environment is virtualized, it can be moved immediately to a different hardware environment without lengthy and risky reinstallation and configuration. With Virtual Data Center Hosting, you are not held captive to a single hosting service.
Another benefit that stems from the virtualized architecture behind Progent's Virtual Data Center Hosting service is that data can be recovered quickly in case of a catastrophic event such as a natural disaster. Since the virtual environment is regularly backed up and archived off site, it can be hosted by any physical server acting as the underlying host to the virtual environment.
Progent will also host environments with a mix of operating system platforms and applications and little standardization. This type of environment is common for small businesses but is not addressed by application hosting services and is difficult to support for any hosting service that does not utilize a virtualized architecture or that does not retain a support staff with the depth and breadth of Progent's seasoned engineers.
Find Out More About Progent's Virtual Hosting
For more information about Progent's virtual data center hosting services, call
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Support for IT Service Providers Online Consulting
IT Services for Network Service Providers Online Help
Progent's Support for IT Service Providers lets you take advantage of Progent's information technology experts while retaining your own service brand as a transparent arm of your IT services staff.
.NET Software Programming Company
24/7 .NET IoT Programmer
Progent's application developers have worked for two decades with .NET tools and the Visual Studio development environment and can build or update .NET applications quickly and affordably.
Forensics Services Juniper SA6500 SSL VPN
Technology Consulting Juniper SSL VPN
SSL VPN makes it possible to establish a secure Internet connection between an enterprise network and virtually any remote computer without the need for pre-installed client software. Progent's Juniper-certified consultants can help you design, manage, and troubleshoot SSL VPN solutions based on Juniper's AS Series of remote access appliances.
After Hours UNIX Online Support Consultant
Engineers Solaris Remote
Progent offers nationwide urgent phone support and troubleshooting services for businesses who operate UNIX, Linux, or Solaris networks or whose IT systems feature a combination of UNIX/Linux and Microsoft products. Remote technical support provides maximum leverage for your IT budget by extending client productivity and limiting the time billed for network analysis and repair. Sophisticated remote access technology and skilled service specialists and engineers allow Progent to handle the majority of network problems without wasting time and expense by traveling to your location. In most of situations your network problems can be dealt with by telephone or through a combination of telephone support and remote access. Progent can offer the services of Cisco certified CCIE infrastructure experts and CISSP and ISSAP premier security specialists to assist with the most challenging network problems.
CISSP Certified Security Manager Engineer
After Hours CISSP-ISSEP Cybersecurity Engineers
Progent's CISSP-premier network security consultants can help organizations of all sizes with any facet of IT security. Progent can implement cost-effective cybersecurity solutions that protect a small business from modern malware attacks or Progent can plan, deploy, and manage a comprehensive security strategy for hybrid networks that accommodate onsite, remote, and mobile clients accessing IT resources distributed across a mix of physical datacenters and various clouds.
Top Support and Help Microsoft Dynamics GP
Immediate Dynamics GP Consulting Services
Progent's Microsoft certified consultants provide a variety of consulting services for Dynamics GP. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a Microsoft financial package and business management solution based, like all Microsoft financial tools, on the scalable and familiar foundation of Microsoft Windows technology. Dynamics GP 2010, the most recent edition of Microsoft financial products in the Microsoft Dynamics GP line, offers an affordable solution for controlling and integrating finances, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, customer relationships, and HR. Dynamics GP/Great Plains is simple to install and configure, and with its modular approach you are able to purchase only the capability you currently need, with the ability to add clients and enlarge functionality in the future. Progent's Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains Software support engineers can help you install, customize and administer Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 as well as older editions of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Consulting Hourly Cost Systems Engineer
Consultant Rates Integration Consultant
Progent's pricing model is to bill for online support and in-person visits per minute. Consequently, you are invoiced only for received services. Progent does not impose a more expensive rate for off-hours or emergency service, and inside California or in regions where Progent provides in-person support, Progent does not charge for travel time except for emergency support where on-site work is less than four hours. Also, Progent applies no minimum charge and asks no retainer for support services delivered during normal working hours. Many support organizations demand substantial minimum payments or charge for each quarter hour or longer. Progent's one-minute granularity eliminates large invoices for quick fixes so you will not be forced to permit less critical problems to stay unaddressed.
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