IT Connection Newsletter: Issue 5
Progent's Certified Experts Offer Cisco IOS Software Update Support
Updating Cisco IOS and other software powering Cisco routers and switches can be tricky, but ignoring security updates is risky. Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network engineers can provide fast and affordable online expertise to keep you out of trouble.
Updating Cisco IOS Software
Cisco IOS is the control software used in virtually all Cisco routers and in the latest Cisco switches. Cisco often updates IOS to fix bugs, improve security, or add functionality. Ignoring IOS updates can impact network stability and security and cause you to miss out on new features that could streamline management or improve performance. But upgrading Cisco IOS and other Cisco software can be tricky, depending on your Cisco equipment and your network environment. For example, there may be limitations of local Flash or RAM that cause new software to misbehave or run out of resources. Occasionally, an updated device is unable to boot.
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers have the experience to anticipate and fix problems you may encounter and help you carry out successful upgrades quickly and with minimal disruption of network availability. Progent's experts are accessible online to provide fast and affordable help.
Progent's Team of Cisco-certified CCIE Network Engineers
Progent maintains one of the largest independent teams of CCIE-certified network engineers in the U.S. (Refer to Progent's CCIE Network Experts). The CCIE certification is the world's top recognition for network professionals and indicates that a consultant's technical knowledge is at the expert level. Cisco awards less than 3% of all Cisco accredited consultants the CCIE certification, and those who reach this level can handle even the most challenging problems associated with network planning, integration, management, security, and troubleshooting.
CCIE network engineers represent excellent value because their depth of experience allows them to find quick solutions to problems that less qualified consultants may spend hours or even days trying to resolve.
Save Money with Progent's Online Consulting Services
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers specialize in providing remote support services. Remote support eliminates travel costs and solves problems faster than onsite service calls. Progent's Technical Response Center retains the services of about a dozen CCIEs for providing clients with fast access to world-class network support. This is an exceptionally high number for an independent computer support company.
Find Out More About Progent's Cisco IOS Software Support
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Microsoft Exchange Server Migration Technology Professional
Technology Professional Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Upgrade
Progent offers expert help for each step of your Microsoft Exchange 2010 upgrade including end-to-end project management services, site prep, project design and documentation, cost estimates of all new software and hardware required, suggested vendor sourcing, system verification at client site or at Progent's test facility, managing temporary coexistence between Exchange Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2003 or 2007, deployment of the production system, deactivating the previous servers, and training for customer's support group and end users.
24/7 Recruiter Home Based Cisco Consultant Career Opportunities
Home Based Cisco Consulting Virtual Office Job
Progent believes that a carefully designed and executed information system can be a pivotal piece for enabling a company's growth, and Progent follows this belief in our corporate network environment. We have created a non-stop virtual office infrastructure that allows Progent's staff consultants and certified contractors to offer rapid and efficient support, collaborate closely on sophisticated projects, and experience professional and private growth from being a member of an exciting company ethos of personal drive and independence.
VMware vCloud Suite Consultant
VMware VCDX Services
Progent can provide the assistance of a certified VMware VCDX expert to help your organization design, configure, manage and troubleshoot VMware vSphere-powered virtualization ecosystem for local datacenters, private and public clouds, or hybrid cloud systems. Progent can provide world-class knowledge for installing and integrating VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and VMware's NSX virtual network system for disaster recovery. Progent offers extensive understanding of VMware vCloud Director, vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestrator and vCloud tools for administering private and public cloud and hybrid cloud environments that deliver high availability, fault tolerance, and application mobility.
24/7 SCCM Central Administration Site Support and Integration
SCCM Patch Management Computer Consulting
Configuration Manager automates application and device provisioning and updating, simplifies security and compliance settings control, inventories network assets, protects against corporate data leakage, provides network health reporting, allows safe end-user self service, and offers a common control mechanism for administering mixed-operating system ecosystems based on on-premises, cloud-centric, or hybrid deployment topologies. Progent's Microsoft-certified SCCM consultants and Microsoft Azure cloud specialists can help your organization with any facet of designing, implementing, using and repairing a SCCM deployment for on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid networks.
24 Hour Exchange Server 2000 IT Consultant
Exchange 2000 Server Support Services
Progent is one of the most qualified network support companies for integrating email solutions powered by Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. Progent specializes in helping small companies receive the full advantages of Exchange 2000 under typical scenarios such as updating from Microsoft Exchange 5.5, moving from an ISP-managed or POP3 e-mail environment, and jobbing out your Microsoft Exchange 2000 management.
Integration Services Windows Server 2016 Hybrid Solutions
Windows Server 2016 Information Assurance Integration Services
Progent's Windows Server 2016 disaster recovery/business continuity experts can help you to design a disaster recovery solution based on Microsoft's latest Failover Clustering tools such as Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade for non-intrusive migration to Windows Server 2016, Storage Replica for crash-consistent Recovery Point Objective (RPO), Storage Spaces Direct for enterprise-class network-attached storage using industry-standard equipment, Virtual Machine Load Balancing for improving the performance and fault-tolerance of Failover Clusters while reducing TCO and operational expenses, and Cloud Witness for easy, affordable deployment of a failover cluster quorum witness.
Support and Setup Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP
Dynamics GP Support Services
important features of Dynamics GP software include a modular structure that allows you to license just the functionality you need, a standardized foundation built on Microsoft technologies to protect your investment and provide a tightly interconnected environment, advanced reporting services that allow you to track all activities, income and expenses and sales patterns, compatibility with Microsoft Office to enable access to business information, the capability to process data from virtually any db software or workstation software into Microsoft GP/Great Plains, and an open architecture that makes it easy to create custom programs. Progent can help you configure and support a reliable, protected server and communications infrastructure to support Dynamics GP, and can offer experienced GP/Great Plains support professionals to show you how to convert the advanced features of Microsoft Dynamics GP business accounting software into a productive business solution.
Helpdesk Sharing Computer Consultant
Computer Consulting Co-managed Heldesk
Progent's Standard Help Desk Services provide a complete service desk solution that handles all aspects of online Level 1 desktop support from service requests through trouble ticket generation, remote desktop control, status tracking, problem solving, and reporting. Help Desk services are offered at a substantial discount from Progent's normal Level 1 desktop service rates, and Progent can provide the option of rapid on-demand escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 experts to resolve complex problems.
Fault Tolerant Interoffice Connectivity Specialist
24/7 Non-stop Network Computer Engineer
Progent’s Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity (DR/BC) consultants offer extensive experience helping small businesses to minimize network downtime by providing cost-effective remote consulting for disaster recovery/business continuity planning, fault-tolerant IT architecture, data backup and restore systems, and transparent system maintenance. Progent’s business continuity experts can assist you to plan and validate a sensible business continuity strategy that aligns with your business goals and IT budget. Progent’s disaster recovery engineers can help you to design, deploy, and support resilient technologies including redundant Internet connectivity, virtualized servers, fail-over clustering, load balancing, continual online backup, and multi-location hot backup centers.
Software Outsourcing Consultant Online Office 365 Word Training
Microsoft Desktop Apps Instruction Integration Firms
Progent offers customized remote instruction for a range of desktop applications and environments including Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook plus Acrobat Writer, Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows 10. Online training provides the advantages of conventional physical classroom seminars, such as instant communication between clients and teachers, but avoids the expenses of travel and the hassle of attempting to accommodate the schedules of many workers. Offered to single students or classes of any size, Progent's live online instruction allows the trainer to conduct the class from an online office while the students can be dispersed across a campus or across the the U.S. Virtual training utilizes proven teaching mechanisms like broadcast white boards, electronic hand-raising, and collaborative desktops. Sessions can be short and personalized to specialized subjects or extended in time and wider in scope.
24x7x365 Remote Consulting ISA 2000 Server
ISA Server Help and Support
Progent's Microsoft-certified ISA Server consultants have extensive experience developing corporate security solutions for IT networks with many locations, remote workers, and line-of-business web-based applications. A Progent ISA 2004 Firewall engineer can help your small or mid-size business design and implement a configuration of ISA Server 2004 that meets your information security requirements without restricting your network.
Windows and UNIX Consult
Windows and Solaris Network Consultant
If your business operates a UNIX or Linux network or a multi-OS computer system, Progent's CISM and ISSAP-premier consultants can assist your whole enterprise in a wide range of security topics such as security management practices, security design and strategies, access control products and methodology, applications development security, operations security, physical security, communications, network and Internet security, and workplace recovery preparedness. CISM and CISSP define the core skills and international standards of performance that information security managers are required to possess. These certification give executive management the assurance that those who have achieved their CISA or CISSP certification have demonstrated the experience and knowledge to deliver world-class security management and engineering services.
Microsoft SQL Services
Support and Setup Microsoft SQL Server
SQL Server 2000 is a rich, Web-enabled database and data analysis solution that opens the door to the fast creation of cutting-edge enterprise-class applications that can give your company a critical competitive advantage. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 provides built-in support for XML and the ability to query across the Internet and outside the firewall. The expertise of Progent's certified SQL Server 2000 consultants, with an average of more than over 10 years of work helping with Microsoft technology, ensures you success in planning, installing and managing Microsoft SQL Server solutions that are well integrated with other applications based on Microsoft's .NET platform.
Exchange 2007 Server Services
Consulting Services Microsoft Exchange
Progent's Microsoft certified support team can show you how to design and deploy a smooth in-place Microsoft Exchange 2007 migration strategy that minimizes network disruption, simplifies long-term service demands, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 easy to manage. For complicated multi-server or multi-site migrations, Progent offers the background to finish your project rapidly and affordably. Progent's Exchange Server 2007 help, repair, and design services include expertise with the configuration of third-party add-ons to Exchange 2007 Server and the design of unified messaging implementations based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
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