IT Connection Newsletter: Issue 5
Progent's Certified Experts Offer
Firewall Configuration Support Services
The latest firewalls can enforce thousands of security policies and let you segment your network into multiple security zones, each with its own rules. Progent's engineers are certified to support hardware and software firewalls from Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper/NetScreen, Check Point, and SonicWall and can show you smart ways to deploy firewall technology to maximize your security and compliance.
Firewalls range from software-only solutions like the ones included with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 to advanced hardware products that combine firewall, VPN, and routing in one device. In all cases, the purpose of the firewall is to enforce your security policies by preventing undesirable traffic from passing between your network and the outside world. Firewalls can block malicious software, unauthorized web sites, invalid data packets, or untrusted programs, depending on the firewall's configuration and capability.
Because of their central role, improperly configured or malfunctioning firewalls can have a big impact on network speed, availability, and security. This makes it important to have access to Firewall expertise. The security experts at Progent have earned certifications from the industry's leading firewall vendors including Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper/NetScreen, Check Point, and SonicWall.
The Strategic Use of Firewalls
The new generation of firewall appliances can be set up to enforce thousands of security policies and allow you to segment your network into multiple security zones, each with its own unique set of rules to enhance your security and ensure regulatory compliance. For small businesses and branch offices, these advanced security appliances can be one-box solutions that provide edge protection, VPN, and high-speed routing for converged IP voice, video, and data.
When properly configured and managed, today's latest crop of firewalls can add significant business value to your information network by cutting hardware and administration costs, improving productivity, and protecting sensitive data.
Network Security Services Available from Progent
Progent's engineers have been awarded the security industry's top certifications including CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISA, and GIAC. These experts can provide a broad range of services to help businesses of any size to build and validate a strong security profile.
Security services available from Progent include:
- Security compliance assessment and remediation
- 24x7 security monitoring with real-time alerts
- Security policy definition and automated enforcement
- Business continuity planning
- E-Mail Guard managed services for email filtering
- Post-attack recovery services
Progent's Cisco experts can help you to determine the business case for migrating from PIX to ASA 5500 firewalls, create a migration plan for a seamless upgrade, deploy and configure ASA 5500 Series devices, and set up remote monitoring and management. To save you money and minimize downtime, Progent offers remote consulting and troubleshooting services for Cisco's extensive line of security appliances.
Find Out More About Progent's Firewall Support
To read more about Progent's support for hardware and software-based firewalls, visit Progent's Firewall Support. To ask about Progent's firewall and security consulting services, call Progent at
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Microsoft Exchange Remote Support
Exchange 2013 Integration Integration Services
Microsoft Exchange 2013 incorporates major improvements to the functionality of its predecessor Microsoft Exchange 2010 and delivers important new features as well as a revamped structure. These enhancements affect vital facets of IT such as ease of administration, high availability (HA), compliance, operational costs, teamwork, scalability, throughput, compatibility, and productivity. Progent's Microsoft-certified Exchange 2013 consulting professionals can help you evaluate the possible advantages of upgrading to Exchange 2013, design an efficient validation and rollout plan, and train your IT team to manage your Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 environment. Progent can also provide affordable remote support and management for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.
After Hours IT Services Exchange 2019 Cloud Voicemail
Exchange 2019 Data Loss Prevention Consultant
Progent can assist you in any facet of your upgrade to Exchange Server 2019 including configuring Windows Server 2019 Core for hosting Exchange; designing HA architecture for a local, cloud-based or hybrid deployment; moving mailboxes; planning and configuring Hyper-V virtualization; configuring hardware load balancing (HLB); setting up Database Availability Groups (DAGs) with MCDB solid-state caching; integrating with Skype for Business 2019 for voicemail services; setting up collaboration with SharePoint; preparing firewalls; integration with Microsoft 365; and configuring Outlook.
24x7x365 FRx Report Contract Programming
Top Microsoft Great Plains Programming Firm
For custom program creation, Progent can supply programming 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 specialized management reports based on Crystal Reports, Access Report, or FRx Reports. Progent's consultants can use Microsoft IIS to create custom eCommerce applications powered by Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, Progent can provide expertise in a wide range of custom software development platforms including SQL Server and Delphi. For custom e-Commerce software, Progent also can provide specialists in custom Access, custom Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized development based on any Microsoft development platform.
Excel for Mac PivotTables Information Technology Consulting
Integration Mac Office
Microsoft Mac Office allows Apple Macintosh users to run the world's most familiar business applications. Progent's Apple-certified Macintosh experts can show you how to set up Mac Office on a multi-vendor environment that incorporates Apple OS X and Windows computers so that Mac users can take advantage of the new features in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage for Mac in order to share data and system resources with co-workers who use Microsoft Windows. Progent's engineers have experience with both Apple Macintosh and Windows technology and can support networks that combine Mac with Windows systems with complete resource sharing, or environments which intentionally restrict sharing between Apple Mac and Windows systems.
Services ProSight VM Hosting
ProSight Virtual Server Private Cloud Hosting Technology Professional
Progent's ProSight Virtual hosting services provide small companies a variety of advantages such as reduced capital costs, savings on operational costs, improved executive focus, enterprise-class protection, greater fault tolerance, and business continuity.
Remote Workforce Technology Consulting Services
Teleworker Outsourcing
Progent has two decades of experience helping small and mid-size organizations to plan, install, tune, administer, and debug information networks that support a remote workforce.
Email White Lists Technology Professional
ProSight Email Content Filtering Engineer
Progent's ProSight Email Guard uses the services and infrastructure of top information security companies to deliver web-based control and world-class security for your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Email Guard managed service combines a Cloud Protection Layer with an on-premises security gateway device to offer complete defense against spam, viruses, Dos Attacks, DHAs, and other email-based threats. The cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and blocks the vast majority of unwanted email from reaching your network firewall. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound threats and saves system bandwidth and storage. ProSight Email Guard's on-premises gateway device provides a deeper level of analysis for inbound email. For outbound email, the onsite gateway provides anti-virus and anti-spam protection, DLP, and encryption. The onsite security gateway can also assist Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that stays within your corporate firewall.
Award Winning Offsite Workforce Helpdesk Services Outsourcing
Work at Home Helpdesk Remote Support
Progent can provide small and mid-size businesses overflow or fully outsourced Help Desk services for at-home workers.
Double-Take Replication Manager IT Services
Online Support Services Double-Take Software Availability
DoubleTake/Carbonite Software publishes a family of tools intended to provide small and midsize companies a range of cost-effective alternatives for backing up and restoring vital applications including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Blackberry, and Microsoft SharePoint. Progent's business continuity planning consultants have in-depth backgrounds incorporating DoubleTake/Carbonite products into small company information systems to create a high state of fault tolerance and disaster recovery readiness at an affordable cost.
Microsoft 365 Exchange Online Integration IT Consultant
Online Troubleshooting Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online Integration
Progent can help you to evaluate the wealth of subscription options offered with Microsoft 365, previously branded Office 365, and integrate your network with Microsoft 365 in a way that delivers maximum business value. Progent supports cross-vendor environments that incorporate Windows, macOS or OS X, and Linux software. Progent can also assist your business to build and manage hybrid solutions that seamlessly integrate local and cloud-based resources.
Online Technical Support Nexus MPLS
Nexus Switch OTV Consultant Services
Nexus series switches are designed to deliver the speed, expandability, dependability, cloud readiness, capacity, data protection and ease of management required to act as the heart of an enterprise data center. Progent's Cisco-certified Nexus switch consultants are available to provide remote and on-premises consulting and troubleshooting services to assist you to design an efficient switch topology, set up pilot environments to confirm your switching solution, deploy Nexus switches, create and implement appropriate policies, run security vulnerability tests, configure advanced monitoring and alert systems, consolidate network resources through virtualization, troubleshoot switching and routing problems, maximize performance, plan for expected growth, and take advantage of the powerful high-availability (HA) features incorporated into Nexus family of switches. Progent can also assist you to migrate efficiently from outdated Nexus switches or Catalyst switches to current Nexus switches.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Online Consulting
Specialists Windows Server 2012R2 Clustering
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you to assess the advantages of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 for your company, develop pilot environments and migration plans, optimize your infrastructure for on-premises, multi-site, cloud-based, and partial-cloud datacenters, train your IT support, staff, create an enterprise-wide security plan, automate IT administration, assist with application development, and build and validate a disaster recovery/business continuity plan.
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