IT Connection Newsletter: Number 6
SQL Server 2012 Expertise:
Planning, Integration, Software Development, DBA Services
SQL Server is Microsoft's flagship database management and analysis system and is tightly integrated with key Microsoft platforms such as SharePoint, Excel, Microsoft CRM, and Dynamics GP (Great Plains). Progent can provide the expertise of Microsoft-certified engineers as well as experienced application developers, database administrators, project managers, network architects, disaster recovery experts, and security specialists to help you derive the maximum business value from your deployment of SQL Server 2012.
SQL Server is Microsoft's top database management and analysis system and is tightly integrated with key Microsoft platforms such as SharePoint, Excel, CRM, and Dynamics GP (Great Plains). SQL Server 2012 has a broad range of features that offer major improvements in vital areas such as availability, security, performance, manageability, analytics, cloud readiness, scalability, collaboration, fast application development, and data discovery. SQL Server 2012 also consolidates the key editions of SQL Server from five to three, simplifying the selection of a version that fits your needs.
Progent can provide the expertise of Microsoft-certified engineers as well as experienced application developers, DBAs, DR/BC experts, network designers, and security specialists to help you evaluate the potential benefits of SQL Server 2012 for your business, set up pilot systems at your datacenter or at Progent's lab, plan and carry out a smooth migration to SQL Server 2012 either from prior releases of SQL Server or from other platforms, and design an efficient and secure environment that helps you maximize the business benefit of SQL Server 2012.
AlwaysOn High-Availability for SQL Server 2012
The headline innovation incorporated into SQL Server 2012 is Microsoft's AlwaysOn solution, which provides flexible and cost-effective system design options for insulating mission-critical application databases from downtime caused either by scheduled maintenance or network failures. Microsoft designed AlwaysOn to achieve or exceed the famous "five nines" availability, or 99.9999% uptime, which translates into just a few minutes of downtime per year.
AlwaysOn technology uses two enhancements in SQL Server 2012 to eliminate the inefficiencies of SQL Server 2008's Failover Clustering Instances (FCIs) for high availability (HA) and SQL Server 2008's database mirroring mechanism for disaster recovery (DR). For a more effective and affordable HADR solution, SQL 2012 includes AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances and the new AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
AlwaysOn Failover Clustering Instances support multi-subnet clustering across geographically dispersed sites, allowing you to deploy so-called Stretch Clusters. This architecture offers both a high level of availability as well as the basis for an advanced disaster recovery solution. SQL Server 2012's AlwaysOn FCI also improves failure detection and provides more flexibility for configuring an optimal failover policy. In addition, SQL Server 2012 has an option for indirect checkpoints as a viable alternative to automatic checkpoints. This new feature allows you to specify the maximum permissible downtime for a database so you can safely guarantee the recovery time of critical databases in case of a failover event.
AlwaysOn Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012 improve mirroring in SQL Server 2008 by allowing log-based data movement without shared disks and thereby enabling zero data loss in case of a fail over condition.
AlwaysOn Availability Groups improve database uptime as well as resource utilization by letting you define sets of user databases that fail over as a single logical unit and to create a set of primary and secondary availability replicas to host copies of each availability database. Availability Groups can have four secondary replicas and feature listeners for fast application failover over, automatic page repair to event page corruption, and the ability to force a Failover Clustering (WSFC) quorum. Secondary replicas can be used actively for read-intent applications and backup in order to improve hardware utilization.
For additional information about Progent's consulting support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012, see Progent's Support Services for SQL Server 2012.
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Private Cloud Services Professional
Small Business Private Clouds Specialist
Progent’s private cloud hosting service enables small and midsize organizations to run mission-critical applications like Microsoft SQL and Exchange Server from a secure Tier III data center facility on fault-tolerant hardware with geographically separate backup. Progent utilizes Microsoft's Hyper-V platform for server virtualization and Data Protection Manager (DPM) for backup replication and restoration. Smaller organizations can take advantage of Progent’s private cloud hosting service to avoid major capital costs for the acquisition, maintenance, and management of network equipment and facilities while benefiting world-class levels of system availability and physical security.
Engineers UNIX, Windows
Solaris with Windows Services
If you are developing UNIX-based applications on a network that includes MS Windows-based processors, desktops, and office applications, Progent can provide comprehensive IT outsourcing that allows you to concentrate on your field of high-value expertise while avoiding the continual distraction of maintaining your company information system. By using smart server monitoring and by providing online and on-site assistance when your business needs it, Progent represents an affordable alternative for supporting an IT network that features high reliability, security, and efficiency. Progent's developer support offerings feature full-service it outsourcing, virtual infrastructure, online and in-person support and repair, network monitoring, and Contact Center outsourcing.
Linux Network Monitoring Engineer
Nagios Engineer
Nagios and MRTG are powerful, free monitoring tools that run on the Linux OS and can be used to monitor UNIX environments, Windows networks, or multi-platform environments in which the Linux OS and MS Windows coexist. Nagios allows network support engineers to track network services such as POP3, HTTP, SSH, and PING. Multi Router Traffic Grapher allows you to graph the traffic through SNMP network devices such as processors, routers, and switches. Progent's network monitoring experts can help you use both these utilities to tune and troubleshoot your system.
Systems Management Server 2003 Outsourcing
Systems Management Server Support Services
Progent’s Microsoft certified experts offer small and mid-size companies enterprise-grade consulting services for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. SMS 2003 is Microsoft's standard tool for change and configuration management. SMS 2003, a component of Microsoft System Center 200, allows companies to install critical software quickly and reliably to appropriate workers, reduce software expense and adhere to licensing agreements by determining patterns of usage, improve Windows protection by improving your knowledge of vulnerability and by delivering targeted updates, manage your mobile workforce through industry standards independent of connection or geography, and reduce operational expenses by efficiently utilizing the administrative capabilities incorporated into Windows. Progent’s SMS engineers can help you use SMS effectively for automated software and application installation, security patch administration, and asset monitoring management including program and hardware inventory.
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MRP Design
QuickBooks Pro Support and Integration
Progent can give you access to application developers who can modify your Microsoft Dynamics ERP, MRP, and accounting system applications to suit your specific business requirements. Progent’s Microsoft-certified consultants offer experience in Microsoft Dynamics Microsoft Axapta, Microsoft Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Solomon, and Microsoft Retail Management Software. Progent also offers custom e-Commerce integration support for safe, corporate-wide information sharing as well as integration with Customer Relationship Management applications.
SCDPM 2016 Compliance IT Consultant
Data Protection Manager 2016 and Windows Server 2016 Technology Consulting
System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager offers near-continuous backup and simplified restore functions for Microsoft-based networks. Data Protection Manager 2016 delivers application-sensitive protection for key platforms like Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange and SharePoint, backs up Windows and Linux virtual machines, supports virtual machines running on Hyper-V and VMware, and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Azure for cloud-based backup and recovery. Progent's Microsoft-certified experts can assist businesses of any size to design, implement, administer, and repair a multi-site backup/restore system built around Data Protection Manager 2016. Progent can assist you to migrate from a previous version of DPM or from a legacy solution, and Progent can optimize your DPM 2016 ecosystem for on premises, hosted, cloud-based or hybrid deployments. Progent offers online or onsite consulting expertise and can provide as-needed guidance to resolve technical bottlenecks or provide end-to-end project management support to make sure you complete your Data Protection Manager 2016 initiative on schedule and within your budget.
ProSight Spam Filtering Consult
Top Rated Email Outbound Content Filtering Consultants
Progent's ProSight Email Guard solution uses the services and infrastructure of leading information security vendors to provide web-based control and comprehensive security for all your inbound and outbound email. The hybrid structure of Progent's Email Guard combines a Cloud Protection Layer with a local gateway appliance to offer advanced defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne threats. ProSight Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps most threats from making it to your network firewall. This reduces your vulnerability to inbound attacks and saves network bandwidth and storage space. ProSight Email Guard's on-premises gateway device provides a deeper layer of analysis for inbound email. For outgoing email, the onsite security gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and email encryption. The onsite security gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that stays within your security perimeter.
Windows PC Simulation on Mac IT Services
Windows Desktop Simulation on macOS IT Consultant
For companies with a mix of Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows desktops, there are two basic solutions for running Microsoft Windows-dependent applications on a Mac: an external connection to a physical Windows computer or local emulation of a Microsoft Windows operating system on a computer. Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac enables you to connect an Apple Mac to a remote Windows-based computer to use Microsoft Windows applications and access system resources. Virtual PC for Mac emulates Microsoft Windows on a Mac system so that you can use Windows programs locally. Progent's macOS and Mac OS X technology consultants can help your organization to maintain these solutions for using Windows programs on your Macs and can also help your organization to assess and configure third-party products for Microsoft Windows PC simulation.
Cisco CCIE Telecommute Jobs
Network Consultants Telecommuter Jobs
Progent wants to find full-time, solutions-driven Microsoft accredited consultants with MCSE certification; Cisco certified network consultants who have Cisco CCDP or CCIE certification; security consultants with CISSP or CISA or equivalent security credentials; and high-end system architecture experts with a background in mobile solutions, wireless connectivity, high uptime, workplace recovery, information protection, and server virtualization. Progent also is hiring professionals who can join our staff of helpdesk service specialists and remote troubleshooting professionals. Also, We are seeking experienced managers able to perform productively in our fast-paced, virtual office environment.
Android Security Consultants
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ProSight Enhanced Security Protection (ESP) managed services offer ultra-affordable multi-layer protection for physical servers and virtual machines, desktops, mobile devices, and Exchange email. ProSight ESP uses adaptive security and advanced heuristics for round-the-clock monitoring and responding to security assaults from all vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, penetration alerts, endpoint management, and web filtering through cutting-edge technologies incorporated within one agent managed from a unified console. Progent's data protection and virtualization experts can assist you to plan and implement a ProSight ESP deployment that meets your organization's specific requirements and that allows you demonstrate compliance with legal and industry information protection regulations. Progent will help you specify and implement security policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your network and respond to alarms that call for urgent attention. Progent's consultants can also help you to set up and test a backup and disaster recovery system like ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can get back in business quickly from a potentially disastrous cyber attack such as ransomware.
Immediate Consultants Lync Server 2013 and iPad
Lync Server 2013 security Engineers
Progent's Microsoft consultants can assist you to assess the value of Microsoft Lync Server for your environment and can help you to design and carry out a deployment of Lync Server 2010 that centralizes the control of IM and Presence and increases the output of your office employees, telecommuters, and smartphone users. Progent's consultant's can in addition assist you to perform an efficient migration to Microsoft Lync Server from Microsoft Office Communications Server or Microsoft Live Communications Server, interface Microsoft Lync Server with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft SQL Server, show you how you can use Microsoft Lync Server 2010 to improve the collaborative capabilities of Microsoft Office applications, and offer online seminars and ongoing support for Lync Server and other Microsoft products.
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Navision Consultants
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Private Cloud Hosting Services Professionals
Private Cloud Services Specialist
Progent's Private Cloud Hosting and Management outsourcing provides complete hosting of a small organization's servers in an environment that delivers the highest level of dependability and scalability and is in addition easy to migrate to any data center. Progent's Private Cloud Hosting and Management services are based upon mature virtualization techniques that enable small and midsize businesses with multi- platform environments to save significantly on the expense of capital investments, infrastructure maintenance, and network management while achieving world-class reliability and an unmatched degree of vendor independence.
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