IT Connection Newsletter: Number 6
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Windows Server 2012 Integration Help
Windows Server 2012 includes over 300 new or enhanced features that address critical IT issues including cloud readiness. Progent's Microsoft Gold-certified Server Platform consultants can help you integrate Windows Server 2012 into your information network.
Windows Server 2012 includes over 300 new or enhanced features that address critical IT issues such as cloud readiness, virtualization, scalability and performance, identity and security, Bring-Your-Own-Device support, availability and disaster recovery, application development, and manageability. Licensing for Windows Server 2012 has been simplified, with the only functional difference between the two primary versions is that the Standard Edition supports two virtual instances and the Datacenter supports unlimited ones.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you assess the business value of Windows Server 2012 for your company, plan and implement pilot and production systems, optimize your infrastructure for local, multi-site, cloud-based, and hybrid environments, train your IT administration, refine your security strategy, automate network management, assist with application development, and create and test a disaster recovery/business continuity plan.
New Features of Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 offers major innovations that have an impact on almost every aspect of information technology. Combined with System Center 2012 and with Windows 8, Windows 2012 redefines the datacenter for any size organization. Most of the most significant improvements in Windows Server 2012 focus on optimizing cloud functionality and performance. Because cloud computing depends on large-scale virtualization, many of the enhancements offered by Windows Server 2012 center around advances in Microsoft's Hyper-V technology.
Cloud Optimized
Cloud computing is becoming the new reality for information technology because it enables ultra-efficient utilization of IT resources through the dynamic reallocation of available processing power, memory, and storage while sharing the substantial costs associated with creating and maintaining high-performance and high-availability datacenters. Windows Server 2012 can support private or public clouds or hybrid environments by allowing IT managers to pool computing resources seamlessly and securely across physical boundaries.
New and enhanced features of Windows Server 2012 that facilitate cloud-based infrastructure include:
- Multitenancy Support
- Hyper-V Network
- Live Migration Across
- Self-service Provisioning
- Resource Metering
- Active Directory Doman Services (AD DS)
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V offers improvements that benefit both cloud-based and local datacenters. Key enhancements impact resource consolidation, uptime and recoverability, expandability and performance. New or improved Hyper-V features include:
- Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
- VHDX Virtual Hard Disk Format
- Shared Nothing Live Migration
- Live Storage Migration
- Live Merge
- Dynamic Memory
- Smart Paging
Windows Server 2012 has also been enhanced with features that improve scalability and speed, identity and security, Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) support, availability and disaster recovery, development, and manageability. New features in these areas include Storage Spaces to reduce disk storage costs, Federated Identity for centralized authentication across cloud-based and on-premises environments, support for rich graphics on smart phones and tablets, Active-Active File Server Clusters for transparent failover across server clusters, cloud-aware languages and application development tools, and the new Server Manager for centralizing the management of multiple servers.
How Progent Can Help with Windows Server 2012
Progent offers consulting, project management, and technical support services to help businesses of any size get the most out of Windows Server 2012. Progent can provide project management services for creating and executing a Windows Server 2012 migration plan, and Progent's disaster recovery experts can show you how to keep your Windows Server 2012-based network running even under worst-case scenarios.
For more details about the enhancements included with Windows Server 2012, visit Windows Server 2012 Consulting.
Find Out More About Progent's Support for Windows Server 2012
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Best Microsoft Office XP Problem Resolution
Microsoft Office 2000 Help Center
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Cisco's PIX 500 firewalls have reached end of life and Cisco might not offer support these legacy devices. Progent still provides technical assistance for Cisco's PIX firewalls to help you with maintenance and Progent can also help you determine if you should move up to more current firewall technology from Cisco. Progent's Cisco-certified experts can help your company design and carry out a cost-effective migration to Cisco ASA 5500-X Series firewalls following industry best practices.
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Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting offers proven virtualization architecture, a state-of-the-art data center, and the technical support expertise of Progent's Microsoft-certified engineering team to provide small and midsize businesses with a comprehensive IT outsourcing solution that enhances network dependability and protection, reduces management distraction, and cuts costs. With Private Cloud Hosting, a smaller company can have each of its operating system platforms and key application servers supported within a secure and fault tolerant data center on a high-performance, non-stop virtual server set up and supported by Progent's computer support professionals.
Cisco Firepower AVC Configuration
IT Services Firepower Services
Cisco's Firepower Next Generation Firewalls provide a major performance improvement compared to Cisco's previous-generation ASA 5500-X firewalls and offer centralized management and automation of advanced cybersecurity features such as application visibility and control, next-generation intrusion protection (NGIPS) with risk prioritization, advanced malware protection, DDoS mitigation, and multi-node sandboxing. Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified firewall consultants can help your organization to design and carry out a smooth migration to Cisco Firepower Series firewalls from Cisco's legacy ASA 5500-X, ASA 5500, or PIX appliances and help you integrate Firepower appliances with Cisco's security services to build and centrally manage IT ecosystems that span branch offices, data centers, and cloud resources.
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Progent is seeking to find full-time, results-oriented Microsoft certified engineers with MCSE credentials; Cisco accredited network consultants with Cisco CCNP or CCIE certification; security consultants with CISSP or CISA or comparable security certification; and advanced system architecture experts with experience in mobile access, wireless networking, service continuity, disaster recovery, data protection, and VMware. Progent also seeks professionals who can work on Progent's staff of desktop service specialists and remote support experts. Also, We are seeking experienced administrators who can operate productively in Progent's fast-paced, virtual office environment.
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Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 Server Virtualization Engineers
Progent's Microsoft-certified professionals can assist you to analyze the possible advantages of Hyper-V-powered server virtualization for your company, conduct test installations to verify Hyper-V's compatibility with your production applications, assess your network architecture for optimal performance with virtual server technology, assist you in moving to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and setting up Windows Hyper-V, educate your IT staff to monitor and manage Hyper-V, offer expert consulting help for improving the security of your virtual servers, establish and test disaster recovery processes that optimize system uptime, and deliver continuing consulting and maintenance including affordable online repair and comprehensive Help Desk services.
Windows Server 2008 DirectAccess Remote Technical Support
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Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you to evaluate the benefits of Windows Server 2008 for your company, develop pilot programs and rollout strategies, install Windows Server 2008 with your network environment and applications, educate your support staff how to run enhanced management tools, and deliver ongoing consulting and technical support via low-cost options including Contact Center service and remote technical assistance.
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Immediate Part-Time CIO Specialist
Progent can provide small companies with an IT management professional who can act as a part-time CIO. This part-time Chief Information Officer can provide strategic direction to help you integrate sensible IT products to improve business operations so they match better with your business goals. Your company can create and implement a well thought out IT strategy without incurring the expense of a full-time Chief Information Officer.
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Telecommuter Collaboration Software Remote Consulting
Progent can help small and mid-size companies to configure collaboration applications to permit their teleworkers to engage in productive interaction with fellow workers and clients.
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