White Paper:
How Businesses Can Benefit by Outsourcing and Co-sourcing IT Services from Progent
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Practice Areas for Progent's Outsourcing and Co-sourcing Services
Progent maintains a large staff of engineers with expertise in technologies from Microsoft, Cisco, Apple, VMware, Oracle, and other major vendors. This depth and breadth of expertise allows Progent to provide world-class consulting and support in all key areas of IT outsourcing. Practice areas for which Progent offers advanced services include:

• Desktop Support• Exchange and Unified Mesaging
• Security and Compliance• Backup/Restore Solutions
• Windows and Mac Integration• Wireless Connectivity
• Network Infrastructure• Application Development
• Disaster Recovery• SharePoint Server Collaboration
• Colocation Center Support• SQL, Oracle, and MySQL DBA Services
• Virtual Servers and Desktops• Smartphone Integration
• VoIP Optimization• Project Management and CIO Services

Best-of-Breed Microsoft, Cisco, Apple, and Security Expertise
Progent is a Microsoft Certified Partner and has earned special competencies that include Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Networking Infrastructure Solutions, Information Worker Solutions, Mobility Solutions, and Security Solutions. A Certified Partner's engineering staff is tested and certified by Microsoft to have the technical depth and professional background needed to provide solutions that involve Microsoft's most advanced products.

Progent is one of the few IT support firms to offer fast online access to Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers. Fewer than 3% of all Cisco certified consultants reach the CCIE level, which Certification Magazine called 'the world's most technically advanced IT credential.' CCIEs can handle the toughest network problems and are a great value because they can quickly resolve issues less qualified consultants might wrestle with for hours or even days.

Progent's experts in Apple technology specialize in helping companies integrate Apple OS X and IOS platforms to operate seamlessly in environments that include technology from Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, Oracle, and other leading vendors. This allows Progent to support Mac desktops and servers, iPhones, and iPads so as to maximize their business value.

Progent's security engineers have earned the most prestigious certifications offered in the IT security industry. These credentials require rigorous testing and proven field background to guarantee that candidates have mastered a significant body of security knowledge and best practices. Certifications awarded to Progent's security engineers include CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, ISSAP, and GIAC. This expertise allows Progent to offer enterprise-class security services ranging from penetration testing to forensics and recovery.

To be effective, the IT support services offered by major product vendors require customers to have highly standardized environments. Most small business networks have evolved opportunistically and reactively and as a result lack the homogeneity needed for this support model to work well. Progent's breadth of expertise allows clients to avoid the handoff or finger-pointing problems typical of mass-market computer support giants when problems involve, or are suspected of involving, multiple hardware and software products.

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