Enlarging your at-home workforce may have a significant impact on IT architecture, security, and corporate workflows. Progent has two decades of background helping small and mid-size businesses to design, deploy, administer, tune, and troubleshoot IT environments that support a remote workforce. Progent can assist your Ipanema organization to select the right technologies and follow best practices in creating and operating a secure virtual solution for teleworkers that promotes collaboration and delivers maximum business value. Progent can provide services ranging from on demand guidance for helping you past challenging technical roadblocks to comprehensive project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical initiatives.

Progent can help Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro companies to succeed with any aspect of creating a high-functioning work-from-home ecosystem by providing infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, voice/video conferencing support, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud connectivity, Call Desk outsourcing, security and compliance, data protection solutions, and centralized management.

Network Infrastructure for a Remote Workforce
Configuring the network infrastructure required for an at-home workforce can be particularly complicated if you must accommodate a mix of personal hardware like PCs and laptops, routers, and wireless APs from various manufacturers and with a mix of OS software and firmware releases. Progent's experience providing online support for both legacy as well as current technologies in virtual office solutions enables you to make efficient use of your existing network infrastructure and offers fast access to top-tire consultants for making essential updates. Services offered by Progent to help your company to create a high-functioning telecommuting ecosystem include:

  • VPN connectivity allows you to create a secure tunnel for authorized remote employees to access IT resources located at your company datacenter or in the cloud. Progent can assist your company to deploy and maintain VPN access between your at-home workforce and your various network resources by providing online VPN integration consulting. For organizations using Cisco's ASA firewalls, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA Firewall consultants can assist your telecommuters to utilize Cisco's AnyConnect client software for safe VPN tunneling for a broad selection of endpoint devices such as Windows, macOS, Apple iOS, Linux, and Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure products enable a telecommuter to view and use a data center computer's desktop. This gives IT managers more control over the computing environment of telecommuters and offers remote users a familiar work experience. Progent's virtual desktop consulting services include Windows Remote Desktop support and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI expertise.
  • Routers connect at-home computer networks to the Internet and support VPN connections, local Wi-Fi connectivity, and firewall services. Progent offers expert online consulting for setting up home routers from a variety of vendors. See router configuration support from Cisco-certified consultants.
  • Home Wi-Fi networks, typically shared by an entire household and guests, are commonly used by telecommuters to access their router for work. This can cause performance as well as cybersecurity problems. Progent can assist businesses to mitigate these issues by delivering services like Aironet integration consulting, Cisco Meraki WiFi installation consulting, and Ubiquiti WiFi access point integration assistance.
  • Internet access solutions impact the performance and reliability of connections between telecommuters and the company network. Mission-critical processes might require redundant Internet connections in the event the primary connection breaks. Progent offers expertise for picking service providers, picking appropriate service bundles, and setting up fault-tolerant Internet connections. Refer to Internet access solutions.

IP Voice Integration for an At-Home Workforce
Extending the company PBX environment to accommodate teleworkers is critical to maintaining an effective work-at-home solution. A broad range of cloud-based digital PBX platforms are used by small and mid-size businesses to support teleworkers. Many larger organizations rely on Cisco's modern or older products for VoIP solutions. Progent can help organizations of all sizes to plan or maintain a telecommuter IP voice service that delivers the flexibility, convenience and protection required for teleworkers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE Voice experts offer advanced support to assist businesses optimize their current Cisco VoIP environments to support an expanding remote workforce.

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco Unified CM) delivers high-end IP telephony capabilities to devices like IP phones, media processing products, Voice over IP gateways, and multimedia apps deployed throughout the network. CUCM supports other mixed media services such as messaging, voice/video conferencing, and team interaction networks. For more information about Progent's CUCM support, see CUCM consultants.
  • Cisco CallManager is Cisco's earlier call-processing software and has been replaced by Cisco Unified CM or CUCM. Progent can assist you to support your current CallManager deployment or upgrade smoothly to Cisco's current IP telephony solutions. To find out about Progent's expertise for CallManager and Cisco's other older IP voice platforms, see Cisco CallManager consulting services.
  • Cisco IP Gateways enable connectivity with PSTN networks and with clients operating outside the corporate firewall like telecommuters. Progent offers expert support for Cisco's earlier generation IP gateways including the UC520, UC540 and UC560 products and for modern Cisco SIP gateways. See Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateway integration consulting.
  • Other VoIP Platforms supported by Progent's consultants include Vonage, Intermedia Unite and 8x8. Progent can assist you to update your wide area network infrastructure to support these solutions and deliver as-needed deployment and troubleshooting expertise.

Video Conferencing for an At-Home Workforce
A wide range of video conferencing platforms from leading technology companies enable virtual meetings, video and voice conferencing, chat sessions, and screen/content sharing for both onsite users and at-home workers. Many organizations utilize multiple conferencing products to meet the needs of their different partners and clients. Progent can help your organization to manage your existing conferencing ecosystem and optimize the engagement of your at-home workforce.

  • Skype for Business is Microsoft's popular unified communications platform that supports real-time presence, instant messaging, voice and video calling and conferencing plus the transparent integration of these functions within Office desktop and Microsoft 365 applications such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook. Progent can provide the skills of Microsoft-certified consultants who can help your company to configure and manage Skype for Business client software to accommodate your remote workforce. To learn more about Progent's consulting expertise for Skype for Business, refer to Skype for Business integration services.
  • FaceTime is Apple's multiuser video calling app for compatible iOS and macOS devices. FaceTime works on Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connections. Newer versions of FaceTime allow as many as 32 simultaneous users for voice/video calls. For details about Progent's support expertise for FaceTime, see Progent's FaceTime configuration expertise.
  • Webex Meeting Center provides remote conferencing for virtually all computing devices. Offered via Cisco's Webex Cloud, Webex services include sharing specific content or screens, presentations that incorporate rich media such as Microsoft PowerPoint, network-based recording, plus editing and playback for training. For details about Progent's support expertise for Cisco Webex and for additional video conferencing solutions from Cisco, see Progent's Webex Meeting Center support services.
  • Teams is Microsoft's follow-up for Skype for Business. Teams acts as a hub for conversations, contacts, and information with capabilities that include voice/video conferencing, threaded chat, plus file sharing. To learn more about Progent's support services for Teams as well as for additional Microsoft 365 apps, see Progent's Microsoft Teams consulting services.
  • Other Voice/Video Conferencing Apps supported by Progent's conferencing experts include Google Meet, Amazon Chime, Zoom, and Slack. Progent can provide integration and troubleshooting services for these conferencing platforms and assist your business to optimize your network infrastructure to run them.

Microsoft Collaboration Platforms for Telecommuters
Microsoft's collaboration products are tightly integrated with Microsoft's popular Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 suites, providing a rich environment of applications that deliver a consistent user experience for sharing information throughout a corporate network and on a wide selection of endpoint devices. Progent has provided remote consulting support for SharePoint and Exchange since their first releases and can help your company to configure these flagship collaboration platforms to maximize the productivity of your at-home workers.

SharePoint Deployment Consultants for Remote WorkersSharePoint uses web sites to facilitate collaboration and information delivery by providing policy-driven delivery of data, business processes, and utilities for searching through enterprise-wide business data. SharePoint permits you to build secure web portals that enables at-home workforce to see and edit consolidated corporate intelligence via Intranets (Wikis), Blogs, social web sites, and Web Parts (Widgets). To learn about Progent's SharePoint support services, refer to SharePoint configuration and development expertise.

Exchange Configuration Experts for At-Home WorkersExchange and Exchange Online offer secure collaboration features including public folders, shared mailboxes, and shared calendars and contacts. Progent's Microsoft certified Exchange experts can show you how to activate and utilize these features for your at-home workers. For details about Progent's Exchange consulting expertise, visit deployment consulting services for Microsoft Exchange.

Microsoft Onedrive Integration Consultants for At-Home WorkersOneDrive is Microsoft's shared cloud-based storage service, similar to GoogleDrive. At-home users can save files to the OneDrive service, and colleagues can access them securely via a web browser. Included with Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365, OneDrive enables remote employees to jointly author files. Revisions created offline are synced when you reconnect to the Internet. For details about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft OneDrive, go to Microsoft Onedrive integration experts.

Public Cloud Integration for Telecommuters
Progent offers advanced online assistance for helping businesses to build, maintain and repair cohesive hybrid network architectures that include internal data centers, teleworkers, branch offices, plus public cloud resources. Progent offers top-tier consultant for all modes of cloud service delivery including Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Progent can help teleworkers resolve problems with public cloud connectivity, authentication, and cybersecurity.

Microsoft Azure Integration Services for Remote WorkersMicrosoft Azure is a leading platform for public cloud services that enables you to utilize infrastructure, virtual servers, and critical apps running on Microsoft's massive cloud. Azure includes over 100 cloud-based services such as hosting for Windows and Linux-based virtual machines, scalable cloud storage, messaging, application development with Visual Studio, and data backup. Progent can assist your organization to deploy VMs on Azure Virtual Machines, configure cloud-based storage on Azure Storage services, unify identity management with Azure Active Directory, and design backup and restore solutions with Azure Backup. Progent's cloud experts can also help you establish secure access to Azure for remote workers by setting up and debugging firewall appliances and VPN IPsec tunnels. To learn about Progent's expertise for Azure, go to Azure consulting.

Microsoft 365 Integration Services for TelecommutersMicrosoft 365, formerly called Office 365, is Microsoft's popular family of client productivity software and cloud services offered by subscription. Office applications and cloud services are provided in a selection of bundles designed for customers ranging from individuals and small offices to major corporations. Progent can provide fast and affordable online access to consultants familiar with Microsoft 365-compatible clients based on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google Android operating systems. Progent can help your business to assess the various subscription bundles available for Microsoft 365 and configure 365 applications for your at-home workers in a way that delivers top business value. To learn about Progent's support services for Microsoft 365, refer to Microsoft 365 integration support.

Microsoft 365 Exchange Online Integration Services for TeleworkersMicrosoft 365 Exchange Online is among the most popular cloud-based applications in the Microsoft 365 product line. Microsoft 365 Exchange Online offers the advantages of reduced spending for physical infrastructure, simplified management, on-demand scaling, high availability, and other benefits inherent with public clouds. Microsoft has engineered Microsoft 365 Exchange Online to run transparently with on-premises Exchange environments, enabling you to create hybrid cloud/onsite networks. Progent's Exchange consultants can provide as-needed assistance to get you through challenging technical bottlenecks and can also provide end-to-end project management services to ensure your remote workers have easy and safe access to your Exchange Online deployment. For information Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, go to Microsoft 365 Exchange Online configuration and support consulting.

Amazon AWS Integration Services for Remote WorkersAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a trailblazer in the public cloud market and is the industry's leading provider of cloud-based services. Progent can provide quick and economical online access to cloud integration experts who can assist your business to plan, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot hybrid IT networks that incorporate Amazon AWS cloud services with local resources and with other popular cloud platforms like Azure. Progent also can provide the skills of Cisco-certified CCIE networking experts to help your company to create a high-availability network model so your employees have a productive computing experience whether they are working from your headquarters, a branch office, at home, or on the move. For information about Progent's consulting services for Amazon AWS, refer to Amazon AWS consulting expertise.

Google Cloud Platform Integration Services for TeleworkersGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) is a popular suite of public cloud services that provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) products. Progent's Microsoft, Linux, and Cisco consulting experts can help your business to scale your existing IT resources with the Google Cloud, and Progent's DBA experts can help you make your key applications cloud ready so your at-home workers can take full advantage of Google Cloud services. Progent can assist your business to deploy virtual machines on Google Cloud Compute Engine, plan an efficient storage system with GCP Storage services, and streamline access management for at-home workers with Google Cloud Identity services. Progent's experts can also assist you to use GCP's unified management tools to control and monitor your Google Cloud ecosystem. For details, see Google Cloud Platform integration support.

Help Desk Call Center Services for Remote Workers
A sudden, organization-wide transition to a teleworker business model, which could be the result of an epidemic or as part of a disaster recovery process, can overwhelm even a high-performing in-house Help Desk. Progent's Call Center services allow businesses of any size to outsource or expand their Support Desk with Progent's online Technical Response Center team.

  • Progent's Standard Call Center support services utilize Progent's nationwide team of remote IT support experts along with enterprise-class trouble ticketing and tracking technology to provide an economical, modern Help Desk Call Center. Progent's Standard Help Desk Services offer a comprehensive solution that addresses all aspects of online Level 1 PC technical support from service requests through trouble ticket generation, desktop sharing, problem resolution, and reporting. A web-based User's Service Portal allows telecommuters to monitor or edit the status of their active tickets, add information, and upload screenshots and relevant files. Desktop support services are delivered at a substantial price reduction off Progent's ordinary Level 1 desktop service rates, and Progent offers optional rapid hand-off to Level 2 and Level 3 support specialists to deal with complex issues. To learn more, see Progent's Standard Helpdesk Services for small companies.
  • Progent's Support Desk Augmentation Service enables your company to augment your current Call Desk staff by sharing responsibilities for Help Desk Call Center support seamlessly between your regular IT support staff and Progent's extensive team of PC support technicians and subject matter specialists. Progent's shared Support Desk service uses a collaborative support model based on the leading professional services automation (PSA) tool for managing service requests and trouble tickets, assigning responsibility, monitoring progress, and producing management reports. To learn how Progent's Help Desk Call Center Supplementation Services can help your business to deliver best-in-class IT support to your telecommuters, go to Progent's Help Desk Call Center augmentation Services.

Security and Compliance for Teleworkers
Work-from-Home (WFH) staff members commonly utilize their own computers and often work in a poorly secured physical area. This multiplies their susceptibility to cyber attacks and requires careful configuration of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, thorough user education, and the development of policies built on best practices. Progent's seasoned team of cybersecurity solutions consultants can assist you to plan, configure and manage a compliant cybersecurity solution that guards vital IT resources in environments that include remote workers.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to create a network environment that can be safely accessed by on-premises users as well as by teleworkers, mobile users, vendors, clients, and other stakeholders. Modern firewall devices allow you to assign and manage appropriate access rights to various groups of users and to scale your network and modify your security profile as your business evolves and as network attacks grow increasingly complex. Progent works with both new and legacy firewall devices from all major vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. To find out more about Progent's firewall support services, go to firewall integration and support expertise.

Remote Security Monitoring and Management Services for TelecommutersOnline Endpoint Monitoring makes it easy to watch over the disparate computers used by telecommuters and either block or identify and mitigate modern cyber attacks like ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a small-footprint software agent is installed on each secured endpoint device, monitoring all activity and using advanced machine learning from SentinelOne to detect zero-day attacks on arrival. When a cyberattack is discovered, ProSight ASM immediately isolates the infected device from the network to quarantine the malware. Because the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is autonomous, endpoints remain protected even when they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. To find out more about ProSight ASM, go to remote endpoint monitoring for remote workers.

Two-factor Authentication Services for At-Home WorkersProgent's Duo authentication Managed Services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against compromised passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, when you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are requested to verify your identity via a unit that only you possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A broad range of devices can be utilized for this added form of authentication including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You may register several validation devices. For more information about ProSight Duo two-factor identity validation services, go to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for telecommuters.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the vulnerability of your network to all types of external and local security threats for an environment that incorporates at-home workers. Progent can deploy remote, automated security inventory scanning for quickly and affordably detecting a wide variety of security weaknesses that can be found via the Internet. Progent's endpoint security assessment experts, which can be managed by data security professionals with top certifications including CISA, ISSAP, and GIAC, can assist you to evaluate your operations and policies and assess your network architecture to enable you to implement the highest level of security for your an at-home workforce.

NodeZero Pen Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports autonomous threat assessment of your work-from-home environment as well as your internal and perimeter networks so you can find, prioritize, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity vulnerabilities before threat actors can exploit them. Progent can assist you to deploy NodeZero to carry out comprehensive penetration tests of your network perimeter and your internal network in order to determine your current security posture. Progent can also help you to harden your existing network security and can help you to plan and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides maximum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, at-home, and perimeter IT assets. To learn more details about Progent's vulnerability assessment solutions powered by on NodeZero's PEN test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's PEN Test Products.

Download White Paper: Securing a Work-From-Home Network
To read or download a white paper about critical areas to concentrate on for protecting an IT environment that incorporates work-from-home staff, click:
Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Network White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Data Protection for At-Home Workers
The field of Data Protection covers backing up and recovering critical information in order to avoid data loss and reduce restoration time in the event of storage failures due to equipment issues, programming hiccups, user mistakes, malware, or other causes. Reliable data protection solutions can be particularly difficult to architect and manage in hybrid networks that combine local data centers, cloud resources, and at-home workers.

  • Backup/Recovery strategies for remote workers must address multiple kinds of user-owned endpoints. Progent offers quick online access to consultants familiar with a wide range of platforms for backing up Windows, Apple Mac and Linux/UNIX powered servers and desktops as well as notebooks, iOS and Android tablets and handhelds. Leading backup/restore products maintained by Progent's data protection consultants include Barracuda Backup, Azure Backup, DoubleTake Software, Acronis Backup and Recovery, Retrospect, and Time Machine. To back up data distributed throughout a wide area network, Progent offers ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a backup/recovery service that utilizes cloud-based storage and features granular restore and centralized management.
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity (DR/BC) strategies typically envision scenarios that require a rapid changeover to telecommuting. Progent's expert disaster recovery planning experts and business continuity specialists can assist you to create, document and test a DR/BC plan that addresses the logistics of switching to an at-home workforce.

Unified Management for an At-Home Workforce
Microsoft has rebranded and reshuffled its endpoint management products under the title Microsoft Endpoint Manager, which encompasses Intune for cloud management of remote endpoints and Configuration Manager for managing local endpoints. Endpoint Manager offers a centralized platform for safeguarding corporate information by controlling local, mobile, and home-based endpoint devices.

Intune
Intune is part of Microsoft's Endpoint Management family that also includes Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud-based service for managing and protecting mobile computers and software. Managed endpoint computers can be user owned or company owned. Network admins managing the endpoint devices of teleworkers can use Intune to deploy and authenticate apps on managed devices, push patches and certificates, configure rules for accessing information and networks, set passwords, establish VPN connections, determine how teleworkers share data, set up threat defense, verify security compliance, and erase sensitive information from missing, stolen or decommissioned endpoint devices. Microsoft Intune runs with iOS, Google Android, Windows, and macOS computers. To find out about Microsoft Intune and to find out how Progent can help your company to use Microsoft's Endpoint Management to manage the endpoint devices of your at-home workers, visit Intune telecommuter device management experts.

VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is a feature-rich centralized MDM product that helps network managers to keep off-premises endpoint devices current and protected. Workspace ONE incorporates VMware AirWatch technology for unified endpoint management along with VMware's Horizon virtual software delivery platform for authorization control, application management, and setup management of endpoint devices. Workspace ONE runs with devices based on Windows 10, macOS, Apple iOS, Android, Chrome OS, or popular distros of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is available by subscription as a cloud service or as an on-site product via a one-time purchase. Key features of VMware Workspace ONE include fast remote provisioning of new notebooks, quick onboarding of new employees, policy set up and enforcement for all categories of endpoints, unifies reporting and performance analytics, email encryption, and integration with Microsoft apps and cloud-based products. For information about Progent's support services for VMware Workspace ONE, see VMware Workspace ONE remote endpoint management consultants.

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Expertise
To contact Progent about building and managing an efficient work-from-home environment for your Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro company, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.