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Microsoft Releases Lync Server 2010 for Unified Communications
Microsoft announced the release of Microsoft Lync Server 2010, the newest version of Microsoft's unified communications software formerly called Office Communications Server, Live Communications Server, and Microsoft Communicator. In addition to centralizing the management of Instant Messaging and Presence, the Lync platform allows local, remote and mobile computers or smartphones to escalate a simple interaction between users to include IM, Presence, video and audio conferencing, as well as sharing of images, files, applications, and desktops. Lync Server 2010 also combines IM and Presence with advanced voice management and conferencing features to allow companies to enhance or replace core communications solutions including PBX and video conferencing systems, which can dramatically accelerate return on investment in Lync technology.
More details: Microsoft Releases Lync Server 2010 Unified Communications Platform
Microsoft Releases DPM 2010 Backup and Recovery Solution
Microsoft has released System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), a comprehensive backup-and-recovery platform designed specifically for Windows file and application servers. DPM 2010 allows ongoing, transparent backup of physical and virtual computers to local or remote disks and tape, and enables fast, easy recovery of entire servers or individual files. DPM's disk support lets you preserve your critical business information without interrupting network operations, while DPM's tape support keeps long-term archiving costs low and simplifies compliance with data retention mandates.
More details: Microsoft Releases DPM 2010 Backup and Recovery Solution
BlackBerry Releases BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express - For FREE!
BlackBerry recently introduced BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express (BESX), offering FREE server software and Client Access Licenses (CALs) while providing the core mobility, security, and manageability features of BlackBerry Enterprise Server including wireless sync and remote access to files and applications. But the cost savings don't stop at free server software and CALs. You now have the option to choose BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) rather than the Enterprise Server carrier plan, saving you $10-$20 a month for each of your BlackBerry users!
More details: BlackBerry Releases BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express
Microsoft Releases Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft reported the release of Microsoft Exchange 2010. Designed with an innovative architecture that improves uptime, strengthens protection, reduces deployment costs, and simplifies administration, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 teams with Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 as members of a new wave of technologies intended to improve business productivity and profitability.
More details: Microsoft Ships Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft Unveils Latest Version of Communications Server
Microsoft made available the Release 2 version of Microsoft Communications Server, Microsoft's platform for streamlining presence awareness, instant messaging, teleconferencing, and software-based VoIP. The next edition of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 includes improvements that offer IT organizations more flexibility for supporting their communications infrastructure efficiently while providing an expandable architecture for communications-enabled business processes.
More details: Microsoft Announces Latest Edition of Communications Server
Cisco Announces New Network Products for Small Businesses
Cisco announced new products targeted specifically for small company networks and engineered to deliver exceptional security and collaboration at an affordable price. Solutions unveiled by Cisco were the Cisco Spam and Virus Blocker, Cisco's NSS2000 and NSS3000 Network Storage Systems, and the latest version of the Cisco SBCS.
More details: Cisco Announces Security and Collaboration Solutions for Small Businesses
Microsoft Previews Microsoft Windows 7
During a talk at the 2009 CES Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft's head Steve Ballmer announced the beta availability of Windows 7. The next edition of Windows was made available for a limited time for testing at select web sites. In the course of the address, CEO Balmer demonstrated new features and key enhancements built into Windows and driven by consumer demands. Areas addressed by
More details: Microsoft's Chief Executive Announces Availability of Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Delivers 2008 Release of Windows Small Business Server
Microsoft made available the next edition of Small Business Server (SBS 2008) and Windows Essential Business Server (EBS 2008). Microsoft's software platforms offer the capabilities of Microsoft’s enterprise-class server technologies to small and midsize companies in an affordable bundle. Targeted for organizations with as many as 75 PC users, Microsoft Windows SBS is a cohesive server solution created to enable companies keep their information safer and make their workers more efficient. Microsoft Windows SBS offers most of the tools used by major companies, including Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008, as well as additional popular Microsoft platforms.
More details: Microsoft Unveils 2008 Release of SBS
Microsoft Introduces Latest Edition of Dynamics NAV ERP Software
Microsoft announced the newest edition of the MS Dynamics NAV solution for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). MS Dynamics NAV offers integrated financial, supply chain, and customer relationship management features to help you to simplify operations across your company to increase efficiency and throughput and promote success. The 2009 release of MS Dynamics NAV ERP includes powerful innovations including tailored Role Centers, improved BI and reporting capabilities, and .NET Web Services.
More details: Microsoft Introduces 2009 Release of Dynamics NAV Package
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Dynamics GP Specialist
Dynamics GP/Great Plains Features IT Services
Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains allows you to expand and manage your company more efficiently by offering deep availability of strategic information and a rapid return on investment. Microsoft Dynamics GP offers major business benefits including its ability to extend the reach of your company, handle your financials, automate financial operations, unify processes across your company, improve inventory control, enhance order accuracy, grow revenue and minimize lead-time, and increase free cash flow. Progent can help you set up and manage a robust, safe server and communications foundation to support Great Plains, and can offer experienced Microsoft Dynamics GP support professionals to make sure you reap the full advantages of your Microsoft Dynamics GP business management system.
Cisco Expert Information Technology Consulting Wi-Fi IP phone integration
24x7x365 802.11ac Wireless Engineer
Progent's Cisco-certified wireless integration consulting experts can assist you to configure, administer, and troubleshoot Cisco wireless products including Aironet and Meraki Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points (APs) plus Cisco's Wireless Network Controllers.
Remote Technical Support SCVMM 2016 and VMware
Online Support Services SCVMM 2016 Storage Spaces Direct
System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM 2016) is a component of Microsoft's System Center 2016 family of IT infrastructure management tools and is designed to offer a unified solution for deploying and administering virtualized fabric and services across hybrid networks that can incorporate on-premises and hosted datacenters and Azure publics cloud services. Progent's SCVMM 2016 consulting experts can assist businesses of all sizes with all facets of building, deploying, and maintaining a SCVMM 2016 solution. Progent can review your virtualization topology, help you migrate efficiently from older versions of VMM, design processes for building and installing VMs and VM hosts, design fault-tolerant compute and storage clusters, integrate your datacenter resources with public cloud services, configure virtual switches and load balancers, write and debug PowerShell scripts, and help you evaluate the strategic advantages of new capabilities such as Storage Spaces Direct and Shielded VMs. Progent's certified hypervisor professionals can provide world-class Hyper-V consulting and VMware vSphere support.
SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Online Help
Network Consultants Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Progent offers the support of Microsoft-certified engineers as well as seasoned software developers, database administrators, project management experts, network infrastructure engineers, disaster recovery/business continuity planning specialists, and security professionals to help you to assess the potential advantages of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for your business, install test systems at your datacenter or at Progent's lab, design and execute out a smooth migration to SQL Server 2012 from previous releases of SQL Server or from other database solutions, and configure an efficient and safe IT infrastructure that helps you maximize the business benefit of SQL Server 2012.
Check Point SandBlast Cybersecurity Organization
Security Organization Check Point Sandboxing
Progent's Check Point Software firewall consultants can help you design, integrate, and administer firewall solutions that rely on Check Point Software NGFW firewall appliances and Check Point's subscription-based SandBlast security services. Progent can also help you maintain older Check Point firewall models or upgrade smoothly to Check Point's modern firewalls.
Exchange Server Upgrade Engineer
Exchange Server Upgrade Technology Professional
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can provide affordable remote and onsite support to implement your migration to Microsoft Exchange 2010, generate extensive documentation of your upgraded messaging environment, educate your IT staff and users to get them up to speed rapidly on Microsoft Exchange 2010, and offer continuing management consulting and technical help. Progent's consultants can also help you migrate from Microsoft Exchange 2010 to Exchange Server 2013 or Exchange 2016.
Microsoft Outlook for Mac Help and Support
Microsoft VBA for Mac Consultant
Microsoft Mac Office allows Apple Macintosh users to receive the benefits of the industry's most popular business programs. Progent's Apple-certified Macintosh consultants can help you set up Microsoft Office for Macintosh on a mixed-platform environment that incorporates Apple OS X and Windows computers so that Macintosh users can take advantage of the new capabilities of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage in order to share data and system resources with co-workers who run Windows. Progent's consultants have experience with both Apple Macintosh and Windows platforms and can provide service for networks that combine Apple Macintosh with Microsoft Windows computers with extensive resource sharing, or environments which carefully limit sharing between Mac and Windows systems.
Android remote access Technology Consulting Services
Android printing Online Support
Progent's seasoned group of network consultants and application specialists have years of background delivering remote and onsite support for organizations of any size who want to incorporate Android phones and tablets into their IT networks so that mobile clients can be productive from virtually anywhere. Progent has the breadth of know-how to solve network issues that involve numerous manufacturers and that represent a combination of legacy and current technology. Progent offers cost-effective remote technical support to help you with any aspect of designing, deploying, managing and maintaining your Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) environment. Progent can deliver as-needed technical support to help you to resolve particularly challenging technical issues, or Progent can provide outsourced or co-sourced project management services to help you finish strategic IT projects on time and on budget. Progent can assist with on-premises, cloud-centric, or hybrid networks and offers expertise with all major operating systems, applications, management tools and hardware infrastructure. Progent also can provide specialized group or one-on-one classes to help you manage and use Android phones and tablets to maximize their business value.
wireless IP phones and Meraki APs Support Services
wireless VoIP phone and Aironet APs Specialists
Cisco's wireless VoIP phones are hardened Wi-Fi devices intended for workers who are on the move within office, hospitality, health-care or other venues where management requires portable phones that provide more control, security and ruggedness than is achievable with the Bring-Your-Own-Device style of mobile collaboration. Successful integration of Cisco's wireless IP phones typically requires that IT teams set up and fine tune numerous components of your wireless infrastructure such as wireless access points, switches, wireless LAN controllers, and network management tools. Progent's Cisco-certified experts can provide remote and on-premises assistance to help your organization build and maintain a Cisco wireless VoIP phone solution by delivering services that can range from troubleshooting the configuration of an IP phone or access point to providing project management outsourcing or co-sourcing services for updating the Wi-Fi infrastructure of an entire campus.
Meraki Switch Configuration Support Services
Meraki Switch Integration Consultants
Cisco's Meraki MS line of access and aggregation switches are intended for environments ranging from small branches to campuses. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants can provide affordable online consulting to help your company to design and implement a productive network solution based on Meraki MS switches, streamline network administration with Meraki's cloud-centric management tools, define policies to maintain compliance, develop and validate a disaster preparedness plan, and troubleshoot technical issues associated with any aspect of your Meraki deployment. Progent can also help you to connect Meraki switches with Cisco's Nexus or Catalyst data center switches and with Meraki Wi-Fi access points to create a unified networking infrastructure.
Windows 8.1 Upgrade Professionals
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Consultant
Microsoft Windows 8.1 is engineered to power computers ranging from smartphones and tablets to engineering workstations. A wealth of new and improved capabilities, including touch screen support and signature tile user interface, offer a broad range of advantages for companies who understand how to put them to work. Progent's Windows experts can help get your organization up the learning curve with Windows 8.1 and make sure you derive maximum competitive advantage from the operating system's various new and enhanced technologies.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Consultancies
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Support Specialist
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have over a decade of background delivering email solutions for customers that range from small businesses to global enterprises. Progent offers economical support for all versions of Microsoft Exchange Server to enhance email and virus security, configure high availability email environments, and facilitate off-site and wireless email access. Progent’s Exchange support services can help you in planning and implementing a move from an outdated SMPT server or older Microsoft Email software such as Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Microsoft Exchange 2016 Server. Progent also provides integration help for Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and Windows XP clients using Outlook and can show you how to integrate Microsoft Outlook Web App for popular browsers. For email virus defense, spam filtering and data data leak prevention, Progent offers Email Guard managed services.
Expert Microsoft Certified Exchange 2013 Migration Technical Support
Exchange 2013 Collaboration Help and Support
Exchange Server 2013 includes major enhancements to the functionality of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and delivers powerful new features as well as a redesigned structure. These enhancements favorably impact key IT areas such as manageability, availability, security, operational costs, collaboration, scalability, performance, cross-version interoperability, and the user experience. Progent's certified Exchange Server 2013 consulting experts can help you understand the possible business benefits of upgrading to Exchange 2013, design a cost-effective test and rollout plan, and educate your IT staff to maintain your Exchange 2013 solution. Progent can also provide affordable remote support and management services for Exchange 2013.
Microsoft Consulting Best Practices Network Support Company
Immediate Company-wide Standards for Best Practices Small Business Network Consultants
Progent’s team of Microsoft and Cisco Premier Certified consultants average longer than ten years of real-world industry experience, at the front lines of network service, performing a wide range of technical projects for an extensive mix of clients. Each Progent consultant shares a proven collection of personal best practices which are incorporated into shared leading practices standards that Progent teaches its support personnel. This guarantees that you get not only world-class IT help, but also a consultant with proven approaches for using computer knowledge to resolve real-world network problems efficiently.
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