IT Connection Newsletter: Number 6
Important New Support Offerings and Services
for Small Business IT Networks
The IT Connection is Progent's online newsletter that updates you about important new budget-friendly products and services for improving the business value of your network. Click on any topic to find out how these new developments can help make your small business IT system more secure, productive and manageable.
Windows Server 2012: Bigger, Faster, Safer, and Cloud Ready
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.
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Database Experts at Your Service: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, or Access Help
Progent's certified database consultants can provide online expertise for popular database platforms including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Access, and MySQL. Services offered by Progent include database administration, design and application development, database migration, and online troubleshooting.
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Wireless Site Surveys for WiFi: Maximize Coverage, Reduce Hardware Costs
Progent's affordable Wireless Site Surveys use RF modeling plus software simulation to collect the data required to design an efficient wireless LAN (WLAN). Progent's Onsite Wireless Site Survey is available nationwide and features on-premises inspection, RF and security audits of your existing WLAN, analysis of your floor plan, RF interference testing and propagation modeling, plus identification of the optimum locations for the Wireless Access Points of your choice.
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SQL Server 2012 Just Won't Quit
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.
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Penetration Testing Helps Verify Compliance
Penetration testing is the accepted method for enterprises to assess their exposure to cyber attack. Progent's penetration testing packages combine advanced remote scanning technology plus the expertise of Progent's seasoned security engineers to offer big-company security evaluations at prices companies of any size can afford.
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Windows 8 Touches All the Bases
Windows 8 includes headline features such touch-screen support and a new tile-based Start interface, but Microsoft's latest client operating system also introduces less conspicuous yet significant improvements such as more built-in security, faster startup, enhanced cloud support, better synchronization, and client virtualization. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you evaluate the business benefits related to upgrading existing PCs to Windows 8 or adding new Windows 8 clients to your network.
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Do You Need a Tested Business Continuity Plan?
In the post 911 world, regulators, auditors, customers and prospects of larger enterprises are demanding to see a tested business continuity plan. CIOs who are unable to produce one can hurt their company's ability to compete. Progent offers high-level online consulting for business continuity planning to help you prepare for disasters, reduce downtime for your most critical IT operations, and comply with examiners' letters and agency requirements.
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Wireless Example Application
Example Application School Wireless
Progent delivered a wireless integration solution that enabled a school to improve efficiency and avoid the ongoing costs of a dedicated wireline connection. Progent recommended a Proxim Tsunami high-speed wireless bridge. The low-cost building-to-building Proxim wireless bridge is intended for connecting separate locations up to 2.5 miles apart and can extend to even longer ranges. This wireless alternative provided better performance and reliability than recourse to amplifying the 802.11b wireless connection, and since it utilizes the 5.8Ghz band it provided immunity to outside interference.
Microsoft Software Update Services IT Consultant
Information Technology Consulting Microsoft Software Update Services
Microsoft Windows SUS allows IT administrators to install and track the most recent Microsoft patches and security updates to Microsoft Windows Server 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP operating systems. By using Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, IT personnel can fully and effortlessly manage the installation of updates that are published via Microsoft Update to servers and desktops in a company. Progent can help you with technical details of the initial setup of Microsoft WSUS such as designing the Microsoft Windows Server Update Services deployment, setting up user's computers, establishing the Group Policy parameters, and ensuring your Microsoft Software Update Services Group Policy Object is associated with an Active Directory container appropriate for your network environment.
Benefits for Home Based Network Consulting Freelancing Job
Benefits for Home Based Network Consulting Contract Job
Progent's compensation structure is based on contribution, so similar to working as an independent consultant, your earnings are directly driven by your generated revenue. Certain Progent consultants stress quality of life and elect to work at an easy pace, using our self-determined schedule to pursue personal pursuits such as mountain biking, motorcycle racing, skiing, surfing, vacations, or sharing private time with family and acquaintances. Other consultants use the opportunity to earn major dollars through hard work and long days. Progent completely encourages both sides of the spectrum plus everything in between.
Small Business WAP551 Network Consulting
Small Business 300 Access Point Computer Engineer
Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of APs are Linux-based units engineered as entry-level wireless APs for light workloads. Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified Wi-Fi network experts can provide remote or on-premises integration and troubleshooting support to help you to plan, configure, upgrade, tune, manage and troubleshoot Cisco Small Business Wi-Fi AP deployments of any scale or topology.
Cybersecurity Firm Solaris
Biggest Security Consultants Sun Solaris
If your company has a Sun Solaris network or a multi-OS computer system, Progent's CISM, CISSP and ISSAP-premier security specialists can help your whole organization in a broad array of security topics including security administration practices, security architecture and models, connection control systems and techniques, applications development security, business processes security, hardware security, communications, infrastructure and Internet security, and business continuity preparedness. CISM, CISSP and ISSAP define the basic skills and international standards of knowledge that network security professionals are required to possess. These certification give IT management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM or CISSP qualification have demonstrated the background and theory to offer world-class security support and consulting help.
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