Progent's Juniper-certified network engineers can help you evaluate the business case for adopting Juniper's SRX Series gateways, plan and execute cost-effective deployments, configure equipment to reflect your security strategy, and provide ongoing consulting services to help you monitor, manage, update, and troubleshoot your environment in order to maximize the business value of your SRX gateway solution.
Microsoft Office for Mac allows Mac users to receive the benefits of the industry's most familiar office productivity applications. Progent's Apple-certified Macintosh experts can help you configure Microsoft Office for Macintosh on a multi-vendor network combining Apple OS X and Windows-powered platforms so that Macintosh users can access the latest features in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage in order to share data and network resources with co-workers who use Windows. Progent's engineers have expertise with both Mac and Windows technology and can provide service for networks that mix Apple Macintosh with Windows systems with complete resource sharing, or environments which intentionally restrict sharing between Mac and Windows systems.
Progent's experienced ransomware recovery consultants can help you to restore an IT network breached by a ransomware crypto-worm such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Snatch or Nephilim.
If your business network combines UNIX, Linux or Solaris technology with Windows, Progent can assist you to integrate your IT resources into a unified network that permits all your OS platforms to coexist for easy management, seamless information exchange, high reliability, enhanced performance, and strong security. Progent's UNIX and Windows coexistence assistance services feature network infrastructure configuration and support, support for Windows services for UNIX, online server monitoring and administration, online technical support and troubleshooting, on-site technical support, and Helpdesk services.
Les Kent has a 35-year track record of successful technology integration, corporate administration, sales, and operations. He has shown a talent for developing elegant IT solutions while working as a system architect, programmer, project manager, deployment consultant, and troubleshooter for small companies, new ventures, and global corporations.
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services allows network managers to install and track the most recent Microsoft patches and security releases to Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP operating systems. By using Microsoft WSUS, IT staff can fully and effortlessly manage the installation of patches that are released via Microsoft Update to servers and workstations in a company. Progent can help you with technical details of the initial configuration of Microsoft WSUS such as designing the Microsoft SUS deployment, configuring client's computers, defining the Group Policy parameters, and making sure your Microsoft Software Update Services GPO is linked to an Active Directory container appropriate for your network environment.
Progent's Mac networking engineers can help you with a wide array of system infrastructure issues including network architecture, off-site and mobile access, internetwork compatibility, security, and new technologies such as Voice over IP and fast wireless connectivity. For business networks built solely on Mac OS X or for systems that use a combination of Mac, Linux and Windows based servers and desktops, Progent has the knowledge and depth to deal with the challenge of planning, configuring, and supporting a network architecture that is robust, secure, productive and aligned with your corporate objectives. Progent can help you configure Apple's Xserve enterprise servers, Apple's Xserve RAID non-stop storage products, and Xsan SAN systems. Progent can also provide certified professionals to support Cisco routers and switches.
Progent's certified Windows Server 2022 experts can help your organization to plan and carry out an efficient upgrade to Windows Server 2022 using an on-premises system architecture or a hybrid deployment model that integrates cloud-hosted Windows Server on Azure with an on-site installation of Windows Server 2022.
Progent wants to hire fulltime, solutions-driven Microsoft accredited consultants with MCSE certification; Cisco certified system engineers who have Cisco CCNP or CCIE certification; security consultants with CISSP or CISM or equivalent security certification; and advanced network architecture consultants with experience in mobile solutions, wireless connectivity, fault tolerance, business continuity, data protection, and server virtualization. Progent also is hiring professionals to work on Progent's team of desktop service technicians and remote troubleshooting experts. Also, Progent is looking for talented administrators able to operate effectively in Progent's fast-paced, virtual office environment.
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is based on the powerful security technologies of Microsoft ISA Server 2006 and provides a centrally administered Internet gateway that acts as a one-server solution for an array of security features including an application and network layer firewall, URL monitoring and filtering, antimalware, intrusion protection, application proxy, VPN management, plus HTTP/HTTPS inspection. Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 provides advanced web security logging and reporting features, allows custom reporting generated by SQL Server, integrates with Active Directory to simplify authentication, and can be installed as a virtual server to lower costs and improve availability. Progent's Microsoft consultants can help your company to plan and execute test and production implementations; interface Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 with Windows 2008, Active Directory, SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and SharePoint; set up Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway to operate on a virtual machine with Windows Hyper-V; and deliver ongoing consulting and troubleshooting. Progent's consultants can also help your organization to upgrade smoothly to Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 from ISA Server.
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist businesses of all sizes to assess Windows 10 or to migrate to Windows 10 from any earlier release of Windows. Remote and onsite assessment and upgrade support for Windows 10 provided by Progent's consultants include ROI analysis, project coordination, application compatibility testing, test lab systems, virtualization strategies, Cloud and hybrid integration, mobile device management and synchronization, teleworker connectivity, data and identity security, automated provisioning and administration, network infrastructure optimization, Wi-Fi support, disaster recovery planning, webinar training for network management staff and users, and post-migration consulting support.
Progent's Cisco-certified wireless technology consultants can assist organizations to configure, administer, and debug Cisco wireless devices such as Aironet and Meraki 802.11ac Wi-Fi access points (APs) as well as Cisco's Wireless Network Controllers.
Progent can assist you in any and all phases of your migration to Exchange 2016 such as designing HA architecture for a local, cloud-based or hybrid environment; licensing compliance for Exchange 2016 Server and Windows Server 2012 R2+; moving mailboxes; Windows Hyper-V design; specifying mass storage capacity required for your virtual machines, mailbox databases and logs; setting up hardware load balancing for fault-tolerant CAS services; planning, setting up and validating Exchange and Windows Servers and Database Availability Groups (DAGs); setting up collaboration with SharePoint; preparing the firewall; resolving SSL issues; providing client integration with Office desktop or Microsoft 365; and configuring Outlook on the web (formerly Outlook Web App).
Progent's Windows Server 2016 disaster recovery/business continuity experts can help your organization to design a disaster recovery solution built around Microsoft's most advanced Failover Clustering tools including Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade for non-disruptive migration to Windows Server 2016, Storage Replica for zero-data-loss Recovery Point Objective (RPO), Storage Spaces Direct for enterprise-class storage clusters using industry-standard equipment, VM Load Balancing for improving the performance and fault-tolerance of Failover Clusters while minimizing TCO and operational expenses, and Cloud Witness for easy, economical creation of a stretch cluster quorum witness.
MS Office Communications Server delivers IM and Real Presence in an extensible, world-class solution featuring advanced protection, transparent integration with popular Microsoft products, an extendable, industry-standard development platform, and compliance with regulatory mandates such as HIPAA, SOX, and GLB. Communications Server offers lower costs and elevated business efficiencies, increased worker output, and better intellectual property protection. MS Office Communications Server has been replaced by Lync Server, which itself has been revamped and renamed Skype for Business. Progent's Microsoft-certified unified communications experts can provide online and on-premises configuration support and troubleshooting services for your Office Communications Server deployment and can help your organization to assess the costs and benefits of migrating to Microsoft's Skype for Business. Progent can also help you to plan and carry out an efficient upgrade that will add business value to your information network
Microsoft Lync 2010 provides Instant Messaging, Presence, voice/video conferencing, desktop collaboration, and both VoIP and PSTN calling. Lync 2010 can enhance the capability of Exchange Server, SharePoint Server and Office or cloud-based Microsoft 365 and streamlines management via integration with Windows AD. Lync can also reduce expenses by eliminating Voice-over-IP hardware and subscription fees, PBX gear, or legacy teleconferencing solutions. Progent's Microsoft-certified IM and Presence consultants can provide remote and onsite support to help your company to maintain and troubleshoot your existing Lync 2010 environment or assess the advantages of migrating from Lync to Skype for Business, which is Microsoft's new release of the product family. Progent can also assist your organization to design and execute an efficient Skype for Business migration or a migration to Microsoft Teams.
Progent's support services for software/firmware update management offer organizations of any size a versatile and affordable solution for assessing, testing, scheduling, applying, and documenting updates to your servers, endpoint devices printers, network infrastructure appliances like switches and Wi-Fi APs, and Internet-of-Things devices like alarms and robotics.
Progent can help your business to understand the many subscription options available with Microsoft 365, formerly called Office 365, and integrate your information network with Microsoft 365 in a way that delivers maximum business value. Progent supports cross-platform networks that incorporate Windows, macOS or OS X, and Linux software. Progent can also help your business to build and maintain hybrid networks that seamlessly combine on-premises and cloud-based products and services.
Progent's Cisco-Meraki Wi-Fi access point experts can help you to design, set up, manage and troubleshoot Cisco's Meraki-based Wi-Fi networks for environments from a small office to a campus or a nationwide enterprise. Progent can also assist clients to incorporate other Cisco devices for unified management.
Cisco's Catalyst line of Wi-Fi controllers simplify the management of wireless LANs by unifying the configuration and management of wireless access points, optimizing wireless performance by reducing the impact of radio frequency congestion, enhancing Wi-Fi availability with rapid failover, and hardening security by detecting cyber threats and filtering network traffic based on user type and locale. Progent can help your business to configure Cisco wireless LAN controllers to manage and monitor Wi-Fi LANs of any size. Progent can assist you to maintain and troubleshoot your existing Cisco-based Wi-Fi solution or carry out a smooth migration to Cisco's modern Wi-Fi controller technology.
Progent can assist your business in any and all phases of your migration to Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 including designing HA system topology for a local, Microsoft cloud connected or hybrid environment; CAL licensing compliance for Exchange and Windows Server 2012 R2 or later; migrating mailboxes; Hyper-V strategy; determining storage requirements for your VMs, databases and logs; setting up hardware load balancing (HLB) for high-availability CAS services; designing, setting up and testing Exchange and Windows Servers and Database Availability Groups (DAGs); integration with SharePoint; preparing the firewall; creating SSL certs; providing client remediation with Office 2010 or greater or Microsoft 365; and setting up Outlook on the web (formerly Outlook Web App).
Progent's expert software programmers, database architects, and program managers can assist large businesses to carry out development programs for Windows, Linux, or Web applications. Progent's co-sourcing services include fast access to veteran project managers for advanced planning and program co-ordination or Progent can assist customers plug expertise gaps by offering relational database designers and programmers experienced in building line-of-business applications powered by SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL. Progent's SharePoint experts can assist clients to integrate SharePoint with other applications like Microsoft SQL and Office Excel to create data-intensive intranets and portal sites. Progent also can provide experience with multiple web development tools and can assist businesses to build, expand, repair, or migrate web applications to take advantage of the most current web technology.
Fortinet FortiGate next-generation firewalls are leaders in offering top throughput for encrypted data inspection. Progent's Fortinet FortiGate firewall experts can assist you to configure your Fortinet security appliances to safeguard all your digital assets at the enterprise edge, within the data center, at branches, and in the cloud.
Progent provides consulting services for WatchGuard Firewall security appliances including the WatchGuard Firebox and XTM lines of Firewalls and the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway. Progent's WatchGuard consultants can show you how to select, deploy, and maintain a WatchGuard Firewall appliance that fits your network security needs and budget. Progent can assist you to maintain outdated WatchGuard firewalls or migrate efficiently to modern WatchGuard firewall solutions.
Progent's seasoned ransomware recovery experts can assist you to restore an IT network damaged by a ransomware attack such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, LockBit or Egregor.
Progent's team of expert programmers, database designers, and program managers can help enterprise clients to carry out development programs for Microsoft Windows, Linux/UNIX, or Web applications. Progent's co-sourcing services include access to seasoned project managers for advanced planning and project co-ordination or Progent can help customers plug expertise gaps by providing relational database designers and software programmers experienced in developing line-of-business applications based on Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL. Progent's SharePoint consultants can help clients to integrate SharePoint with additional data sources like Microsoft SQL and Office Excel to build data-intensive intranets and web portals. Progent also offers expertise with multiple web development tools and can help businesses to build, enhance, troubleshoot, or migrate web-based applications to utilize the most current web technology.
Progent's ProSight WAN Watch is a network infrastructure monitoring and management service that makes it easy and affordable for smaller businesses to map, track, reconfigure and debug their connectivity hardware like routers, firewalls, and access points plus servers, client computers and other networked devices. Using cutting-edge Remote Monitoring and Management technology, ProSight WAN Watch makes sure that infrastructure topology diagrams are always updated, copies and manages the configuration of almost all devices connected to your network, tracks performance, and generates alerts when problems are detected. By automating complex management processes, WAN Watch can knock hours off common tasks like network mapping, reconfiguring your network, finding devices that require critical software patches, or resolving performance problems.
Stealth penetration checking is an important component of any comprehensive IT system security plan. Progent's security experts can perform thorough intrusion tests without the knowledge of your organization's in-house network support staff. Stealth penetration testing uncovers whether existing security monitoring systems such as intrusion detection alerts and event log analysis are properly configured and consistently monitored. Progent can implement ongoing autonomous penetration testing to define your internal/external attack surface and to detect ways that exploitable vulnerabilities, unsafe configurations, compromised credentials, missing patches, and unsound product defaults can be combined by threat actors into the multi-vector attacks typical of modern versions of ransomware.
Email Guard from Postini provides constantly upgraded spam and virus filtering, data filtering, and security from email-based directory harvesting and denial of service attacks. Progent is a Postini partner and service specialist. If your company is too small to purchase for a regular Postini license, you can still get the use of Postini's Perimeter Management services via Progent's E-Mail Guard anti-spam and virus defense aggregation program. Progent's expert email protection professionals can help you create an email safety plan that incorporates anti-spam and anti-virus services and policies.
Barracuda's budget-friendly CloudGen Firewall appliances offer web filtering, remote access, SSL VPN, secure SD-WAN, and Zero-Trust protection along with centralized management throughout your entire enterprise including on-premises, cloud, and hybrid network architectures. Public clouds supported include Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform. Progent can deliver the depth of skill to serve as your go-to resource for technical guidance, administration, training, and cybersecurity consulting.
Progent has created special security service bundles designed to provide larger institutions an independent and thorough network security evaluation from a team of premier security consultants. All Progent's security evaluation bundles feature a collection of services including automated scans from within and from beyond the network firewall, expert analysis of results by certified security consultants, production of a paper documenting the findings, plus an interactive high-level executive outbrief and a detailed live outbrief for in-house IT engineers.
In conducting IT tasks for enterprise clients, Progent follows a structured methodology based on specified milestones so as to meet financial, timing and engineering targets while minimizing business disruption. Progent's Enterprise Services Methodology utilizes industry project management procedures derived from the best practices described by the Microsoft MSF methodology which includes requirements definition, architecture proposals, pilots, design tuning, and expert implementation. All facets are recorded to make available a detailed description of technical services delivered and to assist in ongoing network support.
Progent is one of the most qualified network support companies for creating email and messaging systems powered by Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. Progent is skilled in helping small companies get all the benefits of Exchange 2000 under common situations such as upgrading from Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server, moving from an ISP-based or POP3 e-mail system, and jobbing out your Exchange 2000 support.
Progent can provide quick access to the skills of seasoned wireless specialists who can assist you to determine the value of Ubiquiti UniFi Wi-Fi APs for your company and assist you to design, install, maintain, and debug your UniFi network. Progent can also carry out a wireless site survey to help you to choose, provision, and place UniFi Wi-Fi APs for optimal coverage and throughput.
Dynamics GP/Great Plains accounting offers analysis and reporting capabilities that let you monitor all operations, sales and spending, and market trends with integrated drill-down, inquiry, and reporting functions. Progent's Dynamics GP reporting support expertise can enable you to design reports that allow you to analyze your business more thoroughly, converting uncooked data into useful business information. Progent is able to enhance your reporting and business analysis by providing Crystal Reports consulting, FRx help, and Microsoft Excel assistance. In addition to offering reporting consulting, Progent can provide Microsoft .NET support, Microsoft SQL Server expertise, and programming experience with VBasic, XML and other development environments in order to offer custom business application development and eCommerce solutions that integrate seamlessly with Dynamics GP.
Progent's Microsoft-certified Windows 2000 Server consultants can provide computer support and IT consulting services for the complete family of .NET Enterprise Servers, Windows Server 2000, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Progent's Microsoft Windows Server 2000 integration, optimization, and troubleshooting offerings include network design, deployment, project management, local and off-site support, Help Desk outsourcing, expert security consulting, turn-key outsourcing, and economical co-sourcing.
ProSight Enhanced Security Protection services offer ultra-affordable multi-layer security for physical and virtual servers, desktops, smartphones, and Exchange Server. ProSight ESP uses contextual security and advanced heuristics for continuously monitoring and reacting to cyber assaults from all attack vectors. ProSight ESP delivers two-way firewall protection, intrusion alerts, endpoint control, and web filtering through leading-edge technologies incorporated within one agent managed from a unified control. Progent's security and virtualization consultants can help you to design and configure a ProSight ESP deployment that addresses your company's unique requirements and that helps you prove compliance with government and industry data security standards. Progent will help you specify and implement policies that ProSight ESP will enforce, and Progent will monitor your IT environment and respond to alarms that require immediate action. Progent's consultants can also help you to install and verify a backup and restore solution such as ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS) so you can recover rapidly from a potentially disastrous security attack like ransomware.
For custom program creation, Progent can supply programming consultants to produce business applications in areas such as commercial transaction webs, web development, Microsoft Business Solutions products including Great Plains Software accounting system, and custom management reports based on Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access, or FRx Reports. Progent's experts can use Internet Information Services to create company-specific eCommerce solutions powered by Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, Progent can provide experts in a wide range of custom software development platforms including SQL Server and Delphi. For custom e-Commerce programming, Progent also can provide expertise in custom Microsoft Access, custom Microsoft Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized programming powered by any Microsoft development platform.
Microsoft System Center 2016 provides important enhancements for managing hybrid cloud networks through comprehensive support for Windows Server 2016 servers, Windows 10 clients; seamless integration of mixed-OS environments that include various Linux distributions, Hyper-V and VMware vSphere; and better public and private cloud support such as closer integration with Microsoft Intune for Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphone administration plus built-in integration with Microsoft Operations Management Suite for cloud-based analytics. Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting team offers world-class online and on-premises support for all components of System Center 2016 including Operations Manager, Configuration Manager (SCCM), Virtual Machine Manager, Data Protection Manager (SCDPM), Orchestrator, and Service Manager (SCSM). Progent can assist you to plan and configure a new implementation of System Center 2016, expand or optimize an existing one, upgrade smoothly from a prior version of System Center, or debug your System Center environment.
Progent's ProSight Email Guard solution uses the technology of top data security vendors to provide web-based management and world-class protection for all your email traffic. The powerful structure of Email Guard integrates cloud-based filtering with a local gateway device to provide advanced protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. The Cloud Protection Layer serves as a first line of defense and keeps the vast majority of threats from reaching your network firewall. This decreases your vulnerability to inbound attacks and saves system bandwidth and storage space. ProSight Email Guard's onsite gateway appliance provides a deeper layer of analysis for incoming email. For outbound email, the local security gateway offers anti-virus and anti-spam filtering, protection against data leaks, and encryption. The on-premises gateway can also assist Exchange Server to monitor and protect internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter.
Cisco's Catalyst family of wireless controllers streamline the management of wireless networks by unifying the configuration and management of Wi-Fi access points, tuning wireless throughput by reducing the impact of RF congestion, enhancing wireless availability with fast auto-failover, and strengthening data security by identifying threats and analyzing network traffic based on user type and locale. Progent can help your business to deploy Cisco Wi-Fi controller appliances to manage and monitor wireless networks of any size. Progent can assist you to maintain and debug your existing Cisco Wi-Fi solution or carry out an efficient migration to Cisco's latest Wi-Fi controller solutions.
Progent can provide in-depth remote support for all major technologies associated with today's small business IT networks and allows you to outsource an array of vital, as-needed services including a temporary Chief Information Officer to provide senior-level IT design and negotiating skills, a Call Center for help desk support, proactive server monitoring, spam and email-borne virus protection as a managed service, best-practices project management for critical initiatives such as office relocations orOS migrations, connectivity experts for designing fast and robust infrastructure, certified security specialists to ensure data safety and regulatory compliance, disaster recovery experts to design and document business continuity plans, and software developers to write, enhance, or repair mission-critical applications.
Progent's temporary IT staffing services allow you to respond to sudden increases in demand for network professionals without dealing with the expense and delays associated with identifying and recruiting experienced technical workers and without adding to your permanent workforce.
Progent's Microsoft-certified Windows 2000 Server experts offer computer support and IT consulting services for the entire family of .NET Enterprise Servers, Windows Server 2000, and Windows Server 2003. Progent's Windows 2000 Server integration, optimization, and support offerings include system planning, installation, documentation, on-site and off-site technical support, Call Center outsourcing, expert security analysis, full service outsourcing, and cost-effective co-sourcing.
Progent can assist small and mid-size companies to deploy and debug video conferencing applications to enable their at-home workers to collaborate productively with teammates and clients.
Progent delivered a wireless integration environment that enabled a school to increase efficiency and eliminate the ongoing expense of a dedicated wireline connection. Progent proposed a Proxim Tsunami wireless 60Mbps bridge. The economical building-to-building Proxim bridge is intended for connecting separate locations up to 2.5 miles apart and can extend to even longer ranges. This wireless solution offered improved performance and dependability than simply amplifying the 802.11b network, and since it utilizes the 5.8Ghz band it provided immunity to local interference.