Progent's Enterprise Services

Progent's Windows, UNIX, Solaris and Linux consulting services offer enterprises and developers help with configuring and supporting networks where Windows and UNIX, Windows and Solaris, or Windows and Linux systems coexist. Progent offers your business access to UNIX, Windows, Linux and Solaris consultants, support experts certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISSP certification. This broad range of expertise provides you with a convenient source of help for maintaining a secure and robust cross-platform network and communications infrastructure that combines UNIX with Windows, Solaris with Windows, or Microsoft technology with other popular variants of UNIX including Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, BSD, SCO and SGI/Irix or major Linux platforms such as SGI/Irix or major Linux platforms such as RedHat, SUSE, Debian GNU/Linux and CentOS, Ubuntu, Mandriva Linux, PCLOS, fedora, and Gentoo.

UNIX, Windows and Cisco consulting services available from Progent include:

• Integration of UNIX Systems with Windows
  If your office network combines UNIX, Linux or Sun Solaris technology with Windows, Progent can help you to incorporate your computers into a cohesive network that allows all your OS platforms to coexist for simple management, seamless dataflow, high dependability, superior performance, and tight security. Progent's UNIX and Windows coexistence support offerings include network infrastructure configuration and support, support for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), online network monitoring and management, remote network help and repair, in-person technical support, and Help Desk support. Read more about Progent's UNIX and Windows coexistence support.

• UNIX Developer Support for Mixed Platform Networks
  If you are producing UNIX-based applications in an environment that includes Windows-based processors, PCs, and office productivity products, Progent can provide full-service information technology outsourcing that frees you to concentrate on your field of high-value expertise without the constant hassle of maintaining your company information system. Through the use of smart server monitoring and by providing online and in-person support as your company needs it, Progent represents an affordable alternative for supporting an information network that provides excellent dependability, protection, and performance. Progent's developer assistance offerings include full-service information technology outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, remote and on-site support and repair, network monitoring, and Help Desk Call Center support. Find out additional information about Progent's consulting for UNIX application developers.

• CISM, CISA, and CISSP Certified Enterprise-wide Security Consulting
  If your business has a UNIX or Linux environment or a mixed-platform computer system, Progent's CISM, CISA, CISSP and ISSAP-premier consultants can assist your whole organization in a broad range of security areas including security management practices, security architecture and models, connection management products and methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, communications, network and web security, and workplace recovery planning. CISM, CISA and CISSP define the basic skills and international standards of performance that network security managers are required to master. These certification offer IT management the assurance that consultants who have achieved their CISA or CISSP certification have demonstrated the background and knowledge to deliver effective security support and engineering services. Read additional information concerning Progent's CISM and CISA-Premier security expertise.

• Support for UNIX-based Network Monitoring Tools
  Nagios and MRTG are useful, free monitoring utilities that operate under the Linux OS and can be deployed to monitor UNIX/Linux environments, Microsoft Windows networks, or multi-platform situations where variants of UNIX and Windows run side by side. Nagios allows network support engineers to track network services such as POP3, HTTP, FTP, and NNTP. MRTG lets you graph the bandwidth in and out of SNMP-enabled network appliances such as servers, routers, and switches. Progent's system monitoring experts can show you how to use both these tools to tune and repair your network. Learn more about Progent's system monitoring help.

• Migration from UNIX to Windows
  Progent can assist your business to plan and execute a smooth transition from a UNIX-based information system to a network powered by Microsoft Windows and capable of running Microsoft's familiar office productivity suites, business applications, and developer tools. Progent's UNIX, Windows and Cisco engineers and application specialists can show you how to guard your data and minimize business discontinuity by designing an efficient migration plan that preserves your existing assets in UNIX software and technology. UNIX-to-Windows transition consulting expertise offered by Progent include evaluation of existing environment, migration strategy and testing, Exchange migration services, data and application transition, and server and storage system transition and economization. See more concerning Progent's UNIX to Microsoft Windows migration consulting.