Progent's UNIX-family consulting experts provide small businesses and developers help with administering and supporting UNIX-based networks that can coexist with Microsoft-based environments. Progent provides your organization the services of UNIX support professionals, certified Microsoft consultants, Cisco-certified CCIEs, and security experts accredited by CISM. This wide range of knowledge offers you a readily available one-stop resource to assist you to build and manage a secure and reliable cross-platform connectivity and communications solution that blends Windows with popular variants of UNIX including: Apple Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX Operating System, HP-UX (Hewlett Packard UNIX), Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO and Silicon Graphics IRIX or important Linux distributions such as RedHat, SUSE Linux, Debian GNU/Linux and CentOS Linux, Ubuntu, Mandriva Linux, PCLlinuxOS Linux, fedora, and Gentoo.

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

Immediate Online Support for UNIX Networks
Progent offers nationwide online technical support and troubleshooting services for companies who run UNIX, Linux, or Sun Solaris networks or whose information systems feature a combination of UNIX and Microsoft technology. Online network consulting provides maximum return for your IT budget by extending client productivity and shortening the hours billed for network analysis and repair. Advanced online support utilities and skilled service specialists and consultants allow Progent to handle most network issues without wasting time and money by going to your location. In most of cases your IT issues can be dealt with over the phone or through a combination of telephone support and remote network analysis. Progent can offer the services of Cisco certified CCIE network experts and CISA premier security specialists to assist with the most difficult system issues. Learn additional information concerning Progent's remote consulting for UNIX, Linux, and Solaris computers.

Support for UNIX Developers on Mixed Platform Environments
If your company is developing UNIX or Linux applications on a network that includes MS Windows-based processors, desktops, and office productivity products, Progent can provide comprehensive network support outsourcing that allows you to concentrate on your area of strategic know-how while avoiding the constant distraction of managing your business network. By using smart server monitoring and by delivering remote and in-person assistance as your business needs it, Progent represents an economical way for maintaining an IT system that features high dependability, security, and efficiency. Progent's developer assistance offerings include comprehensive it outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, online and on-premises service and repair, proactive network monitoring, and Helpdesk outsourcing. Find out more information about Progent's assistance for UNIX developers.

UNIX Integration with Microsoft Windows
If your business network combines UNIX, Linux or Sun Solaris platforms with Microsoft Windows, Progent can assist you to integrate your servers into a unified environment that permits all your operating systems to coexist for easy administration, transparent information exchange, high dependability, superior performance, and strong protection. Progent's UNIX and Windows integration support services include network architecture integration and support, consulting for Windows services for UNIX, remote server monitoring and administration, online technical support and repair, on-site technical support, and Contact Center outsourcing. Learn more about Progent's UNIX and Microsoft Windows coexistence consulting.

CISSP Qualified Corporate Security Consulting
If your company runs a UNIX, Linux, or Solaris environment or a mixed-platform IT environment, Progent's CISM, CISA and CISSP-certified security specialists can help your whole organization in a broad array of security areas such as security administration practices, security design and models, access control systems and methodology, software development security, business processes security, physical security, telecommunications, infrastructure and web security, and business continuity planning. CISM, CISA, CISSP and ISSAP stipulate the basic skills and worldwide standards of performance that information security professionals are required to possess. These certification provide IT management the assurance that those who have earned their CISM or ISSAP qualification have demonstrated the experience and theory to offer world-class security support and engineering help. Learn more about Progent's CISM-Certified security assistance.

Expertise with UNIX-based Network Monitoring Solutions
Nagios and MRTG are useful, license-free monitoring utilities that run on the Linux OS and can be used to analyze UNIX/Linux environments, MS Windows networks, or multi-platform situations in which UNIX and Windows coexist. Nagios allows network managers to track system services including POP3, HTTP, SSH, and PING. MRTG permits you to graph the bandwidth in and out of SNMP-enabled network devices including processors, routers, and switches. Progent's network monitoring engineers can help you use both these tools to streamline and troubleshoot your network. Read more concerning Progent's system monitoring services.

Moving from UNIX to Microsoft Windows
Progent can assist you to design and execute a smooth migration from a UNIX-based information environment to a network powered by Windows and suited for running Microsoft's familiar office productivity suites, business applications, and developer platforms. Progent's UNIX, Windows and Cisco engineers and software development experts can help you guard your data and minimize business disruption by designing an efficient migration plan that protects your current investments in UNIX application and infrastructure. UNIX-to-Windows migration support expertise available from Progent include analysis of current environment, transition strategy and testing, Microsoft Exchange migration expertise, information and application software migration, and processor and media migration and consolidation. Find out more concerning Progent's UNIX to Windows migration support.

To find out how to get in touch with a UNIX consulting expert, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.

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