Progent's UNIX-family support services provide small companies and developers assistance with administering and supporting UNIX, Linux, or Solaris networks that can operate alongside Microsoft technology. Progent provides your organization access to UNIX technical professionals, certified Microsoft engineers, Cisco-certified CCIEs, and security experts accredited by CISSP and CISM. This broad array of expertise offers you a convenient single source to assist your business to build and support a secure and dependable multi-vendor connectivity and communications system that blends Microsoft Windows with popular versions of UNIX including: Apple Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX Operating System, HP-UX (Hewlett Packard UNIX), Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO and SGI/Irix or important Linux distros including RedHat Linux, SUSE, Debian GNU/Linux and CentOS, Ubuntu, Mandriva, PCLOS, fedora, and Gentoo Linux.
UNIX, Windows and Cisco consulting services available from Progent include:
Immediate Online Support for UNIX Networks
Progent offers national online help and consulting services for businesses who operate UNIX, Linux, or Sun Solaris environments or whose information systems feature a mix of UNIX/Linux and Microsoft technology. Remote IT help provides optimum leverage for your IT budget by extending user productivity and limiting the time billed for network analysis and repair. Advanced remote access utilities and experienced technicians and consultants combine to enable Progent to handle the majority of IT issues without squandering time and money by traveling to your site. In the vast majority of cases your IT issues can be remediated by telephone or via a combination of phone help and remote access. Progent can offer the services of Cisco certified CCIE network experts and CISA and CISM premier security specialists to assist with the most challenging network issues.
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Support for UNIX Developers on Mixed Platform Environments
If you are developing UNIX-based applications in an environment that includes Microsoft Windows-based processors, PCs, and office applications, Progent can provide comprehensive IT outsourcing that allows you to focus on your area of strategic know-how while avoiding the continual distraction of managing your company information system. By using automated server monitoring and by providing online and in-person assistance when your business needs it, Progent offers an affordable way for supporting an IT network that features excellent reliability, security, and performance. Progent's developer support offerings include comprehensive information technology outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, remote and in-person service and troubleshooting, proactive network monitoring, and Contact Center support. See additional information about Progent's assistance for UNIX application developers.
UNIX Integration with Microsoft Windows
If your office computer system combines UNIX, Linux or Solaris platforms with MS Windows, Progent can assist you to integrate your servers into a cohesive environment that permits all your operating systems to run side by side for simple management, seamless dataflow, high availability, superior performance, and strong security. Progent's UNIX/Linux/Solaris and MS Windows coexistence support services feature IT infrastructure configuration and support, consulting for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), remote server monitoring and management, remote technical support and troubleshooting, on-site technical support, and Help Desk Call Center services. Read additional information about Progent's UNIX and Microsoft Windows coexistence expertise.
CISSP Qualified Corporate Security Consulting
If your business runs a UNIX, Linux, or Sun Solaris environment or a mixed-platform computer system, Progent's CISM, CISA, CISSP and ISSAP-premier consultants can assist your whole enterprise in a broad array of security areas such as security management procedures, security design and strategies, connection control systems and methodology, applications development security, operations security, hardware security, telecommunications, network and Internet security, and disaster recovery planning. CISM, CISA and ISSAP define the fundamental skills and worldwide standards of performance that information security managers are required to master. These accreditations offer IT management the confidence that those who have achieved their CISA or CISSP qualification have the background and theory to offer world-class security management and consulting help. Read additional information about Progent's CISM and CISA-Certified security help.
Expertise with UNIX-based Network Monitoring Solutions
Nagios and MRTG are powerful, Open Source monitoring utilities that operate on the Linux OS and can be deployed to monitor UNIX/Linux environments, Windows systems, or multi-OS networks in which UNIX and MS Windows coexist. Nagios allows network managers to monitor system services such as SMTP, HTTP, SSH, and NNTP. MRTG permits you to graph the bandwidth in and out of SNMP-enabled network devices including processors, routers, and switches. Progent's system integration experts can show you how to utilize both these utilities to tune and repair your system. Read more about Progent's network monitoring help.
Moving from UNIX to Microsoft Windows
Progent can assist your business to plan and execute an efficient migration from a UNIX-based information system to a network powered by MS Windows and capable of running Microsoft's familiar office productivity products, business applications, and developer tools. Progent's UNIX, Windows and Cisco engineers and application specialists can show you how to guard your information and reduce productivity disruption by designing an effective transition plan that protects your current assets in UNIX software and technology. UNIX-to-Windows transition support services offered by Progent include analysis of existing environment, transition planning and validation, Exchange migration support, information and application migration, and server and storage system transition and economization. Find out more about Progent's UNIX to MS Windows migration help.
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