Companies migrate from UNIX-based platforms to MS Windows in order to derive more competitive advantage from hardware and software. The consequent Windows-based systems streamline administration, improve the efficiency of workers and network support staff, minimize information replication, increase information integrity, and allow for faster recovery from catastrophic failure. A Microsoft Windows environment helps businesses develop solutions quickly and demands less time to be spent on developing, deploying, and maintaining application software.
Progent can assist you to plan and deploy a smooth move from a UNIX-powered network to a MS Windows network capable of running Microsoft's powerful Office software, commercial software applications, and developer technology. Progent's experienced UNIX, Windows MCSE, and Cisco CCIE engineers and application experts can help you to keep your information and minimize business disruption by creating and implementing an effective transition strategy that protects your past expenses for UNIX software and network equipment. Progent can also assist to train your users and IT staff so your company stays productive.
UNIX-to-Windows migration consulting expertise offered by Progent include:
- Evaluation of Existing Infrastructure
Progent will assist you determine the potential advantages and risks of transitioning an OS platform, software application, server, storage subsystem, or database. The process produces a comprehensive evaluation of your information system, defines a baseline IT inventory, lowers engineering uncertainties, and inevitably results in a less expensive migration by conserving time and avoiding costly mistakes.
- Transition Strategy and Validation
Progent will develop a detailed migration deployment plan which may feature pilot installations. Progent uses a staged methodology with defined waypoints to comply with budgetary, timing, and engineering goals while avoiding productivity discontinuity. This approach is modeled after the best industry practices defined in the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF).
- Exchange Migration Support
Progent can create and implement a complete strategy for migrating from Sun Solaris-based messaging to Microsoft Exchange Server and can help you to port Notes or GroupWise applications to a MS SQL application or a SharePoint solution. Progent's experienced Exchange Server engineers can assess the risks and advantages of migrating to Exchange and generate a detailed inventory of your current email system. Progent can also manage a proof-of-concept deployment to confirm an MS Exchange migration strategy. Progent will also evaluate your existing email security and propose procedures and products to guard against threats.
- Data and Application Porting
Progent can develop and implement an information and application porting plan that includes descriptions of data and applications to be ported, description of technologies and processes to be used for the move, risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies, complete project management support, schedule projections of the transition and expected operational unavailability, validation techniques, and emergency back-out plans. Progent's consultants can ensure the effectiveness of your information and software application transition initiative by providing certified MS SQL Server 2019 consultants, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 consultants, or MS SQL Server 2016 integrators and data migration professionals who are experienced with major engagements such as Microsoft Dynamics GP migration.
- Server and Storage Migration and Consolidation
Server and storage migration and economization from UNIX to Windows can streamline network management, improve data integrity and accelerate system throughput. By eliminating unnecessary equipment and software and by configuring processor and storage resources efficiently, you can create an IT architecture that is extensible, safe, easy to archive and restore, and inexpensive to manage and maintain. Progent's processor and storage migration and economization service features a comprehensive plan with an assessment of your current processor and storage infrastructure plus recommendations for hardware, applications, services, education, and support for validation testing. Progent can help you to develop and implement an efficient, high-availability network infrastructure based on in-depth performance evaluation and capacity modeling and can specify backup and restore solutions.
If you need help migrating from a UNIX platform to a Windows-based network, call Progent at 800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.
Microsoft, Cisco, and Applications Consulting from Progent
Progent's Microsoft and Cisco certified consultants provide businesses in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and in cities nationwide a wide range of knowledge covering the fundamental information technology needs shared by typical small business networks. Progent's primary consulting areas include network support, Microsoft Exchange consulting, IT security support and Help Desk outsourcing and staffing. Progent's Experts Group offers deep expertise in strategic application topics. By offering a single resource for information technology generalists and experts, Progent is able to tailor quick, affordable and comprehensive network solutions that fit the particular needs of your organization.