Expanding your telecommuter workforce may have a major effect on IT architecture, cybersecurity, and company culture. Progent has 20 years of experience helping SMBs to design, configure, administer, tune, and debug IT environments that incorporate work-from-home employees. Progent can help your Barueri-Alphaville company to pick the right technologies and follow best practices in creating and operating a safe virtual solution for teleworkers that promotes teamwork and returns top business value. Progent offers services that go from on demand expertise for getting you past challenging technical bottlenecks to comprehensive project management to help you carry out business-critical tasks.

Progent's consultants can help Barueri-Alphaville, São Paulo organizations to succeed with any aspect of building a high-functioning remote work environment by providing infrastructure design and configuration services, VoIP PBX troubleshooting, voice/video conferencing integration, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud integration, helpdesk augmentation, security and compliance, data protection solutions, and unified management.

Infrastructure for a Remote Workforce
Configuring the network infrastructure needed to support an at-home workforce can be particularly complex if you must accommodate a combination of worker-owned hardware such as PCs and laptops, Internet routers, and Wi-Fi appliances from different manufacturers and with a mix of OS software and firmware releases. Progent's background delivering remote support for both legacy and modern technologies in remote office venues enables you to make efficient use of your available network infrastructure and offers ready access to expertise for making necessary updates. Support services available from Progent to assist you to create a productive work-at-home ecosystem include:

  • Virtual Private Network technology makes it possible to create a secure connection for authorized at-home employees to use IT resources situated at your company data center or in the cloud. Progent's consultants can help your company to deploy and maintain VPN connections between your teleworkers and your various network resources by providing online VPN integration consulting. For businesses with Cisco's ASA security appliances, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA consultants can assist your telecommuters to utilize Cisco's popular AnyConnect client software to provide safe VPN connections for a broad selection of endpoint devices including Microsoft Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, and Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) products enable a teleworker to see and use a remote PC's desktop. This provides network managers substantial control over the computing ecosystem of telecommuters and ensures remote users a consistent and more productive work experience. Progent's virtual desktop services include Windows Remote Desktop support and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI expertise.
  • Routers connect home networks to the Internet and typically support VPN tunnels, local Wi-Fi connectivity, and firewalls. Progent can provide expert remote consulting for deploying home routers from a variety of vendors. See router configuration services from Cisco-certified experts.
  • Home Wi-Fi networks, often shared by the whole family and visitors, are commonly utilized by at-home employees to connect to their Internet router for work. This can create throughput as well as security issues. Progent can help you to resolve these issues by providing expertise that include Cisco Aironet configuration expertise, Cisco Meraki wireless installation consulting, and Ubiquiti WiFi access point setup help.
  • Internet connectivity solutions impact the performance and reliability of connections between at-home workers and the company network. Vital applications may demand backup Internet access in case the primary connection breaks. Progent offers expertise for identifying ISPs, selecting sensible service packages, and configuring high-availability Internet connections. Refer to Internet connectivity solutions.

VoIP Integration for an At-Home Workforce
Extending the corporate PBX environment to accommodate teleworkers is vital to supporting a productive work-at-home solution. A broad range of cloud-based digital PBX products are used by SMBs to support telecommuters. Many enterprises rely on Cisco's current or legacy products for VoIP solutions. Progent can help businesses of all sizes to plan or maintain a remote IP voice environment that delivers the versatility, convenience and security needed for teleworkers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE IP Voice experts offer advanced support to help businesses optimize their current Cisco IP voice environments to handle an expanding at-home workforce.

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco Unified CM) delivers enterprise telephony capabilities to devices like IP phones, media processing platforms, Voice over IP gateways, and mixed media applications used throughout the network. CUCM manages additional combined media services such as messaging, video conferencing, and team collaboration networks. For details about Progent's Cisco Unified CM or CUCM support, see CUCM consulting services.
  • CallManager is Cisco's legacy call-processing software and has been replaced by Cisco Unified CM. Progent's consultants can help your company to maintain your current CallManager environment or upgrade efficiently to Cisco's modern IP telephony products. For details about Progent's support services for CallManager and Cisco's other early VoIP platforms, visit Cisco CallManager expertise.
  • Cisco IP Gateways provide connectivity with public telephony networks and with users operating beyond the corporate firewall such as telecommuters. Progent offers consulting expertise for Cisco's legacy IP gateways like the UC520, UC540 and UC560 products and for modern Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateways. See Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateway integration expertise.
  • Additional VoIP Platforms supported by Progent's consultants include Vonage, Intermedia Unite and 8x8. Progent can help you to enhance your wide area network infrastructure to work with these solutions and deliver on-demand configuration and troubleshooting services.

Voice/Video Conferencing for an At-Home Workforce
A wide range of video conferencing platforms from leading technology companies support virtual discussions, video and voice conferencing, chat, and screen sharing for both local users and teleworkers. Many organizations use multiple products to accommodate their various partners and customers. Progent can help your organization to maintain your existing conferencing ecosystem and optimize the experience of your remote employees.

  • Skype for Business is Microsoft's leading communications platform that supports real-time presence, IM, audio and video calling and conferencing plus the transparent integration of these capabilities within Office desktop and Microsoft 365 productivity software including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. Progent offers the skills of Microsoft-certified consultants who can assist you to set up and maintain Skype for Business client software to accommodate your remote workforce. For details about Progent's consulting services for Skype for Business, visit Skype for Business consulting services.
  • FaceTime is Apple's group video phone platform for iOS and Mac devices. FaceTime works on Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connections. Current versions of FaceTime support as many as 32 concurrent users for voice/video sessions. To learn more about Progent's support expertise for FaceTime, see Progent's FaceTime configuration expertise.
  • Webex Meeting Center supports online conferencing for most desktop or mobile devices. Offered via Cisco's Webex Cloud platform, Webex services include sharing discrete content or computer screens, presentations that embed rich media including Microsoft PowerPoint, session recording, plus editing and playback for training. To learn more about Progent's support expertise for Webex as well as for other IP video products from Cisco, refer to Progent's Webex Meeting Center support services.
  • Teams is Microsoft's next-generation replacement for Skype for Business. Teams acts as a hub for conversations, contacts, and information with capabilities that include IP voice and video conferencing, persistent threaded chat, plus file sharing. For details about Progent's support services for Teams and for other Microsoft 365 apps, visit Progent's Microsoft Teams consulting services.
  • Additional Voice/Video Conferencing Platforms supported by Progent's conferencing experts include Google Meet, Amazon Chime, Zoom, and Slack. Progent can provide integration and debugging expertise for these conferencing platforms and help your business to optimize your network infrastructure to run them.

Microsoft Collaboration Platforms for Telecommuters
Microsoft's collaboration platforms are closely integrated with Microsoft's popular Office and Microsoft 365 families, providing a rich environment of productivity apps that create a cohesive user experience for sharing information throughout a corporate network and on a wide selection of endpoint devices. Progent has delivered online consulting services for SharePoint and Exchange since their original publication and can help businesses to deploy these critical collaboration platforms to optimize the productivity of your remote workers.

Microsoft's collaboration platforms are tightly integrated with Microsoft's popular Office suite, providing a rich ecosystem of applications that deliver a consistent user experience for sharing information across multiple sites and on a wide variety of endpoint devices. Progent has provided remote consulting services for SharePoint and Exchange since their initial releases and can help at-home workers set up and use these flagship collaboration platforms to maximize productivity.

Microsoft Teams Integration Consultants for At-Home WorkersMicrosoft Teams works on top of Microsoft 365 and supports third-party cloud services to deliver real-time collaboration and communication. Designed as a replacement for Skype for Business Online, Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium can enable chat, video meetings that include screen sharing, calling, cloud voicemail, group email, as well as file and application sharing. Teams is closely integrated with Microsoft 365 and relies on Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Entra (previously branded Azure Active Directory) for supporting its full range of capabilities. To learn more about Progent's support services for Microsoft Teams, see solution design and configuration expertise for Microsoft Teams.

SharePoint Server Integration Experts for Remote WorkersSharePoint uses web entities to enable collaboration and information delivery by providing policy-based delivery of content, business processes, and utilities for looking through enterprise-wide information silos. SharePoint allows you to build secure portals that enables at-home workers to view and edit consolidated corporate intelligence via Intranets (Wikis), Blogs, social networking web sites, and Web Parts (Widgets). To find out about Progent's SharePoint consulting expertise, see SharePoint configuration and development expertise.

Exchange Integration Consultants for Remote WorkersExchange and Exchange Online offer secure collaboration features including public folders, shared mailboxes, and shared calendars and contacts. Progent's Microsoft certified Exchange experts can show you how to activate and utilize these features for your at-home workers. For details about Progent's Exchange consulting services, refer to integration consulting services for Microsoft Exchange.

Microsoft Onedrive Configuration Consultants for Remote WorkersOneDrive is Microsoft�s shared cloud storage service, similar to GoogleDrive. At-home users can store files to the OneDrive service, and co-workers anywhere can retrieve them securely via a web browser. Included with Microsoft 365, OneDrive allows home employees to jointly author documents. Revisions made offline are automatically uploaded when you reconnect to the Internet. For details about Progent's support services for OneDrive, see Microsoft Onedrive configuration consulting.

Public Cloud Integration Services for Teleworkers
Progent offers fast and affordable online support for enabling organizations to create, maintain and repair cohesive network models that include internal data centers, at-home workers, branches, and public cloud resources. Progent can provide top-tier consultant for all modes of cloud service such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Progent can help at-home workers resolve issues with public cloud connectivity, authentication, and cybersecurity.

Azure Integration Services for TeleworkersMicrosoft Azure is a leading platform for public cloud services that allows you to utilize IT infrastructure, servers, and key applications running on Microsoft's extensive cloud. Microsoft Azure includes over 100 cloud-based services such as the ability to host Windows and Linux-powered VMs, on-demand cloud storage, email and messaging, app development with Visual Studio, and backup/restore. Progent can help you to set up VMs on Azure Virtual Machines, configure cloud-based storage on Azure Storage services, streamline identity management with Azure AD, and plan data backup and restore systems with Azure Backup. Progent's cloud experts can also show you how to establish secure access to Azure services for at-home workers by configuring and troubleshooting firewall appliances and VPN IPsec tunnels. For details about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft Azure, go to Microsoft Azure consulting services.

Microsoft 365 Integration Services for At-Home WorkersMicrosoft 365, formerly branded Office 365, is Microsoft's popular family of client productivity software and cloud-based services offered on a subscription basis. Microsoft apps and services are marketed in a variety of bundles designed for customers ranging from individuals and small offices to large enterprises. Progent offers fast and easy remote access to consultants familiar with Microsoft 365-compatible endpoint devices running Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google Android technology. Progent can assist your business to assess the numerous subscription bundles offered with Microsoft 365 and deploy 365 apps for your remote workers to achieve top business value. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft 365, refer to Microsoft 365 integration expertise.

Exchange Online Integration for Remote WorkersExchange Online is one of the most widely used cloud-based applications in the Microsoft 365 product suite. Exchange Online provides the benefits of reduced costs for physical infrastructure, easier management, dynamic scaling, high reliability, and additional advantages inherent with cloud computing. Microsoft has engineered Exchange Online to run smoothly with on-premises deployments of Exchange, allowing customers to build hybrid cloud/onsite networks. Progent's Exchange consultants are available for as-needed help to get you through tough IT roadblocks and can also provide comprehensive project management outsourcing to make sure your teleworkers have convenient and safe access to your Microsoft 365 Exchange Online environment. To find out Progent's consulting services for Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, go to Exchange Online integration and troubleshooting expertise.

Amazon AWS Integration for Remote WorkersAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a trailblazer in the public cloud market and is the industry's leading provider of cloud-based services. Progent can provide quick and affordable online contact with cloud integration experts who can assist your organization to plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot hybrid IT networks that integrate Amazon AWS cloud services with on-premises data centers and with other public clouds like Azure. Progent also offers the skills of Cisco-certified CCIE networking experts to help you to build a high-availability network architecture so your employees have a consistent computing environment whether they are working from your headquarters, a remote branch, from home, or on the move. For details about Progent's consulting services for Amazon AWS, refer to Amazon AWS integration expertise.

Google Cloud Integration for Remote WorkersGoogle Cloud (GCP) is a leading suite of public cloud services that provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) products. Progent's Microsoft, Linux, and Cisco experts can assist your business to extend your current IT assets with the Google Cloud Platform, and Progent's database experts can show you how to make your key applications cloud friendly so your telecommuters can take full advantage of Google Cloud Platform services. Progent can help your business to deploy virtual machines on GCP Compute Engine, plan a cost-effective storage system with Google Cloud Storage, and simplify access management for at-home workers with GCP Cloud Identity services. Progent's consultants can also assist you to utilize GCP's management tools to control and monitor your Google Cloud ecosystem. For details, see Google Cloud Platform consulting services.

Help Desk Call Center Support for Remote Workers
A fast, organization-wide changeover to a telecommuter business model, which could be driven by a pandemic or as a component of a disaster recovery process, can overstretch even the most efficient internal Call Center. Progent's Help Desk services make it possible for businesses to outsource or supplement their Help Desk Call Center by using Progent's online Technical Response Center (TRC) services.

  • Progent's Standard Support Desk support services leverage Progent's nationwide team of remote IT support experts along with world-class ticketing and tracking technology to provide an economical, advanced Support Desk. Progent's Standard Help Desk Services offer a comprehensive solution that addresses all facets of online Level 1 desktop support from service requests through ticket generation, desktop sharing, problem resolution, and incident reporting. A web-based User's Service Portal enables telecommuters to track or revise the status of their active trouble tickets, enter information, and upload screen captures or attachments. Technical support services are delivered at a significant discount off Progent's normal Level 1 desktop service charges, and Progent offers optional rapid escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 support experts to resolve complex issues. For more information, go to Progent's Standard Helpdesk Services outsourcing for small and mid-size businesses.
  • Progent's Help Desk Call Center Supplemental Service enables you to supplement your current Support Desk organization by sharing responsibilities for Support Desk support seamlessly between your regular support organization and Progent's extensive pool of PC support technicians and subject matter experts. Progent's co-managed Call Center service uses a collective support solution utilizing the number one PSA platform for handling help requests and trouble tickets, assigning ownership, tracking progress, and producing management reports. For information about how Progent's Help Desk Call Center Augmentation Services can help your company to provide world-class IT support to your from-home workers, refer to Progent's Help Desk Call Center supplementation Services.

Security for Telecommuters
Work-from-Home (WFH) workers commonly utilize their personal computers and often work in an unsecured physical area. This situation increases their vulnerability to cyber attacks and calls for careful configuration of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, thorough user education, and the creation of security policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran team of data security support experts can assist your business to plan, deploy and maintain an effective cybersecurity solution that guards critical information resources in networks that include telecommuters.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls enable companies to build a network that can be safely accessed by local users and by at-home workers, mobile employees, vendors, customers, and the public. Next-generation firewall appliances allow you to configure and manage appropriate permissions to different groups of users and to expand your network and modify your security as your business evolves and as network attacks grow increasingly sophisticated. Progent works with both new and legacy security devices from all leading manufacturers including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, and Fortinet. To find out more about Progent's firewall integration expertise, go to firewall integration and support services.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring Services for TelecommutersOnline Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it easy to track the various devices used by telecommuters and either block or spot and respond to the latest threats such as ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a small-footprint agent is installed on each protected endpoint device, monitoring all activity and using advanced machine learning and full execution context from SentinelOne to identify new attacks on arrival. When an attack is spotted, ProSight ASM immediately isolates the targeted endpoint device from the network to contain the threat. Because the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is autonomous, endpoints remain protected even if they are not connected to the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. For details about ProSight ASM, refer to remote endpoint monitoring for teleworkers.

Two-factor Authentication Services for TeleworkersProgent's Duo MFA Service Plans incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against compromised passwords through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports single-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, when you log into a secured online account and give your password you are requested to confirm who you are on a device that only you have and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A broad selection of out-of-band devices can be used as this second means of ID validation such as an iPhone or Android or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can register several validation devices. For details about ProSight Duo identity validation services, visit Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for an at-home workforce.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can evaluate the exposure of your information system to all types of external and internal security attacks for an environment that includes remote workers. Progent can deploy online, automated cybersecurity inventory scanning for quickly and economically detecting a wide variety of security gaps that can be surfaced over the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be provided by security experts with top certifications such as CISA, CISSP, and GIAC, can help your company to audit your operations and governance policies and assess your IT infrastructure to allow you to implement the highest level of security for your teleworkers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for At-Home WorkersHorizon3.ai's NodeZero PEN Testing Platform is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver autonomous threat assessment of your at-home environment and your internal and perimeter networks so you can identify, rank, fix, and verify security weaknesses before threat actors can take advantage of them. Progent's pentest experts can assist you to use NodeZero to perform thorough penetration tests of your perimeter and your internal network so you can evaluate your current security profile. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to harden your existing network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and provides maximum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, remote, and perimeter IT assets. To find out more information about Progent's vulnerability analysis solutions powered by on NodeZero's penetration test products, visit Consulting Support for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

Download White Paper: Securing a Work-From-Home Environment
To view or download a white paper about key areas to focus on for protecting a network that includes telecommuters, click:
Securing a Work-From-Home Environment White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Data Protection Solutions for Telecommuters
Data Protection involves saving and restoring vital information so as to avoid data loss and reduce restoration time in case of storage failures resulting from equipment issues, software hiccups, user error, cyber attack, or other causes. Reliable data protection strategies can be particularly difficult to design and maintain in hybrid environments that incorporate local data centers, cloud resources, and at-home workers.

  • Backup/Recovery solutions for telecommuters must address diverse types of personally owned endpoint devices. Progent can provide quick remote help from consultants knowledgeable about a broad range of platforms for protection Windows, Apple and Linux/UNIX powered servers and desktop computers as well as laptops, iOS and Android tablets and handhelds. Leading backup/recovery products maintained by Progent's backup/recovery experts include Barracuda Backup, Microsoft Azure Backup, Symantec Backup Exec, Acronis Backup and Recovery, Retrospect, and Time Machine. To back up data spread across a hybrid network, Progent can provide ProSight Data Protection Services (DPS), a backup/recovery service that uses cloud-based storage and features granular recovery and unified management.
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plans often envision circumstances that call for a quick changeover to a work-at-home environment. Progent's expert disaster recovery planning consultants and business continuity planning specialists can assist your business to develop, document and test a DR/BC strategy that addresses the logistics of moving to telecommuting.

Unified Management for Telecommuters
Microsoft has renamed and reshuffled its endpoint management products under the name Endpoint Manager, which encompasses Intune for cloud-based management of remote devices and Configuration Manager for managing on-premises endpoints. Endpoint Manager features a centralized solution for protecting critical information by managing on-premises, mobile, and at-home endpoint devices.

Microsoft Intune
Intune is a component of Microsoft's Endpoint Management family that also includes Microsoft Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud-based service for managing and securing mobile devices and software. Managed endpoint devices can be personally owned or business owned. Network administrators managing the endpoint devices of at-home workers can use Intune to deploy and validate apps on managed devices, push updates and certificates, configure policies for accessing information and resources, manage passwords, create VPN tunnels, determine how telecommuters share information, set up threat protection, verify compliance, and wipe sensitive information from missing, stolen or decommissioned endpoint devices. Microsoft Intune can be used with Apple iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS/OS X devices. For information about Microsoft Intune and how Progent can assist your company to use this platform to administer the endpoint devices of your teleworkers, go to Intune remote endpoint management experts.

VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is a feature-rich unified Mobile Device Management (MDM) product that allows network managers to keep off-premises endpoints up to date and protected. Workspace ONE uses VMware AirWatch for unified endpoint management plus VMware's Horizon virtual application delivery platform for authorization control, application management, and configuration management of endpoint devices. Workspace ONE operates with devices based on Windows 10, macOS, Apple iOS, Android, Chrome OS, or popular distributions of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is offered by subscription as a cloud-based service or as an on-site product through a perpetual license. Key features of VMware Workspace ONE include rapid remote deployment of out-of-the-box notebooks, immediate onboarding of new users, policy set up and enforcement for all categories of devices, aggregated management reporting and performance analytics, email encryption, and tight integration with Microsoft apps and cloud products. To learn about Progent's support services for VMware Workspace ONE, go to VMware Workspace ONE mobile endpoint management expertise.

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about creating and maintaining a productive work-from-home environment for your Barueri-Alphaville, São Paulo organization, phone 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.