Expanding your remote workforce may have a significant impact on network infrastructure, security, and company processes. Progent has two decades of background assisting businesses of all sizes to design, configure, administer, tune, and troubleshoot IT environments that incorporate a remote workforce. Progent can help your Chandler company to select the right technologies and adhere to leading practices in creating and operating a secure virtual ecosystem for teleworkers that facilitates collaboration and delivers maximum value. Progent can provide services that go from on demand guidance for getting you over occasional IT bottlenecks to comprehensive project management or co-management to help you carry out business-critical initiatives.

Progent can help Chandler, Arizona organizations to with any aspect of building a high-functioning remote work environment by delivering infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX troubleshooting, video conferencing integration, collaboration platform customization and training, public cloud connectivity, helpdesk services, security monitoring, backup/restore solutions, and streamlined management.

Network Infrastructure for Teleworkers
Integrating the network infrastructure needed for a remote workforce can be particularly challenging if you have to accommodate a combination of personal hardware such as desktop computers and laptops, Internet routers, and wireless APs from an assortment of vendors and with a mix of OS software and firmware levels. Progent's experience providing online support for both outdated as well as current technologies in remote office solutions allows you to make efficient use of your available network infrastructure and offers ready access to top-tire consultants for implement essential updates. Support services available from Progent to assist your company to create a high-functioning telecommuting ecosystem include:

  • Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology allows you to create a secure tunnel for authenticated at-home workers to access IT resources situated at your corporate datacenter or in the cloud. Progent can assist your company to configure and maintain VPN access between your teleworkers and your key network resources by providing online VPN integration support. For organizations using Cisco's ASA security appliances, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA consultants can assist your telecommuters to utilize Cisco's popular AnyConnect software to provide safe VPN connections for a broad range of devices including Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, and Google Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure products allow a telecommuter to see and interact with a remote computer's desktop. This gives IT managers significant control over the computing ecosystem of telecommuters and ensures remote users a familiar work experience. Progent's VDI services include Windows Remote Desktop integration and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI consulting.
  • Routers connect at-home computer networks to the Internet and typically support VPN connections, local Wi-Fi networks, and firewall services. Progent offers top-tier remote support for deploying home routers from a range of vendors. See router configuration support from Cisco-certified experts.
  • Home Wireless networks, often supporting families and visitors, are commonly utilized by at-home employees to connect to their router for work. This can create performance and cybersecurity issues. Progent can help businesses to mitigate these problems by providing expertise like Aironet integration consulting, Cisco Meraki WiFi installation expertise, and Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi access point integration help.
  • Internet connectivity methods impact the speed and availability of connections between at-home workers and the corporate data center. Vital processes may require backup Internet connections in the event the normal connection breaks. Progent offers expertise for identifying service providers, picking sensible bandwidth and data volume bundles, and setting up fault-tolerant Internet connections. Refer to Internet access integration services.

VoIP Solutions for Telecommuters
Extending the business PBX system to include telecommuters is vital to supporting a productive at-home workforce. A variety of cloud-centric digital PBX platforms are popular with small and mid-size businesses to server remote users. Many enterprises depend on Cisco's modern or older products for IP voice solutions. Progent can help businesses of any size to design or maintain a telecommuter IP voice service that delivers the versatility, transparency and security required for teleworkers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE Voice consultants offer high-level support to assist organizations optimize their current Cisco IP voice systems to handle a growing at-home workforce.

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco Unified CM) extends enterprise IP telephony capabilities to devices such as IP phones, media processing platforms, Voice over IP gateways, and multimedia software used throughout the network. Unified Communications Manager manages additional combined media services like unified messaging, voice/video conferencing, and customer interaction networks. For details about Progent's Cisco Unified CM or CUCM support, visit CUCM expertise.
  • Cisco CallManager is Cisco's earlier call-processing software and has been replaced by CUCM. Progent's consultants can assist you to maintain your current CallManager deployment or migrate smoothly to Cisco's modern IP telephony solutions. For details about Progent's expertise for Cisco CallManager and Cisco's other legacy VoIP products, refer to CallManager consulting services.
  • Cisco IP Gateways provide integration with PSTN networks and with clients operating beyond the corporate firewall like telecommuters. Progent can provide expert support for Cisco's legacy IP gateways such as the UC520, UC540 and UC560 products as well as for modern Cisco SIP gateways. See Cisco SIP gateway integration expertise.
  • Other VoIP Platforms supported by Progent's consultants include Vonage, Intermedia Unite and 8x8. Progent can assist you to update your wide area network infrastructure to support these solutions and deliver as-needed deployment and troubleshooting expertise.

Voice/Video Conferencing for Telecommuters
A broad selection of voice/video conferencing platforms from major vendors support virtual discussions, video and voice conferencing, chat sessions, and screen/content sharing for both onsite workers and telecommuters. Many companies use a mix of conferencing products to meet the needs of their various partners and customers. Progent can help you to manage your existing voice/video conferencing environment and enhance the productivity of your remote workforce.

  • Skype for Business is Microsoft's leading unified communications platform that enables presence, IM, audio and video conferencing plus the seamless integration of these functions within Office desktop and Microsoft 365 applications including PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook. Progent can provide the skills of Microsoft-certified specialists who can help you to configure and maintain Skype for Business clients to support your remote employees. For details about Progent's consulting services for Skype for Business, see Skype for Business consulting experts.
  • FaceTime is Apple's multiuser video phone platform for iOS, iPadOS, iPod and Mac computers and smartphones. FaceTime runs on Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connections. Later versions of FaceTime support as many as 32 concurrent users for voice/video sessions. To learn more about Progent's consulting expertise for Apple FaceTime, refer to Progent's FaceTime configuration expertise.
  • Webex Meeting Center supports remote conferencing for virtually all desktop or mobile devices. Offered via Cisco's Webex Cloud platform, Webex services include sharing discrete content or computer screens, presentations that incorporate rich media including Microsoft PowerPoint and Flash videos, session capture, plus revision and playback for future reference. For details about Progent's consulting expertise for Webex as well as for other IP video solutions from Cisco, see Progent's Webex Meeting Center support services.
  • Teams is Microsoft's next-generation replacement for Skype for Business. Teams acts as a portal for conferencing, contacts, and information with capabilities such as video calling, persistent threaded chat, plus file sharing. To learn more about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft Teams as well as for additional Microsoft 365 apps, see Progent's Microsoft Teams consulting services.
  • Other Voice/Video Conferencing Apps supported by Progent's conferencing experts include Google Meet, Amazon Chime, Zoom, and Slack. Progent can provide integration and troubleshooting services for these conferencing platforms and help you to optimize your network infrastructure to host them.

Microsoft Integrated Collaboration Platforms for Remote and Hybrid Workers
Microsoft's collaboration platforms are tightly integrated with Microsoft's popular Office families, offering a rich ecosystem of applications that create a consistent user interface for exchanging information throughout a corporate network and on a wide range of endpoint devices. Progent has provided remote consulting support for SharePoint and Exchange since their initial publication and can help businesses to tune these flagship collaboration products to optimize the effectiveness of your remote workforce.

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 Solutions Consultants for At-Home WorkersMicrosoft Teams works with Microsoft 365 and supports third-party cloud services to provide real-time collaboration and communication. Designed as a substitute for Skype for Business Online, Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium can support chat, video meetings with screen sharing, calling, cloud voicemail, group email, plus file and app sharing. Teams is closely integrated with Microsoft 365 and depends on Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Azure Entra (formerly called Azure Active Directory) for delivering its full range of capabilities. To learn more about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium, see solution design and deployment consulting for Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium.

SharePoint Server Deployment Experts for At-Home WorkersSharePoint utilizes web sites to promote collaboration and information delivery by providing policy-driven access to content, workflow, and utilities for looking through company-wide business data. SharePoint allows you to create protected portals that permits remote workers to view and edit consolidated business intelligence via Wikis, Blogs, social networking sites, and Web Parts (Widgets). To find out about Progent's SharePoint consulting services, refer to SharePoint integration and development consulting.

Exchange Configuration Experts 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 support services, visit planning and configuration consulting services for Microsoft Exchange.

Microsoft Onedrive Integration Consultants for At-Home WorkersOneDrive is Microsoft�s collaborative cloud storage service, comparable to GoogleDrive. At-home users can save files to OneDrive, and co-workers can access them safely via a web browser. Provided with Microsoft 365, OneDrive allows home workers to co-edit documents. Edits made offline are uploaded when you go back online. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft OneDrive, go to Onedrive integration consulting.

Cloud Integration Services for Teleworkers
Progent offers fast and affordable remote support for enabling organizations to create, maintain and troubleshoot cohesive network models that include physical data centers, remote workers, branch offices, plus public cloud services. Progent can provide top-tier consultant for all types of public cloud service delivery such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Progent can help teleworkers resolve problems with public cloud access, identity, and cybersecurity.

Azure Integration for TeleworkersAzure is a leading platform for cloud software and services that enables you to utilize IT infrastructure, virtual servers, and key apps running on Microsoft's extensive cloud. Microsoft Azure features more than 100 cloud-based services such as the ability to host Windows and Linux-based virtual machines, scalable cloud storage, email and messaging, application development with Visual Studio, and data protection. Progent can assist you to deploy virtual machines on Azure Virtual Machines, configure cloud-based storage on Azure Storage services, unify identity management with Azure Active Directory, and plan backup and recovery solutions with Azure Backup. Progent can also help you create protected access to Azure services for teleworkers by configuring and debugging firewall appliances and VPN IPsec tunnels. For details about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft Azure, visit Microsoft Azure consulting services.

Microsoft 365 Integration for Remote WorkersMicrosoft 365, formerly called Office 365, is Microsoft's growing suite of client productivity applications and cloud-based services offered on a subscription basis. Microsoft apps and services are marketed in a selection of bundles intended for users ranging from students and households to large corporations. Progent offers quick and affordable remote contact with experts knowledgeable about Microsoft 365-compatible endpoint devices based on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google Android operating systems. Progent's experts can assist you to assess the various subscription plans offered with Microsoft 365 and configure 365 applications for your remote workers to achieve top business value. For information about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft 365, visit Microsoft 365 integration services.

Microsoft 365 Exchange Online Integration for TeleworkersExchange Online is one of the most widely used cloud-based applications in the Microsoft 365 product suite. Exchange Online provides the benefits of lower spending for data center infrastructure, simplified management, dynamic scaling, high reliability, and additional benefits associated with public clouds. Microsoft has engineered Exchange Online to operate transparently with on-premises deployments of Exchange, enabling customers to build hybrid information systems. Progent's certified Exchange experts can provide as-needed assistance to get you through challenging IT roadblocks and also offer comprehensive project management services to ensure your at-home workers have easy and safe access to your Exchange Online deployment. To learn Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, refer to Exchange Online integration and support consulting.

Amazon AWS Integration for TeleworkersAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a trailblazer in the public cloud computing market and is the world's top source of cloud-based services. Progent can provide rapid and economical online contact with cloud connectivity consultants who can assist your business to plan, deploy, manage, and debug hybrid information networks that integrate Amazon AWS cloud-based services with on-premises data centers and with other public clouds such as Azure. Progent also can provide access to Cisco-certified CCIE networking consultants to assist you to create a high-uptime network architecture to make sure your users have a productive computing environment whether they are working from your main office, a remote branch, at home, or on the move. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Amazon AWS, see Amazon AWS integration services.

Google Cloud Integration for TeleworkersGoogle Cloud Platform is a leading collection of public cloud services that offers Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service products. Progent's certified Microsoft, Linux, and Cisco consulting experts can assist your organization to scale your existing IT resources with the Google Cloud, and Progent's database consultants can help you make your mission-critical apps cloud ready so your telecommuters can take full advantage of Google Cloud services. Progent can assist your business to deploy virtual machines on Google Cloud Compute Engine, design an efficient storage system with GCP Storage, and simplify identity management for telecommuters with GCP Cloud Identity services. Progent can also help your organization to use GCP's unified management technology to control and track your Google Cloud ecosystem. For details, visit Google Cloud Platform integration services.

Help Desk Support for Remote Workers
An emergency, enterprise-wide transition to a telecommuter workforce, which could be driven by a pandemic or as an element of a disaster recovery/business continuity process, can overwhelm even a high-performing in-house Support Desk. Progent's Call Center services allow businesses to outsource or supplement their Call Desk by using Progent's online Technical Response Center (TRC) services.

  • Progent's Standard Call Desk services utilize Progent's nationwide network of online technical support experts combined with world-class ticketing and tracking technology to offer an economical, advanced Call Desk. Progent's Standard Help Desk Services provide an end-to-end solution that handles all facets of online Level 1 PC support from initial help requests through ticket generation, screen sharing, issue resolution, and reporting. A web-based User's Service Portal allows telecommuters to monitor or edit their current tickets, enter details, and upload screenshots and relevant files. Technical support services are delivered at a substantial discount off Progent's ordinary Level 1 technical support rates, and Progent makes available the option of rapid escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 support specialists to resolve complex problems. For more information, see Progent's Standard Helpdesk Services outsourcing for small and mid-size businesses.
  • Progent's Call Center Supplemental Service enables you to augment your current Support Desk organization by sharing delivery of Call Desk support transparently between your in-house support personnel and Progent's extensive roster of desktop support engineers and subject matter experts. Progent's shared Call Center service is based on a collective support model utilizing the leading PSA platform for managing help requests and trouble tickets, assigning ownership, tracking progress, and generating reports. To learn how Progent's Call Center Augmentation Services can help your business to deliver world-class technical support to your teleworkers, go to Progent's Support Desk supplementation Services.

Cybersecurity for At-Home Workers
Work-from-Home (WFH) employees commonly utilize their personal computers and usually work in a poorly secured physical environment. This situation increases their vulnerability to cyber threats and requires careful configuration of corporate firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, intensive end-user education, and the creation of security policies built on best practices. Progent's veteran roster of IT security support consultants can assist you to design, implement and maintain a compliant security solution that protects vital information resources in environments that incorporate an at-home workforce.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls allow you to build a network environment that can be securely utilized by on-premises users as well as by telecommuters, mobile employees, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders. Next-generation firewall devices permit you to configure and control appropriate permissions to various groups of users and to scale your network and adjust your security profile as your business evolves and as cyber threats grow more sophisticated. Progent supports both current and older security devices from all leading vendors including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, and Fortinet. To learn more about Progent's firewall support expertise, refer to firewall integration and support services.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring Services for TelecommutersRemote Endpoint Security Monitoring makes it easy to watch over the various devices utilized by telecommuters and either block or spot and mitigate the latest threats like ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring services, a lightweight software agent is put on every secured endpoint, watching all activity and utilizing state-of-the-art machine learning from SentinelOne to detect new attacks at inception. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight ASM immediately isolates the impacted device from the corporate network to quarantine the malware. Because the ProSight Active Security Monitoring software agent is self-contained, endpoint devices remain protected even when they are not connected to the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. To find out more about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, go to remote endpoint monitoring for telecommuters.

Two-factor Authentication Services for At-Home WorkersProgent's Duo authentication Service Plans incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against stolen passwords through the use of two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification with Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected application and give your password you are requested to verify who you are via a device that only you have and that uses a different network channel. A broad range of devices can be utilized for this added means of ID validation including a smartphone or wearable, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You may register several validation devices. For details about Duo two-factor identity authentication services, see Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for at-home workers.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the exposure of your information system to all classes of outside and local security threats for a network that incorporates telecommuters. Progent can deploy online, automated security inventory scanning for quickly and economically uncovering a broad range of security holes that can be surfaced over the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be managed by data security experts with advanced credentials such as CISA, ISSAP, and GIAC, can assist your business to evaluate your workflows and policies and review your WAN infrastructure to enable you to design top-level security for your at-home workers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that can deliver automated testing of your at-home environment as well as your internal and perimeter networks to help you identify, rank, remediate, and verify security weaknesses before malicious hackers can exploit them. Progent can assist you to deploy NodeZero to perform thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal network so you can determine your current security posture. Progent's NodeZero experts can also help you to strengthen your network security and can help you to design and deploy a cohesive cybersecurity strategy that simplifies management and delivers optimum cyber defense for on-prem, multi-cloud, at-home, and perimeter IT assets. To learn additional information about Progent's vulnerability assessment services powered by on NodeZero's pentest platform, visit Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Platform.

Download White Paper: Securing a Work-From-Home Network
To view or download a white paper describing critical things to concentrate on for protecting a network that incorporates telecommuters, click:
Protecting a Work-From-Home (WFH) Environment White Paper. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Data Protection Solutions for Remote Workers
The field of Data Protection involves saving and restoring vital data so as to prevent data loss and reduce recovery time in the event of storage failures due to equipment issues, programming glitches, human error, malware, or any other reason. Reliable data protection strategies can be especially difficult to architect and maintain in hybrid networks that incorporate local data centers, public clouds, and an at-home workforce.

  • Backup/Recovery strategies for telecommuters must cover multiple kinds of user-owned endpoint devices. Progent can provide quick online help from experts knowledgeable about a wide array of products for backing up Windows, Apple Mac and Linux/UNIX powered servers and desktop computers as well as notebooks, iOS and Android tablets and handhelds. Popular backup/restore products maintained by Progent's backup/recovery experts include Barracuda Backup, Azure Backup, Symantec Backup Exec, CrashPlan, Mozy, and Time Machine. To protect resources spread across a wide area network, Progent can provide ProSight Data Protection Services, a backup/recovery subscription service that utilizes cloud storage and includes fine-grained restore and centralized management.
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity (DR/BC) strategies commonly anticipate circumstances that call for a temporary changeover to telecommuting. Progent's expert disaster recovery preparedness experts and business continuity consultants can assist your company to develop, document and test a DR/BC strategy that includes the process of moving to an at-home workforce.

Unified Management for At-Home Workers
Microsoft has renamed and reshuffled its endpoint management platforms under the title Microsoft Endpoint Manager, which encompasses Intune for cloud management of remote devices and Configuration Manager for managing local computers. Endpoint Manager offers a unified environment for safeguarding corporate information by managing local, mobile, and at-home endpoint devices.

Intune
Intune is part of Microsoft's Endpoint Management suite that also includes Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud service for managing and securing remote computers and applications. Managed endpoint computers can be user owned or business owned. IT admins managing the endpoint computers of teleworkers can use Intune to provision and validate applications on devices, push updates and certificates, configure policies for permission to access data and resources, manage passwords, establish VPN tunnels, determine how telecommuters share data, establish threat protection, verify security compliance, and wipe sensitive information from lost, stolen or deactivated devices. Intune works with iOS, Google Android, Windows, and macOS/OS X endpoints. For information about Intune and how Progent can help you to use Microsoft's Endpoint Management to administer the endpoint devices of your at-home workforce, go to Intune mobile device management expertise.

VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is an advanced unified Mobile Device Management product that helps network administrators to keep offsite endpoint devices up to date and protected. Workspace ONE incorporates VMware AirWatch for unified endpoint management along with VMware's Horizon virtual application delivery technology for identity control, application management, and setup management of endpoints. Workspace ONE runs with endpoints based on Windows 10, macOS, iOS, Google Android, Chrome OS, or popular distributions of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is offered by subscription as a cloud-based service or as an on-premises deployment through a perpetual license. Key capabilities of VMware Workspace ONE include fast over-the-air deployment of new laptops, quick onboarding of new employees, policy set up and enforcement for all categories of endpoints, aggregated reporting and performance analytics, an email encryption gateway, and tight integration with Microsoft applications and cloud services. 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 Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about creating and maintaining an efficient telecommuter solution for your Chandler, Arizona business, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.