Expanding your remote workforce can have a major effect on network architecture, cybersecurity, and corporate culture. Progent has 20 years of experience assisting SMBs to design, configure, administer, tune, and troubleshoot IT environments that support a remote workforce. Progent can assist your Naples organization to select the appropriate technologies and follow leading 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 helping you over challenging IT bottlenecks to comprehensive project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical initiatives.
Progent can help Naples, Florida companies to succeed with any facet of creating a high-performing telecommuting environment by providing network infrastructure design and configuration services, IP voice expertise, voice/video conferencing support, collaboration platform selection and deployment, cloud integration, helpdesk outsourcing, endpoint security, backup/restore solutions, and centralized management.
Infrastructure for Teleworkers
Setting up the physical and software infrastructure required for a remote work environment can be particularly complex if you have to accommodate a combination of worker-owned hardware like desktop computers and laptops, routers, and Wi-Fi APs from an assortment of manufacturers and with a mix of OS software and firmware levels. Progent's background delivering online support for both outdated and modern IT products in remote office venues enables you to make efficient use of your existing infrastructure and offers ready access to expertise for making essential updates. Support services available from Progent to assist you to create a productive work-at-home infrastructure include:
- Virtual Private Network connectivity allows you to establish a secure tunnel for authenticated remote employees to access IT resources located at your corporate datacenter or in the cloud. Progent can help you to configure and manage VPN connections between your at-home workforce and your key IT resources by providing online VPN integration support. For organizations with Cisco's ASA firewalls, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA experts can help your remote workers to utilize Cisco's popular AnyConnect software to provide secure VPN tunneling for a wide range of devices such as Microsoft Windows, Mac, Apple iOS, Linux, and Android.
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure platforms enable an at-home worker to see and use a remote computer's desktop. This technology provides IT managers significant control over the digital ecosystem of at-home employees and offers them a consistent and more productive work experience. Progent's VDI services include Windows Remote Desktop integration and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI expertise.
- Routers connect home computer networks to the Internet and typically support VPN connections, local Wi-Fi networks, and firewall services. Progent can provide top-tier online consulting for integrating home routers from all major vendors. See router configuration services from Cisco-certified experts.
- Home Wireless networks, typically supporting an entire household and guests, are frequently utilized by telecommuters to access their router for work. This can create performance and security problems. Progent can help you to mitigate these problems by delivering services like Aironet integration consulting, Cisco-certified Meraki wireless deployment expertise, and Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi access point integration assistance.
- Internet connectivity solutions affect the performance and reliability of connections between at-home workers and the company data center. Mission-critical processes might demand redundant Internet connections in the event the primary connection fails. Progent can provide guidance for identifying Internet service providers, choosing sensible bandwidth and data volume packages, and setting up fault-tolerant Internet connections. See Internet access solutions.
Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about creating and maintaining an efficient telecommuter environment for your Naples, Florida business, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.