Enlarging your remote workforce may have a major effect on IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and corporate culture. Progent has two decades of background assisting SMBs to plan, deploy, manage, tune, and troubleshoot IT environments that support a remote workforce. Progent can help your San Juan company to select the right technologies and adhere to leading practices in building and operating a secure virtual solution for telecommuters that promotes teamwork and returns top business value. Progent offers services that go from on demand expertise for getting you over challenging IT bottlenecks to full project management to help you successfully complete business-critical initiatives.

Progent's consultants can help San Juan, Puerto Rico businesses to with any facet of creating a high-functioning work-at-home ecosystem by delivering network infrastructure design and configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, video conferencing integration, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud connectivity, helpdesk services, cybersecurity, backup/restore solutions, and centralized management.

Network Infrastructure for Telecommuters
Setting up the network infrastructure required to support a remote work environment can be especially challenging if you have to accommodate a combination of worker-owned equipment like desktop computers and notebooks, routers, and wireless appliances from an assortment of vendors and with a mix of OS software and firmware releases. Progent's background delivering remote support for both legacy as well as current IT products in remote office venues allows you to make efficient use of your existing network infrastructure and provides you with fast access to expertise for implement essential upgrades. Support services offered by Progent to assist you to implement a high-functioning telecommuting infrastructure include:

  • VPN technology makes it possible to establish a secure connection for authenticated remote employees to access IT assets situated at your company datacenter or in the cloud. Progent can help your company to configure and maintain VPN access between your teleworkers and your key network resources by providing remote VPN integration support. For organizations using Cisco's ASA firewalls, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA Firewall experts can assist your telecommuters to set up Cisco's popular AnyConnect software to provide safe VPN tunneling for a broad selection of endpoint devices including Windows, Mac, Apple iOS, Linux, and Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) products enable an at-home worker to view and use a remote PC's desktop. This gives IT managers more control over the digital environment of telecommuters and offers remote users a familiar work experience. Progent's virtual desktop consulting services include Windows Remote Desktop support and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops expertise.
  • Routers attach at-home networks to the Internet and typically support VPN connections, home wireless networks, and firewalls. Progent offers top-tier online support for setting up routers from a range of manufacturers. See router integration services from Cisco-certified consultants.
  • Home Wi-Fi networks, often shared by an entire household and guests, are commonly used by telecommuters to access their Internet router for work. This can cause performance and cybersecurity issues. Progent can help businesses to resolve these issues by providing expertise like Cisco Aironet integration consulting, Cisco-certified Meraki WiFi installation expertise, and Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi access point setup help.
  • Internet connectivity methods affect the performance and availability of connections between telecommuters and the corporate data center. Business-critical applications might demand redundant Internet connections in the event the normal connection fails. Progent can provide expertise for identifying Internet service providers, choosing appropriate bandwidth and data volume packages, and setting up fault-tolerant Internet connections. Refer to Internet access integration services.

IP Voice Integration for Teleworkers
Expanding the corporate PBX environment to accommodate remote users is critical to maintaining an effective at-home workforce. A variety of cloud-based digital PBX products are popular with small and mid-size businesses to server teleworkers. Many larger organizations depend on Cisco's modern or legacy products for VoIP solutions. Progent can assist businesses of all sizes to design or maintain a remote VoIP environment that provides the flexibility, transparency and protection needed for telecommuters. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE Voice consultants offer high-level support to help organizations tune their current Cisco IP voice systems to handle an expanding remote workforce.

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco Unified CM or CUCM) extends enterprise IP telephony capabilities to devices such as VoIP phones, media processing platforms, Voice over IP gateways, and multimedia applications deployed throughout the network. CUCM supports additional combined media services like messaging, video conferencing, and team interaction networks. For more information about Progent's CUCM support, visit CUCM expertise.
  • Cisco CallManager is Cisco's legacy call-processing agent and has been superseded by CUCM. Progent's consultants can help your company to support your existing CallManager environment or upgrade smoothly to Cisco's current IP telephony solutions. To find out about Progent's expertise for CallManager and Cisco's other older IP voice products, refer to CallManager expertise.
  • Cisco IP Gateways enable connectivity with public telephony networks and with users operating outside the corporate perimeter like at-home workers. Progent offers expert support for Cisco's earlier generation IP gateways including the UC520, UC540 and UC560 products as well as for modern Cisco SIP gateways. See Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateway integration consulting.
  • Additional VoIP Platforms supported by Progent include Vonage, Intermedia Unite and 8x8. Progent can assist you to enhance your WAN architecture to work with these solutions and deliver as-needed deployment and debugging expertise.

Voice/Video Conferencing for At-Home Workers
A wide selection of video conferencing products from major vendors support online discussions, video conferencing, chat sessions, and screen/content sharing for both local users and at-home workers. Many organizations utilize a mix of products to meet the needs of their different partners and customers. Progent's communications experts can assist your organization to maintain your existing conferencing ecosystem and optimize the productivity of your at-home employees.

  • Skype for Business is Microsoft's leading communications platform that enables real-time presence, instant messaging, voice and video calling and conferencing plus the transparent integration of these functions within Office desktop and Microsoft 365 productivity software such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook. Progent offers the skills of Microsoft-certified specialists who can assist your company to configure and maintain Skype for Business client software to accommodate your remote employees. For details about Progent's support services for Skype for Business, refer to Skype for Business consulting experts.
  • FaceTime is Apple's multiuser video phone app for compatible iOS and macOS computers and smartphones. FaceTime works over Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connections. Later editions of FaceTime allow up to 32 simultaneous users for video sessions. For details about Progent's support services for FaceTime, visit Progent's FaceTime configuration expertise.
  • Webex Meeting Center supports remote conferencing for most desktop or mobile devices. Delivered through Cisco's Webex Cloud, Webex services include sharing granular content or computer screens, presentations that embed rich media including Microsoft PowerPoint, session capture, plus revision and playback for training. To learn more about Progent's support expertise for Webex and for other IP video solutions from Cisco, refer to Progent's Webex Meeting Center support services.
  • Teams is Microsoft's follow-up for Skype for Business. Teams provides a hub for conferencing, contacts, and information with features such as video conferencing, persistent chat, plus data sharing. To learn more about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft Teams and for additional Microsoft 365 apps, visit Progent's Microsoft Teams consulting services.
  • Additional Voice/Video Conferencing Apps supported by Progent's conferencing experts include Google Meet, Amazon Chime, Zoom, and Slack. Progent can provide configuration and troubleshooting services for these products and help your business to optimize your WAN architecture to run them.

Microsoft Collaboration Software for an At-Home Workforce
Microsoft's collaboration platforms are tightly integrated with Microsoft's familiar Office and Microsoft 365 families, providing a rich ecosystem of applications that create a cohesive user experience for sharing information throughout multiple sites and on a wide selection of endpoints. Progent has provided online consulting services for Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange Server since their initial publication and can help your company to tune these flagship collaboration products to optimize the effectiveness of your at-home 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 Experts for TelecommutersMicrosoft Teams works on top of Microsoft 365 and integrates with third-party cloud services to provide real-time collaboration. Developed as a substitute for Skype for Business Online, Microsoft Teams can enable chat, video meetings that include screen sharing, calling, cloud voicemail, group email, plus file and application sharing. Teams is tightly integrated with Microsoft 365 and depends on Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Entra (previously called Azure Active Directory) for supporting its complete range of capabilities. To learn more about Progent's support services for Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium, visit planning and deployment consulting for Microsoft Teams.

SharePoint Integration Experts for Remote WorkersSharePoint uses web sites to promote collaboration and information sharing by providing policy-based access to data, workflow, and tools for looking through company-wide business data. SharePoint enables you to create protected web portals that permits at-home workforce to see and update consolidated corporate intelligence via Intranets (Wikis), Blogs, social sites, and Web Parts. For details about Progent's SharePoint consulting services, see SharePoint integration and development expertise.

Exchange Configuration Consultants for At-Home 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. To learn about Progent's Exchange consulting expertise, refer to deployment expertise for Microsoft Exchange Server.

Onedrive Deployment 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 colleagues anywhere can share them safely via a browser. Included with Microsoft 365, OneDrive enables home employees to co-edit files. Revisions created offline are synced when you reconnect to the Internet. To learn about Progent's expertise for Microsoft OneDrive, go to Onedrive configuration experts.

Cloud Integration for Teleworkers
Progent offers advanced online assistance for helping organizations to build, manage and optimize cohesive hybrid network models that incorporate physical data centers, at-home workers, branches, plus cloud services. Progent offers expertise for all types of cloud service including Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Progent can help teleworkers fix issues with public cloud access, authentication, and security.

Azure Integration for TeleworkersMicrosoft Azure is a popular family of public cloud services that allows you to utilize infrastructure, virtual servers, and critical applications running on Microsoft's massive cloud. Azure offers more than one hundred cloud-based services such as the ability to host Windows and Linux-powered VMs, on-demand cloud storage, email and messaging, application development with Visual Studio, and data protection. Progent can assist your organization to deploy virtual machines on Azure Virtual Machines, configure storage on Azure Storage services, unify identity control with Azure Active Directory, and design data backup and recovery systems with Azure Backup. Progent's cloud experts can also show you how to establish secure access to Azure services for telecommuters by setting up and troubleshooting firewalls and VPN tunnels. For details about Progent's expertise for Microsoft Azure, go to Azure consulting.

Microsoft 365 Integration Services for At-Home WorkersMicrosoft 365, previously called Office 365, is Microsoft's popular family of business productivity applications and cloud services available by subscription. Microsoft applications and services are provided in a selection of plans intended for customers ranging from students and households to large enterprises. Progent offers quick and easy remote contact with consultants familiar with Microsoft 365-compatible endpoint devices running Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google Android technology. Progent's experts can assist you to assess the various subscription bundles offered with Microsoft 365 and deploy 365 apps for your telecommuters to achieve maximum business value. For information about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft 365, go to Microsoft 365 consulting expertise.

Exchange Online Integration for TeleworkersMicrosoft 365 Exchange Online is one of the most popular cloud-based applications in Azure-hosted Microsoft 365 product line. Exchange Online provides the benefits of reduced spending for data center infrastructure, easier management, dynamic scaling, high reliability, and additional advantages inherent with cloud computing. Microsoft has engineered Microsoft 365 Exchange Online to run smoothly with local deployments of Exchange, enabling customers to build hybrid cloud/onsite information systems. Progent's Exchange consultants can provide occasional assistance to guide you through challenging IT bottlenecks and can also provide end-to-end project management outsourcing to make sure your teleworkers have easy and secure access to your Exchange Online environment. To learn Progent's consulting services for Exchange Online, refer to Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration and troubleshooting consulting.

Amazon AWS Integration Services for Remote WorkersAmazon AWS is a trailblazer in the public cloud arena and is the industry's biggest provider of cloud-based services. Progent can provide quick and economical online contact with cloud integration experts who can assist your business to plan, implement, manage, and debug hybrid IT networks that integrate Amazon AWS cloud services with local data centers and with other public clouds like Azure. Progent also can provide access to Cisco-certified CCIE networking experts to assist your company to build a high-uptime network architecture to make sure your employees have a productive computing experience regardless of whether they are working from your headquarters, a remote branch, from home, or on the road. To find out about Progent's consulting services for Amazon AWS, visit Amazon AWS consulting expertise.

Google Cloud Platform Integration Services for At-Home WorkersGoogle Cloud Platform is a popular set of cloud computing services that offers Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service products. Progent's Microsoft, Linux, and Cisco experts can assist your business to extend your current IT resources with the Google Cloud Platform, and Progent's DBA experts can show you how to make your mission-critical applications cloud friendly so your telecommuters can benefit fully from Google Cloud Platform services. Progent's consultants can assist you to set up VMs on Google Cloud Compute Engine, plan an efficient storage system with GCP Storage services, and streamline access control for remote workers with GCP Cloud Identity. Progent can also help your business to utilize GCP's unified management technology to administer and track your Google Cloud ecosystem. To learn, visit Google Cloud Platform integration support.

Help Desk Services for Teleworkers
A sudden, organization-wide transition to a teleworker workforce, which might be activated by a pandemic or as an element of a disaster recovery plan, can overstretch even a well-staffed in-house Help Desk. Progent's Call Center services allow organizations to outsource or augment their Help Desk Call Center by using Progent's online Technical Response Center team.

  • Progent's Standard Call Center support services utilize Progent's nationwide network of remote technical support experts combined with enterprise-class ticketing and tracking software to offer an affordable, modern Call Center. Progent's Standard Help Desk Services offer a comprehensive solution that handles all facets of online Level 1 PC technical support from initial service requests through ticket generation, screen sharing, issue resolution, and incident reporting. A web-based User's Service Portal allows teleworkers to monitor or edit the status of their active trouble tickets, enter details, and upload screenshots and relevant files. Technical support services are provided at a significant discount off Progent's normal Level 1 desktop support charges, and Progent makes available the option of rapid escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 IT experts to deal with complex issues. To find out more, go to Progent's Standard Helpdesk Services for small and mid-size businesses.
  • Progent's Call Desk Augmentation Service allows you to supplement your current Call Desk team by splitting responsibilities for Help Desk Call Center support services transparently between your regular IT support personnel and Progent's extensive pool of PC support engineers and subject matter experts. Progent's co-managed Call Center service is based on a co-sourcing support solution based on the number one PSA tool for managing help requests and ticketing, establishing ownership, tracking progress, and generating management reports. For information about how Progent's Call Center Augmentation Services can help your company to provide world-class technical support to your telecommuters, refer to Progent's Support Desk supplementation Services.

Security for Telecommuters
At-home staff members typically utilize their own computing devices and usually work in an unsecured physical environment. This multiplies their vulnerability to cyber threats and calls for judicious deployment of corporate firewalls, AV tools, multi-factor authentication, remote monitoring, extensive user education, and the development of policies based on best practices. Progent's veteran roster of cybersecurity support consultants can help you to plan, configure and maintain an effective security solution that guards critical information resources in networks that include telecommuters.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls enable you to create a network that can be securely accessed by local users and by teleworkers, mobile users, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders. Next-generation firewall devices allow you to assign and control different permissions to various groups of users and to scale your IT network and adjust your security profile as your company evolves and as network attacks become more sophisticated. Progent supports both new and older firewall devices from all major vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, Juniper, SonicWall and Fortinet. To find out more about Progent's firewall integration expertise, go to firewall support expertise.

Remote Security Monitoring and Management for TeleworkersRemote Endpoint Monitoring makes it easy to watch over the various devices utilized by an at-home workforce and either block or spot and respond to the latest cyber attacks like ransomware. With ProSight Active Security Monitoring (ASM) services, a small-footprint agent is installed on each secured endpoint, watching all activity and using state-of-the-art behavioral threat analysis from SentinelOne to identify new attacks before they can spread. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight ASM immediately disconnects the targeted device from the corporate network to contain the malware. Because the ProSight ASM agent is self-contained, endpoints remain secure even if they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, dealer, and integrator. To find out more about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, see remote endpoint monitoring for at-home workers.

Two-factor Authentication (2FA) Services for TelecommutersProgent's Duo MFA Service Plans utilize Cisco's Duo technology to protect against password theft through the use of two-factor authentication. Duo supports one-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices. With Duo 2FA, whenever you log into a protected online account and enter your password you are requested to verify your identity via a device that only you possess and that is accessed using a separate network channel. A broad selection of out-of-band devices can be used for this second means of ID validation including a smartphone or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline telephone, etc. You may register multiple verification devices. For details about ProSight Duo identity validation services, refer to Cisco Duo MFA two-factor authentication services for an at-home workforce.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the exposure of your information system to all classes of external and local security threats for a network that includes teleworkers. Progent can deploy remote, automated cybersecurity inventory scanning for quickly and economically detecting a broad range of security holes that can be found via the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be managed by data security professionals with top credentials such as CISA, ISSAP, and GIAC, can assist you to evaluate your operations and governance policies and review your network infrastructure to enable you to implement top-level security for your remote workers.

NodeZero Pentetration Testing for Work-from-Home EnpointsHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Pentest Platform is a cutting-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports autonomous testing of your work-from-home environment and your internal and perimeter networks to help you uncover, rank, fix, and verify cybersecurity vulnerabilities before threat actors can take advantage of them. Progent's pentest experts can help you to deploy NodeZero to carry out thorough pentests of your network perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure in order to evaluate your present security profile. Progent can also assist you to harden your network security and can assist you to plan and deploy a unified cybersecurity strategy that streamlines management and delivers optimum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, remote, and perimeter IT resources. To find out more details about Progent's threat analysis solutions based on on NodeZero's pentest platform, see Consulting Support for NodeZero's Pentest Platform.

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

Data Protection for Teleworkers
Data Protection covers saving and restoring vital data in order to avoid data loss and reduce restoration time and effort in case of storage failures resulting from hardware issues, software hiccups, operator mistakes, malware, or any other reason. Dependable data protection solutions can be especially challenging to architect and maintain in hybrid environments that combine local data centers, public clouds, and at-home workers.

  • Backup/Restore strategies for remote workers must cover diverse kinds of user-owned endpoint devices. Progent offers quick online access to experts knowledgeable about a wide range of products for backing up Windows, Apple Mac and Linux/UNIX powered servers and desktops as well as notebooks, iPads and handhelds. Leading backup/recovery products maintained by Progent's backup/recovery consultants include Barracuda Backup, Microsoft Azure Backup, Symantec Backup Exec, Acronis Backup and Recovery, Mozy, and Time Machine. To protect resources spread throughout a hybrid network, Progent can provide ProSight Data Protection Services, a managed backup/recovery subscription service that uses cloud storage and features fine-grained restore and unified management.
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plans often envision scenarios that require a quick switch to an at-home workforce. Progent's senior disaster recovery preparedness consultants and business continuity planning consultants can assist your company to produce, document and validate a DR/BC plan that addresses the logistics of switching to telecommuting.

Unified Management for Teleworkers
Microsoft has rebranded and reshuffled its endpoint management products under the title Endpoint Manager, which encompasses Intune for cloud management of remote devices and Configuration Manager for managing onsite computers. Endpoint Manager offers a unified platform for safeguarding corporate data by controlling on-premises, mobile, and at-home endpoint devices.

Intune
Intune is part of Microsoft's Endpoint Management family that also features Microsoft Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud service for managing and protecting mobile devices and applications. Managed endpoint devices can be user owned or company owned. IT admins managing the endpoint computers of telecommuters can utilize Intune to provision and authenticate applications on managed devices, push updates and certificates, set up policies for accessing data and networks, manage passwords, establish VPN tunnels, control how home-based workers share information, establish threat defense, verify compliance, and wipe sensitive data from lost, stolen or deactivated devices. Microsoft Intune works with Apple iOS, Google Android, Windows, and macOS devices. To find out about Microsoft Intune and how Progent can assist your company to use this platform to administer the devices of your teleworkers, refer to Intune teleworker endpoint management expertise.

VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is a feature-rich unified Mobile Device Management platform that allows network administrators to keep remote endpoints up to date and secure. Workspace ONE uses VMware AirWatch for centralized endpoint administration combined with VMware's Horizon virtual application delivery technology for access control, app management, and configuration management of endpoint computers. Workspace ONE runs with endpoints powered by Windows 10, macOS, iOS, Android, Chrome OS, or popular distributions of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is available by subscription as a cloud-based service or as an on-site product through a perpetual license. Top capabilities of Workspace ONE include fast over-the-air deployment of new laptops, quick onboarding of new users, policy setting and enforcement for all categories of endpoints, unifies reporting and analytics, an email encryption gateway, and integration with Microsoft applications and cloud-based services. For details about Progent's expertise for VMware Workspace ONE, visit VMware Workspace ONE mobile device management expertise.

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Support Services
To get in touch with Progent about creating and managing an efficient telecommuter environment for your San Juan, Puerto Rico company, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.