Expanding your remote workforce can have a major impact on IT architecture, security, and company processes. Progent has 20 years of experience assisting small and mid-size businesses to design, configure, administer, optimize, and debug IT environments that support work-from-home employees. Progent can help your Brasília organization to pick the right tools and follow leading practices in creating and maintaining a safe virtual solution for teleworkers that promotes collaboration and delivers maximum business value. Progent offers services that go from on demand guidance for helping you over occasional technical roadblocks to full project management or co-management to help you carry out mission-critical initiatives.

Progent can assist Brasília, Federal District companies to succeed with any facet of creating a high-functioning telecommuting environment by providing network infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, video conferencing integration, collaboration platform selection and deployment, public cloud integration, helpdesk outsourcing, security monitoring, data protection solutions, and centralized management.

Network Infrastructure for Teleworkers
Integrating the network infrastructure needed to support a remote workforce can be especially challenging if you must accommodate a mix of personal equipment like desktop computers and notebooks, routers, and wireless appliances from different vendors and with a variety of operating systems and firmware levels. Progent's background providing remote support for both legacy as well as modern IT products in remote office venues allows you to make cost-effective use of your available infrastructure and offers fast access to expertise for making necessary updates. Support services available from Progent to assist your company to implement a high-functioning work-at-home infrastructure include:

  • Virtual Private Network connectivity allows you to establish a safe connection for authorized at-home workers to access IT assets located at your corporate data center or in a public cloud. Progent's consultants can help your company to deploy and maintain VPN connections between your at-home workforce and your various network resources by providing remote VPN configuration support. For businesses using Cisco's ASA security appliances, Progent's Cisco ASA experts can assist your at-home workers to set up Cisco's popular AnyConnect software to provide secure VPN tunneling for a wide selection of endpoint devices including Windows, macOS, Apple iOS, Linux, and Google Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure products allow a telecommuter to view and interact with a remote PC's desktop. This technology gives network managers significant control over the digital ecosystem of telecommuters and offers them a familiar work experience. Progent's virtual desktop services include Windows Remote Desktop support and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI consulting.
  • Routers connect home networks to the Internet and support VPN tunnels, home wireless connectivity, and firewalls. Progent offers top-tier online consulting for configuring routers from a variety of manufacturers. See router integration support from Cisco-certified consultants.
  • Home Wireless networks, typically shared by an entire household and visitors, are frequently utilized by at-home employees to access their Internet router for work. This can cause performance as well as cybersecurity issues. Progent can assist businesses to mitigate these issues by providing expertise that include Cisco Aironet integration expertise, Cisco-certified Meraki wireless installation consulting, and Ubiquiti wireless access point integration help.
  • Internet access solutions impact the speed and availability of connections between telecommuters and the company data center. Line-of-business applications may demand redundant Internet access in case the normal connection fails. Progent can provide guidance for selecting ISPs, picking sensible service offerings, and setting up redundant Internet access. Refer to Internet connectivity integration services.

IP Voice Integration for Teleworkers
Extending the company PBX system to include teleworkers is critical to supporting a productive work-at-home solution. A variety of cloud-based digital PBX platforms are popular with SMBs to support teleworkers. Many larger organizations depend on Cisco's current or older platforms for VoIP solutions. Progent can assist businesses of all sizes to plan or maintain a remote VoIP service that delivers the versatility, transparency and security required for at-home workers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE Voice experts can provide high-level support to assist businesses tune their current Cisco IP voice systems to handle a growing at-home workforce.

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco Unified CM) delivers high-end telephony capabilities to devices like IP phones, media processing products, VoIP gateways, and mixed media applications used across the network. Unified Communications Manager manages additional combined media services like messaging, voice/video conferencing, and customer collaboration networks. For more information about Progent's Unified Communications Manager support, refer to CUCM expertise.
  • Cisco CallManager is Cisco's legacy call-processing software and has been superseded by CUCM. Progent's consultants can help your company to support your current CallManager deployment or migrate smoothly to Cisco's modern IP telephony products. To find out about Progent's expertise for Cisco CallManager and Cisco's other legacy IP voice platforms, visit CallManager consulting services.
  • Cisco IP Gateways enable connectivity with PSTN networks and with clients working beyond the corporate perimeter like telecommuters. Progent can provide expert support for Cisco's legacy IP gateways including the UC520, UC540 and UC560 products and for current Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateways. See Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateway configuration consulting.
  • Other VoIP Products supported by Progent's consultants include Vonage, Intermedia Unite and 8x8. Progent can assist you to expand your WAN infrastructure to support these solutions and deliver as-needed integration and debugging expertise.

Voice/Video Conferencing for Telecommuters
A wide selection of voice/video conferencing platforms from leading vendors support online discussions, video and voice conferencing, chat sessions, and screen sharing for both onsite users and at-home workers. Many organizations utilize multiple conferencing products to meet the needs of their different partners and customers. Progent can help your organization to manage your existing conferencing environment and enhance the productivity of your remote employees.

  • Skype for Business is Microsoft's leading unified communications platform that enables presence, instant messaging, voice and video calling and conferencing plus the seamless integration of these functions within Office desktop and Microsoft 365 applications such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook. Progent offers the expertise of Microsoft-certified specialists who can assist you to deploy and manage Skype for Business client software to support your at-home workforce. To learn more about Progent's consulting expertise for Skype for Business, refer to Skype for Business integration services.
  • FaceTime is Apple's multiuser video phone platform for compatible iOS, iPadOS, iPod and macOS devices. FaceTime runs on Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connections. Later versions of FaceTime allow up to 32 simultaneous users for video calls. For details about Progent's support services for FaceTime, visit Progent's FaceTime configuration expertise.
  • Webex Meeting Center provides remote conferencing for most desktop or mobile devices. Offered via Cisco's Webex Cloud platform, Webex services include sharing granular content or screens, presentations that incorporate rich media such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Flash videos, network-based recording, plus revision and playback for future reference. To learn more about Progent's support expertise for Webex and for additional video conferencing products from Cisco, visit Progent's Webex Meeting Center support services.
  • Teams is Microsoft's follow-up for Skype for Business. Teams provides a portal for conversations, contacts, and information with capabilities such as IP voice and video calling, threaded chat, plus data sharing. For details about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft Teams and for additional Microsoft 365 products, visit Progent's Microsoft Teams consulting services.
  • Additional Conferencing Apps supported by Progent include Google Meet, Amazon Chime, Zoom, and Slack. Progent can deliver configuration and troubleshooting expertise for these conferencing platforms and help you to optimize your WAN infrastructure to run them.

Microsoft Collaboration Software for an At-Home Workforce
Microsoft's collaboration products are closely integrated with Microsoft's popular Office and Microsoft 365 suites, offering a rich ecosystem of applications that deliver a cohesive user experience for exchanging information throughout multiple sites and on a broad range of endpoints. Progent has delivered remote consulting services for SharePoint and Exchange Server since their initial publication and can help businesses to tune these critical collaboration platforms to maximize the productivity 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 Consultants for At-Home WorkersMicrosoft Teams works with Microsoft 365 and supports third-party cloud services to deliver real-time collaboration and communication. Developed as a substitute for Skype for Business Online, Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium can support chat, video meetings with screen sharing, phone calls, cloud voicemail, group email, plus file and application sharing. Teams is closely integrated with Microsoft 365 and depends on Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Entra (previously called Azure Active Directory) for delivering its full range of features. For details about Progent's support services for Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium, see planning and deployment consulting for Microsoft Teams.

SharePoint Server Integration Experts for At-Home WorkersSharePoint utilizes web entities to enable collaboration and knowledge sharing by offering policy-driven delivery of data, business processes, and tools for looking through enterprise-wide business data. SharePoint permits you to create protected web portals that permits remote workforce to see and edit consolidated business intelligence by means of Intranets (Wikis), Blogs, social web sites, and Web Parts. For details about Progent's SharePoint consulting services, refer to SharePoint integration and application development expertise.

Exchange Configuration Experts 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. For details about Progent's Exchange consulting services, visit planning and configuration consulting for Microsoft Exchange.

Onedrive Integration Experts for At-Home WorkersOneDrive is Microsoft�s collaborative cloud storage service, comparable to GoogleDrive. At-home users can store files to OneDrive, and colleagues anywhere can access them safely through a web browser. Provided with Microsoft 365, OneDrive allows remote workers to co-author files. Revisions created offline are uploaded when you go back online. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Microsoft OneDrive, see Microsoft Onedrive integration consulting.

Public Cloud Integration for Telecommuters
Progent can provide fast and affordable online assistance for enabling businesses to create, maintain and troubleshoot integrated hybrid network architectures that include internal data centers, telecommuters, branches, plus cloud resources. Progent offers top-tier consultant for all types of public cloud service delivery such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service. Progent can help teleworkers resolve problems with public cloud connectivity, authentication, and security.

Azure Integration for TeleworkersAzure is a popular family of cloud software and services that allows you to use IT infrastructure, servers, and critical apps hosted on Microsoft's extensive cloud. Azure includes more than 100 cloud-based services such as hosting for Windows and Linux-based virtual machines, scalable cloud storage, messaging, app development with Visual Studio, and backup/restore. Progent can help your organization to deploy VMs on Azure Virtual Machines, configure cloud-based storage on Azure Storage services, streamline identity management with Azure AD, and plan data backup and recovery systems with Azure Backup. Progent can also show you how to create protected connections to Azure for teleworkers by configuring and debugging firewall appliances and VPN tunnels. To find out about Progent's expertise for Azure, refer to Microsoft Azure consulting services.

Microsoft 365 Integration Services for TeleworkersMicrosoft 365, formerly called Office 365, is Microsoft's growing family of business productivity software and cloud-based services available on a subscription basis. Office apps and services are marketed in a variety of plans designed for users ranging from individuals and small offices to major enterprises. Progent can provide quick and easy remote contact with consultants knowledgeable about Microsoft 365-compatible endpoints based on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Google Android operating systems. Progent's experts can help you to evaluate the various subscription bundles available for Microsoft 365 and configure 365 apps for your telecommuters in a way that delivers top business value. For details about Progent's support services for Microsoft 365, visit Microsoft 365 integration expertise.

Exchange Online Integration Services for TeleworkersMicrosoft 365 Exchange Online is among the most popular applications in the Microsoft 365 product line. Exchange Online provides the advantages of reduced spending for physical infrastructure, easier management, on-demand scaling, high reliability, and other benefits inherent with public clouds. Microsoft has designed Exchange Online to run smoothly with local Exchange environments, allowing you to build hybrid networks. Progent's certified Exchange experts can provide occasional help to get you through tough technical bottlenecks and can also provide comprehensive project management outsourcing to make sure your telecommuters have easy and secure access to your Exchange Online environment. For details Progent's support services for Exchange Online, refer to Microsoft 365 Exchange Online integration and troubleshooting consulting.

Amazon AWS Integration Services for TelecommutersAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a pioneer in the public cloud arena and is the world's biggest source of cloud services. Progent offers fast and economical online contact with cloud connectivity experts who can assist your business to design, implement, manage, and troubleshoot hybrid information networks that incorporate Amazon AWS cloud-based services with local resources and with other public clouds like Azure. Progent also can provide the skills of Cisco-certified CCIE networking experts to help you to create a high-uptime network model to make sure your employees have a productive computing environment whether they are working from your main office, a remote branch, from home, or on the road. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Amazon AWS, refer to Amazon AWS consulting support.

Google Cloud Platform Integration for TelecommutersGoogle Cloud is a popular set of public cloud services that provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service products. Progent's Microsoft, Linux, and Cisco experts can help your business to expand your existing IT resources with the Google Cloud, and Progent's database consultants can show you how to make your key applications cloud friendly so your telecommuters can benefit fully from Google Cloud services. Progent's consultants can help your organization to deploy virtual machines on GCP Compute Engine, design an efficient storage system with Google Cloud Storage, and simplify access management for telecommuters with GCP Cloud Identity services. Progent can also help your business to utilize GCP's management technology to administer and track your GCP ecosystem. For details, go to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) consulting services.

Help Desk Support for At-Home Workers
A sudden, company-wide switchover to a teleworker workforce, which might be the result of a pandemic or as a component of a disaster recovery/business continuity preparedness plan, can overwhelm even the most efficient in-house Call Center. Progent's Help Desk services make it possible for businesses of any size to outsource or expand their Help Desk Call Center with Progent's remote Technical Response Center (TRC) services.

  • Progent's Standard Help Desk support services utilize Progent's nationwide network of online technical support experts along with enterprise-class trouble ticketing and follow-up technology to offer an economical, advanced Support Desk. Progent's Standard Help Desk Services offer a comprehensive solution that handles all aspects of remote Level 1 desktop technical support from initial help requests through trouble ticket generation, desktop sharing, problem resolution, and incident reporting. A web-based User's Service Portal allows from-home workers to track or revise the status of their current trouble tickets, enter information, and append screen captures or relevant files. Support services are provided at a significant discount off Progent's normal Level 1 desktop service charges, and Progent offers the option of fast escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 IT experts to deal with complex issues. For details, see Progent's Standard Helpdesk Services outsourcing for small companies.
  • Progent's Help Desk Supplemental Service allows you to supplement your current Support Desk organization by sharing responsibilities for Help Desk support transparently between your regular IT support organization and Progent's nationwide roster of PC support engineers and subject matter specialists. Progent's shared Help Desk service is based on a co-sourcing support solution utilizing the leading professional services automation (PSA) tool for handling help requests and trouble tickets, establishing responsibility, tracking progress, and producing management reports. For information about how Progent's Help Desk Call Center Augmentation Services can help your company to provide best-in-class desktop support to your telecommuters, visit Progent's Call Desk supplementation Services.

Cybersecurity for Telecommuters
At-home employees commonly use their own devices and usually work in a poorly secured physical space. This situation increases their vulnerability to malware threats and calls for judicious deployment of firewalls, anti-malware tools, MFA-based identity verification, remote endpoint monitoring, extensive user education, and the development of policies based on leading practices. Progent's veteran roster of data security solutions experts can assist you to design, implement and maintain a compliant cybersecurity solution that protects critical IT resources in networks that incorporate an at-home workforce.

Firewall Integration Services for At-Home WorkersFirewalls enable companies to create a network that can be securely accessed by local users and by teleworkers, mobile users, vendors, clients, and the public. Next-generation firewall appliances permit you to configure and manage different permissions to various classes of users and to expand your IT network and modify your security as your company evolves and as network attacks grow more complex. Progent supports both current and older security devices from all major manufacturers like Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard, Juniper, and Fortinet. To find out more about Progent's firewall support services, refer to firewall support expertise.

Remote Endpoint Monitoring and Management for TelecommutersRemote Endpoint Monitoring makes it possible to track the various computers used by teleworkers and either reject or spot and mitigate modern cyber attacks like ransomware. With Progent's ProSight Active Security Monitoring services, a lightweight software agent is put on every protected endpoint device, watching all activity and utilizing state-of-the-art behavioral threat analysis from SentinelOne to detect zero-day threats before they can spread. When a cyberattack is spotted, ProSight Active Security Monitoring immediately disconnects the impacted endpoint device from the corporate network to quarantine the threat. Because the ProSight ASM software agent is autonomous, endpoint devices stay protected even when they are disconnected from the Internet. Progent is a SentinelOne Partner, reseller, and integrator. To learn more about ProSight Active Security Monitoring, refer to remote endpoint security monitoring for remote workers.

Two-factor Authentication Services for TelecommutersProgent's Duo MFA Managed Services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft by using two-factor authentication. Duo enables single-tap identity confirmation with Apple iOS, Android, and other personal devices. With 2FA, whenever you sign into a protected online account and enter your password you are asked to confirm your identity on a device that only you possess and that uses a different ("out-of-band") network channel. A wide selection of devices can be utilized for this added means of authentication including an iPhone or Android or watch, a hardware/software token, a landline phone, etc. You can register multiple validation devices. To find out more about ProSight Duo two-factor identity authentication services, see Duo MFA two-factor authentication (2FA) services for telecommuters.

Security Audit Services for At-Home WorkersSecurity Audits can assess the vulnerability of your information system to all classes of outside and internal security threats for a network that includes teleworkers. Progent can run online, automated security analysis software for quickly and affordably uncovering a wide variety of security weaknesses that can be surfaced over the Internet. Progent's security audit consulting services, which can be managed by data security experts with top credentials such as CISA, ISSAP, and GIAC, can assist your company to audit your workflows and policies and assess your network infrastructure to allow you to design the highest level of protection for your remote workers.

NodeZero Pen Testing for At-Home WorkersHorizon3.ai's NodeZero Penetration Testing Platform is a leading-edge penetration test (pentest) product family that supports automated testing of your at-home connectivity solution as well as your internal and perimeter networks so you can uncover, prioritize, remediate, and confirm cybersecurity weaknesses before malicious hackers can take advantage of them. Progent's pentest experts can assist you to deploy NodeZero to perform comprehensive pentests of your perimeter and your internal IT infrastructure in order to determine 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 ecosystem that streamlines management and provides optimum cyber defense for on-prem, cloud-based, remote, and perimeter IT assets. To find out more details about Progent's threat analysis services powered by on NodeZero's pentest products, see Consulting Services for NodeZero's Penetration Test Products.

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

Data Protection for Teleworkers
Data Protection involves backing up and restoring vital information in order to avoid data loss and minimize recovery time in case of storage system problems due to hardware breakdowns, software glitches, user error, malware, or other causes. Reliable data protection solutions can be particularly challenging to design and manage in hybrid networks that combine in-house data centers, public clouds, and an at-home workforce.

  • Backup/Restore strategies for telecommuters must cover diverse kinds of personally owned endpoints. Progent can provide quick remote help from experts knowledgeable about a broad range of platforms for backing up Windows, Apple and Linux/UNIX powered servers and desktop computers as well as notebooks, iPads and handhelds. Popular backup/restore solutions maintained by Progent's data protection experts include Barracuda Backup, Microsoft Azure Backup, Symantec Backup Exec, CrashPlan, Retrospect, and Time Machine. To protect resources distributed throughout a wide area network, Progent can provide ProSight Data Protection Services, a managed backup/recovery service that utilizes cloud-based storage and features fine-grained restore and centralized management capabilities.
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity strategies commonly envision scenarios that require a temporary switch to an at-home workforce. Progent's expert disaster recovery planning consultants and business continuity planning specialists can help your company to produce, document and test a DR/BC plan that includes the logistics of moving to an at-home workforce.

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

Intune
Intune is part of Microsoft's Endpoint Management family that also features Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud service for managing and protecting off-premises computers and software. Remote endpoint computers can be personally owned or company owned. Network administrators managing the endpoint devices of at-home workers can utilize Intune to provision and authenticate applications on devices, push patches and certificates, configure policies for accessing data and resources, manage passwords, create VPN connections, control how telecommuters share information, set up threat defense, ensure security compliance, and wipe sensitive data from lost, stolen or deactivated devices. Microsoft Intune works with iOS/iPadOS, Google Android, Windows, and macOS/OS X devices. For information about Intune and how Progent can help you to use this platform to administer the endpoint computers of your at-home workers, see Intune mobile device management experts.

VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is an advanced centralized Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform that helps network administrators to keep remote endpoint devices current and secure. Workspace ONE incorporates VMware AirWatch for centralized endpoint administration along with VMware's Horizon virtual application delivery technology for identity control, application management, and configuration management of endpoint devices. Workspace ONE operates with endpoints powered by Windows 10, macOS, Apple iOS, Google Android, Chrome OS, or leading distributions of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is offered by subscription as a cloud service or as an on-premises deployment through a perpetual license. Key capabilities of VMware Workspace ONE include rapid remote deployment of new notebooks, immediate onboarding of new users, policy setting and enforcement for all classes of endpoints, aggregated reporting and analytics, an email encryption gateway, and seamless integration with Microsoft applications and cloud products. For information about Progent's support services for VMware Workspace ONE, go to VMware Workspace ONE mobile device management consultants.

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Expertise
To contact Progent about building and maintaining an efficient work-from-home solution for your Brasília, Federal District business, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.