Expanding your telecommuter workforce may have a major impact on network architecture, security/compliance, and corporate culture. Progent has two decades of experience helping small and mid-size businesses to design, configure, manage, optimize, and debug IT environments that support at-home workers. Progent can assist your Manchester company to select the appropriate tools and follow leading practices in building and operating a secure virtual ecosystem for teleworkers that promotes collaboration and delivers maximum business value. Progent offers services ranging from on demand expertise for getting you over challenging technical roadblocks to full project management to help you successfully complete mission-critical tasks.

Progent's consultants can help Manchester, New Hampshire organizations to with any aspect of creating a high-functioning telecommuting ecosystem by delivering network infrastructure configuration services, IP voice expertise, video conferencing integration, collaboration platform customization and training, cloud integration, Help Desk services, endpoint security, backup/restore solutions, and streamlined management.

Network Infrastructure for an At-Home Workforce
Integrating the physical and software infrastructure needed for a remote workforce can be especially complicated if you must accommodate a combination of worker-owned equipment like PCs and notebooks, Internet routers, and wireless APs from different manufacturers and with a mix of operating systems and firmware releases. Progent's background providing remote support for both legacy and current technologies in remote office venues allows you to make efficient use of your existing network infrastructure and offers fast access to top-tire consultants for implement essential updates. Support services available from Progent to help you to create a high-functioning work-at-home infrastructure include:

  • Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology makes it possible to establish a safe connection for authenticated at-home workers to use IT assets situated at your company data center or in a public cloud. Progent can help you to deploy and maintain VPN connections between your teleworkers and your various network resources by providing online VPN integration consulting. For organizations with Cisco's ASA security appliances, Progent's Cisco ASA consultants can help your at-home workers to utilize Cisco's popular AnyConnect client software to provide safe VPN connections for a wide range of devices such as Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux, and Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) products enable a telecommuter to see and use a remote computer's desktop. This technology gives IT managers substantial control over the computing environment of at-home employees and ensures remote users a familiar work experience. Progent's VDI consulting services include Windows Remote Desktop integration 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 firewall services. Progent can provide expert remote support for setting up routers from a variety of manufacturers. See router configuration support from Cisco-certified experts.
  • Home Wireless networks, typically shared by families and visitors, are frequently used by telecommuters to access their router for work. This can cause performance and security problems. Progent can assist you to resolve these issues by delivering expertise like Aironet integration consulting, Cisco-certified Meraki wireless installation consulting, and Ubiquiti Unifi wireless access point integration assistance.
  • Internet access solutions impact the performance and availability of connections between at-home workers and the corporate network. Vital processes might require redundant Internet connections in case the normal connection breaks. Progent offers expertise for identifying Internet service providers, choosing sensible bandwidth and data volume offerings, and setting up high-availability Internet connections. Refer to Internet access solutions.

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about creating and managing an efficient telecommuter environment for your Manchester, New Hampshire company, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.