Enlarging your at-home workforce can have a significant effect on network architecture, cybersecurity, and corporate processes. Progent has 20 years of experience assisting SMBs to plan, configure, administer, tune, and debug IT networks that support at-home workers. Progent can assist your Anchorage organization to pick the appropriate technologies and follow best practices in creating and maintaining a safe virtual solution for teleworkers that promotes teamwork and returns top value. Progent offers services that go from as-needed guidance for helping you over occasional IT bottlenecks to full project management to help you successfully complete business-critical tasks.

Progent can help Anchorage, Alaska businesses to with any aspect of building a high-performing work-from-home ecosystem by providing network infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX expertise, voice/video conferencing integration, collaboration platform selection and deployment, cloud integration, Help Desk augmentation, data security, data protection solutions, and unified management.

Network Infrastructure for a Remote Workforce
Configuring the network infrastructure needed to support a remote work environment can be particularly complex if you must manage a combination of worker-owned equipment like desktop computers and notebooks, routers, and wireless APs from various vendors and with a variety of OS software and firmware levels. Progent's background providing online help for both outdated and current IT products in remote office venues allows you to make cost-effective use of your existing network infrastructure and offers fast access to expertise for implement necessary updates. Support services offered by Progent to help your company to implement a high-functioning telecommuting infrastructure include:

  • Virtual Private Network connectivity makes it possible to create a secure tunnel for authenticated at-home employees to access IT assets located at your corporate datacenter or in the cloud. Progent can assist you to configure and maintain VPN access between your teleworkers and your various IT resources by providing online VPN integration consulting. For businesses with Cisco's ASA firewalls, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA experts can help your telecommuters to set up Cisco's popular AnyConnect client software to provide secure VPN connections for a wide selection of devices including Microsoft Windows, Mac, Apple iOS, Linux, and Google Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) products enable an at-home worker to see and interact with a remote computer's desktop. This provides network managers more control over the computing environment of at-home employees and ensures them a consistent and more productive work experience. Progent's VDI consulting services include Windows Remote Desktop integration and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI solutions.
  • Routers attach home computer networks to the Internet and typically support VPN connections, home wireless connectivity, and firewalls. Progent offers expert remote consulting for configuring home routers from a range of manufacturers. See router integration services from Cisco-certified consultants.
  • Home Wi-Fi networks, often supporting an entire household and guests, are frequently utilized by at-home employees to access their Internet router for work. This can create throughput and security problems. Progent can assist you to mitigate these problems by delivering services that include Aironet integration consulting, Cisco-certified Meraki wireless deployment consulting, and Ubiquiti WiFi access point integration help.
  • Internet connectivity methods affect the speed and reliability of connections between at-home workers and the company network. Vital applications might require backup Internet access in the event the normal connection fails. Progent offers guidance for selecting ISPs, selecting sensible bandwidth and data volume packages, and setting up redundant Internet access. Refer to Internet connectivity integration services.

Contact Progent for Telecommuter Expertise
To contact Progent about building and maintaining an efficient work-from-home environment for your Anchorage, Alaska organization, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.