Cisco Datacenter Solutions HelpData centers are the key to leveraging information technology assets to optimize the competitive value of a computer network. For small businesses, data centers have typically evolved in a haphazard manner, resulting in a state where processors and disks are underutilized, available communications capacity is overlooked, collaboration and knowledge sharing is limited, support demands are excessive, scaling or reconfiguring is expensive, protection is patchy, seemingly simple modifications turn into major challenges, and complete recovery from catastrophic failure is virtually impossible. Cisco's latest network devices and technologies enable a new generation of data center design that permits continual enhancements in processor, storage, network infrastructure, and application technologies in a manageable and economical way. Progent's consultants can assist you to identify and implement Cisco's connectivity technology to build a solid foundation for your data center and to improve your data center operations in critical areas including:

  • Processor and disk utilization
  • End-to-end security policy enforcement
  • Processor proliferation
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Disaster recovery
The important benefits that can accrue as a result of engaging Progent's network experts to enhance your data center include:
  • Lower ownership cost: enables IT to significantly lower acquisition expenses via consolidation and more efficient utilization of formerly separate equipment, slash maintenance expenses through streamlining and automating administrative jobs, and cut cooling and energy costs.
  • More Business Agility: permits IT management to react dynamically to evolving business conditions by allowing fast provisioning of application and network services from common aggregations of consolidated processor, disk, and network resources. This can streamline operational procedures and enable policy-based management.
  • Enhanced Business Resilience: enables IT to react to disruptions or attacks by safeguarding connections, applications, and data with advanced degrees of availability, comprehensive security, and disaster recovery.
  • Optimized Service Levels: permits IT management to improve network service levels by implementing secure, accelerated connectivity to data center-resident applications and data from any location and at any time across the organization.
Examples of Progent's Professional Assistance for Cisco-based Data Centers
Progent's certified Cisco experts offer a broad array of consulting services that can help companies of all sizes build a Cisco-powered architecture that will offer your data center a resilient and secure basis for current applications and future expansion. Support services include:
  • Designing efficient firewall protection configurations powered by Cisco PIX and ASA firewall technology
  • Installing and troubleshooting protected VPN access for connecting data centers to other data centers, corporate offices, and mobile users
  • Planning, and integrating resilient fault tolerant switching, routing, and Internet connectivity architectures in which single point failures do not disrupt availability of services
  • Configuring multiple ISPs with seamless transfer based on BGP protocols. Progent can assist clients through the complete process of paperwork with Internet authorities, getting ASN numbers and IP addresses allocated, working with ISP carriers to set up their environments, and deploying and checking customer devices.
  • Implementing segmented and protected virtual LAN architectures to compliment VMware and Microsoft virtual server deployments
  • Designing, deploying and helping customers to administer 24x7 intrusion prevention systems (IPS) so that attacks can be detected rapidly and defeated before they disrupt your business
  • Planning, configuring, and supporting load balancing solutions. Working with customers, Progent can match customer needs to the appropriate technology and deploy load balancing at the application level, server level, or connectivity infrastructure layer. Progent's load balancing solutions allow for transparent and scalable expansion, dependability, performance, and fault tolerance.
  • Progent can create affordable network management solutions based on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Netflow protocols, along with Cisco Security Manager and a variety of 3rd party solutions that offer network managers a useful real-time view into the operation of their data center's infrastructure
  • Configuring and supporting advanced data center capable routers and switches such as the Cisco Catalyst 4500, 6500, and 6800 family switches, Nexus 6000 and 7000 switches, and Cisco 7200 and 12000 routers.
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