Expanding your at-home workforce may have a major effect on IT architecture, security/compliance, and company culture. Progent has two decades of experience helping SMBs to plan, configure, manage, optimize, and debug IT networks that support a remote workforce. Progent can help your Saddle Brook organization to select the right tools and follow leading practices in building and maintaining a safe virtual office ecosystem for telecommuters that promotes teamwork and returns top business value. Progent can provide support services that go from on demand guidance for helping you past challenging IT bottlenecks to full project management or co-management to help you carry out business-critical initiatives.

Progent can assist Saddle Brook, New Jersey organizations to with any aspect of building a high-functioning telecommuting environment by providing infrastructure configuration services, VoIP PBX troubleshooting, voice/video conferencing integration, collaboration platform selection and deployment, cloud integration, Help Desk services, security and compliance, data protection solutions, and centralized management.

Network Infrastructure for a Remote Workforce
Setting up the network infrastructure required to support an at-home work environment can be particularly complicated if you have to manage a mix of worker-owned equipment like PCs and notebooks, Internet routers, and wireless APs from an assortment of vendors and with a mix of OS software and firmware levels. Progent's experience delivering online help for both legacy as well as current technologies in remote office venues allows you to make cost-effective use of your available infrastructure and offers fast access to expertise for making essential upgrades. Support services offered by Progent to help you to implement a productive work-at-home infrastructure include:

  • Virtual Private Network connectivity makes it possible to establish a safe tunnel for authorized remote workers to access IT assets situated at your company data center or in a public cloud. Progent can assist your company to configure and maintain VPN access between your teleworkers and your various network resources by providing online VPN integration support. For organizations with Cisco's ASA firewalls, Progent's Cisco-certified ASA Firewall experts can assist your at-home workers to utilize Cisco's popular AnyConnect software for secure VPN connections for a broad selection of devices such as Microsoft Windows, Mac, Apple iOS, Linux, and Android.
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure products allow a telecommuter to view and interact with a remote computer's desktop. This gives network managers substantial control over the computing environment of telecommuters and offers remote users a consistent and more productive experience. Progent's virtual desktop consulting services include Windows Remote Desktop integration and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI expertise.
  • Routers connect at-home networks to the Internet and support VPN tunnels, home Wi-Fi connectivity, and firewall services. Progent offers expert remote support for configuring routers from a variety of vendors. See router integration services from Cisco-certified consultants.
  • Home Wireless networks, typically supporting families and visitors, are commonly utilized by at-home employees to access their Internet router for work. This can create performance and cybersecurity problems. Progent can help businesses to resolve these problems by providing expertise like Aironet configuration expertise, Cisco-certified Meraki wireless installation consulting, and Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi access point integration help.
  • Internet access solutions affect the performance and reliability of connections between at-home workers and the corporate network. Line-of-business applications may demand backup Internet access in case the primary connection fails. Progent can provide guidance for identifying service providers, selecting sensible service packages, and setting up redundant Internet connections. Refer to Internet connectivity integration services.

Contact Progent for At-Home Worker Expertise
To get in touch with Progent about creating and maintaining an efficient telecommuter environment for your Saddle Brook, New Jersey business, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.