Progent's Enterprise Support Services

Progent's Windows, UNIX, Solaris and Linux consulting services offer enterprises and developers help with configuring and supporting networks where Windows and UNIX, Windows and Solaris, or Windows and Linux systems coexist. Progent offers your business access to UNIX, Windows, Linux and Solaris consultants, support experts certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISSP certification. This broad range of expertise provides you with a convenient source of help for maintaining a secure and robust cross-platform network and communications infrastructure that combines UNIX with Windows, Solaris with Windows, or Microsoft technology with other popular variants of UNIX including Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, BSD, SCO and SGI/Irix or major Linux platforms such as SGI/Irix or major Linux platforms such as RedHat, SUSE, Debian-GNU and CentOS, Ubuntu, Mandriva Linux, PCLlinuxOS Linux, fedora Linux, and Gentoo Linux.

UNIX, Windows and Cisco consulting services available from Progent include:

• Integration of UNIX Systems with Windows
  If your office computer system mixes UNIX, Linux or Sun Solaris platforms with Windows, Progent can assist you to incorporate your servers into a unified network that allows all your OS platforms to coexist for simple administration, transparent information exchange, high availability, enhanced performance, and strong protection. Progent's UNIX and MS Windows coexistence support services include IT infrastructure configuration and support, consulting for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), remote server monitoring and administration, online network help and troubleshooting, on-site technical support, and Helpdesk support. Learn more concerning Progent's UNIX and MS Windows coexistence support.

• UNIX Developer Support for Mixed Platform Networks
  If you are developing UNIX-based applications on a network that includes MS Windows-based servers, PCs, and office productivity products, Progent can provide comprehensive network support outsourcing that frees you to concentrate on your area of high-value expertise while avoiding the constant distraction of maintaining your company information system. Through the use of automated server monitoring and by providing remote and on-site support when your company needs it, Progent offers an affordable way for managing an IT system that provides high availability, protection, and efficiency. Progent's developer assistance services include full-service information technology outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, remote and on-site support and repair, 24x7 monitoring, and Help Desk Call Center outsourcing. See additional information about Progent's support for UNIX application developers.

• CISM, CISA, and CISSP Certified Enterprise-wide Security Consulting
  If your company runs a UNIX or Linux network or a mixed-platform network, Progent's CISM and ISSAP-premier consultants can help your whole organization in a broad range of security topics including security management procedures, security design and models, access management products and methodology, applications development security, business processes security, physical security, telecommunications, network and web security, and workplace recovery planning. CISM, CISA and CISSP stipulate the basic competencies and international standards of performance that information security professionals are required to master. These accreditations offer executive management the confidence that consultants who have achieved their CISM, CISA, CISSP or ISSAP certification have demonstrated the experience and knowledge to deliver world-class security management and engineering help. Find out additional information concerning Progent's CISM and CISA-Premier security consulting.

• Support for UNIX-based Network Monitoring Tools
  Nagios and MRTG are useful, license-free monitoring utilities that run under the Linux OS and can be deployed to monitor UNIX environments, Microsoft Windows systems, or mixed-OS systems where variants of UNIX and MS Windows run side by side. The Nagios monitor lets network managers to monitor system services including SMTP, HTTP, FTP, and NNTP. Multi Router Traffic Grapher lets you track the bandwidth in and out of SNMP network appliances including processors, routers, and switches. Progent's system integration experts can help you utilize both these tools to tune and troubleshoot your network. Learn additional information concerning Progent's network monitoring services.

• Migration from UNIX to Windows
  Progent can assist your company to design and execute an efficient transition from a UNIX-powered information environment to a network powered by MS Windows and capable of running Microsoft's familiar office productivity software, business applications, and software development platforms. Progent's UNIX, Windows and Cisco consultants and application experts can assist you to guard your data and minimize business discontinuity by developing an effective transition strategy that protects your current investments in UNIX application and technology. UNIX-to-Windows transition consulting expertise offered by Progent include analysis of existing environment, transition strategy and validation, Exchange migration support, data and application transition, and server and storage transition and economization. See additional information concerning Progent's UNIX to MS Windows migration support.