Remote Access Solution specialists
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- Provide remote access solutions to connect mobile and remote desktop access back to the company network
- Provide secure remote access to connect remote office location to a central network
- Setting up secure access technologies such as VPN’s and Terminal Services
- Providing technical advice on the best remote access solution to meet your business needs
Remote Desktop – Mobile Remote
Remote access solutions enable your business to increase productivity, efficiency and flexibility by enabling you to connect mobile, home computer or remote desktop employees to your central network resources. Providing access to emails, files and applications they require to carryout business anywhere at anytime.
The way we do business is changing, gone are the days of working from the main office. Today our sales and service teams conduct business on the road or at a client’s site, many employees now work from home via a remote desktop connection, businesses extend their reach with branch offices which require secure remote access back to network resources.
Types of Remote Access Solutions
Remote access solutions can vary greatly in their complexity and underlying technologies depending on your specific business needs. It is strongly advised that you contact remote access solution specialists listed in our directory for more in-depth and customised information. While there is numerous remote access technologies available below are four of the most popular types for small to medium sized business;
Mobile Remote Access – having instant access to emails, calendar, and contacts and other information using hand-held devices such as PDA’s and Blackberry’s is becoming extremely popular. Similarly accessing your outlook or notes via a web browser from any desktop or internet café ensures you keep connected no matter where you are.
Remote Access VPN: VPN utilise a public telecommunications network, such as the Internet, to establish secure remote access between multiple sites and remote user-to-site. This is covered in more detail in its own solution category.
Terminal Services (client/server): Also referred to as thin-client/server-based computing, this is a solution that has applications running on servers rather than client devices (PCs and notebooks). The remote access solution is via any dial up or internet based connection and while it appears to the user as if the application is actually running on their remote desktop device, all they’re really seeing is a “reflection” generated by the server.
Remote Desktop Access Connection: Similar in concept to Terminal Services (above), a remote desktop connection provides the user with the ability to connect remotely to their work computers and access their applications and files. While the user has a full and rich desktop experience, they are actually seeing an image of their work computer’s screen.
There are many other remote access solutions, each providing a different level of functionality and security to meet differing needs. Remote access specialists listed in our directory can assess your business needs and provide information and remote access solutions to meet your requirements. Providing your business with remote access hardware, software and installation services as needed.
Business benefits of Remote Access
Remote access can provide businesses numerous benefits, such as:
- Remote access solutions help Increase productivity and efficiency by enabling employees to work from home or have mobile access to data while on the road.
- Remote access solutions provide cost-savings through using inexpensive thin-clients as opposed to standalone PCs in a terminal services environment.
- Remote access technologies enable you to configure and manage access from one centralised location, removing the need to setup servers at branch offices.
- Remote access to data and applications anywhere, anytime ensures enhanced customer service.
- Remote access solutions provide access to centralised data ensuring that information being accessed is correct and up to date.
- Remote access solutions help protect data by ensuing all data centrally stored and backed up