DesktopDirect™ enables office workers to seamlessly access their desktop PCs from any location, as if they were sitting in the office. Via standard web browser, you can remotely power on, view, control and power off the employee’s desktop PC at the office. DesktopDirect’s architecture uniquely leverages proven, scalable, secure technologies to deliver the industry’s only comprehensive, enterprise-class remote desktop control solution.
Remote Desktop Control
Remote access is no longer a luxury for anyone - in order for an organization to stay competitive, every single PC user needs a way to work remotely. However, traditional VPNs only serve the mobile workforce (road warriors and home office workers). Until now, there has been no easy and cost-e ffective way to get the non-mobile workforce (o ce-situated users) productive from any location, without compromising security or productivity.
With DesktopDirect, you don’t need to add non-mobile employees to the VPN user base, or to issue additional laptops. Non-mobile workers get a full view into office-situated desktop PCs, from any Microsoft Windows-based device, resulting in immediate productivity.
Eliminates Energy Waste
DesktopDirect’s power management capabilities deliver the industry’s only energy-efficient remote desktop control solution that allows for desktop computers to be shut down when not in use, saving the average mid-sized company nearly $200,000 annually in energy costs, and reducing that company’s overall environmental impact by nearly 1,400 tons of atmospheric CO2 emissions.
DesktopDirect’s architecture utilizes strong encryption, AAA policies, data leakage protection, and provides administrators with centralized real-time control. AAA data is kept deep inside the trusted network without exposure to the public Internet; potential new attack footholds that could result from 3rd-party managed services are never an issue; and administrative control over user activity to printers, drives, smart cards, ports, and clipboards eliminate data leakage concerns.
Painless to Deploy
DesktopDirect features Array Registration Technology (ART) software, which installs on Microsoft Windows 2008 or 2003 Server. ART maintains and displays data about users and their registered desktops, determines desktop availability, and manages power management capabilities, working in conjunction with Array SPX Series Appliances to establish sessions between remote clients and office desktops.
ART enables administrators to choose whether to manually register desktops (individually or in bulk), or whether to allow dynamic self-registration of desktops by users directly.
DesktopDirect authenticates user identities via existing AAA servers, requiring no new authentication infrastructure. Any Microsoft Windows XP Professional, and Microsoft Windows Vista clients running IE v6, v7, or v8 are supported, eliminating the need for manual client installation.
Extremely Intuitive
To remotely control their desktop PC sitting in the office, employees first browse to a URL (determined by the system administrator). Next, they enter their SSO credentials (the same credentials they enter every day to log into their desktop PC when they are sitting in the office). After logging in, a window presenting their desktop automatically launches.
DesktopDirect users do not need to modify their daily behavior. There are no new passwords to remember or client applications to learn, and at the end of the workday, users power down their desktops computers as they normally would. If a powered-down desktop needs to be remotely viewed and controlled by a user later on, then DesktopDirect will power up that desktop for the user, exactly as if they were in the office.
