Today's
business environment is not only technology driven but is also driven
by the ever-changing customer demands. Further the aggressive
competitiveness in the environment paves way for enterprises to be
fully equipped with the world-class technologies and ensure a global
presence. Globalization though provides opportunities for business
expansion, also challenges enterprises with accessibility of the
all-important business data from any location irrespective of the
time. The demands for remote access solutions have led to the
development of applications which enables mobility for the workforce.
The
growing use of smartphones, tablets and other hand held devices
ensures that the distantly located project teams and the mobile
workforce of the global enterprises have uninterrupted mobile
access to
the corporate network. Further, the increasing adoption of cloud
computing services through enhances the mobile accessibility;
enterprises need to ensure security of data while traversing through
various networks.
Remote
desktop access has off-late become an incredibly valuable component
of the IT infrastructure in an organization. However, since business
enterprises are faced with challenges of finding solutions for
application availability without compromising on security and
productivity, the secure access gateways will help organizations in
ensuring application
performance.
As a part of business
continuity and planning,
(BCP) it helps to improve productivity, save money and drive
efficiencies. Further, to ensure uninterrupted business for the
global organizations, the leading service providers have worked out
secure mobile access solutions.
With
technological innovations giving consumers smartphones and tablets
with improved features, applications and accessibility, the leading
service providers have developed solutions that can securely publish
enterprise applications for use on these mobile devices. Irrespective
of the device being desktop PCs, laptops, virtual infrastructure or
terminal servers which run the application, the mobile access
solution enables identity-based access from any mobile device to
specific enterprise applications. This helps to improve security and
operational efficiency while streamlining user experience.
In
the process, the service providers are challenged to allow the mobile
workforce to use smart phones and tablets to work remotely or within
the premises, enable access to business applications from the mobile
devices without risks to the data and corporate network. The service
providers on the other hand have worked out solutions which enables
remote desktop for workers to access their office PCs, laptops,
virtual desktops and applications from any device, develop a proxy
architecture and RDP over
SSL for anywhere anytime access of the applications without the data
leaving the corporate network and scalable appliance-based solution
that is easy to deploy, manage and use.
Besides
addressing the technology challenges of mobile access, these
solutions also handle the business challenges of bring your own
device (BYOD)
thus, securely and cost-effectively mobilizing operations for
enhanced enterprise productivity. Irrespective of the device the
mobility solutions provide instant access to enterprise applications
without the risk of malicious attacks and data leakage.
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