Remote access is no longer a luxury. In order to stay competitive, organizations must provide nearly all employees with a way to work remotely. Until now, the only way to serve the non-mobile workforce (office-situated users) has been to provide them with VPN accounts. This can be costly, risky, and counterproductive.

Now there is an easy, secure, and cost-effective way to keep your non-mobile workforce productive, even when they cannot physically get to the office.

Using a standard web browser, non-mobile employees can use any computer, iPhone, or iPad to remotely access their desktop PC at the office. This approach to delivering remote desktop access (or remote desktop control) increases productivity without compromising on security or costs.

The DesktopDirect iPhone and iPad applications are currently available on the Apple iTunes Store.

With DesktopDirect, remote desktop access is a simple 3-step process. Employees first browse to a URL that is given to them by their IT administrator. Next, they enter their single sign-on (SSO) credentials -- the same credentials they enter every day at the office, to log into their desktop PCs. After logging in, a window presenting their desktop automatically launches.

DesktopDirect’s power management capabilities deliver the industry's first and only energy-efficient remote desktop access solution. By allowing office desktop PCs to be shut down when not in use, DesktopDirect saves the average mid-sized company $165,000 in annual energy costs. This translates to nearly 1,400 tons less of C0₂ emissions, a significant reduction to that company's overall environmental impact.

DesktopDirect 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, making registration of desktops easy, fast, and transparent to the administrator.