PowerTerm® WebConnect RemoteView

The Right Way to Access Applications

PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView enhances the flexibility and reliability of Microsoft^® RDP and Terminal Server to provide a secure and affordable Citrix^® alternative. This out-of-the-box, centrally administered server-based computing solution installs and deploys in minutes, making it an ideal enterprise-wide application access solution. Organizations with mobile workforces, remote offices and telecommuters gain:

• Greater flexibility and security of data and applications
• Anytime, anywhere access to applications
• Fast and easy deployment and updates to applications
• Higher service reliability and availability
• Cost-efficient application support and maintenance
• Improved user-experience and performance

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Reducing IT Complexity and Desktop Management Costs
More and more businesses are joining the trend to move applications and their management from the desktop to a centralized server. For these companies, PowerTerm Webconnect RemoteView plays a vital role in simplifying application deployments and maintenance, and reducing the cost of managing desktops.


Key Benefits of PowerTerm WebConnect

• Enterprise-wide on-demand access to Windows applications, from Windows and Linux desktops, and thin clients
• Remote User Access—24x7, Anytime, Anywhere — with pcAnywhere®-like user support and GotoMyPc^®-like remote desktop access capabilities
• Business agility with high availability of business-critical applications during disaster, network outages, virus outbreaks, mergers, and off-shoring
• Lower IT complexity and cost of managing desktops. Moving applications and their management from the desktop to a centralized server simplifies application deployments, backups and updates
• Reduced Desktop Support Costs associated with software licensing, IT staff overheads, remote support & training while enhancing user productivity
• Privacy of sensitive corporate or customer information compromised by loss of laptops, since all critical data is saved on secure, centrally managed servers
• Easier manageabilityand integration with existing infrastructures, since PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView is built on industry standards
• PowerTerm WebConnect provides additional benefits to IT departments and end-users, which cost-effectively improve IT administration, operational efficiency and the overall user-access experience.

Key Features

• Scales up to 100,000+ users, with no server farm limitations
• Centralized configuration management and administration including monitoring of end-user access to published applications
• JSR 168-Compliant Web-based portal interface for internal and external access to enterprise data and services
• Published applications and content are delivered in True Seamless Windows providing a more enhanced user experience than they get with traditional RDP. Includes support for topmost windows and notifications, preventing missed appointments and unnoticed e-mails
• Refreshable icons on the desktop, Start Menu, PowerTerm WebConnect Application Zone and Web portal
• Application and server load balancing
• Automatic deployments, featuring auto-refresh icons on client devices, ensure that the user is always using the most current version of applications
• Enhanced security with real-time intruder monitoring, logging and event recording, Single sign-on and Kerberos and support for VPNs and SSL connections
• Thin client support for Windows and Linux
• Multi-platform client support for users to connect from Windows and Linux devices as well as from any Java-enabled client

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Key Benefits for IT System Administrators

• Saves staff time and travel, with quick application deployments and updates to users or groups of users with remote desktop support capabilities
• Integration with Active Directory for accurate enforcement of user access policies
• Greater control over security – even across the Internet
• Better management of the IT environment. Application access monitoring enhances the security of valuable enterprise data
• Manage application license costs through accurate auditing of application usage
• Built-in reliability and failover support ensures high availability for the WebConnect Server

Key Benefits for the User

• On-demand access – quick and easy access to the applications you need for the job, wherever you are
• Intuitive working environment – remote applications integrate seamlessly into your local desktop so you can get on with work. No more "remote desktops" from the server!
• See just the applications you need, none of those you don't
• Single Sign-On – enter your login details just once, to access all enterprise applications

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Centralized Administration and Management
PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView gives full, centralized control over enterprise applications. Using the Administration Tool, the IT Administrator can customize the user environment, configure and monitor resource access, closely follow user behavior, easily identify intruders and respond to users in need of assistance. The Audit capabilities record and store all the connections made in a database for later review. The user's environment can be controlled to the level of screen color, numerous fonts, keyboard mapping or even menu display.

Enhanced Security
PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView's comprehensive security features support enterprise-level security measures. With built-in support for SSL, all connections from the client to the Terminal Servers can be encrypted, making them secure across public networks. (Other SBC solutions offer a secure server specifically as a stand-alone only server). Moreover, with built in SSL, administrators can permit secure connections to servers that do not support SSL connections.

Application Publishing
Application publishing simplifies remote application deployment, delivering to the user's local desktop only those applications the user needs. This (plus the fact that the applications are delivered in True Seamless Windows) gives a familiar look and feel to the desktop, improving the overall user experience.
Publishing the applications is compatible with existing user access policies, linking application access policies with user accounts within Active Directory.

True Seamless Windows
With PowerTerm WebConnect, remote applications on the Terminal Server are fully integrated at the desktop level, delivering True Seamless Windows. True server-based applications behave and stack on the local desktop just like local applications. By delivering and integrating the remote application rather than an entire ‘virtual' remote desktop, users are able to work more productively and intuitively. No awkward navigation and scrolling techniques, no additional learning curves and none of the frustration inherent in non-seamless Windows applications exist.

Load Balancing
PowerTerm WebConnect features highly scalable load balancing for Terminal Servers and applications. When the user requests a connection to the Windows Terminal Server, PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView allocates the most appropriate server. Optimizing server connection sessions, PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView's load balancing prevents server overloads and downtime, improving productivity and workflow.

Integration with Active Directory
PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView maintains its own database of users and groups, but can integrate with any LDAP-compatible directory server to import user definitions, such as Microsoft Active Directory, Novell Directory Server and iPlanet. Using LDAP, the system administrator can import the existing network configuration removing the need for manual rekeying. Moreover, PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView can also identify a user for authentication even if moved between OUs (Organizational Units). If the network user is disabled, then the WebConnect server will not allow this user to log into the system.

Remote Desktop Support
PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView's remote HelpDesk support provides secure, remote access and control over a user's entire desktop. With the Windows native client, WebConnect's SupportView function provides a pcAnywhere^®-like capability with several advantages: it requires neither pre-installation on the client, nor user configuration and is both firewall friendly and extremely fast.

The remote desktop support functionality can handle dynamic IP addresses. Even if users are behind firewalls, use DHCP, or connect via one of the Internet service providers (AOL, MSN, Earthlink, etc), they can still use the solution's remote desktop support function. With PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView, system administrators can eliminate pcAnywhere^®-like applications, associated support costs and the required firewall configuration changes.

Remote desktop support is valuable not only for PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView users, but also for anyone else working on a Windows PC connected to the network. For example, if a user in Tokyo experiences a problem with entering an order, a supervisor in New York can take session control and guide the user on how to correct the problem.

Single Sign-On
The PowerTerm WebConnect Server can authenticate users, transparently, based on their domain authentication, and automatically forward these credentials to the Terminal Server. This eliminates the need for multiple logins, and the associated frustration. PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView is fully integrated with Microsoft's Active Directory, providing support for single sign-on to Windows Terminal Server applications.

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