Citrix? GoToMyPC? a Must Have for Computing Travelers to Stay Connected
-/June 01, 2004 Wi-Fi Technology News/-June is here, which means Summer is here for many people around the world. Busy professionals often find themselves struggling during the vacation months to take that much-needed break from nonstop office action - while also being able to grab their work at a moment's notice if necessary. Citrix? GoToMyPC? has solved this dilemma. The award-winning service allows fast, easy and secure remote access to the home or office computer, over the Web.
Accumulating email, incomplete assignments and inconvenient deadlines are no longer sources of stress. Now sunbathers can brush aside the sand and access their desktop computer - wherever it may be - from any Internet connection and work just as if they were sitting at their desk.
GoToMyPC provides real-time access to all desktop files, programs and network resources in a matter of minutes. It can reduce work-related stress for vacationers who can now stay easily connected to their office desktop - whether from a public Internet terminal at a hotel business center, Internet cafe, copy service chain or major airport. Vacationers can also access their desktops through any Pocket PC device through the GoToMyPC PocketView? feature, providing the ultimate in workplace mobility. Wherever they are, vacationers can still take care of business.
"Many professionals are hesitant to leave the office for a long period of time, worried about returning to a mountain of work or missing out on a fleeting business opportunity," said Brian Donahoo, Citrix Online's senior vice president of products and services. "Fortunately, GoToMyPC allows professionals to stay in touch with their complete office desktops, enabling them to take care of pressing business matters."
Added David Share, president of David Share Associates, "If the choice is keeping in touch with your business through this easy-to-use, hassle-free method, or not going at all because there is too much going on in your business, what would you do? GoToMyPC gives me the freedom to travel with the ease of staying in touch. My vacation and other travels have been made much less stressful as a result of this product."
GoToMyPC is extremely easy to set up and use. Travelers simply download the software to their office computer before hitting the road, leaving their computer running and connected to the Internet. To log in at a remote computer, travelers connect to www.gotomypc.com, and enter their user names and passwords. Built-in security features provide the highest level of protection, including end-to-end AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption, dual password requirements, user authentication and screen blanking of the host computer.
Busy workers can now relax and leave behind those summertime blues, secure in the knowledge that their desktop is an Internet connection away.
About Citrix Online
Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), offers the leading Web-based access, support, and collaboration software and services. The division offers Citrix GoToMyPC?, the easiest-to-use solution for remote, secure, and managed desktop PC access over the Web; Citrix GoToAssist?, the most secure, reliable and powerful solution for Web-based technical support and customer collaboration, and Citrix GoToMeeting?, the easiest, most secure and cost effective solution for conducting online meetings. Citrix Online products are used by more than 4,900 companies worldwide, including Cisco Systems, Siemens, Intuit, Cablevision and Microsoft Business Solutions. The division is based in Santa Barbara, California, and is on the Web at http://www.citrix.com.
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