Hosted desktop technology is an innovative new method for delivering desktops to end users. Part of the ‘cloud computing’ concept, a hosted desktop looks and acts exactly like a traditional PC, but instead of residing locally, all software and data are housed in the meshDESK state-of-the-art data centers. You simply access your resources with a simple internet connection. Hosted desktops offer numerous advantages in terms of cost savings, security, resilience, flexibility and reduced management.
The future of computing is here now.
Hosted desktops are beginning to replace the traditional idea that all office staff must have a fully configured PC sitting beneath their desks. Of course, in today’s world businesses need their employees to have access to
computers to communicate and to support all business operations. However, the way in which this can be facilitated has evolved.
Buying, setting up, and maintaining PCs is an expensive exercise – especially when you factor in the associated management time and costs. meshDESK removes this headache by providing you with a hosted desktop environment, which you can connect to from anywhere via the internet – at home, abroad or in the office. All you need is a PC, laptop, thin client, or mobile device and an internet connection. meshDESK does the rest. Because we provide you with a full Windows environment with all the functionality you’d expect, you’d never know you weren’t using a PC. Additional applications can be installed on demand, while meshDESK performs backup, manages and supports the hosted desktops for you – ensuring they’re available 24 /7.
How does it work?
No visible difference between a regular desktop PC
A hosted desktop is a fully-functioning remote workstation. Instead of being held on local hardware, all software and data is housed in our state-of-the-art data centers. This data is then sent via the internet, to an end-user’s workstation (such as a PC or thin client), while industry-standard encryption (as used by Amazon and HSBC) ensures that no information can be accessed by external parties. Keystrokes and mouse movements are then relayed from the workstation to our data centers. This is an entirely seamless process and the end user’s Windows experience is identical to that offered by a traditional desktop PC, allowing
interaction with the exact same applications in the exact same way. You never notice the difference! As a hosted desktop is no longer tied to specific hardware, it can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from anywhere with an internet connection and end-device – at the office, at home, an internet cafe, on the move or even abroad. Moreover, since neither data nor processing reside locally, traditional PC hardware can be replaced by ‘thin clients’ or netbooks – a device that itself does almost no work. As a result, hardware is small, inexpensive, consumes a fraction of the power of a PC, needs little or no maintenance and hardware failures rarely occur. If you own, operate, and support PCs and applications, your per year user costs exceed thousands of dollars per year per user. Hosted desktops from meshDESK cut that by $600 or more immediately.
In addition, hosted desktops mesh perfectly with our other services, such as hosted VOIP and enterprise PBX, hosted Exchange and hosted BlackBerry, consumable computing infrastructure and more – to bring you a comprehensive anywhere, anytime’ business infrastructure at the lowest possible cost without sacrificing performance.
Want to find out more….?
To learn more about meshDESK hosted desktops, contact us now, or visit our website at www.meshDESK.com. You can speak to one of our representatives, arrange a personal web-meeting to discuss how hosted desktops can meet your requirements, or test drive a trial desktop to see the technology in action for yourself.
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