Ways to make working on any device seamless?

steinooo · 19 Mar 2014 at 10:54

Hi,

I'm debating how to make switching between wokring at home and in the office more seamless.

I am talking about going home with your work laptop, opening it up and getting access to the company programs with no effort. Also using your own computer at home, and your own mobile to access work stuff. (ignoring policies for a minute)

What do you guys do about this join between public areas, home and work?

I am sniffing around things like Netscaler and Direct Access neither of which I've used before (I'm used to an old style Windows VPN client)

ruffneck · 19 Mar 2014 at 10:58

Most of our internal apps are web apps, so its as simple as an SSL VPN and enabling folder redirection/offline folders for laptop users.

covenantuk · 19 Mar 2014 at 10:59

Use a VMware or Hyper-V virtual desktop located in your office. Connect to it from wherever you're working. That way you are always using the same desktop with the same access to resources and company data is not at risk.

CrazyMonk · 19 Mar 2014 at 11:01

If you have the time and the money you can get appsense.

steinooo · 19 Mar 2014 at 11:03

ruffneck our apps are fat windows apps so web app isn't an option unfortunately, and productivity like e-mail would be expected at home and low bandwidth offices, so unfortunately covenantuk VDI is not an option

steinooo · 19 Mar 2014 at 11:04

CrazyMonk said:
If you have the time and the money you can get appsense.

Could you configure that for personal laptops, iPhones and Android phones etc to get access to company apps though? wouldn't you need some connection technology at the perimeter of the network like Netscaler or Microsoft Server 2012 Direct Access?

CrazyMonk · 19 Mar 2014 at 11:14

steinooo said:
Could you configure that for iPhones to get access to company apps though? wouldn't you need some connection technology at the perimeter of the network like Netscaler or Microsoft Server 2012 Direct Access?

To perfectly honest I have not seen this product work with mobile devices be it a iPhone or tablet. They have spoken to us about it, but that's it. My own personal opinion is it would work better with something like DA.

The whole idea of appsense is it doesn't matter what device you connect back to the network with but your applications and persona stays the same for "seamless" interaction with apps. We are currently looking at for our VDI environement, as we don't want users to see a difference from a physical to a virtual machine.

hope this helps.

steinooo · 19 Mar 2014 at 11:18

it does Crazymonk thanks, I have actually entered into discussion with AS, it's nice to hear someone else using it. My use for it is to have a seamless interaction /settings etc between a physical native desktop and a virtual desktop (server based computing not VDI).

I just wondered if anyone had gone the whole hog and allowed this kind of seamless access from outside of the company network.