About I’m InTouch Server Edition
I’m InTouch-SE (Server Edition) is a remote access software solution that allows IT managers to easily deploy a highly secure remote access solution for employees. Unlike a regular IPSec VPN that operates on the network layer of the OSI model, I’m InTouch-SE has a private portal architecture (US Patent #6,928,479) that operates on the Application layer. Therefore it does not open the whole network to the remote user. Instead it inherits the same accessibility or portions of it he/she has been granted by the IT manager at the workstation.
It is also different from a standard SSL-VPN that needs to configure for each application. SSL-VPN also requires the remote client (the PC where you are remotely accessing from) to have the application installed and therefore it does not support most wireless thin clients. I’m InTouch on the other hand, does not require configuration for each application. It does not even require the remote client to have the application installed. As a result, the remote client can be a very rudimentary PC or wireless thin client only loaded with an Internet browser. This makes installation and setting up easy.
To be more precise, I’m InTouch users inherit the same access privileges his/her workstation has as their maximum allowed access right. IT managers can further restrict this if necessary by using the Administration Tools. For example, the IT manager could grant only access to Outlook but not remote control for an off-site sales person.
Remote Access | 01 Communique | 14 April 2009 |
