Create Remote Desktops

Remote Storage has become a common thing today. Many websites offer the facility of remote file hosting & access. But we are not going to review the most common. We are here to review & present the stuff which is not so common yet useful. Am I Right? (Yes, certainly!).

So, in the expedition of finding the most innovative & the not so common stuff, we found some places that allow us to remotely access our pc through internet from anywhere in the world. They literally brought my personal desktop onto a computer system which was situated 1000 miles away. They are called “Web Desktops”. These Web Desktops make it possible to have all of our information available wherever we go.

GoToMyPC : It is a web desktop tool for remotely accessing the PC. Download the GoToMyPC software & run it on your local machine. Leave your local machine running. Now go anywhere else, log into the GoToMyPc website from any computer system & you will see your local machine right over the remote desktop.

You can access & manage the data on your local machine remotely & securely with GoToMyPC.

Amazon S3: It is a paid service by Amazon that provides top of the line online storage using the same storage infrastructure that Amazon uses for its In-House projects(like Amazon.com). It can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web & the customer is charged on the basis of several factors such as: his location, storage space, data transfer etc.

Symantec pcAnywhere: It is another remote desktop service from the people which are said to be the Computer Security Experts i.e Symantec Corporation.

The salient features of pcAnywhere are as follows:

• Easy UI with multiple paltform support including Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, Mac® OS X Universal, or Microsoft Pocket PC.
• Remote access, file upload/download
• Connection wizard guides in establishing the connection
• Bandwidth Auto-Detect feature automatically analyzes the bandwidth & adjusts the performance accordingly
• Host Invitation Feature facilitates end users in reverse connecting them to Help Desk without the need for knowing their IP addresses.
• Tabbed Window view n more..

Xdrive: Provides a 5 GB online storage space for conveniently backing up all your local files such as office documents, images, music etc on a remote desktop. It even allows sharing of files which are permissible to be shared. Xdrive also has a separate desktop based client called “Xdrive Desktop Lite”. It provides drag-n-drop facility for transferring the files directly from the local computer to your Xdrive account.
Apart from the 5 GB Free plan, the Xdrive system also offers other flexible plans for data storage on monthly & annual basis.

BingoDisk: It is another paid remote desktop tool that offers online storage space of up to 100GB. BingoDisk uses the Sun’s amazing X4500 platform for disk storage, which is said to be highly sophisticated,reliable & secure. There is no bandwidth restriction as well & the user interface is similar to the one we get on our local windows. BingoDisk provides a customized URL to access the online folders i.e <yourcompany>.bingodisk.com. However users can also use their own domains. It support SSL/HTTPS & can be easily operated over MAC, UNIX as well as Windows paltforms.

Openomy: It is free to use online file storage system that offers 1GB of free online storage. It allows storing, sharing & embedding the files in web pages.

OpenVPN: It is an open source software that allows setting up a virtual private network. It provides remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls.

DesktopTwo: It provides you 5GB online storage space with DesktopTwo web based tool that allows not only storing your local files over the web, but also allows setting up a remote desktop which remains same from wherever you log in next time.

Powered by Sun Microsystems, the web based remote desktop tool enables to work over a large number of applications which include:

• MP3 Player
• Website Editor
• Notepad
• Hard drive
• E-mail
• Address Book
• Blog
• Message Boards
• RSS Reader
• Instant Messaging etc.

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