Parallels RAS gets you connected.

We use Parallels Remote Application Server for a select few employees. We began by using it to replace Citrix for the cost. We leveraged it to provide windows only applications to our macintosh fleet as well as our offsite employees.

We benefited from this simplicity as we are a small IT shop, so the ability to deploy RAS as well as applications was a big win. Ease of use for the end-user was also a big win.

Our organization benefited in that I can have internal and external users connect to apps they need via a web browser, fat client, or via mobile. Some users only need to reference the published apps. Others need to have the apps interact with their desktop. And I've used the mobile version to support /reset users on the go.

While we are a VMware shop, the flexibility of the solution is always a feature that I'm looking for in a solution.

When publishing apps I can restrict it to either AD security groups or individual users. The same goes for published desktops either virtual or physical. This gives us peace of mind around our network security instead of giving users full VPN access to the network.