Good program but some improvements needed
April 01, 2022

Good program but some improvements needed

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with Parallels Remote Application Server

We use Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) to remotely use customers' Production Management System that is specially made for the plastics industry. That program is very heavy, almost impossible to use over a VPN connection. And very fragile on network breakage/errors. When using RAS the program stays on the server, and only screen is mirrored to the users computer. No network issues when local network is only used. If users connect to RAS breaks, the job continues where it left off when the connection gets back. RAS is pretty good for this environment, users like to use two screens on the RAS web version, but now we have to satisfy the one screen with tabs. RAS makes it also possible to use PMS on phones and tablets.
  • Mirror the heavy program to remote users screen
  • Works also on phones and tablets
  • Customer like to use at least two screens simultaneously on the RAS web version
  • Previously user's couldn't do work from remote places. Currently at least ten users use RAS remotely.
Heavy program that is very fragile on network issues delivered over slow network to remote locations.
You can make corrections from your phone or laptop just using web browser.
RAS is located on VMware server cluster. So RAS is always online if the servers crashes.
Some things work great and some don't.

Do you think Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Parallels Remote Application Server (Parallels RAS) again?

Yes

When you need to mirror heavy programs over slow networks.
Programs that won't work on phones or tablets, but through server they would work.