Parallels Remote Access Server can help make users more secure and productive.

We use Parallels Remote Application Server internally and for multiple clients to provide an easy and secure remote access method for end users. It allows users with limited technical ability to be able to access secure corporate systems from a variety of different device types, usually with little to no setup assistance from a technician.

I've found that our clients benefit from the intuitive central console when it comes to provisioning and onboarding new users. Compared to some competing solutions, the time saved getting a new user up and running with Parallels makes that first impression with the end user better, as well as makes them more productive.

The flexibility in accessing the system from any platform, in particular the use of the HTML5 browser has allowed users to be productive in situations where they normally wouldn't be. Whether they are at home on a computer that they've don't normally use for work or away from the office and need to access their corporate applications from an iPad or mobile phone, they are able to do so with little or no assistance from IT.

The fact that Parallels Remote Application Server can be set up on a variety of hypervisors makes it easier to adopt for organizations with an established infrastructure. If a company already has a significant investment and expertise in HyperV or VMware, they can keep what they know and easily add Parallels to that environment. In our case, we even have some redundancy built in where parts of our installation are in HyperV in one location and part in VMware in another location, and they work seamlessly together.

Given the prevalence of malware that can move through a network over certain types of VPNs and definitely through unsecured RDP connections, having a secure, SSL-protected access layer that must be used to access any internal resources through Parallels immediately reduces the potential for cybersecurity incidents in an organization.