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November 2, 2004
considering remote desktop software and services
Thanks Steve for: Northwest VC: Great tool for home network. Over the last two years I have looked at many options for "what is next after IP Sec VPNs". I took a hard look at all the SSL VPN companies out there. Ended up not doing any investments in part because I thought it was a small market already with alot of companies (when I started) and in part because I couldn't get jazzed about the thickness of the value the SSL VPN companies were putting on top of standard SSL. The other issue is that what you got was a web access portal to your applications and desktop. This causes you to have to write alot of web virtualization for different applications. In many ways it was more work for the VPN vendor than standard IPSEC VPN software.
Then there is the whole idea of hosted solutions. Like Aventail and Go2MyPC. There are new ones coming out. What I am looking for is some technical invention in this market. Something that is defensible and makes a 10X improvement on some key feature. Like speed, managability, etc. Making it on cost only is not enough.
Over the next couple weeks I will also try out all the VNC options built on open source like UltraVNC and TightVNC. You may even put endpoint P2P solutions like Grouper in this camp.
I think this is about more than virtualizing a certain specific set of features (like file sharing and IM) or about remote desktop access. What I really want is a virtual network connection that will work over any IP connection that I have regardless of the firewall/configuration between me and the destination. I want that connection to be secure and look just like another local network connection inside the firewall. I want all my desktop applications to work exactly the same without any new interface. Nirvana eh?
Posted by Martin at November 2, 2004 7:50 PM
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