Articles filed under Remote Access

1. June 21, 2010

   Contest: Share you funny or harrowing remote access story for a chance to win $100 or a HD Flip Video Recorder (Your Choice)

   Do you have a remote access story to share?  Perhaps you’ve had to access your network from a strange place?  Or maybe  you have a story about a time when you’ve had a heck of a time accessing your network remotely?  

   
   ANX connects thousands of users to their company networks each day. Our Help Desk Team answers questions working from hotels, airports, commuter trains, the beach and even the opera! Whether you use ANX's award-winning remote access service or someone else's, we want to know where you are when remote work happens.

    

   Have you neede...

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2. December 21, 2009

   The Importance of Remote Access From Non-Company owned PCs

   As I watched reports of the east coast getting hammered by the blizzard, I wondered how many employees wouldn't make it to work.  Events like this remind me how beneficial our PositivePRO Cloud-based remote access really is. 

    

   It's widely accepted that remote access is still one of the best technologies to improve worker productivity.  Something to keep in mind when deploying remote access is that more and more individuals want to access company information from their own PC or laptop.   This is especially true of younger workers.  An increasing number of IT staffs recognize that supporting remote access from non-company issued devices is a requirement.  However, allowing such a...

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3. April 22, 2010

   Natural disasters and PositivePRO

   An off topic post for me, but as a victim of the European airspace shutdown thanks to the Icelandic volcano whose name I cannot even pronounce, we felt that it was imperative that I discuss my experience with our readers.

    

   By now, I am sure that you have heard of the volcano that erupted in Iceland. It sent a huge plume of ash and dust into the atmosphere where it happily floated over to Europe where I was attending a wedding with my family. Now, I am not here to give you a science lesson, but long story short - European airspace was closed and I was stranded.

    

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4. January 12, 2010

   Why companies expand remote access to everyone

   Employees are really feeling the pinch these days. Cutbacks due to the recession mean that remaining workers are being asked to do more with less. Couple that with general feelings of unease over job security and you’ve got the recipe for declining employee morale. Short of the company getting healthier as the economy improves, there isn’t a magic bullet to improve employee morale. Or is there?

    

   A recent survey conducted by Cisco had some surprising results. Cisco was trying to learn how many businesses could enable all their employees to work remotely in the event of a natural disaster, pandemic or weather related cause. They discovered that 3 out of 4 organizations were not set up for sudden e...

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5. November 7, 2009

   ANXeBusiness Advises Employee Education and Preparation for Business Continuity with Secure Remote Access to Help Contain the Spread of H1N1

   ANXeBusiness Advises Employee Education and Preparation for Business Continuity with Secure Remote Access to Help Contain the Spread of H1N1

   
   Organizations should look to develop flexible policies to allow workers to telecommute to help protect employee health

   
   

   SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Sept 30, 2009) — ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today issued advice for IT organizations on the importance of disaster plan readiness, proper employee education and preparation for organizations to maintain business continuity during the H1N1 influenza pandemic. To maintain critical work flow during these times an...

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6. November 12, 2009

   IT Remote Access: The Times are a-Changing

   What does “IT remote access” mean to you? 

   IT remote access has evolved immensely throughout the years. 

    

   15 years ago:
   IT remote access was for the occasional work from home sales guy, or executives that needed to dial into a corporate bank of modems.  This required patience as documents, presentations and e-mails slowly loaded.

    

   Today:
   IT remote access has exponentially grown as the flow of timely information has become a critical business advantage.  Employees, vendors, customers, consultants and others all require access to company information in many places and situations.

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7. November 7, 2009

   ANXeBusiness Urges Companies to Prepare for Surge in Remote Access Requests as Workers Stay Home to Avoid Swine Flu

   ANXeBusiness Urges Companies to Prepare for Surge in Remote Access Requests as Workers Stay Home to Avoid Swine Flu.
   
   Health Crisis, Terrorism, Severe Weather Require Comprehensive Business Continuity Solution for Secure Remote Access to Business-Critical Data and Applications
   
   SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (May 1, 2009) - ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services, today warned corporate IT departments to prepare for a dramatic increase in remote access requests as employees opt to work from home during the Swine Flu outbreak. The company offers its PositivePRO hosted managed service for secure remote access as a fast and easy way for IT departme...

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