I was recently asked by a potential client in the financial services field if we had the ability to provide them with a safe and secure virtual desktop platform for some work-from-home staffing they were about to setup. My response of course was that we could provide a secure platform that will have multiple layers of security and further explained how you could go about this.

Anytime you have remote staff logging into a corporate environment with devices other than those supplied and locked down by that particular company’s IT department, you need to be sure the connections will be secure. In this case it would be remote users logging in from their home computers,   so you have to be sure the Virtual Desktop deployment would be setup utilizing multiple layers of security in the following manner.

The first layer of security entails locking down the virtual desktop itself to restrict the ability of the users by properly setting the permission levels to avoid downloads to the desktop that might cause it to be compromised. Secondly to ensure you have a secure connection, a VPN tunnel should be setup between the Home PC, Mac, Thin Client, iPad or Tablet and the URL assigned as the login to the Virtual Desktop. This will provide you with a secure encrypted connection between the two.

As you can see in the schematic by setting up an SSL Certificate on the login page, an additional layer of encryption would then added. Once you are have secured the login page each user should login with credentials complete with a minimum of 12 character alpha numeric passwords. Once the username and password are accepted the connection protocol begins utilizing another layer of encryption to connect to the Virtual Desktop. Now finally you have entered the virtual desktop environment that should be hosted in an SSAE 16 Certified data center which ensures the facility is compliant to host secure infrastructure. From this vantage point the computing as well as the connection protocol is completely secure with three layers of encryption and ready to transfer any type of protected data staff would then have access to.

Virtual Desktops are becoming the standard for many types of industry verticals and organizations. The key reasoning is security, accessibility and mobility. You can setup connection protocols from just about any device capable of accessing the internet. Your information and data always stays in the data center and is not available on your local device unless you are connected. Therefor if your laptop, tablet or smartphone is ever lost or stolen your data would never be compromised.

For more information on Virtual Desktops and Hosted VDI please visit TurnKeyDesk.com

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LATHAM, NEW YORK (January 30^th, 2014) – Sustainable IT solutions provider TurnKey Internet, Inc. announced that it has launched their all new cloud server reseller platform targeted at channel partners, IT service companies and cloud based service providers. 

 

For more information please see http://www.turnkeyinternet.net/cloud-reseller/

 

TurnKey’s cloud server reseller platform allows access to a fully automated white-labeled product line of enterprise-class cloud-hosted servers featuring over 100 pre-loaded Microsoft Windows Server and Linux Server template choices hosted on the world-class platform within TurnKey Internet’s SSAE 16 Type 2 and ENERGY STAR^® certified datacenter in New York. 

 

The new cloud server reseller platform offers channel partners the ability to establish a reseller channel and address the hosting needs of a wide range of customers across different markets without having to build and deploy their own cloud-based infrastructure.  Resellers are given access to a fully automated web interface to manage their clients by allocating resources such as virtual servers, ip addresses, bandwidth, memory and disk space as well as the ability to select from multiple operating system templates.

 

 “TurnKey has always derived a significant portion of its business from channel partners,” said Adam Wills, CEO of TurnKey Internet.  “We have been focused on expanding offerings that resonate within the channel partner community, and are pleased to release our new cloud reseller platform allowing complete white-label access to provision and manage cloud-based servers on our existing enterprise based TurnKey Cloud platform.”.

 

The new cloud server reseller platform lets channel partners, web designers, web resellers and IT companies offer enterprise class cloud based servers without any cost investment.  Resellers can set their own prices, server plans, and bundle the cloud server offering with their own unique services to create a unified cloud-based offering to their clients.

 

About Turnkey Internet

Founded in 1999, TurnKey Internet, Inc. is a full-service green data center and leading provider of sustainable web hosting and IT solutions. From its SSAE 16 Type 2 and ENERGY STAR^® certified facility in Latham, NY—New York’s Tech Valley Region—TurnKey offers web hosting, communication services, web-based IT systems, software as a service (SaaS), enterprise colocation services, and computing as a service to clients in more than 150 countries. For more information, please call (518) 618-0999 or visit www.turnkeyinternet.net/media.

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