Company Contact:
Mr. Brian Howden
VP of Marketing
brian.howden@01com.com
(905) 795-2888 ext. 207
TORONTO, ON - January 19, 2006 - 01 Communique Laboratory Inc. (TSX: ONE – www.01com.com), a leading remote access solutions provider, today announced the release of I’m InTouch Corporate Server Edition (CSE) Version 2.0, its customer premise based remote access gateway. Developed in conjunction with Hitachi Business Solution Co. Ltd. of Japan, the solution provides authorized employees secure remote access to corporate resources by allowing them to login to view and control their office workstation, even when it has been previously shut down.
New features available in Version 2.0 are:
·
Remote Wake-Up - Allows an employee
away from the office to securely login from a web
browser to the I’m InTouch CSE wake-up server to power
on their previously shut down computer. While existing
Wake-on-LAN solutions allow network administrators to
remotely power on a computer from within the corporate LAN,
this patent pending technology allows remote employees
to wake up their powered down office PC from a remote
location that is off the LAN, so that they may begin a
remote session.
·
Remote Printing – Gives the ability to print a file stored on an office PC to
the local printer of the PC that the mobile user is
logging in from.
·
Remote Control
using Windows Mobile based Pocket PC devices
– Allows full mouse and keyboard control of the host
computer along with tools to manage the presentation of
the host PC’s desktop on the Pocket PC screen. Users
can log in to use their business applications, view
files and folders and access their networks.
· Change Screen Color Mode - Users needing to view pictures or graphic intensive documents in rich color, can change the screens color viewing mode as possible to 16, 24 or 32 bit color.
“In many security conscious corporate environments,
employees are instructed to shutdown their PC before
leaving the office. In this scenario, remote access is
defeated because the employee’s computer is not
available. Our remote wake-up technology is designed
specifically to address this situation by allowing a
user to remotely “boot-up” his PC,” said Andrew
Cheung, President and CEO of 01 Communique. “The
flexibility of I’m InTouch CSE provides several
business opportunities for our reseller channel.
Resellers can offer their customers a cost-effective
remote access solution, deployed within the customer’s
business premise, that protects the existing investment
in office workstations without the expense of deploying
laptops to everyone. As well, some resellers have opted
to implement I’m InTouch CSE into their own business
operations as a managed services platform from which
they can re-sell workforce mobility and remote technical
support services to their customers for a monthly or
annual services fee”
“I'm InTouch has helped us re-position our
company to be a managed services provider, in addition
to being a reseller,” says Alex Medwyk, project
manager at @ Computers Plus, a Burlington, Ontario,
Canada digital integrator. “Using the CSE server,
located and managed from our premises, we offer our
customers a managed remote technical support service
that allows us to easily reach their networks to do
granular tech support. This has proved to be a time and
money saver for both the customer and ourselves. We also
market, from the same CSE platform, a workforce mobility
solution that allows our customers to remotely access
their PCs. Our customers are pleased with these new
offerings, as upfront capital investments for using
these services are eliminated. Charging monthly fees for
these services has generated new revenues and increased
margins for our business.”
The CSE incorporates stringent controls that
adhere to existing network and security policies of the
business. This includes 128-bit SSL encryption for each
remote session and the requirement for multi-level user
authentication. The CSE can also be scaled with the
growth of an organization, and allows IT administrators
to centrally provision users and track system usage.
Unlike other remote access solutions that provide users
with a virtual desktop for remote access to only
specific applications, the CSE displays the employees
office desktop on their client computer, and using
screen sharing technology allows them full remote access
and control of their PC, as if they were actually
sitting at it.
Hitachi Business Solution Co. Ltd distributes
I’m InTouch CSE in Japan under the brand name,
DoMobile Corporate Server Edition (CSE). The DoMobile
CSE is being marketed in conjunction with Hitachi’s
Flora Se210 secure mobile notebook PC that has no hard
disk, floppy disk or optical drive and that was
developed in response to one of the largest security
threats to corporations today; information leakage
through the loss and theft of employee notebooks. This
“Hitachi Security PC (HSPC)” cannot be started until
the user inserts into the USB port a corporate access
and authentication device. This device is a USB Key that
allows the authentication between the “HSPC” and the
DoMobile remote access gateway. If authentication is
successful, the user is able to login directly to their
workstation at the office. The technology allows the
user to view and control their office desktop remotely
with access to corporate applications and resources
based on the features assigned to the user by the
DoMobile remote access gateway administrator. Once the
user unplugs the USB authentication device, the
“HSPC” is automatically logged off.
About 01 Communique
Established in 1992, 01 Communique is an innovative force in the development and delivery of remote access services and integrated communications software. As the digital and wireless economy evolves, 01 continues to provide cost effective and reliable solutions that give businesses anytime, anywhere access to information stored on a desktop PC. 01 Communique has built an extensive market for its remote access, messaging and communications solutions with its I'm InTouch remote access solutions and legacy product line COMMUNICATE!, through the cultivation of solid distribution channels and marketing partnerships. For more information visit www.imintouch.com or call (905) 795-2888