Brown connected a keyboard, mouse and monitor to the remote CPU by plugging a multiplexer into a jack near the desk and another in a wiring closet. He has tested Remote Desktop with only one PC so far, but he said he expects to use it to keep six CPUs out of the dusty terminal. Brown said dollar savings are hard to predict, because computers are often replaced before their maintenance costs mount up. But he hopes Remote Desktop will pay off in increased uptime, better security and reduced management tasks. Remote Desktop is only a partial security solution, said Russell Harper, marketing vice president at Innovative Network Technologies.
Studies routinely show that most information theft comes from inside an organization.
Securing a CPU can eliminate the risk of having sensitive data downloaded to a floppy disk or stolen along with a hard drive. Co-locating the CPUs at a central location also simplifies maintaining and upgrading them and managing software. All rights reserved.