Oxford Archaeology Employees Access Hosted Virtual Desktops and Applications From Remote Sites Across Europe
2009-07-22
by: Katie Glossner
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Rome, Italy, July 22, 2009 - NoMachine, creator and global provider of
remote access NX software, announces Oxford Archaeology's addition of
NX deployment to their new location in Caen, located in Northwest
France. OA is one of the largest independent archaeology and heritage
practices in Europe with nearly 400 specialist staff and NX already in
use for their current offices located in Oxford, Lancaster, Cambridge
and Montpellier, France.
Most of the archaeological work is
carried out on-location prior to construction and development
projects. Oxford Archaeology is one of the leading service-providers
in this field, with thousands of clients in a wide range of industries
in both Europe and overseas. Projects may take archaeologists anywhere
and with NoMachine NX they can access their hosted virtual desktops and
remote applications stored on the central server in the data center.
For
a recent project using remote access, a bypass development in Weymouth,
Dorset, radio carbon dating revealed the human skulls found on-site
were from the late Saxon period instead of the Iron Age or early Roman
as originally thought. With NX, data like this is easily stored,
accessed, analyzed and updated at anytime and from anywhere, often
months and sometimes years after work was initially started.
Mobile
employees like on this project, across the company use NX to work
remotely from site for what could be any length of time. Some
employees have been working on-site in Normandy, France for eight
months with NX providing desktop and application delivery; and Yann
Hamon, the systems manager for OA currently living in Berlin, uses NX
to work remotely and access his hosted virtual desktop and remote
applications securely from home and other locations he must travel to.
Furthermore, NX's smart caching technology means that OA's users'
experience of accessing a remote desktop is like that of a local
desktop.
Whatever the location, whether in the East of England
or South of France, where burial pits were unexpectedly discovered
before a road widening project, remote workers can access Linux or
Windows desktop databases, word processing applications, an Internet
browser and Web-based management tools. Users connect to both
distributed MS Terminal Servers as well as Linux desktops and the GIS
package through NX.
NoMachine NX is a fast remote access
solution that fits OA's company strategy, providing access to hosted
virtual desktops and remote applications while supporting their
long-term goal of migrating to a full Linux environment. The
cross-platform nature of NX supports the flexible application and
platform mix and allows for the user's choice of operating system.
“NX
provides superior performance, making remote access a pleasant
experience for the end user, even over low-bandwidth connections,” said
Oxford Archaeology CIO, Chris Puttick. “Extreme security is a
requirement of any remote access solution and NX's SSH tunnel provides
that very effectively. Most importantly, NX, out of the box, just
works, something I expect from IT solutions, but all too rarely
discover is not true.”
About NoMachine
Based in Rome,
Italy, NoMachine is the creator of award-winning NX software, an
enterprise-class solution for secure remote access, application
delivery, and hosted desktop deployment. Since 2001, NoMachine's
mission has been to revolutionize the way users access their computing
resources across the Internet to make seamless desktop access as easy
and widespread as Web browsing. NoMachine provides a comprehensive
software infrastructure stack, core development, and support services
built around the self-designed and self-developed NX suite of advanced
components. For more information about NoMachine NX technology visit
http://www.nomachine.com.
About Oxford Archaeology
Oxford
Archaeology is the one of the largest independent archaeology and
heritage practices in Europe with nearly 400 specialist staff and
permanent offices located in Oxford, Lancaster, Cambridge, Montpellier,
France and now Caen, France. Founded in 1973, OA has a 35-year
tradition of quality, innovation and service for recording, protecting
and preserving remains of past human activity. Archaeology and
heritage services provided by OA include cutting edge digital solutions
to provide assessment, evaluation, and mitigation solutions for buried
remains. OA's heritage services focus on maximising the asset value of
heritage resources, and provide strategy and policy advice on the
future of the historic environment.
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