Secure virtual office

Secure virtual office

A Secure Virtual Office is a software environment which allows people to securely access and run applications on a remote server from an Internet connection, as if the application and data was on their own desktop machine. This allows client machines to be cheap personal computers or a thin client. IT administration costs are significantly lower as just a few large servers need to be maintained rather than the many PCs found in a conventional office. A Secure Virtual Office facility often includes standard office productivity applications like Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org as well as access to useful software like accountancy or CRM packages.

Secure Virtual Offices are usually found located in a data centre in large cities around the world.

A modern Secure Virtual Office shares many similarities to older client-server architectures. But the recent re-emergence is a far cry from the dumb terminal green screens of the past. The recent rise in popularity has been brought about by fast, secure internet connections, cheap, reliable servers and software vendors providing applications that are application service provider (ASP) ready.

The new term being used instead of application service provider (ASP) is Software as a Service (SaaS)

See also

* Comparison of office suites


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