Designed for smaller organisations with between 5 and 75 Windows users, Citrix Access Essentials provides secure remote access to any line-of-business applications, including SAP Business One or anything else over the Internet. The software makes it possible to query, update and analyse corporate information residing at the main office from home, while travelling or from a mobile device with just a standard Internet Web browser.

Citrix helps businesses fully realize the value of their IT investments by giving users access to business applications wherever they happen to be, leading to higher productivity, more responsive operations and better decision-making.

Realising the Benefits

Security

Citrix Access Essentials scrambles all remote transmissions with secure encryption techniques and enables access control based on the user’s role and authorization level. Further, the application executes on the main corporate computer so data remains physically protected.

Performance

Citrix Access Essentials helps ensure a consistent level of performance even when remote connections are relatively slow.

Equipment Incompatibility

Citrix Access Essentials enables virtual access from any device or operating system that can connect to the main site over the Internet with a standard Web browser.

Managing software updates

Citrix Access Essentials makes it possible to incorporate new versions, hot fixes, and patches once at the main computer without disturbing any of the user’s equipment. This saves time and money, and makes the upgrades available much more rapidly.

The challenges Addressed

• Reliably connecting remote and mobile users with their central applications and resources from outside the corporate LAN.
• Provide secure communications across the Internet without opening special ports on network firewalls that increase vulnerability to worms, viruses and other "malware".
• Ensure adequate response across long distances over low-speed connections.
• Enable users to run the business management software remotely from the equipment at their disposal without upgrading or buying new workstations.

Citrix makes it possible for users to take full advantage of their rich business tools securely across the Internet. And despite the long distances that may separate them from the corporate server, the response will be just as if they were back at headquarters. Corporate information is now conveniently accessible from wherever they happen to be.

Control

Controlling user actions

For security reasons, organizations may wish to limit the actions a remote/mobile user can take with Business One. For example, they may want to prevent an accountant working from home from storing corporate data on their home PC. Such rules can be quickly set up with the Citrix software.

Controlling costs

Unnecessary travel, long-distance calls, and high-speed connection costs can be dramatically reduced when you can depend on secure Internet access to your corporate environment.