Facilitating migration to the Cloud

Enterprises are moving more and more applications to the Cloud, with the web browser the default client for end users. But the browser-based cloud computing paradigm leaves the enterprise and end-users facing three key challenges:

1- How do you guarantee the security of corporate data and infrastructure when the browser allows the user to access Cloud-based business-critical applications and unverifiable internet sites simultaneously?

2- How do you ensure transparent, risk-free end-user access to data and applications hosted on multiple servers at different addresses?

3- How do you manage compatibility between applications and the increasingly diverse range of end-user access devices?

Migration to the Cloud is a key strategic move for today’s businesses. CommonIT has developed the Virtual Browser solution to support corporations as they make the move to Cloud Computing. Virtual Browser is the secure universal client for the Cloud.

The browser – the weakest link in today’s IT infrastructure

The web browser has become an integral part of the enterprise infrastructure. However the browser is designed for the consumer market, not the enterprise market. Lacking the management tools of true enterprise software solutions, multiple issues confront the IT administrator trying to manage the web browser deployments:

> Security : To facilitate end-user access to rich content the browser is designed to integrate and execute multiple plugins , leading to a highly complex runtime environment with a correspondingly high risk of vulnerabilities. Certain web technologies allow for local execution of code within a web page, a potential backdoor on the enterprise network.

> Compatibility : Multiple – and growing – combinations of browser, OS, platform, plugins and helper applications result in a high degree of variability in browser configurations, leading to problems of compatibility between specific browser instances and the web services users need to connect to.

Today’s enterprise depends on the web browser. CommonIT has developed a new approach for the enterprise, based on virtualizing and hosting the browser. An architecture which resolves the issues of security and compatibility more effectively than any other solution on the market today.