January 3, 2013 — Mechdyne announced Connection Portal, a web‚Äêbased interface that allows everyone in an organization to access computer assets from anywhere within the enterprise. Connection Portal’s ubiquitous access allows users to utilize pooled blades, desk-side work stations, meeting rooms and collaborative work sessions – quickly, easily and securely.
Unlike the traditional set-up where each user is limited by the software on their own desktop or on a conference room’s computer, Mechdyne’s Connection Portal extends the base ‘point‚Äêto‚Äêpoint’ capability of remote desktop software to an enterprise‚Äêintegrated system that collects and manages all the inventory of an organization’s available computers, meeting spaces and people.
Because Connection Portal allows “heavy duty” computing resources to be consolidated in one central location, hardware cooling needs are minimized, lowering costs and improving IT efficiencies. The Connection Portal solution also monitors usage, helping organizations better plan for future IT investments.
Connection Portal also promotes effective collaboration and real-time, long-distance knowledge sharing. Because it enhances the effectiveness of meetings and collaboration, Mechdyne anticipates that industries most likely to benefit from use of Connection Portal include energy (oil and gas), engineering and architecture design (CAD), education and research, and large distributed organizations (multinational corporations).
