Turn old PCs into secure, high-performance endpoint devices

1. Turn old PCs into secure, high-performance endpoint devices https://blogs.accops.com/turn-old-pcs-into-secure-high-performance-endpoint-devices/

2. PCs for dispersed workforce: more expensive, more complex • Traditional desktop-based endpoints are costlier to deploy and replenish, difficult to secure and manage. Typically, PCs have a lifecycle of 3-4 years after which their value is lost significantly and need to be updated by brand new ones resulting in increased costs. Such short lifecycles of PCs also mean more and more e-waste is generated. E-waste handling is a very complex and costly process in most parts of the world.

3. Endpoint-related challenges • Regularly replenishing/upgrading PC software and hardware • Providing laptops to new hires, vendors and third-party consultants • Resolving remote endpoint issues which need IT team’s physical intervention • Allocating and distributing high configuration or low configuration devices as per user profile • Managing the complex process of e-waste handling and disposal • Monitoring user activities as effectively as when they were working from office premises • Ensuring strict data security and data leakage prevention features

4. AccOps Nano – Transform any PC into a secure device using a pen drive • AccOps Nano provides secure and compliance-friendly remote access to business applications and virtual desktop infrastructure, enabling instant, cost-effective and secure remote work solution. • AccOps Nano is a customized and hardened Linux-based Live OS that is delivered in a simple USB drive. It can be used on any device – corporate laptops or users’ personal laptops – to boot it into a secure read-only OS. The live OS will always remain free from any keylogger or malware potentially residing in the user’s device. • It potentially transforms any PC, no matter how old, outdated, poorly configured or insecure it is, into a highly secure, updated machine.

5. Key benefits offered by Accops Nano • Cost-efficient alternative to corporate laptops: Instead of provisioning laptops to all end users, organizations may simply provide them with a consumer grade USB drive with a hardened OS • No need to replace all old PCs: No need to replace or upgrade thousands of physical machines. All one needs is a functional monitor, a keyboard and a mouse to access internal applications, virtual applications and desktops through the AccOps solution. The required hardware and software changes/upgrades are done at the corporate data centre • Quick onboarding of new users: Onboarding of new employees, vendors or consultants becomes a lot easier and more cost effective as they only need a pen drive with the hardened OS to get onboard

6. This article is originally appeared on https://blogs.accops.com/turn-old-pcs-into-secure-high-performance-endpoint-devices/