A simple and inexpensive Italian remote desktop solution for smart working: Supremo

Smart working (or agile work) e telework they are two different concepts, although in common language the two terms are used without distinction. In telecommuting, employees who work remotely are subject to same time restrictions of those who go to the office every day and basically just do their work from home. Smart working, on the contrary, is one agile working methodology which provides not only the possibility of working from home (or from a beach, a park, in the mountains, from a bar), but also offers the worker a certain flexibility in terms of time. It may seem like a minor distinction, but the difference is remarkable, also from the point of view of safety. In the case of telecommuting, the connection always takes place from the same line, and can be made safe with relative ease.

The area of ​​smart working is different, where instead the worker will use different types of connections: that of his home, the tethering of the telephone, the wi-fi hot-spots and, in general, connections that may not comply with safety standards.

For this reason, companies that have activated smart working policies often study safer access solutions for remote workers. VPN, for example, but also solutions of remote desktop, which allow you to access your office computer wherever you are, even with a not particularly powerful computer.

Among the various remote desktop solutions available on the market, Supreme – software developed by the Italian company Nanosystems – stands out for two peculiarities: it is extremely simple to install and configure and is inexpensive. The version free for private use of Supremo can be downloaded here.

Supremo, the remote desktop that installs in seconds

Some remote desktop solutions are not that trivial to configure for an inexperienced user, since they often require you to open ports on the corporate and remote worker firewalls. Supremo, on the contrary, does not need it: once downloaded it is ready to work. On any platform, by the way, so much that it supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

This does not mean that it is unsafe. The data flow is encrypted and the corporate IT team has a number of tools available for block unwanted IDs and allow access only to devices deemed suitable.

From a functional point of view, the possibility of installing Supremo as a service is interesting. In this way, the presence of an operator on the computer that will be controlled remotely will not be necessary. The office computer can therefore always remain on, ready to be used remotely at any time. In remote assistance scenarios, however, the function is very useful Run as, which allows Supremo to show and interact with the UAC windows (User Account Control) even if the remote user is a normal user.

The main features of the product include the following:

• Installation as a service for unattended access, which allows you to activate the remote desktop without any operator in front of the PC to be controlled. You can therefore leave your PC in the office, unattended, and use it at any time by accessing it remotely from another PC, or from a tablet or mobile phone.
• The "Allowed ID" function, which protects against unauthorized access by allowing the use of the remote desktop only on specific Supremo IDs.
• File Transfer, which allows you to quickly recover folders and individual files remotely. If you forgot to copy an important document, you can download it in a few moments, or you can copy a new file on your PC from the one you are checking it from.
• The Online Contacts Directory allows you to add an unlimited number of Supremo contacts, simplifying the communication and sharing of information: to reach a contact or share it with colleagues just one click.
• Thanks to the Online Reports, the administrator user of the support team will be able to monitor all the work sessions carried out by other users through Supremo. This is a key function for billing service hours.
• The interface can be customized with the company logo, references and information, thus becoming a marketing tool, for example in remote assistance scenarios.

Supreme, for personal use the license is free

Supremo can be used for free, at least for non-professional personal use, but allows the use of only one simultaneous connection. In the corporate context, however, the purchase of a license is required. The price is very aggressive and is less than € 5 per month per license, with a minimum of three users. The price list is available at this address. We point out that the paid version also offers the possibility of being able to customize the Supremo interface, adding the logo and data of your company.