pcAnywhere makes working at home an office event

When was the last time you were sitting at your computer at home and wishing you could get to those important, timely files, at work? Symantec’s pcAnywhere has the answer.

Whether at work or at home, the files you forgot to take with you can now be accessed through the wizardry of pcAnywhere through a simple phone call to your other computer. The connection is easy, and accessing your remote files is just like you were there, with the computer’s interface right on your screen in front of you.

Transferring files to your host computer is a snap with the step-by-step interface guiding you every step of the way.

Communication over the internet is now available with Symantec’s partnership with Yahoo! and their Pager software. Pager allows instanting messaging over the Internet and now you can start a pcAnywhere session through this connection.

Also in this newest version is the CheckPoint Software SecureRemote VPN client, which allows you to create a secure pcAnywhere session over the internet with authentication every time you cross a CheckPoint firewall. Security wizards imbedded in pcAnywhere helps you maintain a fair level of safety for your computer while enabling you to access your systems from all over the world.

For the business user who travels a lot, or who has multiple offices, Symantec’s pcAnywhere is a must. Those of us who have a Mom who is struggling to learn computers, with PCAnywhere you can tap into her computer and teach her without being there.