Virtual Network Computing (Vnc) - High-Impact Strategies - What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors (Paperback)

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network.

VNC is platform-independent - a VNC viewer on one operating system may connect to a VNC server on the same or any other operating system. There are clients and servers for many GUI-based operating systems and for Java. Multiple clients may connect to a VNC server at the same time. Popular uses for this technology include remote technical support and accessing files on one's work computer from one's home computer, or vice versa.

VNC was originally developed at the Olivetti Research Laboratory in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The original VNC source code and many modern derivatives are open source under the GNU General Public License. VNC in KDE.

There are a number of variants of VNC which offer their own particular functionality; e.g., some optimised for Microsoft Windows, or offering file transfer (not part of VNC proper), etc. Many are compatible (without their added features) with VNC proper in the sense that a viewer of one flavour can connect with a server of another; others are based on VNC code but not compatible with standard VNC.

This book is your ultimate resource for Virtual Network Computing (VNC). Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Virtual Network Computing (VNC) right away, covering: Virtual Network Computing, Apple Remote Desktop, Chicken of the VNC, Comparison of remote desktop software, Crossloop, EchoVNC, Fog Creek Copilot, Gemsvnc, ITALC, KRDC, Netman, Netviewer, Network computing, Quentin Stafford-Fraser, RealVNC, RFB protocol, Screen Sharing, Synergy (software), TeamViewer, Teleskill, TigerVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC, Vinagre, Workspot, X11vnc

This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Virtual Network Computing (VNC). It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Virtual Network Computing (VNC) with the objectivity of experienced professionals.