Which Web services provide the best remote help desk support?
Providing quality, cost-effective remote help to a distributed workforce is a growing challenge for many organizations. More and more workers are telecommuting or logging into the company network while out on the road. Remote users are often frustrated when they have a problem that isn’t resolved quickly. This can lead to users trying to resolve problems themselves, often making things worse and adding to their frustration and loss of productivity. In the past, when dealing with very small organizations, I have used various Windows tools, such as Terminal Services and Remote Assistance in Windows XP. However, these options are not really practical when dealing with a large number of users, particularly since there can be interoperability problems between operating systems if the remote computer is running a different version of Windows. The increasing demand for efficient remote support has brought about many Web-based services that provide the ability to remotely view and control cust
