[Hidden-tech] Remote desktop control software

[Andy Klapper]

I am starting a new consulting contract with a customer with offices in NYC
and Northampton and they want to be involved in the work that I'll be doing
for them.  One of the things that we will need for this to work is software
that will allow two, possibly three, people to share a
computer/keyboard/mouse so we can collaborate as if we were all standing
around a single machine in the same physical location.  There appears to be
several free and for a fee services that allow you to perform some or all of
what we want, though some are geared towards giving presentations (Goto
Meeting - I can share my machine to give a presentation) or geared to remote
support (CoPilot - I can take control of somebody else's computer for the
purpose of providing remote IT support).  I'd love to have something that
allows you to do both with true keyboard/mouse sharing so I can release
control to another engineer and they can then modify code and turn control
back to me.

Of course free is better, but a small fee for a better experience would not
be out of the question.

So my fellow consultants in the wilderness do any of you have experience
with these kinds of tools and can you recommend a good tool and/or service
for remote collaboration?


Andy.

Andy Klapper
Asgard Technology Group, LLC
Making Complex Software Simple
High Speed Multi-Threading Specialists
5 Anna Marie Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Andy at Asgard-Tech.com
(860) 805-1189 (cell)