RealVNC
www.realvnc.comRealVNC was founded in 2002 by a team from the world-leading AT&T Laboratories in Cambridge. The company was established to commercially develop, enhance and promote VNC, the innovative remote access software with a widespread international user base.
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) software makes it possible to view and fully-interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device anywhere on the Internet.
VNC software is cross-platform, allowing remote control between different types of computer. For ultimate simplicity, there is even a Java viewer, so that any desktop can be controlled remotely from within a browser without having to install software.
VNC has a wide range of applications including system administration, IT support and helpdesks. It can also be used to support the mobile user, both for hot desking within the enterprise and also to provide remote access at home, or on the road. The system allows several connections to the same desktop, providing an invaluable tool for collaborative or shared working in the workplace or classroom. Computer support within the geographically spread family is an ever popular use.
The open source version of VNC has been freely available since 1998, and more than 50 million copies of the software have been downloaded. The software has also appeared on numerous magazine cover disks, and for several years all popular versions of Linux have included VNC. It is in active use by many millions in industry, commerce, education and at home. Virtually all Fortune 500 companies use VNC, and installations of VNC across thousands of workstations are commonplace.
The RealVNC team has re-designed and re-implemented the VNC system. Compatible with the original protocols, the system is now an extremely flexible, modular and scaleable platform for vertical development, integration and licensing.
Staff
 Andy Harter, Chief Executive OfficerAndy Harter has a BA and PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University. Since then he has held executive roles in industrial research and at the AT&T Cambridge Laboratory where he was responsible for 25 research staff and an annual budget of $3M. He was responsible for a variety of projects involving large-scale development and deployment of hardware and software systems. Dr Harter is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of The Institution of Electrical Engineers, a Visiting Fellow of Cambridge University Engineering Department and a Fellow of St Edmund's College Cambridge. |  Tristan Richardson, Chief Technology OfficerWith a BA in Computer Science from Cambridge and an MPhil in Computer Speech and Language Processing, Tristan Richardson joined the AT&T Cambridge Laboratory in 1992 and started work on VNC. He was the principal architect of the system, having designed the protocols and written reference implementations for Unix and Java. He has wide experience of distributed systems and multimedia environments, having recently been the senior software architect of the Broadband Phone System. |
 James Weatherall, Head of Systems EngineeringWith a BA and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, James Weatherall joined the AT&T Laboratory in 1997 and worked on VNC, producing the first VNC server implementation for the Microsoft Windows platform. He is widely experienced in operating systems and kernels, embedded systems, distributed systems and toolkits. Dr Weatherall is a Member of the British Computer Society. |  Andy Hopper, ChairmanAndy Hopper is Professor of Communications Engineering at the University of Cambridge and headed up AT&T Cambridge Laboratory. He is well known for successfully forging academic and industrial activities in all aspects of communications technology and advises the UK government at the highest level. He has founded some eight companies over the last twenty years including Virata Corporation, IPV Corporation and Cambridge Broadband Ltd. Professor Hopper is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Head of the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. |
Contact details
Cambridge
CB1 2SN
United Kingdom
