Remote connection from home PC to work iMac

Our organization recently purchased an iMac 27-inch for an employee. That user would like to be able to remote into the computer from home. Unfortunately, that user has a PC at home. We were able to establish a VPN connection on the home PC and recreate the user's desktop via TightVNC: http://www.tightvnc.com/
We can see the desktop and access mail and files but the connection is way too slow to work effectively. Has anyone tried a different solution for PC to Mac remote connections? Thanks in advance.

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