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Heed tech, people issues before going mobile
News Businesses must first consider various manpower and technical matters before deploying mobile workforce strategy, observers highlight.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Communications, Telecommuting, Workforce, cost savings, Mobile Workforce, Worker, unified communications
IDC: UC moving mainstream in Asia
News The next year or two will see unified communications adoption among mainstream enterprise users outpace today's adoption by cutting-edge users.
Tags: Remote management, VoIP/IP telephony, Customer support, Telecommuting, Asia, International Data Corp., Video Conferencing, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Tool
Asian employers warm up to telecommuting?
News Telecommuting provides to companies in the region, a cost-savings measure against increasiing transport costs and high office rentals.
Tags: Commuter, Employee policy/training, HR policies and procedures, Trends, Business, Telecommuting, Security, Mobile, India, phone
Cisco using the Internet to help turn cities green
News Router and switch maker assisting cities around the world to consume less power and produce less pollution. And, of course, company hopes to pick up some business in the process.
Tags: Green IT, City, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, collaboration tool, San Francisco, WebEx Communications Inc., Amsterdam, partnership, Internet
Malaysia still has hangups over mobility
News Companies remain unwilling to support mobile workforce due to security concerns, lack of awareness and misgivings about underperforming employees.
Tags: Employee policy/training, Employee communications, Recruiting, Communications, Mobile, Small And Medium Enterprise, Workforce, International Data Corp., Sales, Malaysia
Basic policies help manage the pros and cons of telecommuting
Insight Telecommuting can be a useful, if imperfect, tool for recruiting top employees who want to work from home. This article examines the policies you'll need to implement to effectively manage the strengths and weaknesses of telecommuting.
3Com to link telecommuters to office VoIP
News Module lets remote workers access corporate VoIP applications, including conference calls and messages.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony
Flexi-work time in vogue?
Insight Despite a clampdown after the dot-com bust, some employees now have more options about when and where they work.
Tags: Corporate culture
One firm's commitment to telecommuting pays off
Insight Few organizations have had success with telecommuting, despite its promise. One firm has bucked that trend by realizing a large increase in productivity when its word processors began working from home. Here's how they did it.
Phone lines clogged by snowbound telecommuters
News AT&T Corp, the No 1 US long-distance phone company, said the number of snowbound northeasterners working from home has caused sporadic congestion on its network that has disrupted service to some customers.
Mobility is not a privilege
Blogs weekly roundup In my interactions with friends and relatives over the Chinese New Year holidays, a stark reality hit me....
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Employee policy/training
What it's really like to work from home
Blogs As some of you may have ...
Be prepared: Winterize your disaster recovery plan
Techguide John McCormick takes a break from security bulletins to remind everyone about another crucial security gap--planning for disasters.
S'pore invests S$30m to spur broadband adoption 
News The Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is investing S$30 million over the next two years to speed up the pace of adoption and innovation of broadband applications and services here.
'Homeshoring' to trump offshoring?
News Study says companies are using home-based U.S. employees for call center duties, which can avoid problems tied to offshore workers.
Tags: Outsourcing
