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- Telecommuting
- Working at home and communicating with the office by phone, fax and computer. In the U.S., at the beginning of the 21st century, more than 30 million Americans were...
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- What your boss hates about telecommuting
- What your boss hates about telecommutingsince 1994....since 1994 I've been a full time telecommuter. It works very well for me and my family. I can see it NOT working for many people and many careers. Lower auto insurance rates, no commuting costs.. but your home electric bill may creep up....
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- What your boss hates about telecommuting
- If you're not having any luck convincing your boss that you should be able to work from home, trying seeing it from his or her perspective. by Deb Perelman
- Tags: Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Telecommuting in London to soar with summer temps
- Telecommuting in London to soar with summer tempsTelecommuting from remote office centersOffice workers who do not have adequate facilities at home for telecommuting or those who do not feel they can be as efficient working out of the house, need to consider working out of a remote office. Remote...
- Tags: telecommuting, worker
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Greening IT beyond the data center
- At the Business Goes Green conference in San Jose, Calif., on June 6, Christopher Mines, senior vice president of Forrester Research, talks about strategies managers can use to green IT in areas of an organization outside the data center. Mines discusses ideas such as implementing telecommuting initiatives, deploying video conferencing...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Telecommuting, Data Centers, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Data Management, Forrester Research
- Videos 2008-06-23
- Getting to work without going to work, how green is that?
- Getting to work without going to work, how green is that?You don't have to "all the way"If you have a typical white collar job that does not require 100% face time with the public/customers, then try this:1. Put a manilla (other colors won't work) folder on your desk and label...
- Tags: telecommuting, Remote Office Hosting Center, worker
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- Getting to work without going to work, how green is that?
- A resource management software provider teamed up with an experienced market analysis and research firm. Their goal was to find out how American corporations are using technology to control their operating costs. Building space, operating costs from lighting to HVAC, conference room needs--all are crucial parts of the...
- Tags: Nucleus Research Inc., Worker, PeopleCube, John Anderson, Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- Shifting the load? Sun studies energy consumption implications of telecommuting
- Shifting the load? Sun studies energy consumption implications of telecommutingWork from home, buses only when neededI live in London, so no excuses.Best bit? My job entails competing with the best brains in the world.Enjoy your journey ;-)RE: Shifting the load? Sun studies energy consumption implications of telecommutingMany, if not most...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, energy consumption implication, Sun Microsystems Inc., telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Shifting the load? Sun studies energy consumption implications of telecommuting
- There is great potential for snarkiness associated with today's blog. Here's the thing: I have read and written about how technologies such as videoconferencing, broadband Internet access and power mobile devices are having a green impact on the way that companies do business. But even as...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- 37% of US IT workers would take a pay cut if it involved telecommuting
- In a poll of 1,500 technology workers, 37% said they would accept a salary cut if they could work from home, according to Dice Holdings. The average U.S. technology professional makes $74,570 per year. About 7% of such workers already telecommute. by AM
- Tags: Worker, Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, AM
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- The Folks at NTR say it's a small, but crucial, step from software to landscape
- I spoke with two execs at NTR recently, and they were talking software, of course. But they were really talking about the planet, energy conservation and taking some action. Now. Not waiting. Not expecting a magic fix. NTR, based in Barcelona, is a...
- Tags: Software, NTR Global, Tree, Harsch, Tools & Techniques, Telecommuting, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the norm
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the normUnlike the Music Industry - Never heard of "oil payola"Superspike? Really. It's interesting that we have so much of the stuff that why don't the companies start paying us to use their fuel? I guess that would probably be "illegal" at...
- Tags: Gas Prices, telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the norm
- Can the price of crude--currently above $125 a barrel and the high gas prices that go with it--make telecommuting the norm? These questions come up typically with crises and natural disasters. For instance, if there was an avian flu outbreak workers across the U.S. would have to...
- Tags: Information Technology, Worker, Telecommuting, Help Desk, Call Centers, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux
- Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Beverage Distributor Streamlines Computing With Terminal Services Technology
- Lion Nathan produces some of the best-known beverages in Australia and New Zealand, such as Tooheys, XXXX, Hahn, James Squire, Heineken, and Bacardi. The company's remote locations include large breweries and small distribution sites. To improve data flows and enhance the performance of software applications that employees access remotely, the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Beverage, Computing, Lion Nathan, Telecommuting, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Working Green: Bottom-line Benefits of Telecommuting and Secure Remote Access
- Growing concern about global warming is spilling into the business world. Companies are exploring the benefits of telecommuting, allowing their employees to work remotely from home. Most importantly, telecommuting boosts disaster recovery. Secure remote access also shrinks a company's carbon emissions, cuts air pollution, trims real estate costs, boosts "green"...
- Tags: Telecommuting, Remote Access, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-02-01
- This time they really mean it: software saves you money
- In the past there's always been the hope that newer, better software systems save money for the enterprise customers. Sometimes it seems to work that way. Spreadsheets sure beat the hell out of the old-fashioned hand-typed data charts and the pocket calculator. But it's not...
- Tags: Software, John Anderson, Tools & Techniques, Telecommuting, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- News to know: Vista SP1; XO on Sugar; Macworld preview; AMD; KDE gallery
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: About-face: Microsoft makes new Vista SP1 test build public Christopher Dawson: Hands on with the XO Sugar OS. Gallery left. OLPC America David Morgenstern: Apple walks on water and WiMax Mobile. Jason O'Grady: MWSF08: 'Something...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, KDE, IBM Corp., Blogging, Telecommuting, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Telecommuting not so great for those left in office
- Telecommuting not so great for those left in officeOne word, "Envy" nt.Email and Blogs have to be for everyone.The USA just did not ensure that the infrastructure for commuting was maintained. We see this so clearly after the Mississippi bridge collapse and Ferry Boat issues in Washington...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Blogging, Telecommuting not-so, telecommuting, not-so, job, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- 10 signs that you aren't cut out to be a telecommuter
- Successfully telecommuting -- being productive, staying in the mix, keeping yourself on the executive radar, and not allowing work to bleed into your home life until you can't tell which is which -- definitely requires some discipline and vigilance. It's not for everybody. If you've been considering a telecommuting arrangement,...
- Tags: Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Download resources 2008-01-08
- Implementing a Telecommuting Program
- This paper examines the implementation of telecommuting capabilities, from an operations management perspective. Based on experience of the Avaya Business Communications Consulting BCC team, the paper addresses the human resource, business control, and security components that need to be considered for a successful introduction of telecommuting in the contact center.
- Tags: Avaya Inc., Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-01-01
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