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Flexible
conferencing - coming soon to a desktop near you
OK, so there have been some "false dawns". But the technology
is here to make high quality integrated video, audio and web
conferencing a reality from every desktop.
Leading-edge training
for mobile technologies
We profile mpirical, a company that is taking on the challenging
area of training staff to implement and support the latest
telecommunications technologies.
Tablets to smooth the
way for mobile working
Just launched by Microsoft and a group
of PC manufacturers, Tablets PCs may trigger a
revolution in mobile flexible working.
Remote access the
easy way - using the web browser
Being able to access all your corporate systems - email, files,
mission-critical applications, corporate intranet, etc - is
vital for the modern flexible location worker. We profile
Aspelle's powerful browser-based solution.
Low budget
virtual meetings
Web conferencing provides a cheap and effective way of having
meetings online. The quality of voice and pictures may fall
below videoconferencing, but for many kinds of meeting and
information exchange it can be an ideal solution.
Videoconferencing - close encounters of the distant kind
Guest writer Lisa Honan, Managing Director of EyeNetwrok, looks
at how to use videoconferencing to beat the travel blues. Cost,
efficiency and quality issues combine to make videoconferencing
the right option for many face-to-face encounters.
Technologies for working anywhere
A summary of the technologies
that allow flexible workers to connect to their corporate
systems from wherever they may be working. 4 linked articles.
Can the knowledge
economy help to combat climate change?
Studies across Europe are examining the impact of the new technologies on
energy consumption, and how their use can contribute to the fight against
global warning.
How is
eWork progressing in Europe?
We review the European Commission's 2001 Status report on the progress of
eWork. For ICT suppliers there are many insights into the state of the
market, and also the involvement of many private sector companies in
EU-backed research projects.
Guide to
Flexible Working in the Information Age
Flexibility has written a book in association with Toshiba
bringing together the IT, HR and facilities issues with an
outline of how to implement a flexible working scheme.
Tackling the Digital Divide
What is it? What is being done to bridge it at the moment? And what should
government agencies and businesses be doing about it? And of course,
suppliers of ICT goods and services have a big stake in this.
Flexible
technologies
check out our growing Flexible Technologies section, designed to promote
understanding amongst non-specialists of technologies which support flexible
work.
(Green)
Travel Plans
What they're for, where Flexible Working comes in, and
how suppliers of ICT products and services can encourage their
suppliers to reduce their work-related travel using new
technologies. Review of new guide from the DETR.
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