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The Weekly Round-Up: 15.05.09
Round-Up Over the past five days the Work Wise initiative has been encouraging people to join in the event aimed at raising awareness of the benefits of flexible working, with the hope of increasing the number of homeworkers to... [15 May 2009]
Home and dry with the great WFH experiment?
News Over the past five days the Work Wise UK initiative has been encouraging people to take part in the annual event aimed at raising awareness of the benefits of flexible working, with the hope of increasing the number of... [15 May 2009]
Inbox: Thin clients dealt Defra death blow?
Comment With so many homeworkers it may have cost Defra lots more in electricity bills to provide hosted virtual machines for all, maybe it's better to let the homeworkers pay for the electricity and office... [05 Mar 2009]
Careless homeworkers increase security risks
News But others disagree that homeworkers pose a greater security risk than employees in the office. A survey by Cisco this week found a lack of discipline and vigilance among home workers on the internet - from hi-jacking... [08 Feb 2008]
Why WFH isn't always so green
News The EST report urges homeworkers to consider a number of options to bring down power consumption when WFH, such as buying an energy savings mains controller which automatically switches off peripherals when the computer... [04 Jul 2007]
Lawyers warn of working from home pitfalls
News Regular contact and appraisals with homeworkers are also important to make sure the employee does not feel abandoned and is reminded of the company's culture. Before unchaining staff from office desks and sending them... [24 May 2007]
Teleworkers: Your company's latest security nightmare
News Cisco said employees now need clear guidance - for example homeworkers might think the company's antivirus software will protect them but this is often not the case. Corporate security is being put in jeopardy by sloppy... [10 Oct 2006]
2.6 million home offices in the UK
News Around 40 per cent of households with homeworkers include teleworkers: employees of an organisation with offices somewhere else. Almost 40 per cent of homeworkers live in those three regions. Some 10 per... [29 Aug 2006]
Tech winners and losers as broadband spend jumps
News DSL technology is now widely used to connect small sites and homeworkers, providing the connectivity for secure IP-based virtual private networks (VPNs) and even Ethernet, said Hopkins. Companies will continue to spend... [13 Dec 2005]
Teleworking a popular choice for the self-employed
News Of the country's 3.1 million homeworkers - those who work at home but may or may not use computers and telephones - 77 per cent were teleworkers in spring 2005, compared to just 40 per cent eight years ago. [06 Oct 2005]
UK notches up 5.5 million teleworkers
News The trend towards remote working is proving a boon to the security industry but less so to the ISPs that homeworkers rely on, the report said. Over five million Britons in employment are now working remotely, a new... [01 Sep 2005]
Flexible working - where 'presence' is everything
Comment Presence will even be of benefit for those sceptical managers who suspect homeworkers of spending their time doing the washing up and watching television as it can offer visual proof that they are working at their desk. [20 Nov 2003]
BT brings broadband to Microsoft homeworkers
News BT has inked a deal with Microsoft to give 1,500 of its homeworksers broadband links to the company's main network. Details of the deal are expected to be announced in the coming weeks, according to reports in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph. [15 Apr 2002]
HP teams up with intranet specialist
News HotOffice targets small businesses, homeworkers and mobile workers with its hosted intranet service. Hewlett-Packard (HP) has teamed up with intranet specialist, HotOffice Technologies, to promote intranet technologies... [02 Jul 1999]
