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And the most flexible town in the UK is...
News In related news, telco BT - a champion of homeworking, with more than 10,000 staff who work from home and a further 64,000 who work flexibly - has revoked the WFH privileges of around 200 staff in front-line customer... [27 May 2009]
Home and dry with the great WFH experiment?
News With millions expected to abandon the office today to mark the annual Work From Home day, silicon.com sent its reporters out into the field (literally) to see whether homeworking is all it's cracked up to be. [15 May 2009]
Inbox: Thin clients dealt Defra death blow?
Comment It's not obvious that homeworking always brings green benefits. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. Defra gave thin clients short... [05 Mar 2009]
Thumbs down for Brown's broadband pledge
News If, as a result of this, better homeworking and small business operation is possible at lower costs - i.e.connectivity becomes less asymmetric and upload speeds are improved - we should see some practical benefits. [09 Jan 2009]
Careless homeworkers increase security risks
News Nic Evans, European IT director at Key Equipment Finance, said: "With secure VPN and disk encryption there is no reason why technically homeworking should be any less secure than in the office. A survey by Cisco this... [08 Feb 2008]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News The speakers at the eForum touched on various applications - from videoconferencing to greater opportunities for homeworking to the rise of social networking and even the BBC's iPlayer - that might benefit from improved... [22 Nov 2007]
Leader: How green is your (silicon) valley?
Leader How about encouraging homeworking more in the spring and autumn, when heating or air-conditioning bills don't come into play as much for households? A report by the Energy Saving Trust has questioned the 'greenness' of... [05 Jul 2007]
Why WFH isn't always so green
News Homeworking is often touted as one way to help cut carbon emissions but now workers are being urged to keep their power consumption down when working from home (WFH). The Ampere Strikes Back report from the Energy Saving... [04 Jul 2007]
CEOs and CIOs learning to love each other
News But the apparent discomfort with remote and homeworking among business managers is reflected in IT investment plans, with homeworking ranking as the lowest influencing factor on IT managers' technology... [04 Jul 2007]
SMEs snubbing homeworking
News Only 43 per cent of SMEs have the technology in place to support homeworking, compared to 76 per cent of large companies, research reveals. Only one-fifth of SMEs - those companies with no more than 500 employees - said... [03 Jul 2007]
VPNs, IP telephony biggest homeworking headaches
News VPN (virtual private network) is seen as the hardest remote working technology to manage by IT managers, claims research. It was chosen by 37 per cent of respondents as the remote working technology that causes the most headaches in a... [11 Jun 2007]
Lawyers warn of working from home pitfalls
News Bosses should also enforce a trial period to see if the homeworking set-up is a success, with a 'right to revert' clause put in the employee's contract. How could you improve your homeworking set-up? The... [24 May 2007]
Leader: What can we learn from working at home?
Leader If National Working From Home Day achieves one thing, it will hopefully be that businesses are encouraged to look not only at whether they can - and should - encourage homeworking but whether they are doing enough to... [18 May 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: There's no workplace like home
Comment Why aren't more of us enjoying the benefits of homeworking? Working from home is good for people and good for the planet. But how easy is it for a team to collaborate while everyone's out of the office? [17 May 2007]
WiMax to go live in Warwick
News With more homeworking made possible, a reduction in office desk space could allow the council to make money by leasing office space it no longer needs. Warwick District Council's WiMax trial will start this spring with... [03 Apr 2007]
