Mobile working Toolkit
Story: Companies failing to support home workers
Posted by: Arthur B. (Thursday 15 September 2005, 8:14 PM)
Home work workplaces should be an integral part of the company "internal" network. Meaning that it shouldn't matter if someone is working at work or at home (or practicly whereever) as far as company regulations, procedures, processes, logistics, support and etc goes.
As it is now most companies only look inwards when it comes to questions like: budgetting, licensing, maintaining, policies and what not. The problem with that is that all the rest (like home or on-the-road workers) is ignored and thus ends up being something of a leftover issue.
Thing to do is to turn things around. Start with the most difficult stuff and find a solution for that first. Yes, it'll take longer before being able to produce first results but chances are that you'll end up with a real total solution that not only works but is also maintainable and available.
PS: you might want to look at Internet friendly solutions for just about everything. And no, that certainly is not (mostly) Citrix or Terminal Services. Unless you like one-size-fits-all, houses-of-cards and budget-busting "solutions".
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