The economy may be limping along, but one sector of the tech industry is booming despite the sluggish markets and stagnating growth: wireless. A new report demonstrates just how much.
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IT shops that are still battling tight budgets or hiring freezes during this economic downturn could be looking for a way to get more done with an understaffed department. One solution:
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Tags: balance, Brigham Young University, study, telecommuting, work. life
The persistent question about technology is whether all these electronics make our lives better or just make more for us to do. For stressed out workers, the question seems to have been answered.
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Tags: InterCall, stress, technology
With the dog days of summer upon us, it could be tough to remember that patch of extraordinary snow and ice that enveloped much of the country — including Washington, DC – last winter.
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Tags: inspector general, National Labor Relations Board, survey, telework
Well, it’s finally here — Apple’s iPad hit stores on Saturday and now that consumers have their hands on the much ballyhooed tablet computer, it’s time to see if they’ll use it for the reason they said they would: work.
Now that the Obama administration’s checked healthcare off its “To Do” list, one of the next issues likely to be on the agenda will be the FCC Broadband Plan, a comprehensive overhaul and expansion of broadband service across the country. How much will it cost?
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Tags: broadband plan, FCC, fee, tax
Businesses on the East Coast got a taste of what a small natural disaster can do to productivity and communication when back-to-back blizzards struck. The heroes of the week — besides road crews and power company employees? Companies with telecommuting programs.
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Tags: blizzard, calculator, program, remote, telecommuting, Telework Research Network, workers
Okay, that recent story here on FinanceTechNews about how there’s no such thing as free WiFi was kind of a lie. There really was some free WiFi out there, but it doesn’t exist anymore.
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Tags: access, connection, Coshocton, free, Motion Picture Association of America, municipal, Ohio, OneCommunity, Sony Pictures, WiFi
Government agencies and big companies are apparently taking flu pandemic warnings seriously enough to invest in planning for the problem.
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Tags: flu, Pandemic, planning, secure access, technologies, work at hom
If you’ve got users who are non-exempt employees, warn their managers to be careful about when and how often they contact those workers via company-issued mobiles.
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Tags: cell phones, cellphones, non-exempt employees, pay, work-related, workers
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