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Wither the Virtual Office?
By Mark Evans | February 4, 2008
You remember when everyone was all excited about telecommuting? Remember all the buzz about being able to work from a home office without having to commute - unless you count going from the kitchen to the office a commute?
Well, it hasn’t happened nearly as much as everyone expected. In fact, companies such as AT&T are clawing back their telecommuting operations, and putting more people in “satellite offices”.
Nortel’s Phil Edholm, however, is optimistic that telecommuting and mobile-working are still alive and well. In an interview with ZDnet, he believes the virtual office will become more prevalent with the emergence of converged networks, including mobile broadband wireless networks, that will let people work anywhere, any time.
Topics: Executive Suite, Wireless |