I suspect there are still a lot of companies that have not got their acts together,” says Alan Denbigh, executive director of the Teleworking Association. Thompson suggests that the fine for FWR infringements may soon increase in order to force...
Having seen web 2.0 reduce them to transport pipes, telcos may yet have a chance to steal a march on other service providers with the advent of web 3.0 - a new era heralded by the arrival of virtual worlds such as Second Life.
Employment legislation coming into effect next month could force many companies to allow their employees to work from home, potentially creating a large market for teleworking-related technology such as broadband and voice over IP.
A further plus point is that remote working is firmly on the government's agenda - the recent Mobile Working Directive encourages organisations to provide teleworking facilities for parents, for instance.
(Predictably enough, we have received a press release from a teleworking specialist claiming that technology is the answer to this crisis. Co-incidentally (or not), its share price enjoyed a little boost at the same time.
Of course, teleworking won't happen unless people accept new ways of working. Third, improvements in the price, performance and ease of use of teleworking tools make it feasible to provide every member of staff with a rich set of tools that can do...