If we introduce wireless into this equation, we can add near real time visibility of goods and personnel movement and continuous communication with field-based workers. In both of our examples, data is exchanged or synchronised with mother ship...
The trend has been criticized as bad for US workers, but some economists and industry leaders say the offshore trend is ultimately healthy for the US economy. Still, a recent study found morale among IT workers has dipped to an all-time low, even...
Its network is used to monitor gas and oil field employees in a 400-mile area of the Permian Basin region in the western part of Texas. The company plans to demonstrate applications using IP-based voice and video over the stratellite connection.
The news comes on the heels of a study finding that confidence in the job market among information technology workers rose in October. Help-wanted ads in that corner of the tech industry are welcome developments to tech workers, who weathered...
They are more vulnerable to the loss of key personnel, may not have the financial muscle to survive for the duration of a project and often don't have the capacity or breadth to absorb large projects easily.
Security risks to businesses with workforce diasporas include data loss and data leakage, eavesdropping on transmissions, the ability of third parties to intercept wireless communications, the lack of central control and reduced connection...