Telecommuting has failed to reach widespread adoption for non-technical reasons. Management doesn?t trust employees to put in a full days work with distractions in the home and unreliable broadband. Employees would rather have a real office so they can separate home life from work life.
The answer is Telecommuting 2.0. With Telecommuting 2.0, rather than working out of their home, workers telecommute from Remote Office Hosting Centers. ROHCs lease offices to employees from multiple companies in a shared ?Center? that is located near where people live.
Remote Office Hosting Centers (ROHCs) are responsible for providing professional grade internet access, phone system, workspace, mailstop and a card scanner security system ? which logs employee attendance.
ROHCs provide the best of traditional offices and home offices without the problems of either ? no commuting, but a real office and infrastructure.
In reply to: "Slouching toward telecommuting: IT's newest challenge"
June 20, 2008
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