Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from December 1997

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from December 1997

India's vision of the global workforce. (high-tech development is creating a borderless workforce) (Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 1997... SUMMARY: While you may know that data entry and software development has been done for many years in India for corporate customers elsewhere around the world, you may not realize how extensively the entire technology infrastructure has...

One-man telework powerhouse hard at work down under. (Bevis England's efforts on behalf of teleworking in New Zealand) (Industry Trend or Event)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 1997... SUMMARY: One of the good things about a small country like New Zealand is that one dedicated, hardworking person can make a big difference. Bevis England has been tirelessly promoting telework there in different forms since 1989. He provides this...

TELECOMmUTE '97: anything but a "Mickey Mouse" event. (includes related article about a letter to the Wall Street Journal's editor making fun of telecommuters' workstyle) (Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 1997... SUMMARY: More than 200 attendees and speakers gathered in Orlando in early November for the sixth annual TELECOMMUTE conference. Some who attended were just getting programs started, and others were trying to figure out how to deal with hundreds...

Telework productivity revisited. (response to a Nov 1997 Telecommuting Review article about measuring the productivity and cost-benefit ratio for telecommuting) (includes related article on a call for assistance from a telework researcher in South Africa) (Letters To The Editor) (Industry Trend or Event)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 1997... SUMMARY: The lengthy article in last months newsletter about measuring the productivity and cost-benefit ratio for telecommuting drew a number of responses, including this detailed and thoughtful letter. As you Will see, it proves that my...

Bandwidth Is everything. (increased bandwidth available via cable modems can directly influence how telecommuters do their work) (Technology Information)
December 1, 1997... SUMMARY: After having some experience with a cable modem and Internet access through my cable television provider, I'm convinced more than ever that George Gilder and other techno-futurists are correct: bandwidth is everything. The added speed...

Internet, intranets, and now 'extranets.': weaving a relationship with customers, suppliers -- and workers. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
December 1, 1997... SUMMARY -- Just when you thought you had all the "nets" figured out, here come the "extra-nets" -- the next version of networked commerce. These part-private, part-public networks are being designed to tighten the relationship between a...

Canada group pitches telework to government leaders. (Canadian Telework Association) (Traffic and Transportation) (Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 1997... SUMMARY -- The Canadian Telework Association recently sent persuasive letters to key cabinet ministers to encourage their support of telework as an environmental strategy. Though top government officials are besieged with letters asking for...