Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from October 1994

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from October 1994

American Express takes long, slow, and successful road to the virtual office.
October 1, 1994... SUMMARY: Companies looking to find quick success and instant real-estate cost savings with virtual office projects would do well to learn from American Express. A two-year project to improve sales force productivity ended with what looks like a...

AT&T holds national telecommuting day for employees.
October 1, 1994... SUMMARY: September 20 was "Telecommuting Day" for AT&T's U.S. employees, its first nationwide work-at-home day. The event was designed to highlight the growing use of telecommuting within AT&T and to draw attention to remotework options in...

Northern Telecom and telcos join to offer "one-stop-shopping" for telecommuting installations; NYNEX launches similar service.
October 1, 1994... SUMMARY: Northern Telecom recently introduced a service in California that meets a need faced by almost every organization that wants to implement telecommuting--finding a simple way to make all the telecommunications planning and installation...

Service lets your faxes follow you anywhere. (AlphaNet Telecom Inc's FollowFax service)
October 1, 1994... SUMMARY: Mobile workers and telecommuters who need to get their incoming faxes as they move from location to location will benefit from this service. Like others on the market, it lets you receive all incoming faxes in an electronic fax mailbox...

Personal office "cocoon" for the ultimate work environment. (unique solution provides privacy, ergonomics and the ability to eliminate noise and distractions)
October 1, 1994... SUMMARY: A designer's solution to the deficiencies of the traditional office and chair for computer users is a unique design that offers privacy, ergonomics, and the ability to shut out distractions and noise. It's interesting but expensive,...

Canada vs. the U.S. - a telecommuting lag?
October 1, 1994... SUMMARY: This guest article by Ken Robertson explores the question of whether telecommuting in Canada is as far behind what exists in the U.S. as some people in both countries believe. Robertson argues that there are differences in...