Recent tube chaos highlights importance of working from home
Recent tube chaos highlights importance of working from home
The recent tube upheaval has seen the interest in working from home increase once more.
Avoiding the disruption caused by transport strikes or disruption is essential to ensure that companies continue to stick to their schedules and technology such as VoIP and video conferencing can assist with this. Working from home is now more popular than ever, with companies across many sectors allowing their employees flexibility when it comes to the location from which they choose to work.
Helping this trend is the evolution of technology, such as smartphones, cloud computing and VoIP, which allow staff members based outside the office to have a direct, reliable and fast line of communication to their office-based colleagues and clients around the world.
According to data from video conference firm Blue Jeans Network, more than a quarter of its customers made use of technology that allows remote working during the recent tube disruption.
The research noted a rise in the number of video conference meetings held during the strike compared to the same time period last year, showing the flexibility and accessibility of the communication tool.
James Campanini, the firm's vice president and general manager for EMEA, told Comms Business: “Professional technology solutions now mean the best option for many workers is to work from home, especially during industrial action or bad weather.
“While tools like telephone and email have long been part and parcel of remote working, they do not provide the much needed face-to-face collaboration modern workers crave. It is more important than ever that organisations have the correct technologies in place to make working from anywhere as seamless a transition from the office desk as possible.”
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