Green IT

 

Telecommuting Solutions

"If you can change your employees commuting habits or travel habits, you've really taken pretty big steps there," he said, "bigger steps probably than energy efficiency in your data center."
–  Paul Marcoux, VP of Engineering, Cisco

EcomNets Telecommuting Solutions is designed to help organizations save on commuting costs, while saving the environment through the reduction of fuel emmissions. Telecommuting in general is a work arrangement in which employees enjoy flexibility in working location and hours. In other words, the daily commute to a central place of work is replaced by telecommunication links.

Many work from home, while others, occasionally also referred to as nomad workers or web commuters utilize mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee shops or a myriad of other locations.
Telework is a broader term, referring to substituting telecommunications for any form of work-related travel, thereby eliminating the distance restrictions of telecommuting. All telecommuters are teleworkers, but not all teleworkers are telecommuters. A frequently repeated motto is that "work is something you do, not something you travel to". A successful telecommuting program requires a management style which is based on results and not on close scrutiny of individual employees. This is referred to as management by objectives, as opposed to, management by observation.


Long distance telework is facilitated by such tools as virtual private networks, videoconferencing, and Voice over IP (VOIP). It can be efficient and useful for companies as it allows staff and workers to communicate over a large distance, saving significant amounts of travel time and cost. As broadband Internet connections become more commonplace, more and more workers have enough bandwidth at home to use these tools to link their home office to their corporate intranet and internal phone networks.
EcomNets has the following capabilities:

    • Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
    • Video Conferencing
    • Voice over IP (VoIP)

    EcomNets empowers clients to drive measurable financial and environmental benefits from IT Eco-Efficiency and IT Eco-Innovation.  Our goal is to optimize energy efficiency, reduce power consumption, reduce electronic waste, and realize a return on investment.


    If you wish to ask EcomNets about consulting assistance for Telecommuting Solutions, call 1-866-410-9400 or email support@ecomnets.com