Moz@Work: 2008年6月

<< 第一页 < 上一页下一页 > 最后一页 >>

SkyDrive to the Rescue!

One of the reasons Ilike being at Microsoft is that the company has a whole bunch of tools for everything, sometimes competing with each other but usually covering a pretty broad range of scenarios.

I recently purchased a report by Blair Pleasant on Unified Communications and she was trying to figure out how to get it to me before she leaves on vacation. She tried email, but Frontbridge ended up blocking the 10MB file. I wanted to use Sharepoint, but it was too combersome to make a request for an externally editable site. We could use Groove, but then she would need to download a client and trial for 90 days. We could use Office Communicator file transfer if she was federated, or maybe just Windows Live Messenger. But that can be testy with large files.

Then there is Skydrive, a free storage place on the web for exactly these scenarios. I created a shared folder with Blair and she uploaded the file. Boom, I had it.

Now, the next phase of this plethora of innovation is going to be to make it all work together. I mean, I really shouldn't have to think this hard just to share a file with someone.

Shouldn't Teleworkers Get Paid More and Not Less?

Interesting article stating that many workers would take a pay cut to work from home. That doesn't surprise me as there is clearly some benefit to having flexibility of working from home.

But the statement seems backward to me. Companies save a lot if someone works from home (office space, possibly higher productivity, etc). If you don't trust that someone will be productive working from home, you shouldn't let them telework. But if you do trust them usually you get increase in productivity for a lot of information worker roles. Some maybe companies should pay more to teleworkers and not less?

Many Tech Workers Would Accept Pay Cut To Telecommute

In a poll of more than 1,500 IT workers, 37% said they would be willing to take a pay cut of up to 10% to telecommute full time.

By Marin Perez; InformationWeek ; June 10, 2008 04:04 PM

Nearly 40% of U.S. information technology workers would accept a reduced salary to have the ability to telecommute, a Dice Holding survey revealed Tuesday.
In a poll of more than 1,500 IT workers, 37% of respondents said they would be willing to take "slightly less" pay to telecommute full time. The survey defined "slightly less" as up to a 10% reduction in salary.

respondents who said they wouldn't take a pay cut. But other surveys suggest that offering the ability to work from home can be a good way to attract and retain talented workers.

Workers can be drawn to the flexibility of telecommuting, and thanks to improvements to personal computers, videoconferencing, and Internet speeds, many remote workers can handle almost all their tasks from a home office.
Another growing issue is the spiraling cost of gasoline, which is more than $4 a gallon. Many private and federal offices are implementing plans that let workers work remotely, or have a compressed four-day workweek to combat the pain at the pump.
In a recent USA Today story, Sun Microsystems (NSDQ: JAVA) estimated that employees who choose to telecommute can cut gas purchases by 135 gallons a year, which at $4 a gallon would save $540. Sun has 18,000 employees who have the option to telecommute.
Only 7% of respondents to Dice's survey said they are already working remotely, although many of those jobs are limited to consulting firms where telecommuting is a necessary part of the job.

6月11日 9:27 | 添加评论 | 固定链接 | 写入日志 | Unified Communications