Islanda™

Go GREEN . . . Work from home or anywhere you need to work

 

We are living in a rapidly changing world. We have known that for years but the changes keep coming faster and faster. While we have complained for years about traffic jams and the time wasted in commuting from home, where we sit at a desk and work online, to an office, where we sit at a desk and work online, there are still very few of us who have taken advantage of our networked world. The long anticipated end of limitless oil and cheap energy has now made our inefficiencies painfully obvious.

An analysis of research by SBA, EPA, DOT, and Census Bureau data announced today offers hope for Earth Day. The study shows that while less than 5% of the U.S. workforce currently works from home, 40% have jobs that would allow them to telecommute. If they did, according to the study, these new teleworkers could annually save 625 million barrels of oil (roughly the annual petroleum output of Libya), reduce greenhouse gases by 107 million metric tons of CO2 each year, and save almost $43 billion at the pump. Each worker individually would save 26 workdays and over $800 each year -- time and money now wasted commuting. The Earth Times April 2008

 

Making a business virtual is dependent on a number of variables. Ultimately it depends on the flexibility of the businesses managers, workers, and the nature of the business. Not all businesses can be virtual but elements of all businesses can be easily virtualized. Most back office activities, sales and marketing, accounting services, and much of general management can be handled online at least part of the time. A handy way to estimate how virtual your business and/or your job can be is track how much of your time is spent communicating on the telephone and online. Add to this the amount of time you spend on your PC working with reports, orders, spreadsheets, or supplier portals and web services. By doing a simple survey of your whole organization you can get an idea of the time and energy that could be saved.

To make all of this activity virtual requires that:

1. Your business data be made securely available with high speed connectivity to the Internet
2. Your office Local Area Network be expanded through Virtual Private Network connectivity
3. Your company telephone system be moved to Internet delivery of calls and services
4. Your staff be educated and equipped to work from their remote or home office.
5. Both formal and informal work group communications are replaced with virtual services including Instant Messaging and PDA/Phone integration.
6. All standard oprational forms, procedures, and record keeping be brought online in a secure collaborative portal.

All of these elements can be economically implemented and will produce side benefits of improved data security and better tracking of employee productivity. Islanda® is a full Information Technology outsource partner for large and small Hawaii businesses. Our senior system and network engineers Microsoft and Cisco certified with over 40 years of combined experience in the Internet age. We include full business process consulting for design, implementation, and management.

 

Our initial evaluation of your virtual potential is free. All you have to lose are needless expenses and those expensive cubicle walls. Call or email us today! Click virtualize@islandatech.com to begin changing the way you do business. We can even help with full home office equipment and furniture planning and acquisition.