Setting up corporate teleworking system

During a crisis — a natural disaster, terrorist act, a transportation strike — having employees working from home or other off-site locations can be a great benefit to a company. If they have Internet connectivity, a computer, and power, these teleworkers ensure some level of business continuity, at least with each other and, in some cases, with clients or constituents who will still be depending on them. Add the right communications technology, with information sharing capabilities and encryption strong enough to handle privileged communications, and, disaster or no disaster, it may almost be business as usual. Just think of how much money and time could be saved — and headaches prevented — if employees were prepared to work if they could not get to the office.

If your company does not yet have an employee teleworking fall-back plan for a time of disaster, you should read Cathy Planchard’s detailed and useful article. Planchard is vice-president for corporate and marketing communication at Scottsdale, Arizona-based Viack.

-read more in Planchard’s article; and see Viack Web site