Remote Work-this is best described as working away from the "office" or company HQ. Over the years my two agencies, COMUNICANO, and now Brand Communication Design, have been Remote Native with a mix of Remote First when we had people working in my house during the day, while I was a often being Road Warrior which is how Working Anywhere came to be. Remote is a much better term, much like "mobile" is better than "cellular" to describe smartphones. One of the terms over used is "virtual" which I feel has been misapplied. Given that, I thought it would be good to provide some perspective around the terms floating around today as nearly everyone is finding some way to be working this way.
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Regardless of the term, a telecopier and portable typewriter were how in the 70s we worked remotely. Telecopiers were how we sent documents back then. It was compiling the stats on a plane so we had them the next game or working from a hotel room. For me "remote" work was calling in the highlights of a pro-lacrosse game to media from The Spectrum's press box or from a game on the road. Technology and more all there, here and here.Īs a remote worker all my life- starting in 1974 - I've watched the conceptual terms evolve from telework to telecommuting to now Remote Working. Having traveled extensively, and literally being someone who every day was WorkingAnywhere, this is a subject area I'm still passionate about, and now over the next few months will put to the test as I begin a phase of being super virtual, mobile and still connected. All that has changed, and with that, there's moreĪs a person who has worked more from home than in an office his entire life, built a high growth, and now smaller agency, that was all remote, I likely let others get the fame, glory and credit as being an expert, pundit, or consultant on the idea of remote working. Email was the main mode of communications, SMS was not really all connected and apps, well they were not even really a factor. Using FedEx, Priority Mail and UPS was second nature to send a package. Having a UPS store account started when they were called MailBoxes, ETC. I used Regus locations all over the world as I needed to, and still do. The Regus network includes almost 3,000 business centers, spanning almost 900 cities across 120 countries, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.I started this blog long before the concept of Working From Home, Working in Coffeeshops, Co-Working or anything more than the concept of teleworking was the way it was described. The combination of our open cloud platform with Regus’ information services and systems will enable automated, on-demand services to Regus clients worldwide.” Additionally, Regus clients have the added flexibility to suit their personalized business needs, taking their communications service with them wherever they are in the world.īryan Martin, Chief Technology Officer of 8x8, said: “Regus’ commitment to workplace flexibility is bolstered by the capabilities of the 8x8 Communications Cloud. With 8x8, Regus’ customers have access to world-class unified communications that allows them to have a continuous communications experience, with the ability to seamlessly switch from chat, messaging and voice while roaming across multiple networks, such as 3G/4G LTE and Wi-Fi. Mobility and flexibility for Regus customers
“We want to provide our hundreds of thousands of business customers that currently utilize our traditional on-premises voice services with access to the most reliable and advanced cloud-based communications services available, including mobile apps, messaging, web and video conferencing, collaboration and contact center,” said Sharpe. By selecting 8x8, Regus has ensured its customers have access to the most advanced enterprise communications tools to increase their business flexibility and productivity. Prior to moving to the cloud, Regus was unable to offer a business phone service with key features such as mobility, multi-channel communications and presence-enabled directories. “8x8’s services have been instrumental thus far in advancing our global communications and contact center initiatives, and we are pleased to extend our partnership for this next phase of our deployments.” Advanced and reliable cloud communications “We have selected 8x8 as our preferred global partner for migrating the users in these additional markets to next-generation communications,” said Sharpe.
In May 2017, Regus expanded 8x8’s contract for cloud-based unified communications (UC) services to add 13 new countries and a broader range of service options for Regus customers for a total of 17 countries. Regus expands 8x8 services to 17 countries
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