As recently as a few years ago, I had my name on cubbies in two different countries.
My position with a ranking IT firm had me assigned to several of our global customers. If it was Monday, I was in Richardson, Texas. If it was Thursday, I was in Ottawa, Ontario.
My ‘office’ was in a Chicago suburb, until a funny thing happened. The same funny thing that is happening to thousands, and soon to be millions, of workers worldwide: I stopped going into the office.
When not on the road, I worked from home. Cut off from the corporate high-speed network aand all it represented; gone were the ‘pushed’ security patch updates , endless data storage, and easy access to the corporate intranet and peripherals.
My technology needs evolved. Like other members of this growing generation of ‘mobile workers’ .
From my hardware, I needed flexibility and durability. My laptop, for example, became my sole processor. No longer was there a docking station connected to a beefy PC to do the heavy lifting back at the office.
My software needs evolved, too. I needed mobile real-time conferencing that included video, audio, o apresentation and whiteboarding - all available from anywhere by anyone. Also part of the my Mobile Worker’s must-have software kit? Easily updated security software, globally available instant messaging, pack-aand-go presentation applications, and email/intranet with web availability.
On this blog, I’ll be taking time out each week to talk about the technology for the Mobile Warrior - not just what works great on the road, but what also works for the home-based mobile worker. You can find these posts uner the new “Mobile Warrior” category.
And I’m inviting you to share with me - what do you want to know? What works or doesn’t work for you? What needs to get better? What wish-to-haves are we waiting for? Drop a line, I’m interested in what interests you…
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