While employee work flexibility and increased job satisfaction are strong reasons to consider teleworking solutions, the latest report from the Telework Research Network shows that there are even more compelling reasons to support teleworking at your business.

Can you imagine a world where teleworking was the norm? In their U.S. report, the research organization identifies potential national savings of over$700 BILLION a year if those with compatible jobs and a desire to work from home did so just half the time. The Telework Research Network paints a pretty picture with these potential savings:

• A typical business would save$11,000 per person per year
• The telecommuters would save between$2,000 and$7,000 a year
• The oil savings would equate to over 37% of our Persian Gulf imports
• The greenhouse gas reduction would be the equivalent of taking the entire New York State workforce permanently off the road.

You don't need to be a finance person to see that this is one bandwagon businesses need to jump onto!

Don't know where to start? It's easy, and Cisco's here to help.

The Cisco OfficeExtend 600 solution helps businesses enable teleworkers by extending wireless and wired access to the corporate network to the workers home or remote office locations.  The OfficeExtend solution provides secure access to the corporate network to deliver the same comprehensive access to business services that workers would get in main business office. Additionally, a corporate wired or wireless Cisco IP phone can be added to improve collaboration for teleworkers.

In addition, the teleworker can also setup personal wireless or wired access for personal use in their home or remote office.  The data traffic from the personal access is segmented and does not have access to the corporate network. This give the worker the flexibility to have a single Access Point in the home for work related access as well as personal networking activities while knowing that their corporate data traffic is fully secured.

For more information please check out Cisco OfficeExtend Solution and Cisco Teleworker Solutions