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This digital document is an article from Bank Marketing, published by Bank Marketing Assn. on June 1, 2001. The length of the article is 5119 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Remotely Challenged.(companies are learning how to manage telecommuting)(Brief Article)
Publication: Bank Marketing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: Bank Marketing Assn.
Volume: 33Issue: 5Page: 20

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This case compares and contrasts the issues faced by firms in today's telecommunications environment with an actual telecommuting case study of Trade Reporting and Data Exchange, Inc. (T.R.A.D.E.), a software engineering company located in San Mateo, CA. ... Read more

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Topics Covered:
Just What Are Telecommuting Jobs?
Why Do Employers Like Telecommuting Jobs?
Why Do Employees Like Telecommuting Jobs?
How to Find Telecommuting Jobs
Telecommuting: Business or Job?
Telecommuting: What It Takes for Success
Telecommuting: Preparing To Be Hired
Importance of the Internet in Your Telecommuting Business
Telecommuting Business Opportunities
Are You Cut Out For A Telecommuting Job?
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This digital document is an article from Top Producer, published by Farm Journal Media on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1337 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Remote control: successors test managing long distance: the electronic generation has experience with telecommuting. Can it work for the farm?
Author: Laura Sands
Publication: Top Producer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Page: NA

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Brien Posey's latest book is designed to act as a hands on guide for various enterprise networking products such as Exchange 2007, Office Communications Server 2007, Windows Mobile, and Windows Server, with an emphasis on telecommuting. The book explains how telecommuting can be beneficial to businesses and employees alike, and then proceeds to demonstrate how to use technology to make telecommuting practical. In his trademark style, Posey breaks down complex topics such as Network Access Protection, the Windows Terminal Services, and Unified Communications into plain English. The book is easy to understand, and each chapter includes step by step labs that guide the reader through the deployment, configuration, and use of the various technologies that the book addresses. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on June 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2952 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Telecommuting: The New Wave of Workplace Technology Will Create a Flood of Change in Social Institutions.(research information)
Author: J. Patrick Raines
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics
Volume: 35Issue: 2Page: 307

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This digital document is a journal article from Information & Management, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This study uses three separate models for the opportunity, preference, and practice of telecommuting to analyze employee telecommuting adoption. Explanatory clusters relate to organizational, job, household, and individual characteristics derived from the combined insights from literature on telework management and employees' telecommuting decisions and behavior. Data was collected from 849 employees using a personal computer at the workplace, selected from a representative sample of the Dutch labor force. Multivariate analyses were applied. Opportunity largely depended on organizational and job characteristics. Preference was dependent on all explanatory clusters. Practice was especially dependent on job and individual characteristics. ... Read more

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Green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such practices include the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs), servers and peripherals as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste).

Green IT is taking on a bigger role for many reasons, this book covers all areas including an increased awareness of environmental danger; concern about power bills; regulatory requirements; government procurement rules; and a sense that corporations should embrace social responsibility.

But IT is still responsible for 2% of all carbon releases, and it's coming from many sources. Fast memory for instance is getting to be a surprisingly high energy consuming item.

This is a great book as it highlights Green IT in a clear and compelling way and shows how, really, the business case for sustainability has been largely proven. This is a quality, believable business book that will help especially managerial staff understand this topic in biz terms most known to them.

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Green Computing and Green IT Best Practices
I wish I had scrolled down and read the reviews before purchasing. I can't imagine reading this book after reading the first 2 page chapter: "The Role of the Computer Consultants in Propagating Green Computing."The language is stilted and no money or time was spent on proof reading. Here is a nonsensical passage from the first page of text, page 12:

"Thus, the need to educate and these people about green computing is a necessity in order to fully maximize the people's awareness regarding the study on how they can save computing resources for their computing activities."

I am hoping to return this book. I can't believe Amazon can sell this for $18!! There are no footnotes, no references, and as the previous reviewer noted, no information about the author. I use that term author loosely.

Awful Author & Publisher SCAM - Do not buy this book!
I made the mistake of buying this book without reading any reviews. I am not a book-guru, but I've read a lot of books in my time. I have to admit, this is the worst. Bad English, misleading content, and classic starting paragraph that states this book is "not" about Green IT Best Practices (part of the title).

It's Christmas, it's cold, and I'm throwing it in my fire for comfort.

Please do not buy this book
Save yourself time and money - no need to even read the rest of this review - *do not buy this book*. Please instead go buy 'Green IT' Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line by Velte, Velte and Elsenpeter. Full disclosure - I'm in no way connected with that book or its authors - I'm just reading it right now.

I bought this book (Green Computing and Green IT Best Practices) without the benefit of a recommendation, review or preview. As soon as I opened it, I was puzzled but the introductory comments: "This book is not about Green IT's best practice
and standard details. Instead it introduces you to everything you wanted to know to be successful with Green IT". The title includes "best practices".

I read one or two articles and within 5 minutes I knew I was wasting my time and money. It supposedly sets out 100 'success secrets'. Each 'secret' is almost exactly 1 page long with a few more lines which go onto the next page. Thus 100 'secrets' manage to fill almost 200 pages. The 'secrets' have fancy sounding names like "Organisation change management: catalysing change through policy and example", but then go on to provide some generalised 'piffle' which does nothing to support the title or provide any value to the reader. Often these 'secrets' overlap each other in the very general content and often have little or no relationship to Green IT. eg:

"Grid Documentation in ppt Format:
In every project that is completed, it is mandatory that a documentation is provided to the project owner. The documentation shall serve as the proof, manual, and point of reference of the whole project that has culminated. The documentation format may come in various formats. One of the leading formats that project makers are using is the ppt format. A ppt format is a file that is generated when it use the PowerPoint application software as the source in developing the documentation.

. . . Invariably, there are project owners who prefer to have a pdf file. . . because of the maximum ability of this Adobe file to generate a rather large documentation file." It continues in the same manner throughout the book.

I've run a Green IT consultancy for over 2 years and have been involve in IT up to a senior management level for almost 20 years and I can tell you that there is absolutely nothing of value in this book - it's not worth the paper it's printed on.

What confirmed my suspicions is that that is no introduction to the author, no indication of the publishing company, no contact details of any kind, no index or references - just the confusing intro (see above) and then straight into the text. The level of writing is so poor that it's almost unreadable, there are numerous spelling and other mistakes - for example it refers to "Al Gore's Inconceivable Truth" and the content is a mass of generalisations about business management which one might expect to find in fortune cookies.

If I were to be charitable - I'd guess it was written by someone with a little general knowledge about IT who tried hard (but failed) to write a useful book. My honest opinion is that this book is a cynical, opportunist piece designed to make a few dollars out of a market in which Green IT publications are as yet few and far between.

Apologies for the tirade of negative comments - I just felt that I had to warn other folks. This really is the worst book I ever bought on any topic, in my life.

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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on September 24, 2001. The length of the article is 723 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: So - How Do We Get to Work?(Southwestern Area Commerce and Industry Association and Telecommute Connecticut conduct telecommuting survey)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 24, 2001
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 40Issue: 39Page: 19

Article Type: Brief Article, Statistical Data Included

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This document is about Orange UK Launches Integrated Wireless/ Wireline Portfolio for Telecommuting Workers ... Read more

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Telecommuting is becoming more popular, but it has not caught on as predicted. This SuccessTools, prepared by Beverly Goldberg, points out the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting for both employers and employees; it also highlights two major obstacles to its adoption. Finally it presents a checklist for employees to determine whether they are good candidates for telecommuting and a checklist for employers interested in offering the telecommuting option. Beverly Goldberg is the author of Overcoming High-Tech Anxiety: Thriving In A Wired World. SuccessTools is a BH SmartDoc which provides a way to think about and start a key element on a management to-do list. BH SmartDocs are published by BrownHerron Publishing and are sold exclusively by Amazon.com. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on May 1, 2001. The length of the article is 731 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: FROM TELECOMMUTING TO TELEPORTING.(Allen Teleport blends transportation and communications needs)(Brief Article)
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2001
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: 35Issue: 3Page: 34

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With telecommuting becoming so popular and the technology that enables it becoming more advanced, is geography still important to innovation of the firm? Geography, along with satisfaction and telecommuting as a lifestyle choice, will be examined in this study.Telecommuters often report both positive and negative effects of telecommuting.When the two are weighed together, are telecommuters more satisfied than dissatisfied?Primary data from a survey administered to 500 telecommuters and 500 traditional employees of a Fortune 500 firm are used to answer these questions.With construct validity, using cross tabulation and a chi-square value as an indicator, this study finds that telecommuters are satisfied despite negative effects of telecommuting and satisfaction is not dependent on having physical ties to the office.It is also determined through executive interviews and chi-square values of certain constructs that telecommuting is indeed a lifestyle choice.Although geography is still deemed important, this will likely change in the future as more people entering the workforce are accustomed to less face-to-face interaction. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on January 21, 2002. The length of the article is 937 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Group spreads word on telecommuting.(Brief Article)
Author: Dan Strempel
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 21, 2002
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 41Issue: 3Page: 7(2)

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on April 27, 1998. The length of the article is 1037 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Guidelines Seen Cutting Telecommuting Risks
Author: Lisa S. Howard
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 27, 1998
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Page: 60

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This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A942453. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This thesis explores advantages and disadvantages to be realized from telecommuting, along with developing a linear regression model that identifiesfactors correlated with preference for telecommuting among Air Force personnel.This thesis uses a stated preference model derived from existing telecommutingresearch to characterize the factors impacting the preference for civilian,officer, and enlisted Air Force personnel. The regression models developedshowed that factors affecting telecommuting preference were different amongdifferent sub-samples. Two factors were universal across the sample. Those were"Amount of Telecommuting Job Allows," and "Allow More Work Done." These twofactors gave R-squared values of over .39 for each major sub-group in thesample. Another significant finding was that telecommuting preference wassignificantly greater than the amount of telecommuting the job allowed for theentire sample. The discussion includes tables and text, for use by decisionmakers, describing cumulative amounts of the sample who felt their jobs wouldallow each amount of telecommuting, along with potential advantages anddisadvantages for that amount of telecommuting. This research showed that alinear method can be used to model telecommuting preference and obtainstatistically significant results. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on June 26, 1995. The length of the article is 448 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The insurance industry is leading others in telecommuting, or working at home or on the road, according to a survey of 10 industry groups conducted by staffing services group Olsten Corp. The survey indicates that 54% of insurance industry respondents allow telecommuting. Olsten's 1994 survey showed that only 34% of insurers used telecommuting. The lowest industry users of telecommuting include health care, manufacturing and public/non-profit companies.

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Title: Insurance industry in telecommuting vanguard. (Olsten Corp. survey)
Author: David C. Jones
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 26, 1995
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n26Page: p5(1)

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on May 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1740 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: RIMS Pres. Has Unique Telecommuting View.(Roger L. Andrews)
Author: David M. Katz
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2000
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Volume: 104Issue: 18Page: 3

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Manager, published by Canadian Institute of Management on June 22, 1992. The length of the article is 1903 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The power of home work. (telecommuting)
Author: Linda Russell
Publication: Canadian Manager (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 1992
Publisher: Canadian Institute of Management
Volume: v17Issue: n2Page: p23(3)

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