With the advances in technology companies now have at their disposal fast and secure remote access connections. Staff no longer need to be located within the office building taking up expensive office space, they can now work from home and still receive all required information and data. Data, files, Email, database access and telephone extensions can now all be received from their home.

All services such as Email, Data Files, Internet Access and Security, Applications and Company Telephone integration can all be accessed as they would if they had a desk at the office. This is also true is they are travelling abroad, a laptop, an Internet connection and the appropriate security is all they need to access the corporate network.

All facilities are available over VPN including Email, secure Internet Access, Data (Files) and Applications (Databases etc.). The homeworker receives a seamless connection that is very similar to actually being in the office. Most companies that use this method now limit on the number of workstations in the office and adopt desk sharing, this means that the staff use these terminals on a rota basis when they are in the office.

Homeworking

Homeworking and Remote Access is beneficial to businesses as their staff can work from home minimising on office space, facilities and generally lowering overheads. All that is required for the home user is a computer and a broadband connection. A VoIP telephone can be installed with a Digital Telephony system back at the office and the user can be connected to the main telephone system, have their own internal extension and answer/receive business telephone calls.

Successful businesses are always looking for ways of reducing overheads and maximising profits. The current increasing trend is employing homeworking and remote access. The main benefit of homeworking is that the office space required is minimised. With the correct infrastructure in place a remote user needs only a digital telephone (Voice over IP), a broadband connection and a computer. Access is through VPN (Virtual Private Networking) and secure tunnels through the Internet via secure protocol.