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The Blackberry Curve 8900

The Blackberry Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY smartphone packed with the latest features.

The striking 480 x 360 - pixel screen offers crisp-on-the-go video, images, text, maps and more. With a sleek new twist on a classic style, the Blackberry Curve 8900 smartphone is an easy-to-use device that delivers expanded functionality and […]

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Interesting stories on remote working from aroud the web.

Vaillant, a leading manufacturer of gas and solid fuel domestic heating appliance boilers, called for Interchange’s help to install the latest GPRS mobile technology to enhance and develop its service and support business even further.
The solution helped out the company’s national service organisation Heatcall, which provides after sales support through it team of 100 engineers.
Under […]

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Find out more about remote working, whether you are about to embark on a remote working operation or are looking for new techniques and technology to improve your existing virtual business

carbon footprint

Flexible working and travel can reduce costs and carbon footprint

Businesses in the UK have been called upon to implement smart travel plans to not only reduce carbon emissions but to cut costs.

Flexible and home working can also help companies reduce their travel costs, while converting a company car to be greener and more fuel efficient can reduce the carbon footprint of a firm.

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Remote working: the business case

Many factors drive companies to make the move to remote and mobile working.

For some organisations the fact that staff need to travel to visit customers, perhaps to deliver vital services, means that there is often a focus on identifying ways of improving productivity ‘on the road’. This could, for example, be through the provision of more accurate and timely information, more interactive communications, or integrating mobile workers into key command and control systems.

Return on investment in these cases can usually be calculated using traditional business case methods. Cases have been published demonstrating potential ROI of over 150%, with payback within 5 months, according to Ipsos Reid research studies. Continue reading…