Protecting your business and client information against identity theft
July 21, 2010
Identity theft rings are increasingly targeting small businesses and owners could be on the hook for thousands of dollars in fines, not to mention lawsuits from customers. Certified Information Security Advisor Tracy Lund will host a free seminar on Thursday, July 29, discussing what steps business owners can take to protect themselves.
Read the entire press release here.
Companies could save $1 million a year with 100 teleworkers – new study
July 6, 2010
A new Telework Research Network study shows that a company could save $1,100,000 if they allowed 100 workers to work at home just half the time. Conducted independently but released as a whitepaper titled ‘Workshifting: Bottom Line Benefits’ (sponsored by Citrix Online), the study quantifies the business, individual, and societal impact that regular telecommuting could have on the nation, and for small to mid-size companies. Nationwide, the impact would exceed $645 billion.
Businesses with 100 teleworkers would annually:
- Increase productivity by $575,000 by getting more work done with the same number of people
- Save $304,000 in real estate, electricity, and related costs
- Save $113,000 in absenteeism related costs
- Save $76,000 in employee turnover
- Improve continuity of operations
- Avoid environmental sanctions, city access fees, etc.
- Improve work life balance and better address the needs of families, parents, and senior caregivers.
- Avoid the ‘brain drain’ effect of retiring boomers by allowing them to work flexibly
- Be able to recruit and retain the best people
- Better address the needs of disabled workers, rural residents, and military families
A copy of the report is available here.
Identity theft – Protecting your family and your business seminar at The Satellite on July 8
July 1, 2010
FELTON, CALIF., July 1, 2010 – Risk management specialist Alan Smith with host a free seminar on protecting your family and business from identity theft on Thursday, July 8 at 7 p.m. at Satellite Telework Centers in Felton.
Identity theft is called the fastest growing white collar crime, affected between 10 million and 15 million consumers in 2009 and cost businesses and the economy upward of $50 billion annually. The Federal Trace Commission issued a study whose findings indicated that it takes an individual upward of 600 hours to repair damage done by identity thieves and estimated individual losses of $40,000 to $92,000.
Read the entire press release here…
Satellite Telework Centers wins Red Herring “100 North America” award
June 25, 2010
Satellite Telework Centers announced today that it has been named a winner of the Red Herring 100 North America awards for 2010. The award, whose past winners include Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter and Salesforce.com, is given to companies demonstrating the ability to disrupt an industry or create an entirely new industry via an innovative business model.
Satellite Telework Centers featured in Good Times piece on the new world of work
June 22, 2010
What does the future of work look like? For those struggling to find a job in this downturned economy, it may be difficult to look beyond the present to what the future may hold. But the silver lining to the terrible job market is that it shows us that the current way we work doesn’t, well, work for all of us. Many people are realizing that there are alternatives to the nine to five grind. And thanks to some Santa Cruz innovators, it’s now easier than ever to choose where, when, and how we want to work. According to them, the way we work in the future will be more flexible, under our control, and maybe even friendlier.
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