Taken from PC World Magazine, December 2011 Edition

More and more businesses now thrive on remote workers, providing services via the Internet ranging from writing to remote PC and network management. Here’s why you should consider leatting members of your team telecommute.

1 – Your workers will be more productive, by being able to work from home, and having a reduced commute time.

2 – You’ll be able to reach team members, regardless of their physical location by using collaboration services, video conferencing, and remote connections.

3 – You’ll conserve office space and save money, by reducing the number of workers at your office.

4 – You’ll reduce IT management time and equipment costs, even if you provide the laptop and software, as you will not have to provide office furniture.

5 – You’ll be able to take advantage of distributed, cloud-based IT functions, such as Google Apps or Microsoft Office 365.

6 – Your organization will become more agile, giving your workers greater flexibility to meet pesonnel and project requirements.

7 – Your workers will cost less overall.