Telecommuting seems to finally be gaining major traction among employers as old myths are disproved and worries alleviated.  A recent article on Canada.com discussed this issue and brought up a few interesting Canadian telecommuting facts:

• 800,000 Canadians telecommute everyday
• A further 2-2.5 million telecommute at least one day a week

These are rather large numbers considering the total population of Canada is somewhere around 30 million.  So why is telecommuting finally becoming much more widespread in Canada and other countries around the world?

One major reason could be that remote access software, like I’m InTouch, make working from home a lot less frustrating than it used to be. Employees can now control their office workstation just as if they were sitting in the office without any speed or security sacrifices. The result is that employers are much more comfortable letting employees work from home since they have confidance their employees can be productive.

If your job requires you to remotely support company computers in a variety of locations, 01 Communique’s I’m OnCall remote support solution can make your life a lot easier. Instead, of traveling to an employee’s computer to install updates or diagnose problems, take PC remote control of their computer using the I’m OnCall help desk software.  No software needs to be pre-installed on either the employee’s or your computer so you can remotely support it from any PC in the world.

Just imagine, you have the day off and are relaxing at home when your boss calls you because he or she has a problem with their computer. In the past, you would have had to travel to your office to see what was wrong but not anymore. Remote take control of their PC or Mac from your home computer to instantly diagnose the problem and fix it. Your day off is not ruined and your boss is happy.

Try out I’m OnCall for yourself today

IT Reviews tested out the new version 7.1 of 01 Communique’s I’m InTouch Premium remote access software and came away impressed. The final verdict:

“An affordable alternative to conventional remote access products, the hosted I’m InTouch service is both secure and easy to use. It compares well on price and performance against other such services and stands out through its support for wireless mobile devices, direct access to Outlook data and the ability to power remote PCs on and off.”

Read the entire review here.

Enterprise Security Today reported that the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) found that about 36 million records were potentially breached in 2008 with businesses accounting for about 37 percent of these breaches. One of the more interesting suggestions made by the ITRC was “organizations should limit the number of people who may take information out of the workplace and set safe procedures for data storage.”

An interesting point is that by deploying the I’m InTouch SecurePC Remote Access Terminal, employers  can limit the number of people who take information outside the workplace without reducing the number of people who can work outside the office. Employees can take PC remote control of their workstation using the SecurePC and I’m InTouch to run any program on their office PC as needed. No data is transferred outside the secure office network so there is zero risk of a data breach occuring. Even if the SecurePC is lost or stolen, there is no way anyone could use it to access your network envirnoment since they do not have access to your I’m InTouch login information.

Learn more about the SecurePC.

Brian Nadel of Computerworld reviewed the I’m InTouch SecureKEY remote access USB stick. A snippet of what he had to say:

“Using SecureKey, you can do just about anything remotely that you can do sitting in front of your host computer, regardless of whether you’re using a netbook in Nanking or a library computer in Cleveland.”

Read the full article here.