For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
(Length: 10 pages)
July 28, 2009
Case Study: How PerkettPR — An All-Virtual Organization — Is Powered By Remote Workers
How A Virtual Firm's IT Can Be Greener, More Accessible, And More Redundant Than Traditional Office Environments
by
Chris Silva, Doug Washburn
with
Alex Crumb
Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)
PerkettPR made its strategic, and definitive, decision to focus investment on quality staff — not office space. Since its inception in 1998, the company has been a virtual organization with no intent of transitioning to a traditional office environment. What PerkettPR lacks in physical office space it makes up for in the processes and technologies it uses to ensure a productive and motivated virtual, remote workforce. And as it turns out, its remote workers are more productive and greener when compared with their previous office-based environments. IT ops professionals can learn from PerkettPR by leveraging a "golden image" standard, remote support technologies, robust storage capabilities, collaboration tools, and being proactive about green IT.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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NOTES & RESOURCES
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Situation: Developing And Sustaining A Virtual Org From Day One
In Developing A Virtual Workspace, Focus On People, Process, And Technology Best Practice: Create A Consistent, Flexible IT And Office Experience
Provisioning The Virtual Workplace Demands Consistency And Flexibility Results: PerkettPR's Remote Workers Are Exceedingly Productive And Green
Next Steps: PerkettPR Plans For More Device Diversity And Use Of Cloud Services
recommendations Planning Is Key To Productive, Greener, And Easy-To-Support Remote Workers
| For this report, Forrester interviewed one public relations firm that has been a virtual organization since its inception 10 years ago. Best practices are gleaned from the work of this company paired with IT best practices revealed through Forrester's ongoing research efforts.
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Chris Silva, Doug Washburn |
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Broadband & Remote Access, Client Computing Hardware, Client Operating Systems & Software, Client Security & Management, Client Systems, Communications Infrastructure, Computer Architectures, Data Center Management, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Mobile Devices, Enterprise Mobility, Information & Knowledge Management, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Mobile Services, Networking, Peripheral Devices, Telecommunications Services |
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