Pervasive / Wireless e-business EBO © Copyright IBM Corporation 2004 Mobile Working at IBM Belgium 21 th January Jacques De Kegel Business Manager, Pervasive.

Pervasive / Wireless e-business EBO

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2004

Mobile Working at IBM Belgium21th January

Jacques De KegelBusiness Manager, Pervasive / Wireless e-business EBO

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10 year of Mobile Working at IBM Press Conference on Mobile Working at IBM Belgium

La Libre Belgique

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Trends

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Het Laatste Nieuws

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De Sta

ndaard

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Het Belang van Limburg

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Data

News

(fr)

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L’Echo

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De M

orgen

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Trends-Tendances

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Data

News

(nl)

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Definition of Mobile Working at IBM

Mobile Working at IBM allows employees to decide where, when and how they work.

Mobile Working at IBM is a work environment that gives employees more flexibility and control over their work as an important means to achieve enhanced productivity and a greater work/life balance

Mobile working at IBM is not the same as ‘Teleworking’

Nor is it the same as ‘Homeworking’

Mobility is a Business Imperative

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Why Mobility is a Business Imperative at IBM?

Customer Satisfaction

IBM Competitiveness

Employee Productivity

Employee Satisfaction

Responsive

Variable

Focused

Resilient

Open

Integrated

Virtual

Autonomic

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History

1989 Home Terminal “Blue Room”

1993 Shared Office Project

2001 Mobile Working

2003 Wireless Working

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Who can work as a “Nomade”?

Sales representatives

Consultants

Project managers

Systems Engineers

Managers

Support People

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Drivers behind Mobile Working Key part of our HR strategy

Employability through Performance Work/Life balance & Social factors Autonomy of the Knowledge Workers Cornerstone of our diversity strategy

Physical Mobility issue IBM’s ability to support a huge mobile work force is critical Traffic Jams Absence of strong public transportation services in certain areas

Responsiveness to our Customers Proximity of service providers means better and faster service

Technology & Processes ready Teamrooms, e-meetings, conference calls, videoconferencing, .. More than 300,000 users connected via Lotus Notes and Intranet technologies

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Tools for Mobile Working

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Technologies for Mobile Working

Ethernet LAN

Broadband ADSL Cable

Wireless WiFi GPRS

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Live demo of GPRS



Thank you

Pervasive / Wireless e-business EBO © Copyright IBM Corporation 2004 Mobile Working at IBM Belgium 21 th January Jacques De Kegel Business Manager, Pervasive.

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