Don't stay in the dark on telecommuting

There are a number of basic common sense rules to follow for any company that allows telecommuting, but none of them will work without the assistance and technical support from CIOs and their IT departments.

Baseline Magazine outlines 10 rules for how department managers should handle remote workers. For the IT department, it will mean setting up systems for group teleconferences; making sure employees have adequate broadband Internet service in their homes; helping them connect to office systems; insuring they use a common IM client for all internal communications and are hooked up to headquarters VOIP PBX system that will serve as their main business line.

For more on telecommuting:
- check out this Baseline Magazine article