Cisco has found that it has received more than 277 million U.S. dollars of productivity savings, so that employees use their own from home virtual office technology. Cisco technology not only helps companies to save long-distance collaboration technologies, and the company's long-range program to make employees happy, the survey revealed. Cisco productivity savings in accordance with its billing of the number of hours, an average of 91 U.S. dollars per hour, for a total of about 277 million U.S. dollars. In addition, the employees of companies estimated cost savings of more than million a year.

However, cost is not the main objective of the survey, Cisco officials said. "Our main aim is to really evaluate the social, economic and environmental impact of long-distance, said," Support Mazid, vice president and global customer service and operations in Cisco. "We have a sample of employees who desire the flexibility and remote access to the most up-to-date information, the key to the conclusion that the efficiency of the staff is much higher and collaboration is the same, if there is no better long-range work."

Cisco also found that 91% of the nearly 2,000 respondents to the survey believe that by the end of 2008, remote office capabilities, is "some or very important" to their overall satisfaction with the work of suppliers to improve retention of qualified personnel. More specifically, 69% of employees surveyed said that the work of higher productivity at home and 75% of the people that work in time to improve. More than 80% of the respondents reported that they had the ability; communication and collaboration with colleagues are the same or better work from home. About two-thirds said that their overall improvement in the quality of work, the remote office, 80% of people think that to improve the quality of life in a remote office.

Cisco's survey shows that people reply to cost about 63% of the time communication and collaboration, as well as 40% of the respondents were not situated in the same city, and their manager. Cisco staff telecommutes average about two days per week, 60% of the time saved through the use of remote work, and to 40% of the additional time for personal activities.

The company 18 months ago to increase their high range process, CEO John Chambers to reply to the request is estimated that about 20,000 staff to use their Cisco, Cisco Virtual Office (CVO) for remote working from their homes. Another 80,000 Cisco staff and suppliers, the company's software products are installed on their customers, so that end users back to Cisco VPN network security from any location.

"Remote working has been going on for quite a long time in the Cisco, but not in the scale we have today. It is an increase of about 18 months ago; we have provided a more functional, about 12 months ago to see a huge demand for CVO staff has installed in their homes recently, "Mazid increase.”An appropriate implementation plan can be extremely effective long-range tap the potential of employees, improve work-life balance, productivity and overall satisfaction.