In light of Earth Day, Forbes did a little investigating on the mindsets of employees who work from home compared those who are constantly in the office. Their survey, conducted by online market research company USamp, found letting employees work from home actually cuts down on waste and electricity! How you may ask? Employees who…
Discussions around the bring your own device (BYOD) trend have displayed vastly differing opinions. Some advocates believe it is their right, not privilege, to use a personal device for work, while the naysayers are hesitant of data security and increased expenses on the company’s behalf. Click here to learn more about BYOD concerns. One thing…
Illinois is ahead of the e-waste game, creating new recycling standards in 49 counties throughout the state and beating its electronics recycling program goal in the first year alone. On January 1, 2012, Illinois enacted a statewide ban on disposing e-waste in landfills. This resulted in approximately 42 million pounds of electronic devices recycled in…
If electronics recyclers have enough to worry about, a new report Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update that project by the end of 2013 there will be more mobile devices on earth than people. Let’s start with some statistics (provided by Forbes 40% of respondents prefer doing business on the iPhone,…
E-waste has been named as one of the biggest potential environmental disasters with the world producing 40 million tons of e-waste every year. Tons of e-waste make its way abroad to developing countries joining the piles of used electronics already in line for disposal. Without proper e-waste recycling standards set in place, these countries and…
We’ve all heard praise from employees who are advocates of bring your own device (BYOD) programs, but what about the ones who would like to opt out of using their personal device for work? Email, chat logs, text messages and any other personal information stored on a device have the potential to be viewed by…