http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/work-from-home-next-friday/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/work-from-home-next-friday/#comment-141295 BlackBerry sales picking up in Ireland | BlackBerry Cool Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:10:56 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/11/004436/#comment-141295 [...] D’Arcy goes over some key points that explain the recent explosion, and why sales haven’t been better over the six years that O2 has been carrying BlackBerry devices. For one, he says that it takes time for the technology to work into the roots of the business community as a viable solution. It takes a lot of convincing to get a company to adopt a single device as the wide-spanning standard. Second, the way that the Pearl has softened the business edge off BlackBerry has had tremendous effect on the perceptions of the brand. Thirdly, changes in labour paradigms have made working from home more acceptable than it once was. Instead of being seen as invasive, BlackBerrys are letting folks telecommute. “The number of business people enabled to work from home at least one day a month has almost doubled since two years ago when we first carried out the survey. And those working more than four days from home has trebled,” says D’Arcy. [...] [...] D’Arcy goes over some key points that explain the recent explosion, and why sales haven’t been better over the six years that O2 has been carrying BlackBerry devices. For one, he says that it takes time for the technology to work into the roots of the business community as a viable solution. It takes a lot of convincing to get a company to adopt a single device as the wide-spanning standard. Second, the way that the Pearl has softened the business edge off BlackBerry has had tremendous effect on the perceptions of the brand. Thirdly, changes in labour paradigms have made working from home more acceptable than it once was. Instead of being seen as invasive, BlackBerrys are letting folks telecommute. “The number of business people enabled to work from home at least one day a month has almost doubled since two years ago when we first carried out the survey. And those working more than four days from home has trebled,” says D’Arcy. [...]

]]> http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/work-from-home-next-friday/#comment-130853 Thought Mon, 14 May 2007 02:30:24 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/11/004436/#comment-130853 Another advantage for working from home: it saves fuel and is good for the environment. Another advantage for working from home: it saves fuel and is good for the environment.

]]> http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/work-from-home-next-friday/#comment-130732 Donald Mann Sun, 13 May 2007 12:56:55 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/11/004436/#comment-130732 I golf every friday (april - october) so working from home - or anywhere else for that matter - would be a step backwards!!! I golf every friday (april - october) so working from home - or anywhere else for that matter - would be a step backwards!!!

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