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Technology, Presence, and the Workplace. Speaker: Jason Miller. What is Presence Technology. Presence Is the ability of a person or device to communicate with others and to display levels of availability. Reference:http ://www.teledynamic.com/resources/Applications/Presence_Technology.pdf.
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Technology, Presence, and the Workplace Speaker: Jason Miller
What is Presence Technology Presence Is the ability of a person or device to communicate with others and to display levels of availability. Reference:http://www.teledynamic.com/resources/Applications/Presence_Technology.pdf Presence Technology An application that makes it possible to locate and identify a computing device wherever it might be, as soon as the user connects to the network. Reference:http://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid186_gci556911,00.html
Presence Technologies Smart-phones Features: Phone/Voicemail Text Messaging Mobile E-mail Instant Messaging
Presence Technologies Fleet GPS Trackers: Used to track fleet vehicles for industries such as: Emergency Services, Distribution, Utilities
Presence Technologies WebEx Online service for web/teleconferencing. Now connect from mobile devices as well. WebEx Mobile
Effect on Employees Advantages • Further enable telecommuting Disadvantages • Constantly being watched or monitored
Effect on Businesses Advantages • Allows businesses to more easily account for employees Disadvantages • Cost and time to manage technology and employee presence
Future and Workplace Presence Technologies Benefits: • Interaction with your co-workers may be become easier. Downfalls: • Depending on future legislation, our location could be tracked by the government or worst.