Using a computer or phone to work at home for a day, or just one or two hours, can reduce the peak traffic levels without dramatically altering lifestyles1, according to the recent Texas Transportation Institute’s 2007 Urban Mobility Report. Substituting technology for transit with Citrix® GoToMyPC® remote-desktop access and Citrix® GoToMeeting® online meetings from Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), enables business professionals to instantly access or share desktop resources over the Web from home or any location, avoiding the need to drive into the office.
GoToMyPC enables business professionals to instantly access their full desktop resources over the Web from a remote location. GoToMeeting allows people in different locations to collaborate, train, share documents and conduct presentations online, avoiding travel time, hassle and expenses. Both solutions are easy to use, can be set up instantly by the end-users themselves, and require only a standard Web browser.
The Texas Transportation Institute study notes, “The increasing traffic levels indicate the urgency of the improvement need. Major road improvements can take 10 to 15 years and smaller efforts may not satisfy all the needs. So we recommend a balanced and diversified approach to reduce congestion.” One recommended approach is substituting the Internet for some trips, creating “electronic trips.”
“New technologies are being used along with changes in business practices to encourage employers to allow jobs to be done from home or remote locations—and these might allow workers to avoid their commute a few days each month, or travel to their job sites after a few hours of work at home in the morning.”
For Columbia Ultimate, a software company for the financial industry, GoToMeeting enables flexible work and allows employees to get more done each day. “Our employees hold an awful lot of meetings with clients in the field, but travel is costly and wastes a lot of time,” stated Shaun Simpson, information systems manager. Simpson set out to find a solution that would help employees accomplish more while decreasing the need to travel. After purchasing GoToMeeting, his company's employees are now able to conduct more presentations, without having to leave the office. “With GoToMeeting, employees can meet with customers or vendors, and deliver a lot more presentations, because they’re not traveling as much; it’s a better use of everyone’s time.”
“Business professionals who use their cars to commute often waste hundreds of hours of valuable productivity time each year sitting in traffic,” said Bernardo de Albergaria, vice president and general manager, eCommerce at Citrix Online. “Instead of waiting years for new highways to be built, or getting up before dawn to beat the rush, commuters can take action today to relieve their burden. By adopting online solutions, business professionals can accomplish a number of goals -- improve their quality of life, accomplish more each day, and reduce their carbon footprint while lowering fuel costs. Remote work and collaboration can play an important part in solving our traffic congestion headache.”
For further information on Citrix Online, GoToMeeting and GoToMyPC, please visit www.citrixonline.com, www.gotomeeting.com and www.gotomypc.com.
1 The 2007 Urban Mobility Report, Texas Transportation Institute, The Texas A&M University System, Sept. 2007
About Citrix
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