Telecomputing Trends Information available anytime, anywhere. This has become the battle cry of the beleaguered masses of workers in today's information-based society. A mother or father tries to balance work and parenting by working from home a few days each week. A busy executive needs a file from one of her corporate file servers while on an airplane. Around the clock, corporate workers are depending upon remote access to information from hotel rooms, from their cars via cellular phones, or from home.
Telecommuting is on the rise.
It involves partial or total substitution of telecommunications technology for the commute to and from the primary workplace. Computers, fax, advanced communications links, and dial-up access are enabling this new work paradigm. The largest improvement can be seen when using programs designed for these operating systems. In addition to stronger application support, Windows 95 and Windows NT also brought more robust remote communications features to personal computers. With RAS running on the office PC, you can dial in to your office system using the Windows 95 dial-up networking and transfer files without using a separate remote access package.