Comments on: Officescape Touts Emergency Offices in Swine Flu Pandemic

By: Can Virtual Offices Offer Swine Flu Immunity?

Can Virtual Offices Offer Swine Flu Immunity? — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:00:33 +0000

[...] May, abetteroffice reported on Officescape’s solutions to the swine flu pandemic from a workplace perspective. We’ve also reported on Cisco’s positive [...]

By: Marcus Hester

Marcus Hester — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:47:26 +0000

Hmm. I hadn’t heard of the term emergency offices either. So Melanie is not the only one. I can’t say Officescape made it up. But it does look like they are trying to leverage the swine flu to give companies an urgency about signing up for its services. That’s a fear play, and one of the four main motivators in advertising. Not surprising. Lots of companies are doing this. But this is the first office space play I’ve seen.

By: Melanie Jones

Melanie Jones — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:35:18 +0000

I hadn’t heard of the concept of emergency offices too much before now. I’ve heard of telework, of course, and of virtual offices. I’ve heard of disaster planning and business continuity. But the concept of emergency offices is new to me. Is this something Officescape made up or is this a standard thing I’ve just missed?

By: Elizabeth Sanchez

Elizabeth Sanchez — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:33:40 +0000

I think it’s smart for companies to look into workplace contingency plans for swine flu, hurricanes, and other disasters. The bottom line is telework can keep an organization up and running so it sustains less damage than its competitors. Of course, we don’t want any company to suffer. But the bottom line is the companies that have business continuity plans in place with virtual office technologies are the ones that will fare better in crisis.

By: Rob Zeus

Rob Zeus — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:12:51 +0000

Everybody is getting in on the swine flu frenzy, aren’t they? In this case looking at telework and emergency offices seems like smart business. There wasn’t much said about virtual offices in the story, but the same holds true. What Officescape does is provide a very robust infrastructure for telework. Worth looking into.