Cisco Promotes Smart Work Centers

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As part of the its Green Networking effort, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) unveiled a pilot project aimed at improving the way telecommuters get work done. Cisco announced it’s Smart Work Centers initiative, which it is piloting in Amsterdam, during last month’s Connected Urban Development conference held in San Francisco.

Cisco describes the Smart Work Center concept as:

an approach developed by Cisco and embraced by the city of Amsterdam, [that] enables local residents to work in remote stations without having to travel into the heart of the city. The Smart Work Center concept is based on a combination of technology and services that deliver a true connected neighborhood experience: the innovative use of convergent video-voice-data technology solutions; the availability of onsite services such as child care centers, dining and banking; open public and exposition spaces; and flexible desk seating and meeting rooms.

According to TechNewsWorld.com, the service aspects of the solution provide as much benefit to a telecommuter as the technical aspects. Indeed, for teleworking parents, having child-care options in a Smart Work Center could be worth their weight in gold.