Private and public sector IT professionals are expanding telecommuting initiatives and those initiatives help boost recruitment and retention, but security must improve, a recent survey found.
CDW Corp. announced this week that a national survey shows that private sector telecommuting adoption is on the rise (14%) and catching up to the adoption rates of federal employees (17%).
The survey of 1,800 federal and private sector IT professionals and employees found that 76% of private-sector employers provide technical support for remote workers, up 27 percentage points over 2007. Fifty-six percent of federal IT professionals said their agencies provide IT support for telecommuters. Federal IT support for telecommuting has grown 23% since 2005, according to CDW.
"The private sector is solidly embracing telework," Ken Grimsley, VP of strategic sales for CDW, said in a statement released with the survey results. "Continuity of operations alone could justify the investment, and improved employee satisfaction is icing on that cake. Still, many businesses remain unprepared for recovery from disruptions or are failing to take advantage of affordable, advanced security technologies that are justifiable even without telework. We have a long way to go."
Forty-two percent of federal IT professionals ranked security as a top priority, compared to 27% of private-sector IT professionals. Eighty-four percent of federal IT professionals and 88% of private-sector IT professionals reported that their organization has effective security procedures and systems.
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