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...blue and black high school-style lockers where they stow their personal belongings. Unanchored, workers move about wherever their business takes them. Given the choice of working where they please, nearly half the staff telecommutes either from home or from the road, keeping in touch by pager, cellular phone, fax, computer and modem...
Though perhaps not with the flair of Chiat/Day, other big companies are also experimenting with the virtual office. IBM, at which mobility is mandatory for more than 13,000 sales, marketing, technology and administrative staff members, has outfitted these employees with PCs, printers and fax-modems, enabling them to work away from its central offices. The computer giant's Denver operation, for example, was able to reduce its office space from nine floors to four, and it projects savings of $6 million over five years...
...employee each year. CKS president Mark Kvammi estimates that technology expenditures amount to about $2 million every year. And the technology keeps getting more sophisticated. Last fall, for example, AT&T introduced PersonaLink Services, a package of communications software that facilitates computer, phone, fax and paging functions in hand-held personal communicators such as Sony's Magic Link and Motorola's Envoy; soon the AT&T interface will provide expanded wireless connectivity and be usable almost anywhere but underwater. In the rush to embrace virtual-office technology, some managers may not be giving enough consideration to the psychological impact...
...Brady Law may have been the greatest victory for gun control in American history. In a nation that bought almost as many handguns last year (2 million) as fax machines, that isn't saying much. And from the moment it was passed, its effectiveness has been at issue. People who love it are worried about loopholes like the ``private dealer'' exemption, which makes flea markets into gray markets for handguns. People who hate it say it burdens lawful gun buyers but not criminals, who get most of their guns illegally...
...streamlines the process. Located between terminals 1 and 2, the three-level center handles immigra tion, security, customs and onward-ticketing procedures at one central point on the top floor. On the second floor, travelers can--for a fee--shower, nap on a recliner, have their clothes pressed, use fax and copy machines, hire secretarial support or work at stations equipped with computer links and telephones. A bus shuttle in the reception area on the ground floor provides a fast and frequent link with terminals...