What will be the impact of new technology on time spent in the office?
=== Owner's Research ===
Conclusion: Within 10 years from now, employees no longer have to be co-located with their colleagues or bosses during the majority of their time. By then, new technologies such as broadband networks, 3G mobile networks, portals and knowlegde management will have transformed the workplace and the way we work together.
Supporting Evidence:
see Gartner in "Prepare for a World That Links People, Places and Objects" on gartner.com
"Emerging technology and trends will transform the ability of businesses and people to control their work and personal environments. Enterprises must successfully face the business and human challenges that will arise in the always-on, always-connected network world of 2014."
and
"In a connected world, the workforce and the workplace will change. You'll no longer need to be co-located with your colleagues or bosses. Companies will take advantage of technology to save on office space — up to $10,000 per desk per year. By 2014, the majority of the information workers in the United States and Europe will visit dedicated company premises only once a week or less.
and
"Enterprises must first overcome social inertia by adapting behaviors and organizations to the massive scale of remote working that technology enables. For example, JetBlue's airline call center employees all work from home, proving that the transition is possible. Responsibility for many work-related matters will move from the enterprise to the individual. Workers will become less like employees and more like trusted associates of the company. Expect to see more Hollywood-style hiring models, where every product is a project and where specialist teams are brought together to produce something of value and disbanded when the task is done."
see also:
"By 2008, 41 million corporate employees globally will spend at least one day a week teleworking, and 100 million will work from home at least one day a month"; see "Teleworking: The Quiet Revolution" on gartner.com
"As digital technologies replace analog for consumer products, high-speed wireless bandwidth will be increasingly important to connect devices for the home" see Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2003
"WiMAX, a new wireless access technology, will (...) could complement third-generation mobile networks by providing "nomadic" broadband access. see "How WiMAX Compares with other Broadband Access Technologies".
for further evidence see also:
http://appz.ez.nl/bestel/toon.asp?id=05TP12&arg=&taal=
Increasing use of broadband internet services with 3G mobile phone
The Rapid Increase in WiFi Transmission Rates
=== Non-owner's Research ===