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Telework tools
These nine products can help you set up and maintain remote workers.
Company AgilQuest
Product OnBoard
Pros Personalized profiles; 24-7 support.
Cons Requires Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle or IBM’s DB2.
Pricing tiers Annual fees: one through 500 users: $216; next 501 through 1,000: $192; next 1,001 through 2,500: $168; next 2,501 through 5,000: $100.
Company Executive Works
Product Telework Toolkit
Pros Comprehensive understanding of teleworkers’ needs and structure.
Cons Overkill for smaller firms.
Pricing tiers Available through application service provider partners. OfficePilot and LiveWire priced $30 to $35 per user, per month. Other tools priced per usage.
Company MCK Communications
Product PBXgateway
Pros Proven solutions to extend your corporate PBX to remote and mobile workers.
Cons Teleworkers might become a bit too connected.
Pricing tiers Prices vary depending on number of ports and existing PBX system.
Company Expert City
Product GoToMyPC
Pros Best-in-class remote PC access.
Cons Pricey compared with runner-up pcAnywhere.
Pricing tiers Personal plan: $20 per month or $180 per year for one user to $15 per PC, per month to $135 per PC, per year for three to 20 users.
Corporate plan: $20 per month or $180 per PC per year for 101 to 150 PCs to $25 per month or $280 per PC per year for 10 to 19 PCs.
Company Mangosoft
Product MangoMind
Pros Highly secure Internet drive integrates seamlessly with Explorer; NT-like permissions and access control.
Cons Slow at updating permissions throughout folders.
Pricing tiers Single drive (50M bytes): $29.95 per month for up to five users.
Enterprise (10M bytes): $24.95 per month for 10 or more users; Each additional 50M bytes costs $19.95 per month.
Company Connected
Product TLM
Pros Enterprise-class data backup and protection system for remote and mobile workers.
Cons Other approaches provide similar results for less cost.
Pricing tiers Data Center servers: $11,000; plus $100 per seat; volume discounts available.
Company Netilla
Product Virtual Office
Pros Helps eliminate workstation and laptop support requirements.
Cons Requires value-added reseller or in-house expertise.
Pricing tiers As a service: $1,000 activation fee; $500 per month for five users.
To buy: less than $500 per port for 25 to 500 ports. Requires purchase of maintenance contract.
Company Research In Motion
Product BlackBerry 5810
Pros Real-time, all-the-time voice, data and standard keyboard in one device.
Cons Separate cell phone and PDA are less expensive, but not necessarily better.
Pricing tiers BlackBerry 950/957: $400/ $500, plus $40/ month for un-limited data usage.
BlackBerry 5810: price set by carrier, about $500. $40 per month for un-limited wireless e-mail, 1M byte Web browsing, 300 text messages.
Company WebEx
Product Interactive Services
Pros Effective online service suite.
Cons Costs can add up quickly in a large company.
Pricing tiers 45 cents per minute per user for data; 50 cents per minute, per user with data and call-in. 60 cents with data and call-out.
Meeting Center starts at $100 per users per month for unlimited meetings.

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