Telecommunications
AOL'S Balancing Act: The Need for Nearness vs. 'Virtual Space' by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, September 1998.
When AOL hit cyberspace hell in 1996, its problems were rooted in old-fashioned physical space. But the online king has come back, centralizing brainpower and technology to fuel rapid global expansion.
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Business Parks Call on Telecom to Land New Facilities by Tim Venable from Site Selection, December 1994.
Business parks are rapidly installing
sophisticated telecommunications infrastructure to
stay in the hunt for today's information-intensive
corporate facilities. But park activity in
establishing telecommuting centers and other
flexible work-space alternatives is rare.
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Global Information Superhighway: Full Speed Ahead to the Future by Audrey Pennington from Site Selection, June 1995.
Savvy corporations are using a vast communications infrastructure to instantaneously funnel critical information around the world.
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Ringing Up Europe: The Continent's Call Center Explosion by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, September 1998.
Unification, the Euro and a new 'teleculture' have made Europe fertile turf for call center locations. But site selection in the new Europe requires a thorough analysis.
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Smaller Communities Setting High-Tech Traps for Business by Audrey Pennington from Site Selection, February 1995.
Thanks to advanaced communications capabilities such as fiber optics, smaller towns are holding on to jobs, and attracting new industries, too.
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The Telcom Connection: Now It's Rewiring the New Economy's Location Rules by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, September 1998.
'Infostructure' is dominating and changing many location criteria, perhaps nowhere more clearly than in corporate call centers' swelling ranks.
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Worldwide Information Infrastructure Explosion Paves High-Tech Highway for Business by Tim Venable from Site Selection, June 1995.
Take Heart, expansion-minded firms. Communities around the globe are adopting the cutting edge telecommunications tools needed in today's info-intensive facilities.
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